# The Story of OpTic: Valorant's Fallen Kings

**Channel:** Commend
**Source:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K1w_cHUZUU
**Transcript page:** https://www.withtranscript.ai/video/4K1w_cHUZUU

## Chapters

- 0:00 — Envy's Rise to Berlin Finals
- 7:51 — Champions 2021 and Team Rebrand
- 18:47 — Iceland Triumph and First Trophy
- 25:51 — Copenhagen Setbacks and Rivalries
- 35:23 — Champions Istanbul Grand Final Run
- 44:05 — Legacy of Optic's Perfect Team

## Transcript

**[0:00]:** Chad think about it we had the perfect team everyone in their perfect roles the best players in their roles in the peak of their careers we literally had the perfect team and we had the perfect almost perfect ending to the year optic is a team that is carved into valerant history but looking at their players now after failed super teams devastating upset losses and even retirement you might wonder how they ever built that Legacy this is the story of the greatest team of valerent pre- partnership era and it begins at the very Inception of the VCT it's 2021 Sentinels have just won valerant first ever International landan and Optics valerant team doesn't actually exist yet the team that would become optic was instead playing under envy and they weren't doing too badly consistent top four finishes domestically cemented them as a leading na team but it wasn't quite enough to put them on the international stage they needed a boost in Firepower going

**[0:54]:** into the challenges playoffs and luckily a crack jeel list had just become available and box had missed out on qualifying to the tournament which left yay without a team going forward he was the perfect fit for Envy who dropped mumm to pick him up the roster was now crashies Victor marved fanes and yay a team who at the time were decently strong but not quite at the level of the two North American Titans 100 thieves and Sentinels Envy beat TSM in phase and lost the Sentinels before facing exet with three international spots on offer this would be the match that qualified Envy to Masters Berlin where they could prove themselves against the best teams in the world but being in the lower bracket this match was Do or Die she's all is going to come out Aaron goes in aggressive but yay yay just goes He full s crash is able to get one as

**[1:36]:** well as yay gets a third seems like it's going to require Herculean effort just to equalize things yeah gets one yeah he gets a second what more fitting of a way to do it will com in in Berlin baby env's representing North America at Masters the best teams in the world had gathered in Germany to dictate the state of global valerant there were so many questions would Sentinels just dominate again could a 100 thieves challenge them for that na Crown was Europe going to retake the crown of FPS through G2 or could Asia make their first real mark on the scene with the Korean Powerhouse of vision Strikers not many of those questions though were about Envy as the na thir seed there wasn't really much to say clearly they had potential but in their first International Event they surely wouldn't do very much the group draw did treat them nicely though every team in

**[2:21]:** their group were from regions quite far behind North America in 2021 Vio keed from Brazil crew from Latin America and Zeta from Japan Envy were up against the Brazilian squad first a team known for their mechanical prowess with star player Heat leading the charge but luckily Envy had their very own star Jew list and he was not going to be beaten through kitchen though Victor with the show stoer it's actually Yay who's able to get one yay gets the second one as well Envy once again take the lead in overtime I mean they've got him boxed in there's nowhere they can go he can't do anything without them knowing yay is able to secure it and so they moved on to face crew in the group decider crew were a solid team but this one wasn't even close yay once again took over over the server establishing himself as a top jewelist at the event

**[3:02]:** but there was still doubt over the validity of these wins from Envy how good were crew and Vivo keed really we needed to see them against a top team and luckily now that they'd qualified into the playoffs that's exactly what we would see Sentinels had only lost one match in 4 months before Masters Berlin picking up a trophy on the way tens was pretty universally the best player in the world and it was a true North American super team from every angle could the challenges really usurp North America's Throne it started in the best possible way for Envy going up 93 at the half and then winning the pistol to bring it to 11 there was no easy way back for S well unless you have 10 have to deal with the players on the other side crash is going to be the first man forward finds one does he expect two more yeah he

**[3:40]:** does that's another f a third no six still finds damage and it's 10 against three there's one the second no way they're going to set the diffuse right now he can't find it he's tapping oh my God unless something like Yay gets involved he needed that to be clean I couldn't quite find it intention pushes himself into three found give him the fourth crashies will for for it give him the ace and had come so close but they seemed doomed to never beat Sentinels the individual prowess of 10 was just too much to handle but Envy didn't lack individual prowess and sometimes you have to fight fire with fire nothing confirmed on the back of it and look at this s will fall through Marv will find one on the way in though he spotted three at least Crossing maybe two marved finding some Excellence here a needed amount of kills coming in for him

