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Valorant: Team Secret scores massive upset against Team Liquid in VCT//LOCK IN

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Angela Coloma, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Team Secret during their Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) LOCK//IN opener against Team Liquid. Courtesy: Valorant Esports." src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/sports/02/23/02232023-valorant-champions-tour.jpg"/><figcaption>Team Secret during their Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) LOCK//IN opener against Team Liquid. Courtesy: Valorant Esports.</figcaption></figure></div>(2ND UPDATE) All-Pinoy Valorant squad Team Secret on Wednesday (early Thursday in Manila) scored a massive upset against Europe&#x27;s Team Liquid, 2-0 (13-8, 13-7) as it kicked off its Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) LOCK//IN campaign in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Undergoing a roster revamp with a team of veterans and rookies, Team Secret held its fort as it weathered through Team Liquid, a team stacked with stars from one of the most dominant Valorant regions. After a massive 11-3 lead at the half in Icebox, Team Liquid looked gutsy against Team Secret, which decided on using a duelist-less composition, putting up a 6-0 run in the second half to cut the deficit to 11-8. Team Secret, however, came into its senses by taking the next two rounds to secure the map. Team Secret foiled the so-called &quot;9-3&quot; curse when the second half of Fracture came around. After leading 9-3 in the first half of Fracture, Team Liquid put up a 4-0 run to cut the score deficit to 9-7. Round 17 saw a slugfest of utilities and headshots between both squads, with only Pinoy rookie Adrian &quot;invy&quot; Reyes and British national Dom &quot;soulcas&quot; Sulcas surviving. From the Bench side of the map, invy quietly attempted to push towards the opposite side, and went for the kill, as he capitalized on soulcas whiffing widely down the stretch. After that round, Team Secret never looked back, as it took the next three rounds to score one of the most massive upsets in the international Valorant scene. It was a statement win for Team Secret, who faced a team with players from Masters: Berlin champs, Gambit Esports, in December 2021.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">We asked <a href="https://twitter.com/Secret_DubsteP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Secret_DubsteP</a> about his team&#x27;s strong performance vs Team Liquid! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/VCTLOCKIN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#VCTLOCKIN</a> <a href="https://t.co/D6cWl2kvwj">pic.twitter.com/D6cWl2kvwj</a>— VALORANT Champions Tour (@ValorantEsports) <a href="https://twitter.com/ValorantEsports/status/1628477077098840064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2023</a></blockquote>&quot;It feels great and I&#x27;m glad everyone in my team did well. But the job&#x27;s not done. We will continue to do better in the next series,&quot; Jayvee &quot;Dubstep&quot; Paguirigan told Valorant Esports at the sidelines of the competition. Gambit Esports beat Team Secret, 2-1, when they faced each other in the playoffs of Valorant Champions, last December 2021 in Berlin, Germany, a match that included a 13-0 rampage against the Pinoy squad.Team Secret will face Ukranian team Natus Vincere on February 26, 1 a.m. Philippine time. The winner of VCT//LOCK IN will take home the lion&#x27;s share of a $500,000 USD (P27 milliion) prize pool. With their standing, Team Secret are assured to take home at least $10,000 (P550,000) and may increase as they progress in the competition.

Undergoing a roster revamp with a team of veterans and rookies, Team Secret held its forts as it weathered through Team Liquid, stacked with some of Europe's best players. 

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Valorant: Team Secret scores massive upset against Team Liquid in VCT//LOCK IN

Angela Coloma,

ABS-CBN News

Published Feb 23, 2023 03:50 AM PHT

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Updated Feb 23, 2023 03:01 PM PHT

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