London Masters Draw: CN Faces Epic Difficulty, Not Even a Glimmer of Hope!

The 2026 Valorant London Masters has now assembled all twelve teams. Following the conclusion of the Americas region finals, every first seed has been determined (first seeds bypass the Swiss stage to the playoffs): EDG from CN, G2 from Americas, TH from EMEA, and PRX from the Pacific. The remaining teams are XLG, DRG, LEV, NRG, VIT, FUT, FS, and GE. The Swiss round matchup list has just been released, and this draw brings an epic level of difficulty for the other two CN brothers—truly no hope at all, and watching it feels nearly impossible to win!

DRG is set to face VIT. For DRG, their team has potential for a breakout, and this year V-God is confirmed to be playing international tournaments with the squad, which definitely boosts their reliability. Last year's Champions, he couldn't join due to visa issues, and the team had to borrow Dama, which greatly reduced their consistency. However, VIT is something of a superteam—although they didn't win their regional championship, they are incredibly strong. Notably, VIT has an 18-year-old player named Sayonara, who said in a stream: "If I lose to a CN team, then I must be match-fixing." So hopefully DRG can take down the Little Bees—they absolutely must!

XLG will face NRG. Although NRG is only the third seed from their region this year, this team has always been consistent in international tournaments, showing great resilience, execution, and teamwork. XLG's strength is certainly there, but they must overcome the mental barrier of playing on the world stage. They lost 0-2 to NRG at this year's Masters, so now that their opponent is in a slump, this is also a chance for revenge. The draw might be a bit tough, but sometimes a draw that offers no hope can actually be a good draw (since they didn't draw the newbie teams FS/GE), forcing them to fight with everything they've got and catch their opponents off guard. Go, CN!