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Another season of competitive Fortnite has now concluded following a weekend jam-packed with intense Trios action.
Three weeks of gruelling qualifiers and two days of heats led up to the Grand Finals of the Fortnite Champion Series. With the new twelve game format, players were put through their paces both in and out of game, leaving no room for mistakes.
EU
In Europe, fan favorites Kyle "Mongraal” Jackson and Dmitri “Mitr0” Van de Vrie finally secured their first FNCS titles. The feeling was nothing new for teammate Tai “TaySon” Starcic, who will hold on to the coveted Axe of Champions that he earned during last season’s Solo event.
so happy with what i've accomplished so far man https://t.co/TPTZF0sKxa
— FaZe Mongraal (@Mongraal) November 2, 2020
The trio came out all guns blazing on day one, picking up two Victory Royales and an insane amount of kills to end the session way out in front. They begun day two in similar fashion, with another high elimination win and a fourth-place finish.
After this, the performances started to drop off a little, but they did enough to hold on to the top spot. Even more impressively, Mongraal was streaming the whole time, at one-point breaking 100k live viewers.
NAE
For NA East, it was a slightly different story. Labelled by many as an underdog trio, Team New Age pros Malachi “Reverse2k” Greiner, “Deyy” and “Mero” proved their talent over and over again. The crown of Trios Champion will mean a lot to Reverse2k, who has been subject to his fair share of toxicity from the community over the last year or so.
I can't believe we actually won. A lot of people including pros didn't think anything of me. I grinded so hard and, improved so much. Hopefully now I get the respect I think I deserve.
— TNA Reverse2k (@Reverse2k) November 2, 2020
Unlike the EU winners, Reverse and co didn’t need a single Victory Royale to take first. They put on a clinic in consistency, making it into the final five in eight of their twelve matches.
After forming as recently as September, this huge FNCS success puts new esports and lifestyle org “Team New Age” firmly on the map.
NAW
Now this one was a real upset! Just kidding, there were no surprises as Diego “Arkhram” Lima, Brodie “Rehx” Franks and Shane “EpikWhale” Cotton continued their complete and utter dominance of the North America West region.
Damn you guys just managed to clutch that one up in the last game.
— AussieAntics (@AussieAntics) November 2, 2020
Seriously though next time can you guys throw a couple so its worth watching?
Having topped the leaderboards in both week one and two of qualifiers, and won their heat with relative ease, this team were undoubtedly the favorites going into Grand Finals.
Arkhram, Rehx and EpikWhale had a strong day one and a ridiculous day two. To put things into perspective, their average placement across the weekend was 4.3. They finished more than a hundred points above second, netting themselves a total of $45,000 from the finals alone.
Epic are yet to reveal what form FNCS will take next season. With the DreamHack Open switching to Duos for November, people are questioning the potential of a third Winter Royale event this December.
You can view the full daily and cumulative leaderboards for each region here.
