PickEms, Factions and Drops
Riot Games revealed this Thursday, September 4, the Pick’Ems and rewards that fans will be able to earn while watching the VALORANT Champions Paris 2025 and making their predictions on the tournament’s outcome. The North American publisher of the tactical FPS also unveiled a major new feature with the introduction of Factions, bringing an additional community-driven layer to the prediction system.
As a reminder, Champions will take place from September 12 to October 5 in Paris, bringing together the 16 best teams in the world to compete for a prize pool of 2.25 million dollars.
Format and rewards of VALORANT Champions 2025 Pick’Ems
Fans can predict the full standings of the group stage directly through the game or the official website. The first phase of Pick’Ems is open until September 12, the day before the start of Champions Paris. Points are awarded as follows:
Also Read: VCT Champions Paris 2025 Group Draw
- 16 points for correctly predicting a team to advance
- An extra 2 bonus points for guessing the exact placement
General Pick’Ems rewards are distributed based on overall performance:
- Participation Reward: ¡Eureka! spray featuring Tejo’s head
- Top 50% of players: G.O.A.T. gun buddy
- Top 20% of players: Pick’Ems Expert: G.O.A.T. gun buddy (golden version of the previous one)
- Perfect Predictions: 100% Champions title
VALORANT Factions: 10 community teams
The Factions' system is the brand-new addition for Champions Paris 2025. It allows players to align themselves with one of 10 community teams led by popular content creators or former pros.
- Factions lock in at the beginning of the group stage (September 12)
- Only members in the top 75% contribute to the faction’s average score
- Members of the winning faction receive an exclusive reward (gun buddy, spray, or card), while the faction host earns a special VCT Pick’Ems Belt
Faction Rewards
- zZzZzombiezZzZz - by Tyson "TenZ" Ngo: Pay Respects gun buddy
- Bonjour Bébé - by Tarik "tarik" Celik: Lovebyte gun buddy
- Careca Club - by Gustavo "Sacy" Ross: Wayfinder card
- NICE ONES - by Koji "lazvell" Ushida : Bruno Coin spray
- wipstiti - by Renaud "WiPR" Malfait: Runnin’ on Empty spray
- Urus Gang - by Celia "Helydia" Tansel: Sic’Em spray
- Los Tiranos - by Oscar "mixwell" Cañellas: Bust a Move spray
- Ratatuile Radiant - by Heitor "TcK" Tomazela: Knight’s Market gun buddy
- BeyAz Army - by Beyazıt "beyAz" Körpe: Hang Time gun buddy
- Mandatory - by Adrien "Zerator" Nougaret: Justice Served gun buddy
Champions 2025 drops and watch rewards
Alongside the Factions system, Riot Games is also offering exclusive watch drops throughout the tournament:
- “OUI, CHEF” title: unlocked by watching any match between September 12 and September 29
- “Loaded Baguette” spray: unlocked by watching a match on October 3 or 4
- “Restricted Zone: Paris” player card: unlocked by watching the Grand Final on October 5
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