The VCT Stage 3 Finals – or Berlin Masters – are just around the corner. Who are the best teams in the world in Valorant? Which teams have qualified for the Masters Berlin? And more importantly, where can you watch the decisions live? The answers are here!

In the last weeks and months the tickets for the Masters Berlin have been played out. Many teams failed on their way to the big triumph, others were able to distinguish themselves through skills and tactics. In Berlin, their skills will once again be in demand when it comes to the Berlin Masters title.

Which teams have qualified for the Berlin Masters?

Valorant is divided into seven global regions. Out of these, 16 teams have qualified for the LAN in Berlin. Teams like G2 Esports, Sentinels and 100 Thieves are just a few names that have become real household names in Valorant. In September, the past and names no longer have any meaning. At Masters Berlin, everything will be set back to square one. These are the 16 teams that will fight for the title:

• EMEA: Acend (BONECOLD, cNed, Kiles, starxo, zeek).
• EMEA: SuperMassive Blaze (pAura, Turko, russ, Izzy, Brave)
• EMEA: G2 Esports (mixwell, nukkye, AvovA, koldamenta, keloqz)
• EMEA: Gambit Esports (d3ffo, Chronicle, nAts, Redgar, Sheydos)
• NA: Sentinels (ShahZaM, SicK, zombs, dapr, TenZ)
• NA: 100 Thieves (Hiko, nitr0, steel, Asuna, Ethan)
• NA: Envy (FNS, yay, Victor, crashies, Marved)
• Brazil: Havan Liberty (myssen, shion, pleets, liazzi, krain)
• Brazil: Keyd Stars (heat, JhoW, v1xen, murizzz, ntk)
• Korea: Vision Strikers (stax, Rb, k1Ng, BuZz, MaKo, Lakia)
• Korea: F4Q (FiveK, Bunny, Efina, zunba, Esperanza)
• Japan: ZETA DIVISION (Laz, crow, takej, Reita, makiba)
• Japan: Crazy Raccoon (Bazzi, Minty, Fisker, Munchkin, neth)
• SEA: Paper Rex (Benkai, d4v41, f0rsakeN, mindfreak, shiba)
• SEA: Bren Esports (JessieVash, DubsteP, BORKUM, Dispenser, witz)
• LATAM: KRU Esports (Klaus, Mazino, NagZ, delz1k, keznit)

If you wanted to bet money on the tournament outcome, G2 Esports and Sentinels would probably be the best bets. But that doesn’t mean that the final of the Berlin Masters is already fixed. Especially the teams from the more unknown regions are always good for a surprise. The teams outside of EMEA (EU) and NA have to prove themselves on the big stage first – but it’s better not to underestimate underdogs! Who knows, maybe one of the ‘smaller’ teams will win…

When is the Berlin Masters?

The Berlin Masters starts on September 10 and will be the biggest competitive event in Valorant tournament history to date. The prize money is likely to exceed all previous dimensions.

Berlin Masters tournament format

The tournament format provides for four groups. Four teams will meet in each group, with the top two advancing to the next stage. In the group stage, a team will face each of its group opponents in a best-of-3, so there will be a total of 8 teams in the single-elimination playoffs. The Grand Finals will be decided in a best-of-5. The final winner will receive an invitation to the Valorant Champions at the end of the year, in addition to the prestigious title.

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Where can you watch the Valorant Berlin Masters stream?
All the Valorant Masters Berlin action is available to watch on the official Valorant Twitch channel. Until then, there’s nothing for you to do but find your favorite and support it in the tournament.

Valorant: How to put together the optimal team

Which roles do you need to fill? How do you divide up the positions? And who is the in-game leader? We have the answers!

Many roles for five positions in the team

You can roughly divide the roles and responsibilities in a team. There is the solo defender, who can hold a point alone. The Support, who makes room with skills that need to be respected. The In-Game Lead makes the calls and works with the information of his teammates. The Entry Fragger and the Secondary are the players who go together on a point and are not afraid of enemy contact. The Sniper, who preferably holds certain angles with an Operator and can get a big advantage for the round with a First Blood, can also be beneficial to the team. Last but not least, there is the Lurker, who preferably keeps opponents busy at the other end of the map and comes from an unexpected side after enemy rotations.

The individual roles can also partially overlap or can be left out entirely or can change from round to round. An in-game leader can also be a solo defender and can also focus on minimap and communication due to defensive play. A balanced team with the assignment of such roles has the advantage that the team members know what their tasks are in the current round and can thus also build on the strengths of their agents.

The Spearhead: Entry Fragger & Secondary

The Entry Fragger is optimally the first player to make contact with the opponents around the Objective being targeted by the team. This can also be an important place on a map as a defender, e.g. to gain some control over the center in Ascent. By his push he makes room for the other mates, passes on the positions of the opponents and has the chance to get the point alone by nimble kills. The best agents for this role are Phoenix and Reyna.

As a secondary, you try to build on the moves, information and kills from the entry fragger. At a certain point, it pays to take a different position, hold different angles, or get behind enemy lines very quickly to take opponents who are rotating out of the action. Jett, Raze, Omen and Breach are particularly suitable for this role.

The Solo Defender

Since most maps have 3 main lanes, only two of them can be defended with a duo, the third “lane” then belongs to the solo defender. On Attack the role is obsolete, but an agent made for this role can here protect the team from flanks or focus on making sure the spike is well placed and defend them additionally with appropriate skills. Those who like this style of play might be satisfied with Cypher, Sage and Sova.

The Support

The main task of the support player is the optimal use of his abilities to make it easier for his own team to attack a point. This includes for example optimal placement of Smokes and the use of Flashes. As supports, many agents are suitable for this role: The solo defender agents can support well in the offense to get information or to cover some angles. Other agents are suitable as supports thanks to their sight-blocking abilities, like Brimstone and Viper, which can make it very easy to access a point. But Sova or Skye are also welcome in the role, as they can scout ahead with their Recon abilities.

The In-Game Leader

No team can function without an IGL. The game starts with the operator choice: Who plays which agent? How should the team split up on the map by default? Which agents do the opponents have? What do we have to pay attention to? How do we time the round? All this information and more have to be communicated to the team. If you want to take the role of the IGL, you should look for an agent who supports this role additionally like all agents who can get additional information by ability like Cypher, Sova and Raze.

The Sniper

Do you have an operator god in your team? Then let him take the role of the Sniper. Defensively, the Sniper can hold many angles where he can stand faster than the enemy team and get free kills especially against slow peeks. If it goes a bit offensive, he tries to move out after the spearhead, gradually covering positions where opponents can come. Good agents to support the sniper’s playstyle are for example Jett to play more offensive angles without risk or Cypher who rotates to other points after building up camera and tripwires to stay unpredictable.

The Lurker

Last but not least, there are the Lone Wolfs, who don’t like to hang out with the team, also called Lurker. This role is also useful in a team to avoid giving half the map to the opponents or to get impatient opponents when they don’t expect it because they rotate through their own spawn. Omen, Reyna and Jett are especially useful for playing off the enemy team, as their abilities make them less likely to fall victim to refrags or to escape from a bad position after a successful kill.

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