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Shopify Rebellion Gold has qualified for the VALORANT Game Changers Championship 2025 Grand Final after winning today’s Lower Bracket Final.
The reigning Game Changers Champion eliminated Brazilian team MIBR in the BO5 series by 3-1 and will now face Team Liquid Brazil in tomorrow’s Grand Final.
Moreover, Melanie ‘meL‘ Capone and her squad will be competing in the Game Changers Championship Grand Final looking to secure a historic three-peat.
Shopify Rebellion Perseveres on Pearl
Shopify Rebellion’s dodonut. Image credit: Christina Oh/Riot Games
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Shopify and MIBR’s first encounter on Pearl a few days ago concluded with a dominant 13-1 victory for the North American team.
However, this time around, the Brazilian opponent held its ground to close out the attacking half at an even 6-6 scoreline before achieving an early second-half winning streak. Only two rounds away from securing revenge on Pearl, MIBR ultimately succumbed to Shopify’s on-the-fly adaptations and confident mid-round calling, losing the map by 13-11.
Duelist player Karnthida ‘dodonut’ Chaisrakeot contributed massively to her team’s victory, delivering a kill-death ratio (KDA) of 25/13/8 and 193 average damage per round (ADR).
Split Becomes MIBR’s Playground
MBR’s srN. Image credit: Christina Oh/Riot Games
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For Split, MIBR chose a more modern double-duelist team composition over Shopify’s traditional Breach pick. This strategy paid off as the Brazilian squad had a dominant 9-3 showing on the defence side.
With rejuvenated confidence, thanks to numerous clutch rounds, it was only a matter of time until MIBR claimed its map pick by 13-6.
Nicolas ‘srN’ Niederauer was the best-performing player of map two. On Raze, she scored a KDA of 20/11/6 and an average combat score (ACS) of 303.
Shopify Makes Corrode Comeback
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Corrode kicked off with six consecutive round wins for MIBR. But once Shopify replied with six rounds of its own, the Brazilian team looked shaken. MIBR could only win one more round before its competitor reached match point in the best-of-five (BO5) series.
Throughout the back-and-forth battle, it was Shopify’s in-game leader (IGL) meL who consistently fragged out. The smokes expert achieved an impressive 20/8/12 KDA and 180 ADR.
MIBR Crumbles on Abyss
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On Abyss, Shopify was well prepared to punish MIBR’s repetitive Cypher setups in B site to finish the first half with 8-4 on the board.
Although MIBR pulled off multiple successful A-hits in the second half, the round deficit was too much to overcome. Shopify eventually locked down A to close out Abyss at 13-11 and the series by 3-1.
The top-fragging player on this final map was Sarah ‘sarah’ Simpson with a KDA of 23/16/12 and 303 ACS.
Tomorrow’s Historic Grand Final
Following today’s victory, Shopify Rebellion Gold is headed for the Game Changers Championship 2025 Grand Final tomorrow.
The BO5 series will be a rematch between the North American team and Team Liquid Brazil, which previously defeated Shopify in the Upper Bracket Final by 2-1. Whilst Shopify is looking to take revenge for its first Game Changers Championship series loss in three years, Liquid is hungry to lift its first-ever global trophy.
To witness which team will make Game Changers history tomorrow, fans can tune into VALORANT’s Twitch and YouTube channels at 8 AM GMT.
