DFM vs Giants: Giants eliminate Detonate Focus Me at VCT Sao Paolo

Day 1 of the VCT LOCK//IN has already seen some fans heartbroken as their favorite team goes home. The brutal single-elimination format means half the teams are guaranteed to be eliminated after one series. Representing EMEA, Giants will go up against Pacific Partner, Detonation FM in the second match of the day. Here are the live results and interesting clips from the match.

Detonation is one of the Pacific franchise teams. The team’s roster has a mix of Japanese and South Korean players, many of who were part of well-known teams in the past. The current roster has players from ZETA Division, Northemption as well as Crazy Raccoon. With VCT LOCK//IN Sao Paolo having many teams with completely brand new rosters, this is a perfect opportunity for teams from relatively weaker regions to surprise everyone. The single-elimination format is unforgiving but equally exciting for viewers and players alike. Well, maybe not all players, but maybe just the ones who win.

The first map saw Detonation win the first few rounds. But once Giants got their first win, they were unstopppable. Their confidence and the way they were able to take complete control on multiple areas on the map made them easily the best team out there.

Ultimately, Giants won the first map with a 13-4 score taking a one map lead and pushing Detonation to one map away from elimination.

The second series was not really any different. Giants were simply the team with more patience and more experience. They had

The matches are streamed live on Twitch and YouTube on the main channel. Additionally, there are also many more streams including co-streams that bring top-tier Valorant all over.

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