{"id":37356,"date":"2024-08-03T23:48:36","date_gmt":"2024-08-04T03:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=37356"},"modified":"2024-08-03T23:49:16","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T03:49:16","slug":"trace-esports-claim-first-valorant-champions-upset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/trace-esports-claim-first-valorant-champions-upset\/","title":{"rendered":"Trace Esports claim first VALORANT Champions upset"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The second match at <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/valorant\/champions-tour\/valorant-champions\/\" title=\"VALORANT Champions betting guide\">VALORANT Champions 2024<\/a> on Saturday showcased an exciting Europe vs. China clash, where Trace Esports secured China\u2019s first victory by defeating Team Vitality, while Leviatan flexed their muscles in a dominant win over Talon Esports earlier in the day.<\/p>\n<p>This triumph came after FunPlus Phoenix and Bilibili Gaming fell to Team Heretics and FNATIC, respectively, marking a significant achievement for Trace Esports in their international <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/valorant\/\" title=\"VALORANT betting guide\">VALORANT<\/a> debut in Seoul, South Korea.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UPSET ALERT: Trace Esports take down Team Vitality on their international debut! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VALORANTChampions?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#VALORANTChampions<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XClL1744Md\">pic.twitter.com\/XClL1744Md<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; VALORANT Champions Tour (@ValorantEsports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ValorantEsports\/status\/1819727143267643470?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Trace Esports picked Ascent, a map on which they remained undefeated throughout the year.<\/p>\n<p>They started strong, with Lu &#8220;Kai&#8221; Zhinan consistently finding openings in Vitality&#8217;s defence, leading to a 6-1 advantage.<\/p>\n<p>Although Vitality managed to win some rounds, their gameplay remained scrappy.<\/p>\n<p>Saif &#8220;Sayf&#8221; Jibraeel&#8217;s clutch in round eight marked a temporary recovery, but Trace kept Vitality\u2019s economy on the brink, ending the half with a 9-3 lead.<\/p>\n<p>In the second half, Vitality attempted a comeback, winning the round 11 eco and salvaging five rounds.<\/p>\n<p>Despite losing the second pistol round to a Song &#8220;FengF&#8221; Xuefeng clutch, Vitality forced overtime by winning six of the final seven rounds.<\/p>\n<p>However, Trace regained their momentum in overtime, securing a 15-13 victory.<\/p>\n<p>Vitality chose Sunset, a map both teams were familiar with.<\/p>\n<p>Trace initially looked to pull ahead, but an eco win in round five allowed Vitality to stabilise.<\/p>\n<p>Their strong defence towards the B site and Nikita &#8220;trexx&#8221; Cherednichenko\u2019s dominant performance (24-8) led to an 8-4 advantage at the half.<\/p>\n<p>Vitality continued their momentum into the second half, winning 13-7.<\/p>\n<p>Both teams had questionable records on Bind, each with a 33% win rate.<\/p>\n<p>Trace\u2019s unconventional composition, including both Cypher and Deadlock, aimed to capitalise on early-round pressure.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Vitality&#8217;s initial 5-1 lead, Trace pulled back to a 6-6 half.<\/p>\n<p>On attack, Trace\u2019s quick executions and sentinel holds overwhelmed Vitality, resulting in a dominant 13-7 victory.<\/p>\n<p>Zhang &#8220;LuoK1ng&#8221; Zhanpeng was a standout performer across all three maps, with 64 kills and 44 deaths.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Leviat\u00e1n kicks off their <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VALORANTChampions?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#VALORANTChampions<\/a> run with a clean series win! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WE6RbxPfue\">pic.twitter.com\/WE6RbxPfue<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; VALORANT Champions Tour (@ValorantEsports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ValorantEsports\/status\/1819675557166280812?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Leviat\u00e1n, the reigning <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/valorant\/champions-tour\/\" title=\"VALORANT Champions Tour betting guide\">VCT<\/a> Americas champions, relied on heroic plays to secure a 13-11 win on Bind.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, Corbin &#8220;C0M&#8221; Daniel Lee\u2019s triple kill in round 22 turned the tide.<\/p>\n<p>Talon\u2019s Peter &#8220;Governor&#8221; No impressed on Neon, leading his team with a 20-17 performance, but Leviat\u00e1n\u2019s resilience prevailed.<\/p>\n<p>Talon\u2019s unconventional \u2018Zombie Comp\u2019 failed to secure a win.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Papaphat &#8220;Primmie&#8221; Sriprapha\u2019s strong showing with 22 kills, Leviat\u00e1n\u2019s Erick &#8220;aspas&#8221; Santos led his team with operator kills, resulting in a 13-8 victory.<\/p>\n<p>Leviat\u00e1n will face Trace Esports on August 7, while Talon Esports will play Team Vitality on August 9.<\/p>\n<h2>Sunday&#8217;s VALORANT Champions matches<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"pageList\">\n<li>G2 Esports (-111.11) vs Paper Rex (-125) @ 5pm KST<\/li>\n<li>EDward Gaming (+110) vs FUT Esports (-151.52) @ 8pm KST<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/news\/\" class=\"contentLinkBtn\">More esports news<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trace Esports recorded the first upset victory of VALORANT Champions 2024, claiming a tough 2-1 win over Team Vitality on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":37357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2580,1127,215,3715,1150,2052,1610],"class_list":["post-37356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-leviatan","tag-talon-esports","tag-team-vitality","tag-trace-esports","tag-valorant","tag-valorant-champions","tag-valorant-champions-tour"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37356"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37356"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37365,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37356\/revisions\/37365"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}