**[4:29]:** but still still stands there's still a bit of Hope with this maybe not mared this is his round Dappa able to trade it out but it means nothing ice in the veins and now look at the HP Zs is low Dapper is low and they can't get on the spike just yet they've got to sit this one Zs oh crashies 10 HP and now the push-up comes in 10 checks it still dies crashy single-handedly this round might be doing it for him and he has Envy ref Ching to take the knee to the king so far and with that momentum Envy cleaned up map 2 in smooth fashion with yay once again putting up a huge performance Envy had done the impossible eliminated Sentinels from an International Tournament not only that they had eliminated Sentinels as the first team to go home from North America because the other na team 100 thieves was set to

**[5:19]:** be their next opponents 100 thieves were coming off a massive comeback win against the send a match that still has its place in valerant legend that qualified them into this semi-final against Envy another na derby with Sentinels out the winners of this match would be crowned America's New Kings and also secure themselves a spot in the grand finals it was the single most important match of valerant these players have played yet but even so one of mv's most formidable players seemed to feel no pressure at all yeah he's in a clutch spot here he does have one bullet left with the op that's that blad online if he's able to get that right he's good for one it's going to be on a steal he has to creep his way forward a Red Bull clutch from yay yay destroyed a 100 thieves especially on Haven with a 31 and9 KD he was Unstoppable he was

**[6:04]:** quickly becoming a contender for the best player in the world with constant worldclass performances against every single opponent Envy matched up against and he' brought them to a Grand Final on their International debut but as they watched the other semi-final unfold they realized their next game would without a doubt be their hardest match yet Gambit with a Russian bastions tearing their way through the bracket in Berlin all you need to do to understand just how good they were is to watch their 130 vers G2 in the semi-final yes a 130 in the semi-finals their players were very individually skilled but their true strength came from strategy and Synergy every player on the team had a role and they each played it perfectly Nats was arguably Gambit star player rejuvenating lurking as a valid play style and with Chronicle jados defo and redgar as The Supporting Cast they were coming into the final as favorites Envy

**[6:50]:** definitely still had a chance but it would have to be a life game from the whole Squad to overcome this Behemoth of a team the stage is set for this Grand finals best of five of these teams will be leaving this stage as Champions bringing home a trophy and earning the ultimate bragging rights for their region kakuka it does not get better than this going with this they need something to open up for them here and nothing is they have 25 seconds and they got to now lean back towards B but redar still here he still knows what's going on there's still n to the back of the side Envy come on you got to make this happen Chronicle he walks through and destroys Envy three backto back frags and it might be four in a second he's on the chopping block Gambit have made it to 12 one more round and Gambit walk away

**[7:40]:** match point Chronicle the man who just destroyed them in the prior round is just around this corner of the time timing oh my God yeah he's made a meal of it it's all going to

**[7:51]:** pieces that was the end of env's run in Berlin but their second place finish had secured them a spotted champions in December another chance to be crowned as the best Val team in the world but they wouldn't even get close an easy win over X10 and a close loss to Europe's up and comom as Ascend left Envy with an elimination match to qualify for the top eight it was a rematch against X10 the team from Thailand which Envy had just twoed no one expected them to lose here Envy took map one and went 5 up on split the script was going to plan until X10 decided to turn up and they brought it back to win 138 an upset was on the cards but after mvy up went 93 at the half on Haven it was pretty much over crashies is online they have oh my God what a play by but I'm sure you're

**[8:35]:** familiar with the 93 curse and this match was no

**[8:44]:** different good he's so good oh my God seit gorgeous CIT P where's yay where is

**[9:07]:** EnV was sent home by this wild tie team in a match that would be heralded as one of the most unlikely upsets in valerant history they'd have to wait until 2022 to compete again and with a new year came new branding Envy had merged with optic so this team would now be playing under the storied green wall that wasn't the only change that came for this team in 2022 though the biggest thing was a change to the game itself change was released just before Champions 2021 but not playable in VCT until the start of the new season the community wasn't sure on how good he'd actually be relying heavily on Gunplay to hold down sights as opposed to trip wires or mollies like other Sentinel agents but pretty quickly it became clear just how valuable his teleport was as it allowed him to escape any dangerous situation with the click of a button and that

**[9:49]:** suited a player like Yay perfectly he was able to use the op aggressively without the fear of getting punished and also control the map with two trademarks it's easy to forget just how busted this guy was when he was released he was so good and yay was so good with him that by week three of the new vcg season optic had already put yay on chamber on six out of seven maps and it was working oh no absolute catastrophe as y it finds perfect timing of the annihilates the entire team secures the ace ending the group stage with a three and2 record qualified them to the playoffs where they clinched wins over exet and a previously undefeated Cloud9 Squad yay continued to drop monster performances is on chamber to bring them to the upper final and with two spots reserved for na at Masters ruic winning this match would mean making it back to the

