Heading into the second day of playoff matches at VALORANT Champions 2023, fans have seen a lot of one-sided halves leading to one-sided maps. There haven’t been many true comebacks outside of the classic 9-3 curse. But today, a team that’s made waves for near-impossible comebacks before overcame an even worse scenario than the curse.
Down 10-1 on their attacking side on Lotus, DRX won their last attack round and became a brick wall on defense to post a perfect second half, winning 12 rounds in a row to secure the map 13-10 over Bilibili Gaming. For a defense-sided map, a 10-2 half should be a guaranteed victory for any team, no less for BLG, who’s thrived on their underdog nature throughout this tournament. But after winning the pistol round, DRX built up an incredible comeback after going down 10-2.