The Sentinels have today proved they\u2019re the top VALORANT <\/em>team in the Americas, winning the grand finals against LOUD to become the VCT Americas Kickoff champions. And it was absolute cinema from start to finish.<\/p>
The SEN squad started strong in the best-of-five grand finals match against LOUD, with TenZ, zekken, Sacy, johnqt, and Zellsis taking the first two maps on Sunset and Split. The Brazilian team kept the series alive by winning the next two maps on Icebox and Bind, but SEN ultimately claimed the victory<\/a> on Lotus and took the series, 3-2.<\/p>
![\"Sentinels](\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Sentinels-2024.jpg?w=640\")
But despite their strong showing in the grand finals, SEN had to grind and claw their way back<\/a> throughout the whole Americas Kickoff<\/a>. In fact, it was LOUD who knocked SEN into the lower bracket in the first round of the event. From there, SEN had to take down the likes of 100T and Leviat\u00e1n, and then make it out of groups. Their biggest hurdle, however, came in their semifinals match against the NRG dream team<\/a> with Ethan, Victor, crashies, Marved, and Demon1. That win not only secured SEN\u2019s ticket to VCT Masters Madrid, but also proved this Sentinels team is the one to watch out for among the Americas team.<\/p>
The next time we\u2019ll see TenZ and SEN is in Madrid, where they\u2019ll have to face qualified teams from the Pacific, EMEA, China. This includes Gen.G, Paper Rex, Karmine Corp, Team Heretics<\/a>, EDward Gaming, and FunPlus Phoenix. We may even get another SEN\u2013LOUD rematch, since the runner-ups also qualified for the next Masters.<\/p>
With VCT big threats like NRG, Fnatic<\/a>, and DRX already confirmed to be missing Madrid, another big #SENWIN could be looming on the horizon for SEN City.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
