With the Valorant Valorant Fund of the Champions 2025 in the amount of $ 2.25 million on the line, Group C stands out as one of the most difficult in the tournament. This console representing the EMEA Powerhouse Team Liquid team, the ruling world champions Edward, NRG NRG and Pacific Underdog Drx, offers no easy way forward. For some, it is a chance to consolidate their inheritance, while for others it is purely that all doubters are wrong.
Team Liquid enters Paris as the highest EMEA seed and one of the clear favorite. Their rise has been in production years, dating back to 2022 with the signature of Ayaz ‘Nats’ Akhmethin, whose lead and innovative game remains the cornerstone of the team.
Liquid, surrounded by sharpshooters like Kamo, Keiko and New Epiced Trexx, finally looked unstoppable when they swept GiantX 3-0 to win the VCT EMEA phase 2. It could set the introductory clash Liquid 13. September set the tone for the long -awaited deep run.
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NRG on the other side comes like a real wild card. Squad wrote off soon after the bad start of the season and overturned expectations by attacked via Vct Americas Stage 2, took off Cloud9 and Sentinels before he did not get to G2 in the big final. Their defensive settings anchored by the deadly operator Adam “Mada” brought them the reputation of discipline and creativity. Yet their side of the attack remains too rigid because they rely heavily on scenes that opponents can face. With the veteran Ethan in the line -up, NRG is supposed to compete with the family tree, but he will need adaptability against EDG in their opener to survive.
Speaking of Edward’s gaming, advocates of the world champions also face a heavy burden of expectation. Last year’s dramatic victory of 3-2 over the team heretics consolidated its place in history as the first Chinese champions winner, but S1mon left them to try to stability. Recent regional results, including the fourth back place backwards, suggest that EDG slipped from its peak. But with ZMJJKK back in the form and Abyss, which returned to the map fund, which is a popular EDG, this team still has fire strength and experience to withdraw another miraculous run. If they can adapt to the current meta and focus their Yora strategies, the recurring name is not entirely outside the table.
This leaves Drx, which is a team caught between the promise and some inconsistency here and there. Despite the winning trench at the beginning of this year, the Pacific platoon rushed to Masters Bangkok, missed Toronto and hardly qualified for champions on VCT points. Frequent list mixtures did not help, although veterans like Mako and the growing duelist Hyunmin remain clear spots. While Liquid is built as a depressing first opponent, international experience and comfort DRX on maps such as a gap, they provide them with a certain advantage for this year’s champions.
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Published:
Yashna Talwar
Published on:
September 10, 2025