**[10:35]:** global stage but in the story of their opponents optic were considered the villains the guard had a young talented Squad who had scrap their way into tier one through the open qualifiers 30 no 100 thieves and then continued that momentum to become a top three team in North America out of nowhere Trent seemed like God's Gift of valerin pulling out legendary players on every map and S players Korean jet was Unstoppable everyone loved them and there was no telling just how far this rookie team could go but all heroes need a setback potentially even just pul plant utility and we see that Molly coming out from the showers but it gives to tell away that valid is there yay is just Unstoppable with the operator the spike is diffused halfway and yay gets the quad kill for the round for optic optic were the ones who gave it to them in this upper final qualifying

**[11:20]:** themselves to ruic in the process even though they played spoiler to the guards Miracle run many were excited to see if optic could recover to their Master's Berlin form once again and if yay could keep up his dominance on his new one trick welcome to the Beautiful ruic the site of our first Masters International Event of the 2022 valerant a Champions Tour Optics first match in Iceland was against the very same team that knocked them out of Champions X10 had rebranded to zersha but with four of the same players it was effectively an exact rematch it was the perfect chance for optic to start their International year off with a solid win and to get some sweet revenge in the process do the smoke not able to do much the shock swings through his finesse pop but Fox gets three finesse left alone and it happened the upset happens again never mind that loss put

**[12:12]:** optic on the brink of elimination but optic were no strangers to pressure like this and over the course of the tournament that would become very clear they easily dealt with crew to face zersha once again in the decided for playoffs this time though optic stayed in control of the series debuting a neon compound fracture that outpaced the team from Thailand top eight ured now with some momentum behind them that's that green wall that's what that is and that rematch against the guard it had already arrived the two teams were very familiar with each other at this point but being on landine for the first time would surely affect the rookies optic had the upper hand in the experience department and they showed it isn't good obviously an e being taken by

**[12:53]:** the what a head shot yay yay yay dominated map one and with their own map pick of Haven up next it seemed to be optics for the taking but the guard's own veteran stepped up with s player dropping a Godly performance to even the score fracture would decide it might just get sandwiched here at dish has to use the as a fight underneath doubled up Victor needs to try and survive FS trying to collapse onto it the swing timing it is a disaster right now it's being swarmed I think the plan might be rolling thunder for Rolling Thunder n command there swinging round TI player just the operator 84 at the half if the guard are really trying to play a reactive style use early round information to it a guy in a former s player knives in hand I leave 19 kills to his name pushes forward there's a stun and he's just broken

**[13:43]:** his ankles what an out play worked in the neutral and now moving forwards net tries to swing to the rest of his team that was just going straight through or strike splits up the s in this moment the rest of this match and of this story was already written 105 a 2v4 optic is set to lose this round which would make it six in a row for the guard from there they'd probably close out the game pretty easily a move on to face DRX who won the series earlier in the day optic would fall into the lower bracket up against a wild paper x team where anything could have happened the miracle run from the rookies would continue triumphing once again over their North American counterparts if the guard were playing any team other than optic this is probably how it would have gone but that was the thing about this team about these five

**[14:28]:** players some way somehow they would always find a way to rewrite the script and in this moment it all came down to one player at the timing as they push through that's quite fantastic M Staying Alive 75 hp four kills potentially the ace to try and close it that is immense that Ace from marved was the Catalyst for Optics comeback one round lost out of the next eight secured victory in the series dooming the guard to an early Exit 1 2 3 Optics next match was against the Korean Powerhouse of DRX Mako was undoubtedly leading the competition to be the best controller in the world capitalizing off of the team's ever robust structure he showed exactly why on ascent and put the Korean Squad ahead in the series it would be difficult to disrupt DX's momentum on ice box a map they'd already won 132 and 134 in this tournament optic would have to if

**[15:20]:** they wanted to stay in the upper bracket though and once again they barely found a way to fight back enough of what he needs now FNS where are you in this you're dead are just swinging him down crash he's desperate to try and do it but now time has he bought enough time on the diffuse just going to hold this down as best they can a pray and their breath Z4 Lauren but it was just enough to bring ice box over the line and the series to split and there's a reason this map is known for its historic matches because this game was one of them surely wait seen it yet he definitely saw Victor waiting nice work from RB leading the charge here this shut down DRX welcome back to the game but yay managed to slip in as well slip the net he's going to isolate one yay doing so nicely here beautiful

