Maybe it was because the finals were played on Halloween. Whatever it was, this has got to go down as one of the most insane Fortnite Championship Series (FNCS) tournaments ever to be played across the three main Fortnite regions. These three regions consist of Europe (EU), North America East (NAE), and North America West (NAW) as they receive the largest combined prize pools for FNCS.
In the NAE region, the world’s most famous Fortnite professional, Kyle “Bugha” Giersdorf, finally won a major team-mode tournament. This win came with two other team members who added to the crazy stats as well. One of the team members, “Muz”, became the first to win an FNCS tournament from two separate regions. Perhaps we could call him the first intercontinental FNCS winner of all time. The third teammate, “Mero”, just continued to add to his long list of accolades and became a three-time NAE FNCS and two-time DreamHack winner. Amazingly, this trio didn’t even scrim together prior to the tournament.
Before we even get to the EU winners, let’s discuss an incredibly unfortunate situation that happened for the second time during FNCS. The drama unfolded with a professional Fortnite player being banned mid-tournament during gameplay in the EU region. The absurd part was that he was banned due to mass reporting from an outside streamer’s chat. This streamer had absolutely nothing to do with the tournament and was merely a spectator just like the rest of the Fortnite community. Gamelevate also covered the prior incidence of this exact type of ban along with a discussion of the after-effects in a separate article here. Outside of this unfortunate incident, there was some spectacular gameplay displayed by the participants during the entire tournament.
EU Region
Winners – BL Setty, GXR Teeq, KamiFN
First Place Prize – $300,000
This Polish trio just finished one of the most dominating performances we have ever seen in a major Fortnite tournament. Up until the end when the result was already a foregone conclusion, their absolute worst placement still had them in 8th place with 5 eliminations. The other games were all either outright wins or high eliminations and high placements.
Michal “Kami” Kamiński plays with an extremely high sensitivity 22% at 800 DPI for an extremely high 176 edpi. His reaction time is obviously insane in close-quarter combat. Yet, even with this high sensitivity, he is able to still get plenty of surge tags from distance. His recent domination may cause other EU pros to consider raising their sensitivity.
Iwo “Setty” Zając is probably one of the best IGLs in the game right now. He generally full tarps in stacked lobbies on a pepper. He rarely misses any builds and places his trio in ideal positions while also cutting off other teams’ rotations. Maciej “Teeq” Radzio provided overall support by fragging, getting surge tags, and harpooning extra loot from downed opponents.
NAE Region
Winners – Sen Bughadorf, TNA Mero11, TNA Muz
First Place Prize – $135,000
Bugha was completely comfortable as he fully immersed himself in his IGL role. Mero did what Mero does best and was fragging out – especially during the second day. Muz was very happy to play support for both Bugha and Mero whenever he was needed. Muz was able to tarp when Bugha was down on Mats, and he could frag with Mero whenever they needed surge or a refresh.
Prior to the finals, Mero had told Bugha that if their trio had a maximum of four bad games, they would win FNCS and that is exactly what happened. They had one bad game on day one and three bad games on day two. The rest of the tournament was played to near perfection even after being scuffed or not having great zones in a few games.
NAW Region
Winners – 33 Favs, XTRA Reetlol, XTRA Snacky
First Place Prize – $48,000
After Bugha’s team won the NAE region, he decided to skip the celebrations and watch his friend, Nathan “Reet” Amundson, play in the NAW region. He was almost as nervous and excited for Reet as he was during his own win. He was especially nervous when Reet’s team was eliminated in 10th place during the final game and Diego “Arkham” Lima’s second-place team was still alive. However, in the end, Reet and company were able to hold on for the cumulative points.
Snacky is one of the best fraggers in the region and when he frags his excitement is infectious. Favs had reached seven top 5 placements in Grands and still hadn’t been signed to a team as of September. Now the world has completely changed for him as an FNCS winner. As he continues to grow into becoming one of the most talented Fortnite players in North America, he can undoubtedly develop a huge fan base if he ever decides to start streaming his gameplay.
