Evo France 2025 was the biggest combating sport occasion in Europe thus far, showcasing a ton of expertise in quite a lot of combating sport titles. This consists of the primary 2XKO event within the First Affect sequence.
French participant Marwan ‘Wawa’ Berthe got here out on high, changing into top-of-the-line 2XKO gamers on the planet in the beginning of the sport’s esport scene.
Riot’s 2v2 combating sport takes standard champions from League of Legends and turns them into dynamic fighters. There’s been lots of hype (and frustration) forward of the sport’s launch, with Riot asserting lots of esports initiatives to extend the sport’s presence within the fickle FGC. This has included the First Affect sequence, which began with a event at Evo France in Good.
2XKO First Affect Event at Evo France 2025
The primary-ever First Affect event at Evo introduced a pair large names within the combating sport scene to the France. Probably the most notable had been Dominique ‘SonicFox’ McLean, an Evo champion that’s no stranger to tackling all forms of combating video games, and William ‘Leffen’ Hjelte, a Tremendous Smash Bros. Melee veteran who has additionally been dominating in different combating titles.
It virtually appeared like certainly one of them can be the clear winner on this new scene, however they weren’t alone. Jo’siah ‘Hikari’ Miller was additionally in attendance, a world champion and Evo champion for Dragon Ball FighterZ – he even gained for this title at Evo France 2025. Steve ‘Supernoon’ Carbajal is one other American combating sport icon that wasn’t to be ignored.
Wawa is himself an Evo champion, bringing his expertise and abilities within the combating sport scene to 2XKO. In relation to Dragon Ball FighterZ, he’s gained loads of giant occasions, together with Evo and the 2022 World Championship.
There have been 256 complete opponents, however Wawa actually had no problem taking them down. Wawa even beat SonicFox after they met within the Winners Semi-Finals, taking the victory 2-1. Wawa remained on Winners all through High 8, beating Supernoon to make it to the Grand Finals. In Losers, Supernoon fought by SonicFox to make it again to face Wawa as soon as extra.
In the long run, Wawa gained 3-1 in opposition to Supernoon, making it a reasonably spectacular and one-sided Grand Finals. This confirmed the French gamers’ total domination within the early 2XKO scene.
SonicFox ended up in third and Leffen in 7-Eighth, making the High 8 total spectacular. Nonetheless, Wawa is at the moment the one to beat within the 2XKO esport scene.
Simply gained 2XKO at Evo France!” Wawa tweeted. “Congrats to my GOATs, it was so enjoyable enjoying them once more. Merci la famille pour le help c’était aussi incroyable… Can’t wait to play and be taught extra concerning the sport!”
Wawa is at the moment a free agent.