**[16:09]:** work from optic to hand regardless he still did well do they know that there's still another player up there I thought FNS could have done more but no it down to someone like marved who finds the timing just right and give marved how did he get away with it he can zested on the other side some buzz on the back side quick check but he gets quickly dealt with and now optic shouldn't be able to spiral off the back there's no big denial zest big work from zest as yay gets walled off and denied any entry he needs three here and he's going to get none 12 12 We're Going the Distance try bail out towards heaven but he's going to try to regardless yeah he stands and fights he knows there was pressure behind him breathing down the back of his neck it was going to be Stacks there it is Stacks gets removed

**[16:50]:** great work from yay there's no flashes they can't pop this they have to swing it yay actually going to be rewarded for his patience and it's all on Buzz and he can't do it knows there's a problem now he does he's got players surrounding him on all front he's going to have to make this something oh they actually flash it are you kidding me crashies so good but stack still stands he has to become the tur and he can't do it now the two players who are so far away have 13 seconds to get over here and try and deny but the plot has to go down can they deny it that's a that's a spike that was a spike lost and now time is of the element but still they get it down for now this should be okay and look who's creeping closer it's buzz and a one V2 with it all to

**[17:26]:** do pops the all wait trying to get closer everything in the next moment it's j to do it and it's optic the masters of disaster oh my God best team in the but there was still one team who could say otherwise the only one that had gone undefeated so far in Iceland the new Brazilian super team loud an experienced core of sadak and Sassy mixed with cracked rookies aspas Les and panarda made for a formidable Squad and they were serious contenders to take the trophy whoever won this match would secure a spot in the grand finals along with the crucial double map ban both teams knew just how important this match was and they were desperate not to let it slip no control of dish nothing in main I mean the attempt from sassy to take some control get slapped and shut down optic have dominated on map number one maybe this loud team just

**[18:20]:** weren't as good as we thought and optic would Breeze their way to a victory I'm yellow holding yellow swing like on the left holding out in the is he fighting or no T out T out that remes the scen can't I they don't have the utility to cover as they push forward all these angles up for kills are going their

**[18:47]:** way they've made history not quite loud bounce back on ascent and a less master class on ice box laid the path for them into the Grand Final that was a brutal loss for optic and to get the rematch against them in the Grand Final they'd have to play the villains once again this time against Japan's newest Heroes no mention of Miracle runs in valerant is complete without mentioning Zeta division at this tournament from getting stomped by DRX in their first match to triumphing over them in the lower bracket and guaranteeing a Podium finish for Japan their Improvement during Master's rubic was exponential but was it enough to take them any further and into the Grand Final it was time to find out he's found the perfect Tim in for 10 to back off but he comes around just in time to clean up optic and they really are cleaning up optic this is 5 and

**[19:34]:** zero sugar zero is such a smart player I was saying at the beginning of the match but I think he's one of the most impactful players we have here nevertheless Zeta division Japan they've got a commanding lead over this map one optic went down 511 on the first map of Haven in the blink of an eye if two more rounds went the way of Zeta there would be a map down in this low final it seemed like an impossible comeback but when something seemed impossible for Optic One always stepped up the ican breaks the ankles of the breach team's backing him up with utility but L they swinging all the way through Zeta division they're just already taking this sharer is just diving in no help on the rest of his team and just deciding to just has a whole close now did we see yay and Mar really come up huge here to force

**[20:19]:** in hand I mean yay he's done it before Oh trademark as well that's slow field brutal to try and push through now to stun only the one connection flick though m is already finding the value for them alongside it still left alone Crow wants to try and get it to spam through so low but time it's running out he has to stick it the circle shrinking M swings it at the perfect time once more he's 26 and 11 but it's not even the kills necessarily that I'm most impressed with the way that he's reading the rotations and finding safe plants in man Advantage situations is just phenomenal this guy is reading the game so perfectly right now it's ice cold in this own smoke the fult line as well is going to be slowing them down CR holding it and again anticipate it the setup Crow still no match for him yay taking names taking

**[21:11]:** heads away an optic Mar played out of his mind in this map breaking the land kill record with 35 frags to drag optic over the line his read on the game was unlike anything we'd seen before and it continued into the next two maps where optic won both in convincing fashion if optic had lost Haven the story could have been very different but they were writing their own story optic would prove that they were the best team in the world they would prove that they could finally win a trophy only one team stood in their way the only team who optic were yet to get revenge on in rovic and the only team who was still undefeated loud it would not be an easy game especially coupled with loud's advantage of getting two map bands Optics dominant fracture would not be played and instead Ascent was up first so in their Championship whites optic took

