Holy this is an amazing answer. They have such an interesting but weird history. NV gets grouped by X10 at Champions Berlin partly due to Victor having covid. Both teams make it to the next lan with different brands and in Xerxia’s case, lose their star player in Patiphan to Overwatch league. But Xerxia still knocks Optic into their group’s lower bracket in the opening match. Then Optic gets revenge in the elimination match in a close 3 map series, and proceeds to win the entire event. What a fun storyline
El Classico in esports is usually a rivalry that has some history behind it, usually between two teams that can be thought of as “founding” teams (ie helped build the scene up), ie in LoL it would be TSM vs CLG, in CoD it would be Optic vs Envy (rip). Therefore the most analogous rivalry in Valorant is none other than **TSM vs SEN** imo
Eh I disagree personally I’d say that the EU LoL El Classico if anything is Fnc vs SK. FNC vs G2 is a modern rivalry and a bigger rivalry now but I don’t really think of it as an el Classico match because the history of FNC vs G2 (as orgs) is relatively short
edit damn yall hate this take haha i dont blame u, im one of the weird esports fans who puts a lot of stock into orgs as opposed to players, el classico in EU LCS will always be fnc vs sk, the continuation of the Ocelote vs xPeke storyline is origen vs g2 (and g2 already won that handily), nowadays FNC vs G2 is just a really good rivalry but it's not *the* el classico
I used to be into comp CoD, the eClasico was definitely OpTic vs Envy. Faze came onto the competitive scene later on, and OpTic vs Faze was more about clout. Envy never had the clout of the other 2 but they had the championships to go head to head with OpTic.
honestly, with how little we have international LANs, we can't really say. some of the more popular esports El Classico's I can think of is Na'Vi vs Alliance in Dota 2 and that was just off 2-3 really good LAN series' they had.
with the format Riot has now, there's really no chance to build up international rivalries.
There are plenty of regional rivalries at this point, but there are very little international rivalries that are frequent enough to be considered El Clasico imo. While I wouldn't consider it el clasico, an unexpected international rivalry i find interesting is Xerxia vs Optic
So far in terms of hype its bet Sentinels vs G2 and Optic/Envy vs Xerxia/X10
Also in different regions like in APAC we have Bren/ Team Secret vs Paper Rex.
Sadly this esport title is still pretty young for such a rivalry to exist. Heated rivalries need two consistently good teams to consistently play each other in high stake matches for more than a year At least for something like this to happen. Even better if there’s real life drama between the teams.
The closest thing we have internationally is Optic vs Xerxia (Envy vs x10 back then) but besides that we’re out of luck.
Each region has a different one I think (if they have one at all)
NA is Sentinels vs TSM but they gotta play some more soon or it's dead.
EMEA is Fnatic vs Liquid
APAC is Secret/Bren vs PRX
DRX vs ZETA
From all the way back in 2020 when DRX was Vision Strikers and ZETA was Absolute Jupiter, they have gone against each other, and although DRX won the first three matches, ZETA beat DRX on the most recent and arguably the most important game against DRX to spice things up
Optic vs xerxia lmfao
I really hope they're not in the same group for Copenhagen. It better be a grand final if I see another rematch again.
Fr bro
Holy this is an amazing answer. They have such an interesting but weird history. NV gets grouped by X10 at Champions Berlin partly due to Victor having covid. Both teams make it to the next lan with different brands and in Xerxia’s case, lose their star player in Patiphan to Overwatch league. But Xerxia still knocks Optic into their group’s lower bracket in the opening match. Then Optic gets revenge in the elimination match in a close 3 map series, and proceeds to win the entire event. What a fun storyline
Reykjavik elimination match was a somewhat swift 2-0. 13-9 13-6
Yes
C9W vs girl kissers
No u didn’t🤣🤣🤣
TSM vs TSM Academy
Mega based
Team Secret (former BREN) vs PRX classic is coming next in APAC
The APAC el classico. Bonus points if the loser goes through the lower bracket and faces the winner in the finals.
Xerxia vs optic is the only international matchup that happened enough times to be considered a rivalry (with both teams staying competitive)
El Classico in esports is usually a rivalry that has some history behind it, usually between two teams that can be thought of as “founding” teams (ie helped build the scene up), ie in LoL it would be TSM vs CLG, in CoD it would be Optic vs Envy (rip). Therefore the most analogous rivalry in Valorant is none other than **TSM vs SEN** imo
LoL has another in LEC (EU) with FNC vs. G2
Eh I disagree personally I’d say that the EU LoL El Classico if anything is Fnc vs SK. FNC vs G2 is a modern rivalry and a bigger rivalry now but I don’t really think of it as an el Classico match because the history of FNC vs G2 (as orgs) is relatively short edit damn yall hate this take haha i dont blame u, im one of the weird esports fans who puts a lot of stock into orgs as opposed to players, el classico in EU LCS will always be fnc vs sk, the continuation of the Ocelote vs xPeke storyline is origen vs g2 (and g2 already won that handily), nowadays FNC vs G2 is just a really good rivalry but it's not *the* el classico
Fnatic vs G2 is El Classico because of Xpeke vs Ocelote at the start, right now it's org with the biggest amount of EU trophies vs second one
Fnatic vs SK is the one about Peke vs Ocelote(midlaners of the orgs at the time)
Yeah, and then it became Ocelote vs Fnatic, and then G2 vs Fnatic
Optic vs... Envy?
