Team Heretics and Team Vitality just delivered one of the most electric Grand Finals in VCT EMEA history, and now the stage is set for a rematch on the international circuit. Both squads punched their tickets to VALORANT Masters London after a grueling five-map series that ended 3-2 in favor of Team Heretics on May 17.

How the Grand Final played out

The VCT EMEA Stage 1 Grand Final in Berlin was the kind of series that makes you forget you’ve been watching a screen for three hours straight. Team Heretics took Breeze 13-10 in a relatively clean opener, but Lotus immediately told a different story, stretching to overtime before Heretics edged it 15-13.

Down 0-2, Team Vitality responded with a dominant 13-7 performance on Pearl, the most lopsided map of the entire series, and suddenly the momentum had flipped entirely.

Split was a knife fight. Vitality pushed Heretics to the brink, but ultimately fell 13-11. That gave Team Heretics a 3-1 lead, though calling it comfortable would be deeply dishonest.

The final map, Haven, went to overtime as well, finishing 15-13 in Heretics’ favor. The series has been described as one of the best Grand Finals the EMEA region has ever produced.

For Team Heretics, the map scores tell the story: 13-10, 15-13, 13-7, 13-11, 15-13.

What Masters London means for both teams

The Berlin result did more than hand Heretics a trophy. It qualified both teams for VALORANT Masters London, the next major international event on the VCT calendar.

For Team Vitality, the loss stings, but the qualification is what matters most. Losing a five-map Grand Final by a combined margin of roughly ten rounds across the series is not a crisis. Vitality demonstrated they can go toe-to-toe with the best team in the region and came within a few crucial rounds of flipping the entire result.