**[21:57]:** to the stage ready for their rematch and we know how good optic are at rematches but we are live there's no waiting around welcome to the Grand finals it's optic on the defending side and of course that means L will be on the attack should come through now crashy should be able to find himself an upgrade though find anything timing perfect the timing is perfect from ESS alive she are marved on the other side hp's a little low but they have the numbers one goes in oh the snap from crashies I need loud to wake up but wake up loud did did winning seven out of eight rounds on defense to bring the score dangerously close said it's nine foroud and they are back in this game round by round they are finding ways through and with optic on an Eco The Comeback was seriously on you can see just at the back of the

**[22:43]:** side Le is still solid enough the spray comes in sassy wants to help out desperately but there's a problem marved he's behind him no he's going to just unleash yeah find sassy swings and finds another Mar digs deep when they need it but it's still a 2v2 and we've seen these have problems Mar's going to be expecting him got to look towards CT as well keep that got back of your mind who gets this shot it's marved what a moment for this man as Sak now tries to find his way back in and crashes comes around on it optic make it to 12 and it's off the back of marved in this round that insane round from marved stemmed Optics bleeding and they took the map 139 onto bind a stronghold for optic in this tournament but still a great map for loud they have to clear these close angles they're trying to bring these

**[23:27]:** SMGs to the best place time good they fight together and now just one asass who got this started made it a problem still being a problem show sters up baby let's go he can the trade no way Fury going to go out send it through try and clear FNS maybe a tag would be great now for it yay though oh y big players make big plays in big games and he just did sassy over here looking s coming over they still have yet to clear in Victor going to go for but sassy is still alive Victor find sassy p is here aspas is still here he's been deleted by Victor and now a 2v2 and Victor just need to hold penard starts to close in the barrel shows and now one more player less what can you do what can you find Victor so L on HP but he's still alive he's still breathing but

**[24:16]:** he's going to lose his teammate mob goes down another diffuse he's just going to try and sit this but time has gone away and Victor it's one HP is all he needed we're tied up it's 1212 it's OT ASAS dropped 29 kills on bind yay dropped 30 two Titans of the game going back and forth on their signature agents but one player and one team had to come out on top as well it's an awkward position to get it going though oh sassy on the swing it's so good and now the one fre sassy he's got the showstopper online Sassy has got barely any HP really takes some chunks of damage Victor needs to play so composed here keep the pressure up F sass win it's to 12 optic have done it in OT optic were up 20 in a grand final one map away from doing what they couldn't in Berlin from getting revenge

**[25:06]:** against loud in the sweetest way possible from being the best team in the world Breeze was the final hurdle between optic and the tropy it was their Perma ban but sometimes it doesn't matter what map a team is playing or who's on the other side it's just their time to win yay Marv anything up the sleeve any more tricks to pull out Jay starts to address the sight first fight found for crashies quick turn didn't note anyone towards double doors no way mared as well and El pan Carter tournament life in your hands optic on the verge and it's all but over it's all but done optic gaming build Legacy freck

**[25:51]:** brick give it up for optic gaming

**[26:04]:** optic came into split two as the best team in the world that did put a Target on their back but with the A's chamber still dominating they cruised into the upper finals against X set the match to qualify them to Masters Copenhagen and much like split one they won that match with relative ease and then lost the Grand Final they'd have to fight through another International group stage but this time it was dangerous mostly because of loud who was somehow placed in the same group as optic in the leadup to the tournament their rivalry was focused on as we awaited an almost unavoidable rematch between the two teams but before that Optics first match in Denmark would be against a guild team with some Heavy Hitters Leo safe and TX made their debut on the international stage and were looking for something to prove a team that would undoubtedly punish a slow start from optic

**[26:46]:** but as long as they could avoid that now FNS is in a 1 V4 certainly doesn't seem winable and called him end backstabbing again how many kills does this guy have never mind I'm sure they wanted to get a better start on map 2 but that's exactly what they didn't get this time though optic were determined to bring it back now down to the 2v3 surely this round can't get that dangerous with safe on the lur as well no way crash is K no what is that at hand and Russ of course he's there steady is the hand but FNS wants to cancel it out you've got to be joking what is that spray control can't see a thing onto the site but he's going to try and make sure he deals it he's players marved whips out the free gun but now the line of side angles it's there for them a fast retake

