KRÜ Blaze won the VALORANT Game Changers Championship 2026 in São Paulo on November 1, edging Gentle Mates GC 3-2 in the best-of-five grand final after coming through the lower bracket.

KRÜ’s comeback run started with a 0-2 loss to Shopify Rebellion Gold on October 27, but the team then beat Team Liquid Brazil and MIBR GC 2-0 before defeating Shopify 3-1 in the October 31 lower-bracket final.

Gentle Mates reached the final unbeaten in series, with 2-0 wins over Team Liquid Brazil and MIBR GC and a 2-1 victory over Shopify Rebellion Gold; the grand final was its first series loss of the event.

In the final, Gentle Mates took Haven 13-5, KRÜ answered with 13-5 on Abyss and 14-12 on Sunset, and Gentle Mates forced a decider by winning Split 13-8 before KRÜ clinched the title on Ascent, 13-8.

Sunset was the longest map at 61 minutes, and KRÜ won 53 rounds across the series to Gentle Mates’ 51.

TheSpike.gg named tok1o MVP, and KRÜ Blaze’s championship roster was antg, tok1o, none, poniX and micaela; the article lists the champion’s prize as $180,000.

Before the event, Esports News UK ranked KRÜ 16th with an Elo rating of 1757 and Gentle Mates fourth at 1828; those figures were reported by that outlet alone.