GIANTX advances in Valorant and defends its lead in the European League of Legends league

Positive week for the esports club GIANTX in the competitive arena. On the eve of the second weekend of the League of Legends EMEA Championship (LEC)Europe’s premier video game competition, GIANTX teams at Valorant and in National LoL have been reaping good results. Now it’s the turn again of the LEC team, sole leader after an unassailable 3-0 victory that has confirmed that the team from André Guilhoto are serious.

Three of the toughest quintets in the LEC await a GIANTX that is fearlessly facing this level up. Movistar KOI (Saturday, 19:30), Team Heretics (Sunday, 18:00) and G2 (Monday, 19:30) are next up in Berlin. Facing them, two Spanish organizations, with which GIANTX maintains rivalry ties and some friendship and G2, the bogeyman par excellence of European e-sports, absolute dominator of this competition with 16 titles, and many others. In 2024 they swept all three splits and the season finals.

KOI, the organization he presides Ibai Llanos and Gerard Piquéhas one of the most attractive teams on the scene, full of Spanish talent. Finalists of the 2024 winter campaign, the Melzhet went to the World Cup and are bidding for the LEC 2025. Their score is 2-1. Heretics, who are 1-2, are the rivals.to GIANTX’s historicalespecially since the two met in Call of Duty and gave the fans unforgettable moments. In Heretics competes a former giant, the support Stendwho passed through Malaga on two occasions.

There is little to say about G2. It is the reigning champion and for more than five years the tyrant of the LEC, relegating other legendary organizations such as Fnatic to second place in terms of trophies. Capsthe best League of Legends player of all time in Europe, and BrokenBlade lead the samurai, who are rebuilding. Their score is 1-2.

Starting tomorrow, Berlin will host three very intense days for the Lot, Closer, Jackies, Noah and Junwho have shown remarkable synergy in their first three games, winning all three to move to 3-0 at the top of the LEC standings.

Valorant – VCT

In the Valorant Champions Tour (VCT)Valorant’s international circuit, which is now holding its inaugural tournament to find the teams that will go to the next Valorant Champions Tour. Bangkok MastersGIANTX advances to the next round after defeating Karmine Corp in a heart-stopping match resolved in three maps.

It was a one-on-one duel in which the giants won on points, as in boxing. The victory also confirmed that there are points to correct, such as the pistol rounds: out of six contested to date, the giants have won only one. In favor, high percentage of first kills to put the quintet ahead. In any case, the quintet will move on to the next round, where it will face the winner of the Team Liquid-Apeks.

At Binda map that Karmine Corp dominates like few other teams in the world, the ones from Pipson came back from 5-9 down with a Westside very solid. But the two rounds to close the map fell on the French side for betting on a ‘side’ in which GIANTX players were very exposed thanks to the opponent (14-12).

Cloud took the lead with 18 kills and an ACE in Lotus. Good collective play and good coordination did the rest (8-13). The decisive map, Fracturecost GIANTX, who found himself trailing after five straight rounds of KCorp to the turnaround (9-8). Pipson, in a timeout, was key. for GIANTX to finally close out the third map (10-13). in the first official win at VCT 2025.

League of Legends – Superliga

The second week of the Superliga of League of Legends, the Spanish esports competition par excellence, could be perfect for GIANTX Pridewhich met Heretics on Thursday after winning the two previous matches.

The table led by Feisty and Aetinoth won not without some difficulty against Guasones in the first clash, but against UCAM Esports applied a very solid game with hardly any mistakes. Against Heretics a similar line was held, but the advantage was lost after the early game and the heretics finally took down the nexus.

With 3-3 on the scoreboard there are four other clubs alongside GIANTX Pride, all of them in ‘playoff’ positions. Next week, clashes vs. ZETA, Ramboot and Barça.