Starting the match with the Breeze map chosen by GMB itself, ACE played impressively in the first round and led 9-3. However, the “spiritual” ratio in Valorant once again made fans and the players wary. Because, in the second round, Gmb proved extremely sure in the defensive stage to defeat Ace 13-11.
It seemed like it would be mentally down when the bitter defeat was in Battle 1, but Ace still played bravery in the second match at the Ascent map. Thanks to the shine of captain BoneCold, Ace gently defeated GMB 13-7 to level the gap. The drama was pushed to the climax when GMB destroyed Ace 13-3 at the Fracture map, thereby touching one hand into the championship.
Entering the 4th match, Ace was forced to win at the Ice Box map to raise the hope of dragging the final in the fifth match. Finally, CNED and his teammates defeated GMB in the extra half with a score of 14-12. Losing in important games and losing too many advantages in key situations, Gmb almost mentally down.
At the 5th match at the Split map, Ace completely owned the game thanks to the sublimation performance of Zeek (Raze), Starxo (Sage) and CNED (ZED). Finally, Ace defeated GMB 3-2, thereby becoming Valorant's first world champion. With this result, ACE also won $ 350,000. GMB with the title of runner -up received 150,000 USD.
The 3rd and fourth teams are Kru Esports and Team Liquid, which received $ 90,000. Valorant's journey in 2021 ended in a more dramatic way. Because, 3 international tournaments including Masters 2, Masters 3 and Valorant Champions have welcomed three different champions: Sentinels, Gambit Esports and now Acend.
