Wolfgang Esports dominates Gamer.lk’s Logitech G Valorant Pro League
Gamer.lk broke ground once again in the Esports scene with Gamer.lk’s Logitech G Valorant Pro League powered by Viewsonic Gaming, the first pro-invitational Esports event for ‘Valorant’. Valorant, by Riot Games, is one of the world’s most popular competitive Esports titles, demanding heavy training to develop dexterity, coordination and teamwork.
Sri Lanka’s top eight Valorant clans were potted randomly in a seeded round-robin group stage and a knockout based play-off for the final stages with Group A consisting of Evox Esports, Maximum Esports, Noob Alliance and Phoenix Gaming, while Tech Morph, Union Gaming, Wolfgang Esports and Xiphos Esports were placed in Group B.
The league, launched on 16th December, saw Maximum Esports and Noob Alliance qualify from Group A for the semi-finals, while Union Gaming and Wolfgang Esports emerged from Group B. Wolfgang Esports saw the better of Noob Alliance and Union Gaming beat Maximum Esports in their respective semi-finals fixtures.
Maximum Esports and Noob Alliance battled for third place, with the former claiming victory after three intense matches. Maximum Esports was represented by Musaffer Muzin (zippa), Muaath Muzin (Hotaaa), Athahur Rahuman (Herorahz), Yohan Perera (MAIYA), Mahesh Samzz( WATSON) and Navo Rajapaksha (Navo) with Kithmina Gayashan (Backuu) as the team manager.
The tournament showcased a stunning grand finale between Wolfgang Esports and Union Gaming. Wolfgang Esports represented by Christopher Amarasinghe (team manager), Lahiru Sandaruwa (Lino #Sprit), Shazlim Amith (SCR1M), Thulith De Zoysa (1KAPUMBA), Vibuda Dezoysa (Chromnz), Sithija Amarasinghe (Gensh1) and Nisitha Weerasinghe (Dopie) emerged the first-ever champions of the tournament.
Union Gaming represented by Ashref Ahmed (team manager), Sanjeevan Kalaieesan (Benj), Geeshan Jayarajah (Defiance), Kavishkar Jayarajah (Hurricane), Pravin Fernando (cringe), Shanyouk Kulatunga (Jazz) rose as the runnerup of the tournament.
Aqeel Sirraj (dennis69) of Noob Alliance, Musaffer Muzin (zippa) of Maximum Esports, Geeshan Jayarajah (Defiance) of Union Gaming and Athahur Rahuman (Herorahz) of Maximum Esports all displayed exceptional performances with Omal Prabuddha (Roach) of Union Gaming claiming the top spot in the tournament with 203 eliminations.
The event marks a milestone for the Sri Lankan Esports ecosystem as the first national-scale invitational Esports event while signifying the advancement of Sri Lankan Esports clans from amateur to professional status.