**[27:34]:** crashes he flashes straight through they just can barely get their bearings but now down to the 1 V one killed moment away Leo ultimate online rips it across and what a finish Leo finalizes it four kills for him and that is them besting the Ric Champions Leo played out of his mind with 29 kills and an uncharacteristic underperformance from yay meant that optic had lost another Opening match 02 they were in the lower bracket again and this time it was not an easy route back because somehow the other upset in group b had also come true crew took down Loud meaning this group stage elimination match was a rematch of the previous Masters finals another chapter in the Rivalry was going to be written and neither team wanted to go home loud's unbeatable Ascent was up first with aspas going insane on jet to take it 138 it was much the same story on fracture

**[28:24]:** only going the other way split would decid it whether rounds went back and forth it's all down to bner they don't know where he is he still gets away with it overtime time could have been a problem but forced back away stic though stopped to the doorway and it's a wait what oh it's all gone absolutely arai yay now gets to roam three punishes sassy this is not how it's meant to be and optic holding on to this asass Last One Alive bows down to the old gods once again denouncing the new era and optic stay alive loud didn't really play like themselves but you could argue optic didn't either a dominant win over crew to make it into playoffs did restore some faith in the team though and they'd have to hold on to that momentum going into the top eight but their path through the playoffs was almost identical to that of Master's

**[29:14]:** rovic their first match was a rematch against except the North American team who beat them in the domestic Grand finals and once again optic experience shined through letting them take the win and move on in the upper bracket they then faced DRX in the upper semi-finals again with a close final match the optic barely edged over the line that secured them another top three finish at a master's event back in the upper final one win away from a shot at a second consecutive Trophy this was also the first International valerant match ever in front of a crowd the pressure couldn't have been higher and as for their opponents well they were a unique team paper had trademarked a hyper aggressive Style with anent compositions that seemed like they were straight out of ranked and individual mechanics unlike any other Squad it made them very tough to play against especially for a team so heavily reliant

**[29:56]:** on anti statting like optic The Clash of styles would make for an excellent match and fans watched on eagerly to see who would come out on top has already worked his way around once again yeah it was actually Yay who was still on the site but forsaken cleans him up forsaken gets three oh what a beautiful sound no forsaken gets the ace our first ever Global crowd is from the first round paperex had control over this series Forsaken and Jing showed exactly why PR X deserved to be at the top of world valerant despite a bounce back on bind fracture was another dominant win for paperex Optics simply could not match the pace and momentum of their opponents once again they'd lost the upper final and would need to win a best of five in the lowers to make it into GRS and just like in Iceland it was another team on a miracle run

**[30:45]:** fpx the kings of Europe they'd missed out on ruic because of Visa issues and barely been able to play in Copenhagen but once seetu arrived in Denmark they went undefeated through the lower bracket with some of the best individual in team form we' throughout the entire tournament couple that with Optics inability to get a win versus a European team and this game would be a whole different level to the lower Final in Iceland and on that day they just couldn't reach it close the gap finds one life in them yet an even situation here zip going back around it's all and over sh the one to do it and fpx will make it to the Grand Final fpx moved into the Grand Final to play a legendary Series against paperex and optic were eliminated from Masters Copenhagen it's not like it was the end of the world for them though at the end of the

**[31:34]:** day they'd still reach third place and only lost to the top two teams but if anything is clear about this optic team is that they're never truly satisfied they wanted more and luckily the biggest Tournament of the year had just arrived Champions Istanbul valerant World Championship where the winner would be cemented in VCT history if there was another tournament for optic to win this was it with their group again featuring loud optic couldn't afford to have a slow start it should have been easy enough against boom Apex ltq team with optic coming in as the heavy favorites but that was before one of boom's players broke the land kill record in the first map Tebo dropped 38 frags to drag boom over the line and win 1816 on Breeze it was a complete shock to witness but the shock didn't last too long optic dominated the next two maps to win a fairly comfortable series

**[32:20]:** and avoid their group stage curse ultimately so did loud and that set up another match in the Rivalry to qualify for playoffs the last game between the two teams knocked loud out of Copenhagen so they were determined to even the score an 11-1 first half on Breeze showed that they came to play and without a near 30 bomb from yay optic probably would have lost fracture 2 they didn't though which let them show off the new map of pearl a map which marved clearly enjoyed they took it 133 to make it cleanly into the playoffs but they weren't finished they'd have to break another curse in their next match they'd have to win against a European team that team was Liquid in white hot form coming out of the lcq screams emotional leadership gave them a new found Synergy and they already knocked out paperex in the group stage for optic this match was about

