With the weekend coming to a close, we saw the Sentinels VALORANT roster, dominating North America once more in the Flashpoint Pop Flash Ignition series event. Read on to see how they did it.
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Sentinels win Pop Flash – How did they do it?
Group Stage
The Sentinels squad kicked off the event by getting 2 victories in Group B, one versus Envy, and the other versus Immortals. After these group stage matches, the top 2 teams of each group passed on to the Playoffs stage, where Cloud9 faced off Envy, and Sentinels vs Dignitas.
Heading into the playoffs, it was almost certain that the Sentinels roster were the favourites. This was due to them placing really well in recent events, such as: 1st in PAX Arena Invitational, and 2nd in the FaZe Clan Invitational.
Playoffs
Their first match in the playoffs versus Dignitas, was heavily one sided. The 1st map ended 13-0, and the 2nd ended 13-3, both in favor of Sentinels. Here’s the reaction of one of Dignitas’ players after their match:
Definitely disappointing to see from Dignitas, however they had only been together for a very short time, and definitely have enough time to climb back from this horrible defeat.
Next up in the playoffs were the fearsome Cloud9 squad, led by Tenz. Matches went on up to the third map, but after an intense 24 rounds on Haven, Sentinels were victorious. This win progressed them to the Grand Finals, where they would eventually meet Team Envy, which was one of the best performing teams during the Pop Flash tournament.
Sentinels win Pop Flash – Grand Finals
Heading into the Grand Finals, everyone was aware of Sentinels dominance in recent events. Despite this, Envy gave it all they could but unfortunately this was not enough for them to win a map. And just like that, Sentinels were crowned champions of another Ignition Series event. Here are the scores:
During the closed beta of VALORANT, Sentinels were considered as one of the worst teams to have formed at the time. However nowadays we are seeing a newer, and more refined form, and it seems like it’s paying off.
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