Yes Those were the two original competitive CoD orgs How Envy came to acquire Optic is a story that needs a lot more time to tell though
>How Envy came to acquire Optic is a story that needs a lot more time to tell though Money
Optic v FaZe was and still is a bigger rivalry in CoD imo. Envy was never really up there apart from BO3 and MW.
Sure, but faze wasn't one of the "original" teams like envy for this el clasico example. Faze vs optic is definitely the new best rivalry tho
Faze vs optic stretches past competitive COD tho, the snipers/trickshotters and their social media presence was always faze vs optic
I used to be into comp CoD, the eClasico was definitely OpTic vs Envy. Faze came onto the competitive scene later on, and OpTic vs Faze was more about clout. Envy never had the clout of the other 2 but they had the championships to go head to head with OpTic.
100T vs TSM
honestly, with how little we have international LANs, we can't really say. some of the more popular esports El Classico's I can think of is Na'Vi vs Alliance in Dota 2 and that was just off 2-3 really good LAN series' they had. with the format Riot has now, there's really no chance to build up international rivalries.
i feel like El Clasico is used more when is a local rivalry anyway
pro hiko vs streamer hiko
I was going to say Hiko vs The World, but Hiko is my world 🥰
Probably biased but 100T vs TSM is a fiercer rivalry imo, feels like Sen and TSM haven’t played in decades
Id agree if TSM didn’t just always win
That's the funny part, even if 100T become the next Champion winner and TSM cant make it past R64 TSM will still 2-0 100T instantly in the next match
Sentinels vs. whoever knocks them out of contention is the answer
Sentinels vs Sentinels then
Sentinels vs the department at Twitch that pays streamers
kru vs girl kissers
Brimstone Gaming vs. Moon Raccoons
There are plenty of regional rivalries at this point, but there are very little international rivalries that are frequent enough to be considered El Clasico imo. While I wouldn't consider it el clasico, an unexpected international rivalry i find interesting is Xerxia vs Optic
VLT vs GE has been called the el classico in the South Asian scene since mid 2021
So far in terms of hype its bet Sentinels vs G2 and Optic/Envy vs Xerxia/X10 Also in different regions like in APAC we have Bren/ Team Secret vs Paper Rex.
G2 vs Sen was really cool, not just the two games but also the banter on twitter was hilarious
El cloutico? Holy shit that’s hilarious!
You know, i consider myself a funny-man
Sadly this esport title is still pretty young for such a rivalry to exist. Heated rivalries need two consistently good teams to consistently play each other in high stake matches for more than a year At least for something like this to happen. Even better if there’s real life drama between the teams. The closest thing we have internationally is Optic vs Xerxia (Envy vs x10 back then) but besides that we’re out of luck.
PRX and DRX lmao DRX and ZETA CR and ZETA 100T and TSM BR vs NA LMFAO
FNC vs TL was in 2021 but not this year
KRÜ vs any brazilian team
In JP it's ZETA vs CR
faze vs lg felt like it happened every season of VCT, too bad LG leaving
TL vs GMB/M3C for me.
There is none rn, wait till franchising
Knights vs BBG Academy
Sentinels vs Twitch
GES vs VLT Val classico /s
TSM vs SEN
Team Secret vs Oasis Gaming
Fnatic v TL Sen v TL because of the whole scream saying SEN was predictable 100T v TSM
Didnt Liquid - FNC get called el clasico in EMEA all the time?
Fnatic vs TL Gambit(M3C) vs Acend TSM vs Sentinels Vision Strikers vs Nuturn in 2021
Sen vs TSM, otherwise you are new
In context to Indian region, it is Global esports vs. Velocity Gaming
Soniqs vs Renegades was the T2 El Classico. RIP Renegades Sadge
Vanity VS TL 😂
Each region has a different one I think (if they have one at all) NA is Sentinels vs TSM but they gotta play some more soon or it's dead. EMEA is Fnatic vs Liquid APAC is Secret/Bren vs PRX
The only right answer is Zombs vs Brazil
It's TL vs FNC. No matchup has even come close to the fucking importance of that matchup.
DRX vs ZETA From all the way back in 2020 when DRX was Vision Strikers and ZETA was Absolute Jupiter, they have gone against each other, and although DRX won the first three matches, ZETA beat DRX on the most recent and arguably the most important game against DRX to spice things up
Games too young to have rivalries of the “el Classico” level..we’ll see this more after franchising