Cloud 9 Blue defeats Version 1, in the valorant NA LCQ upper quarterfinals. C9 books their seat against Rise Nation in the Upper Semifinals.
After a very back and forth first match between FaZe and Rise, we saw a change of pace between Cloud 9 vs Version 1. The second match of the Day 2 of NA LCQ was pretty one-sided with Cloud 9 showing absolute domination.
This match had a lot of history, as C9’s IGL(In-Game leader) Vanity was a previous member of Version 1. But changed his team after V1’s loss in the NA Challengers Stage 3.
Version 1 is the higher seed, so they picked Breeze as the first map, and Cloud 9 picked Icebox as the second map, with Ascent being the third map.
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Cloud 9 Vs. Version 1, Map 1: Breeze
Even though Map 1 was V1‘s pick, Cloud 9 just didn’t care. They dominated the first half with an 8-4 lead and ended the match with a score of 13-5. They gave just one round to V1 in the attacking side.
Cloud9 Vs. Version 1, Map 2: Icebox
V1 put up a fight in Map 2 which was Icebox(C9 pick) however, this did not matter for Cloud9’s boys in blue. C9 still ended up defeating V1 with a score of 13-9. And thus reserving their seat against Rise in the upper Semifinals.
The match MVP was given to C9 leaf, who had an ACS(average combat score) of 291 and a K/D of 1.52.
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However, with this loss, Version1 will fight for its spot in the lower bracket against FaZe Clan.
