Leviatán Came Up Through the Lower Bracket and Won Masters London
Leviatán defeated Paper Rex 3-2 in the grand final to claim the organization's first-ever international Valorant title, completing one of the best lower bracket runs in VCT history.
I said I wasn't picking this one before it started. Good call.
Leviatán beat Paper Rex 3-2 today and won Masters London. First international title in the organization's history. They had to come through the lower bracket to get it.
The Run
Remember where they started. PRX sent them to the lower bracket in the quarterfinals. That match was a 13-1 on Ascent. Those same two teams played a best-of-five for the championship today and went to a fifth map. LEV won it 13-5.
Heretics 2-1. XLG 2-0. Vitality 2-0. EDG 3-0. PRX 3-2 in the grand final. Five series, one loss, all from elimination. That is not just a good run. That is the kind of lower bracket storyline you don't see very often at an event this level.
The MVP and the IGL
Neon took home the tournament MVP. The stat line across the bracket earned it. The moment on stage that stuck with me: first thing he said with the mic in hand was a shoutout to kiNgg. The IGL who has been building this team for years, watching his player walk off with the hardware. That is the whole team story in one exchange.
The Numbers
Over a million people watched the grand final live. Biggest peak of the entire Masters 2026 run, and they earned every viewer with five maps of actual competition.
PRX had the easier path through the bracket and still lost. LEV figured it out the hard way. Sometimes that is actually the better preparation.