As a young boy, Fnatic\u2019s sentinel and duelist Emir \u201cAlfajer\u201d Ali Beder would watch horse races on television with his father, staring in awe at the speed of the animals as they galloped around the track. Years later, when it came time to pick a name to represent his skills, he settled on the nickname of his father\u2019s favorite racehorse: Alfajer.<\/p>
And just like a racehorse, Alfajer burst out of the gate in May at the VALORANT <\/em>Champions Tour EMEA Stage Two Challengers group stage. With the highest average combat score of any player in Europe, Alfajer is quickly barreling down the track toward being one of the best players in their first year of tier-one competition, but he wasn\u2019t always seen as the young prodigy he\u2019s turning out to be.<\/p>
Alfajer got his start on Surreal in 2021 and played in Turkey for almost a year. He topped the scoreboards and stood out statistically as one of the best performers, according to VLR.gg<\/a>, boasting 152.3 average damage per round in the VCT Stage One EMEA Promotion, which concluded on April 9. <\/p>
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Alfajer has since played three games with Fnatic and hasn\u2019t lost a match. In the VCT Stage Two EMEA, Fnatic took down FunPlus Phoenix, OG LDN UTD, and Acend. Alfajer currently has the highest average combat score of any player in Europe at 292.6, according to VLR.gg<\/a>. He, alongside Fnatic teammate James \u201cMistic\u201d Orfila, has the second-highest kill assistance percentage with 82.<\/p>
And with a blinding start to his VCT career, he believes he will only get better. <\/p>
