Group Liquid Brazil wins VCT Sport Changers Championship 2025

Group Liquid Brazil has gained the VALORANT Sport Changers Championship 2025 by defeating Shopify Riot Gold 3-2 in at the moment’s Grand Ultimate.

With this consequence, Liquid has denied Shopify’s third consecutive championship title after shedding to the North American organisation within the Grand Ultimate two years in the past.

Coming from the decrease bracket, Shopify headed into the Grand Ultimate with a large map veto drawback. 

For Liquid’s first map decide, the staff selected Haven, the place Shopify had regarded shaky all through the championship. Following a troublesome 5-7 half, although, the North American squad discovered stability on the again of a bonus spherical conversion. 

Whereas all members from Shopify stepped as much as safe a 13-11 redemption on Haven, Sarah ‘sarah’ Simpson was the highest-rated participant. On Sova, she achieved a kill-death ratio (KDA) of 18/15/10 and 145 common injury per spherical (ADR).

Pearl took an analogous trajectory to map one. A back-and-forth first half (6-6) concluded with a resilient defence. This time, it was Group Liquid that fought again from a slight deficit to steal its opponent’s map decide 13-11.

Liquid’s Letícia ‘joojina’ Paiva had an unimaginable efficiency throughout map two. The Astra participant delivered 23 frags in addition to back-to-back clutch performs within the remaining two rounds.

Map three took Shopify to its perma-map ban, Bind. To Liquid’s shock, the North American squad pulled off a dominant 9-3 defence, firmly locking down each gun websites.

Within the second half, nonetheless, Shopify was slowed down closely by Liquid’s Veto and Julia ‘Jelly’ Iris on the Operator. The duelist participant scored a KDA of 19/17/4 to take her staff to sequence level (13-10).

Regardless of the daunting match rating, Shopify confirmed assured assault executes with its signature Sage/Chamber staff composition on Sundown (8-4).

Even a slight second-half restoration from Liquid couldn’t cease Shopify’s fearless battle for survival within the Grand Ultimate. Nicole ‘Noia’ Tierce on Chamber and Karnthida ‘dodonut’ Chaisrakeo on Neon turned Sundown into their playground, securing a 13-6 victory for his or her staff.

The ultimate showdown befell on Break up, the identical map the place Shopify stole Liquid’s championship trophy two years in the past.

However the Brazilian staff was decided to not let one other title slip by their fingers. Whereas Shopify typically lacked persistence and decisiveness in its performs, Liquid remained calm and clear when mandatory.

After a 7-5 half and two pistol spherical wins, Liquid overcame the ultimate hurdle on the trail in the direction of its first Sport Changers Championship trophy (13-8).

The staff’s in-game chief (IGL), Natália ‘daiki’ Vilela, acquired the match MVP award for her excellent mechanical efficiency and management all through the event. Since 2022, daiki has been a part of Liquid’s Sport Changers lineup, guiding varied roster iterations in the direction of regional and now worldwide heights.