**[33:01]:** proving the D is wrong if they actually could win against the European play style now was the time to show it but Breeze was never somewhere optic with without comfortable and liquid took full advantage taking the map 137 yay did nearly 1 V5 though but a 5 HP clutch would be one for the ages a 1v5 ace needed he's going to get himself a third already tag B for he actually has a chance in this just one more need and he come quite do it an incredibly nice try from the man himself bind was a great map for optic however and they took it fairly comfortably it all came down to a scent and just in case you'd forgotten who the best player in the world was he decided to give us a reminder 30 kills and nine deaths that is a player in Championship form this map also gave us a great moment in

**[33:48]:** VCT history courtesy of Victor kill coming through on the other side the AL through this could actually be very dangerous if scream doesn't find him he could just go back he's going to wait for him this brilliant from Victor he's waiting to get that final kill and I think scream has made the realization he's going to knife them to get them their fifth round embarrassment for scream and Elation for Victor and optic must have been elated to win that game and finally break the curse back in the upper semi-finals this time not against DRX but it was still another rematch exet had finally overcome their nerves from Denmark and were acting the villains in Turkey after beating fanatic they were playing incredibly well with their very own chamber demon in cryos cells this was the match to Crown the kings of Na but optic hadn't lost it all year why would they now taking control

**[34:34]:** of this one it's a faster play though and you can feel it now the pressure starting to really apply the Victor stand one after the other yay at the side that is going to be the 39 and what a way to come back side Step Side Dodge cryo making a most of it and yeah he's a one tis his way across and clean trades is what carries it through for exit it's down to crashies and marked can they do the heroics can they make the big play Marv has had such a monstrous map here what face of the world contact through and a spray down crashies has found his Target a stick on the spike there needs to be a play but it's being watched for and crashies scotf free gets away with it optic are making their way through that upper bracket optic cemented their dominance over the region with an emphatic win on

**[35:23]:** Pearl and also secured another top three finish it was a great marker of the team's consistency but as they would say job's not finished onto the upper final against a very familiar foe loud again this was the fifth time these two teams had played each other this year and optic had gotten the better of the Brazilians in the last three matchups but loud had made a respectable playoff run of their own coming into incredible form towards the end of the tournament the teams were so familiar with each other at this point that it was bound to be a close game bind was the first map and despite it being seemingly infallible for optic loud took it with another monster performance from panarda That Shook optic and meant they had zero chance on loud's own home ground of ascent they lost another upper final this time 2 am I doing something wrong I don't get am

**[36:05]:** I doing something wrong there the smoke faded on me when I tried to flash to it they literally pling perf Val and was sent into the best of five inevitably against a team on a miracle run but this time it wasn't a new matchup DRX had finally shown their true potential at Champions overcoming the fifth place curse to make it to their first top three finish optic had never lost to the Korean Squad but it was never a decisive Victory they always seemed to be only a few rounds in it but as long as those went the way of optic they'd get their rivalry rematch in the grand finals could DRX really take it all the way or would optic play the villains one final time we've seen some huge comebacks from DRX but they're looking outclass right now moments Brilliance but oh what on everybody from optic and one after another plan's going to

**[36:49]:** be at least a nth at the time PS around the corner and yay was watching it from the side of the wall optic every Avenue every line of sight is just locked down there's definitely a world where you think that like you know there's no way that they can come back and win this like it's very very hard mentally to come back and win three maps and then you know we went to fracture and this drob crashes to his knees and a forward play by Mars he's making all the risks in the world but not enough to take the map away we're going to the fourth map which was a set which was their pick and the one V5 utility use and as soon as the wall goes down DRX will not be denied the map five 22 now somehow it's 22 like we were just up 2 Feeling Good Feeling on top of the

**[37:38]:** world and now it's 22 so last map Haven what could be done here with be dropped down with have no tools to try and reclaim this one and it's a double up in fact even the ultimate being committed here what spray down and a lock down will not do squat yay could find one shot to turn it into the 1 V one and he gets the right read doesn't have to pick up the rifle wants to play Fast into this one cuz he knows ab's low and the W bangs five he goes to his OB swings and wins The One V one DRX were pulling off some of the most ridiculous and unbelievable plays we had ever seen on a valerant stage it was hard to believe the optic would prevent this reverse sweep but when it seems impossible you already know who's going to step up Cloud cutting it up but still the shots

**[38:30]:** are found it's given a right angle at the back of the sight with a frenzy of play and it had maed ripping him apart the ma still alive and it is just down to marvs with the Bulldog anything's possible in the One V one I'm the best Go Go Jimmy Go let's go bro you are incredible but optic moment away from carving their rightful spot in the ground finals and there it is optic had somehow some way prevented the reverse sweep from DRX they pulled Haven across the line in one of the most exhausting series they'd ever played but there was no time to rest because the next day they'd have to do it all and more over

