TH vs WOL. The first goodbyes at VALORANT Masters Toronto

Imagine, you start an esports event, lose one match, which certainly happens to all pro teams, and suddenly, you are on the verge of complete elimination. Heretics and Wolves Esports have not properly started VALORANT Masters Toronto, and we must say goodbye to one of them already.

The same goes for another pair of teams: Team Liquid and MIBR have an elimination match as well.

The VALORANT esports match between Team Heretics and Wolves Esports opens Day 4 of Masters Toronto 2025.

TL vs MIBR was the second match of this tournament day. Team Liquid won it and eliminated MIBR from this VALORANT esports tournament.

It was a best-of-three (Bo3) match, and we certainly expected both teams to take the battle seriously. 

Here are all the interesting details from the VALORANT Masters Toronto match between Team Heretics and Wolves Esports.

Wolves Esports had a great start on Pearl, and that early advantage helped the team reach their victorious end. Heretics recovered nicely, especially with the power of timeouts. They were extremely close to making the score even. But the last round by Wolves was just clinical — a risky rush to deliver kills and gain a man advantage to then bother with planting Spike.

Wolves Esports delivered some dominant situations, like an ace by juicy.

Team Heretics had something to say in this back-and-forth game, like a great win with a limited buy in Round 15.

Once again, Wolves established a powerful early advantage — with six rounds in a row. It looked like nothing went Heretics’ way on the defender's side. Wolves, on the other hand, created miraculous moments, like super quick kills after moving through the wall by Spring.

Still, close to the side switch, Team Heretics won a few crucial rounds not to turn Lotus into a complete disaster. In a way, it felt like Wolves got infected by overconfidence. After the break, Heretics even managed to make the score 7:7.

Then, the situation generally repeated itself. Wolves Esports got themselves a four-round streak to bring the score advantage close to the match point. And then, they just delivered the final blow.

In the final rounds, it felt like the timing play was out of balance for Heretics: impatience and postponed actions hit them hard.

The TH vs WOL match at VALORANT Masters Toronto 2025 was an elimination one, so Team Heretics stop their tournament performance here.

For the Wolves Esports, the next step is the final round of the Swiss Stage. They will attempt to qualify for the Playoffs.

Being in an elimination match at VALORANT Masters Toronto 2025 wasn’t the plan of these teams. However, this is the pure excitement of esports: someone loses, and the result is unpredictable.

Team Heretics faced Paper Rex in their opening match. The start was so bad for Heretics, that it looked like they were not able to do anything there. On Map 2, the situation became somewhat more even, but Paper Rex did not miss this chance to celebrate victory.

In general, being in the elimination zone so early is a big downgrade for Team Heretics, considering they battled at the grand final of VALORANT Champions 2024 in Seoul.

Wolves Esports did not experience the same level of desperation in their opening match against Sentinels. They had two very close maps and even a nice advantage in the first half of Game 1. However, the battle had a disappointing end for the Wolves.

The team joined VALORANT esports just recently, and Wolves Esports do not have big victories so far. Masters Toronto 2025 is their first top-level event.

The winners of the Day 4 elimination matches at VALORANT Masters Toronto 2025 advance to the next round for one more chance to earn their Playoff spots. Their opponents are Bilibili Gaming, who lost to Sentinels, and Paper Rex, who lost to Gen.G Esports.

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