VCT Game Changers Championship 2024 was the final international official event of this year. The tournament saw a total of ten GC teams from all over the world compete for the title of World Champion. These ten teams included three from EMEA, two from NA, two from Pacific, one from Brazil, China and LATAM each.
Since the championship went from eight to ten teams for the 2024 season, it allowed more pros to make their mark on the global stage. Many of these pros created some of the most memorable moments of the event. Below is a list of the top five players from VCT Game Changers Championship 2024.
Note: The following ranked list is subjective and solely reflects the writer's opinions.
The best players at VCT Game Changers Championship 2024
5) enerii
Odella "enerii" Abraham is Indonesian esports player who plays for Xipto Esports. Her main role revolves around being the space maker for her team. She does this by fulfilling the role of a primary Duelist. However, she has played as the Initiator Agents, like Skye and Gekko, in the past.
Xipto Esports follows a hyper aggressive playstyle, which ends in their favor because of enerii's excellent entries. Her aim and fragging power are extremely high, wherein she wins almost every duel she faces. In 2023, she had already proven herself as one of the best pros at the championship. During VCT Game Changers Championship 2024, she did it once more as she secured a total ACS (Average Combat Score) of 216.6, making her one of the GC pro player in the world and certainly the best from the Pacific region.
4) Petra
The esports player from Netherlands, Petra "Petra" Stoker, plays for G2 Gozen. She has fulfilled many roles for her team over the course of her career. Lately, she has mainly fulfilled the role of an Initiator for her team.
Petra is among the veteran pros in the GC scene. She has secured many titles under her belt, and even won the first ever championship event in 2022. During VCT Game Changers Championship 2024, Petra had a monstrous performance. Despite playing as an Initiator Agent, she would have a massive impact in several rounds with her multi kills. In fact, she secured an ACS of 218.2 and is one of the only non Duelist players to make it among the top performing pros of the event.
3) dods
Caue "dods" Fernandes is a Brazilian esports player who plays for KRÜ BLAZE. They mainly fulfill the role of a Duelist player for the team. However, they have also played as the Initiator Agents, KAY/O, Fade and Skye in the past on certain maps.
VCT Game Changers Championship 2024 was the first international appearance for dods. Despite that, they were able to pose quite a threat to all their opponents, as dods would run circles around their enemies in each series. dods would have a constantly high impact with their quick entries and multi kills. With consistent performances in each series, they were able to secure a total ACS of 249.1, making them one of the top three players at this event.
2) srN
The Brazilian Nicolas "srN" Niederauer plays for MIBR. They mainly fulfill the role of the Duelist Agents, Raze and Jett. However, they have also played as the more niche Agents like Yoru and Reyna when required.
srN was the biggest surprise at VCT Game Changers Championship 2024. Despite this event being their first global appearance, they were able to annihilate some of the top GC teams single-handedly. srN were the only Duelist pros that didn't play Neon in any of the matches. In their semi-final match against G2 Gozen, srN had a total of 70 kills on the three maps they played. Not a single player in that series was anywhere close to that record. Ultimately, srN ended up getting a total ACS of 286.6 at this event.
1) florescent
Ava "florescent" Eugene is an esports player from Vietnam who plays for Shopify Rebellion. She has fulfilled the role of a primary Duelist for her team and has even played nicher Agents like Reyna and Yoru on certain maps.
florescent was the best player at VCT Game Changers Championship 2024. Her mechanical skill is off the charts, and every duel would mostly end up in her favor. florescent's insane fragging power was a huge contributor to Shopify's back-to-back world championship wins. In 2024, she also received the GC scene's first ever MVP award as she got herself an ACS of 310. This level of performance has made many viewers of the community hopeful of seeing her in the game's tier one league soon.
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