**[39:22]:** again everything comes down to this the grand finals of Val Champions one of optic or louds will be lifting the most illustrious trophy in all of valerant here in esto

**[39:43]:** today loud's form has been formidable terrifying they are now moments away from once again facing their Nemesis and no higher Stakes could be on the line let's get into things as it is the Grand Final kicking off here on map one the single one's Danny and your right the spike is not to hand and yay knows it the for y You Can't Dance with the Devil and not expect to get burned y's in the building crass is the one to find the wall bang optic on map Point more chances to try and close here nice and clean big marks on the to block but he's still standing up what the hell is going on but optic need to make this and it's a for just an absolute spray down between Les and Sari they have no idea and asass makes his debut on the round the jewel of Fain of course is going OT 1212

**[40:37]:** right back on out of the round what is going on one by one they face a one by one they fall loud no idea he's here and do they turn do they look three players oh my what it's sh hold on for a second left and now he starts to build he tries to get that pick towards the back of B house five more seconds they're running low block time with 7 HP he's charging the other side oh it's not enough sassy what is Dusty made of between the right click and then the shot coming back in felt like an alterity for crashy rotations are on the way look invested it's a big Pace change here sadak gets ahead of it does get revealed by the knife though that's tack P he's going to be feeling so much de press you found a kill vict down P's just standing in the open taking the fight

**[41:28]:** allowed take the round 15-13 crushing optic in the end in OT it's fine it's fine it's fine it's fine we there's a reset everyone back to back kills and as first The Last Man Standing optic happy to sit in this Crossfire let this Coptic down and Victor the deal the killing blow a 10 to half from optic as now it's just down first tell me how optic of three alive with rifles now and I'll tell you none of us were to the start of this round aslo good for one good for two and now just the one V one the correct guess Victor none the wiser forced to pull the trigger as the unthinkable again everything with this are mared again from the Shadows this man is always behind him he's got another and now the one man in the AL that is it let's to try and turn the tides and he's been found

**[42:31]:** Fess has him optic I've actually got us the finals now man Advantage stop throwing guys we've thrown on set and we've thrown on Bine man advantages please stop throwing them and we will win this game I prise and he's still standing and he's gone back for more he's G more that's to spike now seen as well so telling at this time the rest of the team is on the way through caves and just so well punishing it can you believe it asass he needs one kill that's what he's desperate for another attempt and another death and no more o is loud finally get across the line here but this is a marathon of a game

**[43:17]:** Mike we are one round away the last purches potentially for optic it's now or it's never it's do or it's die and it's a double stack towards sewer panarda already ripping the hell off of yay shoulders would they predict the second oh yes they do p Carter breaking Victor and two and now there's only three standing and it's all building towards this a sight they got so much utility to work with again p and ASAS have both found one it's all on one the last man standing at finess and after so much time so 20 years of heartbreak at the hands of optic loud beat them in the best possible way becoming the B 2022

**[44:05]:** Champion what a moment the I was just like man like just sucks because for me I wasn't really thinking about the loss I was thinking like okay this is probably the last time this lineup plays together it just sucked sitting there and kind of understanding like all right well this is it this is what it is we can't change anything now now we just see what happens next year

**[44:33]:** optic didn't make it into Valance partnership program much to the sadness of the community that inevitably meant that the team that so many fans loved had to split up FNS crashies and Victor stayed together on NRG hoping to rekindle the fire that made Optics so great yay moved over to C9 in the supposed super team that was forming with him as the star Marv decided to take a break and wait until he was ready to return to the VCT as we now know these decisions didn't pan out the way any of the players had hoped NRG had a mediocre year bombing out of Champions by losing to Billy Billy gaming twice in the group stages yay was dropped from C9 in a messy financial situation and would go on to not win a match for 430 days and Marv's late substitution couldn't save a struggling Sentinels from missing out on the domestic playoffs but none

**[45:20]:** of that really matters what matters is that optic are one of the teams that have defined valerent history and all five players are true Legends of the game this team might not be playing together anymore but the story of optic lives on in the memories of valerant fans across the world these players aren't just remembered as kings but as Gods optic were the best team in the world and that will not be forgotten Chad think about it we had the perfect team everyone in their perfect rules the best players in their rules in the peak of their careers we literally had the perfect team and we had the perfect almost perfect ending to the year dude that was that was Good Vibes that team was Good Vibes you guys always ask me like what's my dream team that is that is really literally it that

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