History has been created as G2 Gozen pulled out an insane reverse sweep against Shopify Rebellion to win the first-ever Valorant Game Changers Championship. Maryam “Mary” Maher, the youngest player in the tournament, shined throughout the series. Shopify comfortably won the first two maps, and making a comeback from that situation was next to impossible. But as they say, “expect the unexpected,” and that’s exactly what G2 did by destroying the runner-ups in the next three maps. <\/p>\n
G2 had the advantage of banning two maps as they qualified from the upper bracket, and they banned Haven and Fracture. The first map, Pearl, was G2’s pick; however, it was also one of the strongest maps for Shopify. The first half was balanced for both sides as it ended with a score of 6-6; however, when Shopify Rebellion took the defending side, they snatched the game away from G2 by winning six consecutive rounds. Though G2 tried to make a comeback by securing the next three rounds, it wasn’t enough to secure a win, as Shopify took the lead in the series by winning the first map by 13-9.<\/p>\n
The story repeated itself once again in Bind, where the score at the end of the first half was 7-5 in favor of G2, but they couldn’t convert it into a victory as Shopify won eight out of ten rounds in the second half and secure another win by 13-9.<\/p>\n
At this moment, Shopify Rebellion was just one map win away from lifting the trophy, but G2 snatched that dream away, starting by winning the third map, Ascent, by a massive margin of nine points, and right after that, Icebox was conquered with another massive score gap of ten points.<\/p>\n
\n.@G2esports<\/a> WIN THE FIRST-EVER #VCTGameChangers<\/a> CHAMPIONSHIP 🏆 #G2ARMY<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/70x9HbVnH5<\/a><\/p>\n
— VALORANT Champions Tour (@ValorantEsports) November 20, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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