TSM pick up back-to-back tournament wins in triumphant return to form
Wardell is a Chamber main now.
After a shaky start to the year,TSM FTXhas picked up much-needed victories in the YFP Winter Classic and Knights Monthly Gauntlet tournaments.
They facedT1andFaZe Clanon the way to win the YFP competition, and took on anewly-rebuilt100 Thieves rosterin the grand final of February’s Knights Monthly.
The roster failed to find success in theVCT NA Stage 1 Challengers open qualifiers, and missed out on theGroup Stage event.
But after TSM’s Vice President of Esports, Dominic Kallas, signaled a willingness toreexamine the roster and make changes, the team is pressing ahead by taking part in every open event it can.
They are looking to reclaim the form that helped them rise to the top of North American Valorant in the early days of the game. The recent wins provide a boost to the struggling roster as they work to get into shape for the VCT NA Stage 2 Challengers qualifiers in the months ahead.
TSM finally find success with wins over 100 Thieves, T1, and FaZe Clan
Former FaZe Clan player Corey “corey” Nigra shone brightly in the wins over his former organization and T1, where TSM picked up clean 2-0 victories.
Corey topped the scoreboard in both series as the main duelist, supported byMatthew “Wardell” YuonChamber. He posted a total of 39 kills in both games, looking very comfortable onRazeandJett.
The game against the new 100 Thieves roster was far closer in the Knights Monthly Grand Final, with two nail-biter overtime maps onIceboxand Split.
They eventually closed out the series with another tight 13-10 win on Ascent, which saw 100 Thieves abandon theirzero duelist compositionand put Peter “Asuna” Mazuryk back on Jett.
Wardell was the star of that series, boasting 73 kills across three maps and a +24 K/D differential. Since moving away from his signature Jett, Wardell has found considerable success onChamberin his recent games. Against 100 Thieves, the 23-year-old found a whopping 15 first bloods on the French sentinel, nearly double that of Corey.
Yassine “Subroza” Taoufik felt good about the team’s progress. “Feeling well on these roles. We are on the right path,” hetweetedafter the win.
TSM FTXare currently on a 12-game win streak, and fans will be watching to see if they can show the same form in VCT NA Stage 2.
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