Popular Valorant Esports Players

# Nickname Name Earned
# Nickname Name Earned
01
Китай
Smoggy EDG
Zhang Zhao
$ 244082
02
Китай
ZmjjKK EDG
Yongkang Zheng
$ 245463
03
Китай
CHICHOO EDG
Shun Zhi Wan
$ 243790
04
Турция
RieNs TH
Enes Ecirli
$ 135045
05
Китай
nobody EDG
Senxu Wang
$ 245168
06
США
zekken SEN
Zachary Patrone
$ 132240
07
Канада
TenZ SEN
Tyson Ngo
$ 179350
08
Benjy David Fish
$ 132019
09
Литва
Boo TH
Ricardas Lukasevicius
$ 144351
10
Литва
MiniBoo TH
Dominykas Lukasevicius
$ 92647
11
Марокко
johnqt SEN
Mouhamed Amine Ouarid
$ 101620
12
США
Zellsis SEN
Jordan Montemurro
$ 114675
13
Индонезия
f0rsakeN PRX
Jason Susanto
$ 242104
14
Малайзия
d4v41 PRX
Ahmad Khalish Rusyaidee Bin Nordin
$ 242104
15
Бразилия
sacy SEN
Gustavo Rossi
$ 203597
16
Индонезия
mindfreak PRX
Aaron Leonhart
$ 242104
17
Корея
Meteor GEN
Kim Tae-o
$ 131092
18
Корея
t3xture GEN
Kim Na-ra
$ 128869
19
Россия
something PRX
Ilya Petrov
$ 141344
20
Корея
Karon GEN
Kim Won-tae
$ 117000
21
Бразилия
heat KRU
Olavo Marcelo
$ 29205
22
Корея
BeYN DRX
Kang Ha-bin
$ 34299
23
Корея
Munchkin GEN
Byeon Sang-beom
$ 160492
24
Корея
Lakia GEN
Kim Jong-min
$ 165479
25
США
C0M LEV
Corbin Lee
$ 333425
26
Сингапур
Jinggg PRX
Wang Jing Jie
$ 221230
27
Россия
trexx VIT
Nikita Cherednichenko
$ 36552
28
Корея
Flashback DRX
Cho Min-hyuk
$ 31483
29
Бразилия
aspas LEV
Erick Santos
$ 262690
30
Чили
keznit KRU
Angelo Mori
$ 71906
31
Чили
shy1 KRU
Fabian Usnayo
$ 44673
32
Корея
BuZz DRX
Yu Byung-chul
$ 148475
33
Корея
MaKo DRX
Kim Myeong-kwan
$ 141199
34
Чили
kiNgg LEV
Francisco Aravena
$ 120379
35
Турция
Wo0tLax TH
Mert Alkan
$ 131118
36
Финляндия
Derke FNC
Nikita Sirmitev
$ 242527
37
США
tex LEV
Ian Botsch
$ 98975
38
Чили
Mazino LEV
Roberto Francisco Rivas Bugueño
$ 141706
39
Timofey Khromov
$ 269975
40
Швеция
sayf VIT
Saif Jibraeel
$ 65681
41
Турция
Alfajer FNC
Emir Ali Beder
$ 198010
42
Чили
mta KRU
Nicolas Gonzalez
$ 16166
43
Голландия
hiro FNC
Emirhan Kat
$ 37567
44
Китай
LuoK1ng TE
Zhanpeng Zhang
$ 10324
45
Китай
FengF TE
Song Xuefeng
$ 10573
46
Китай
Kai TE
Lu Zhinan
$ 10000
47
Чили
Melser KRU
Marco Eliot Machuca Amaro
$ 54106
48
Македония
runneR VIT
Emil Trajkovski
$ 23522
49
Эстония
Kicks VIT
Kimmie Laasner
$ 24914
50
Гонконг
HeiB TE
Shun Hei Ho
$ 13601

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.