Popular Valorant Esports Players

# Nickname Name Earned
# Nickname Name Earned
01
Корея
BuZz T1
Yu Byung-chul
$ 148475
02
Корея
Meteor T1
Kim Tae-o
$ 131092
03
Китай
Smoggy EDG
Zhang Zhao
$ 244082
04
Китай
ZmjjKK EDG
Yongkang Zheng
$ 245463
05
Финляндия
Derke VIT
Nikita Sirmitev
$ 242527
06
Швеция
sayf VIT
Saif Jibraeel
$ 65681
07
США
trent G2
Trent Cairns
$ 76980
08
США
valyn G2
Jacob Batio
$ 78590
09
Эстония
Kicks VIT
Kimmie Laasner
$ 24914
10
США
leaf G2
Nathan Orf
$ 93300
11
Корея
Stax T1
Kim Gu-taek
$ 141182
12
Корея
iZu T1
Ham Woo-joo
$ 7379
13
Канада
JonahP G2
Jonah Pulice
$ 76325
14
Китай
CHICHOO EDG
Shun Zhi Wan
$ 243790
15
Китай
nobody EDG
Senxu Wang
$ 245168
16
Бразилия
Less VIT
Felipe Basso
$ 190991
17
Турция
yetujey FUT
Eray Budak
$ 26715
18
Корея
MaKo DRX
Kim Myeong-kwan
$ 141199
19
Ata Tan
$ 43314
20
Турция
qRaxs FUT
Dogukan Balaban
$ 65540
21
США
jawgemo G2
Alexander Mor
$ 258680
22
Турция
MrFaliN FUT
Furkan Yegen
$ 54621
23
Россия
trexx VIT
Nikita Cherednichenko
$ 36552
24
Голландия
hiro NAVI
Emirhan Kat
$ 37567
25
Тайвань
S1mon EDG
Hsien Meng-hsun
$ 201000
26
Польша
kamyk M8
Maks Rychlewski
$ 6109
27
Корея
BeYN DRX
Kang Ha-bin
$ 34299
28
Корея
Sylvan T1
Ko Young-sub
$ 12954
29
Корея
Flashback DRX
Cho Min-hyuk
$ 31483
30
Россия
Shao NAVI
Andrey Kiprsky
$ 113017
31
США
zekken SEN
Zachary Patrone
$ 132740
32
Чили
Mazino KRU
Roberto Francisco Rivas Bugueño
$ 141706
33
Турция
Elite KC
Efe Teber
$ 4252
34
США
Zellsis SEN
Jordan Montemurro
$ 115175
35
США
s0m NRG
Sam Oh
$ 55075
36
Dmitry Ilyushin
$ 107026
37
Марокко
johnqt SEN
Mouhamed Amine Ouarid
$ 102120
38
Чили
Melser KRU
Marco Eliot Machuca Amaro
$ 54106
39
Чили
kiNgg LEV
Francisco Aravena
$ 120379
40
Россия
nAts TL
Ayaz Akhmetshin
$ 127211
41
Украина
ANGE1 NAVI
Kirill Karasiow
$ 113017
42
США
Ethan NRG
Ethan Arnold
$ 287500
43
США
C0M LEV
Corbin Lee
$ 333425
44
Китай
Kai TE
Lu Zhinan
$ 10000
45
Германия
tex LEV
Ian Botsch
$ 98975
46
США
OXY C9
Francis Hoang
$ 11825
47
Аргентина
Saadhak KC
Matias Delipetro
$ 215839
48
Польша
kamo TL
Kamil Frąckowiak
$ 3444
49
Чехия
marteen KC
Martin Pátek
$ 6766
50
Великобритания
Keiko TL
Georgio Sanassy
$ 11071

VALORANT eSports — A Popular Team Shooter

The company Riot Games is well known to computer game fans and eSports fans. The fact is that the most popular MOBA game in the world and the most famous game discipline — League of Legends was released by the developers of the Riot Games team. For this reason, when it became known that Riot is going to release a new game with a focus on eSports, the news was accepted by the game community with great interest. In 2020, the official release of the new game, which was named Valorant. What is this game and what is the secret of its popularity in eSports?

The Essence and Rules of Valorant

This is a classic team-based shooter. In the Valorant game, there are 2 teams, each of which is staffed by five players. The match scenario assumes that one of the teams occupies the defense, and its opponents must break through that defense and plant an explosive device (spike). The task of the defenders is to prevent the bomb from exploding. This can be done in two ways — by destroying all members of the opposing team before the spike can be set, or by disarming the explosive device that has already been set. Accordingly, the attackers can also eliminate all of their opponents or plant the bomb and wait for it to detonate. Both options will bring the attackers victory. Players have a large selection of different firearms and additional ammunition available. Victory in a match is determined by the results of 13 rounds played.

Do the rules and descriptions of this game remind you of anything? Probably, attentive readers have already had time to draw a parallel with Counter-Strike. Indeed, according to the description, and purely visually the game is somewhat similar to each other. However, the brainchild of Riot Games has serious differences from CS:GO. First and foremost, of course, this is the presence of “agents”. Before the match, each player chooses an agent — a special character with a set of unique characteristics and skills. The choice of agent depends on the tone of the entire game, and also determines the role and tasks that the player must adhere to in the competition. There are a total of 4 roles or classes in the game:

  • Duelists
  • Instigators
  • Sentinels
  • Specialists

The characters’ skills are determined by their classes. Proper interaction between teammates, the precise execution of individual tasks, and the timely use of special abilities of agents is the key to victory in this game.

Valorant and eSports

Riot Games originally conceived their project as an eSports discipline. Many people believe that Valorant is a new generation electronic sport, which should turn the usual idea of shooters upside down. This is a bold statement and one that could be questioned if we didn’t know that Riot Games really can and do make legendary games.

At the moment, Valorant eSports is represented by several tournaments, the number of which is constantly increasing. The Champions Tour tournaments are considered to be the top events. They, in turn, are crowned by the main annual event — the World Championship, where the sum of $1 million is raffled off. Thus, having burst into eSports, Valorant is increasing the pace of development and is becoming more and more popular among professional eSports players and their fans every day.