Ludwig x Tarik Invitational: Valorant OFF//SEASON's first tournament of 2023
The first Valorant OFF//Season LAN tournament of the year is just around the corner. The Ludwig x Tarik Invitational will feature two franchised teams and two teams from NA challengers. These teams are Sentinels, T1, TSM and The Guard. The LAN tournament will also feature a brawl between Team Offline TV (Tarik's team) and Team Mogul Moves (Ludwig's Team).
Los Angeles will be the host city for the tournament, as most teams are centered around LA. The tournament will take place on January 14th and 15th. With four teams, the tournament will feature a Third place match, a Winner's Final and Opening Matches. All the matches will be Best of Three maps, similar to the Lil Bro Cup.
The teams participating in the tournament will be:
The Ludwig X Tarik Invitational will be a debut tournament with the new rosters. We will first look at Sentinels, T1, TSM and the Guard.
Sentinels:
The Ludwig X Tarik Invitational will debut the new Sentinels featuring the World Champions Sacy and Pancada. The team is hyped to be one of the best North American teams in the VCT Americas. Along with Sacy and pancada, the team features Tenz, Dephh and Zekken, and it will be interesting to see how the new Sentinels have distributed the roles, and the tournament will be a Litmus test for them.
T1:
Part of the VCT Pacific, T1 is the only Pacific team who haven't been part of an event until now. T1 will debut with their new roster featuring Xeta, Munchkin, Sayaplayer, ban, Carpe and Beomjun. The tournament will likely be the professional Valorant debut of Carpe. The compositions and the roles in the teams will be interesting to see.
TSM:
The event will be a practice for TSM before the VCT Challengers NA. The new TSM featuring Hazed, gmd, Corey, NaturE and Seven will play in the tournament. It will be interesting to see where the new TSM places amongst the franchised teams.
The Guard:
Lastly, The Guard will join the team with the new Coach JOSHRT and Tex joining the roster after Sayaplayer and mCe left the team for better opportunities. tex will play alongside JonahP, trent, Valyn and neT. The Guard will compete in the NA Challenger, and this tournament will be a good Litmus test.
The tournament will also feature a Valorant Show match between Team Offline TV and Team Mogul Moves. Team Offline Tv will feature Tarik, Masayoshi, Yvonne, QuaterJade and Brodin. At the same time, Team Mogul Moves features Shroud, Ludwig, Falco, Yingling and Aiden. The tournament will be played on patch 5.12, not on the new 6.0 and will not feature the new map.
The tournament will be another venture by Ludwig after a successful Chess Boxing event that concluded on 11th December. The event will be Tarik's second Valorant event after the Lil Bro Cup. The event will be fun and exciting to watch. The tournament will be streamed on the 14th and 15th of January on Tarik's Twitch and Ludwig's Youtube Channels. Additional details of the tournament will soon follow.
Credit: Ludwig Twitter