Unlike Day 1 of the VALORANT Champions 2025 Playoffs where both matches were neck-and-neck, today’s teams didn’t waste time. MIBR ran straight through Heretics, and NRG embarrassed GIANTX so hard, the stats looked fake. Both series had their moments, but the story was the same – one team came in ready, the other couldn’t keep up.

MIBR vs Team Heretics: Statement 2-0

Corrode was a grind that turned into overtime, and MIBR owned it when it mattered. They opened with an 8-4 half by abusing mid and A gaps, survived a Heretics rally to 9-9, then slammed the extra rounds 14-12 with artzin’s KAY/O doing a little of everything – frags, knife value, and perfectly-timed flashes. Heretics kept trying to force the issue, but MIBR’s post-plants and retakes were too tidy when the map tightened.

Sunset wasn’t so polite. MIBR parked aspas on the Op and he went hunting – ten Operator kills on defense, including three separate collaterals – while the team pinned Heretics in every entry they tried. 9-3 at the half, 13-6 at the finish, and absolutely no doubt who looked more comfortable on the day. 2-0, job done, upper bracket secured.

NRG vs GIANTX: 2-0 Dismantle

This one was blunt. Haven was GX’s pick and NRG still won 13-1, planting in all twelve of their attack rounds and smothering every retake with utility layers – Killjoy nades, Viper mollies, Sova shocks – the whole kit. brawk finished with 18/1/8 KDA, mada and s0m adding fifteen frags each, and it felt over before halftime.

Lotus had a little early tug-of-war, then NRG ripped off six straight to hit a 9-3 half and coasted to 13-6. The stat the desk loved: across two maps, NRG dropped just seven rounds – the biggest margin ever for a Champs playoffs sweep. That’s not just a win; that’s a warning to the rest of the bracket.

Looking Ahead: The Bracket Heats Up

Now the bracket’s split wide open. PRX vs Fnatic is the rematch everyone’s been drooling over, and MIBR vs NRG suddenly looks way scarier than anyone predicted.

Down below in the Round 1 of the Lower Bracket, G2, DRX, Heretics, and GIANTX are all fighting for their lives – one slip and they’re packing. If groups were chaos, playoffs are starting to look like a bloodbath.