Gambit: Valorant's Best Team, Forced To Disband 

THE REASON ACEND ARE NOT AT THE START OF THE VIDEO: The Grand Final vs Gambit at Champs 2021 was so incredibly close that at the time, many thought Gambit were still the better team despite Acend winning that series. That's why I didn't include them in the 'undisputed best' list at the start of the video. 🙏

In a different world, Gambit made franchising and won VCT lock in. Legit my favorite team

man i miss gambit so much, they were always one of my fav team and its so sad to see them go, and its just a heart break seeing just how close they were everytime

NGL, Gambit has had the worst fate of any teams there are in valorant. They won a title, had nearly the same thing sentinels the next year, and got torn apart. D3ffo recieved the worst fate, while others still got it.

Best team in valorant history😢 Also don’t forget their coach as well Kru vs Gambit is like watching two best coach in valorant playing chess. He deserves to be signed by a riot contract team as the head coach

My favorite thing about that Envy-Gambit match is how Pansy and Hypoc narrated Haven. They were sure Envy would take it... No one believe it. Redgar on Reyna, Brimstone!!! when Astra was OP. I remember on the winners interview, Chronicle said that Envy lost Haven the second they laughed at the Brim pick bc they didnt understand how good he was

Tbh, This Gambit Team were the first team to win with legit proper strats. Sentinels of 2021 were good but they were mostly fueled by the fire power and individual ability of their players. This Gambit Team were a well oiled machine that was unbeatable. Thanks Commend for making this video showing how good they were.

What a great video. It would've been cool to add a "Where are they now?" segment at the end, following each of Gambit's ex members and their current teams.

Nats singlehandedly popularized the lurking role back in 2022 that every one in my comp matches started to lurk for the whole round.

this team had the greatest site anchorer, the 5head Igl who would sometimes win rounds by himself, a cracked af initiator, a mediocre dive duelist and ryan gosling. truly a great lineup.

The fact that its been almost two years and Gambit is still THE ONLY TEAM who 13-0d someone internationally.....

17:53 Derke with hair looks cursed af

the fact they took a break and then come back almost winning another tour is insane, imagine if they had more time to train

Man, watching nats as a sen lurking on D while chronicle anchoring site was one of the absolute best combo the VCT has ever seen

What is important to say is that gambit is a tiny Org, with not so much money. For that they actually have the best resume in the world. - They were the first CIS team to win a cs go major back in 2017 when they got their hands on Zeus. - Made this Valorant team - build up an academy team that later on became their main cs:go team. This team literally dominated the CS:GO world durring the online era. Now Ax1le and Sh1ro are both top 5 players in the world and Hobbit completely revived his career. This org probably has the single best scouting in all of esports and it is no wonder why Cloud 9 even signed the owner when Gambit stopped their opperations.

Really love the video as a Gambit fan :) [Long comment ahead] The first time I saw them play was when they were trying to qualify for Masters Berlin 2021, I never stopped watching them. I remember a G2 match in Bind where Chronicle clutched a plant with milliseconds remaining... Never stopped supporting every match I could watch. I was telling all my friends back then that they would win Masters Berlin 2021 and that nAts would be known as the best viper/cypher player, it felt soo good to see their triumph and tell them 'I told you so'. I always had a saying before whenever Gambit was losing by alot of rounds 'If there was a team to comeback, it's Gambit' .... They were always soo close to qualifying to international events last year, 0.02 will forever haunt me :( It was soo rough and heartbreaking to see my favorite team end, I always try to imagine how they'd fair in the current VCT League, and I'd like to think they would've been one of the stronger contenders. I still do support each and every member in their new teams, it's good to see them compete again, hopefully we get to see D3ffo come thru (I heard he's in the China League).... Again thanks for this video, I miss GMB soo much (side note, ever since I started following GMB, I also followed nAts streams, saw his massive growth after winning Masters and somehow I ended up becoming his twitch mod by end of 2021 up to this day, which I am ever truly grateful for... was really a pain to see M3C lose soo close fights)

Omg. Chronicle did it twice. Winning 9 rounds in a row to make a overtime win on icebox at an international lan event

Got to know them too late for the glory days, but I'll always be supporting them in their new teams. Fnatic (Chronicle), Team Liquid (Redgar, Nats), KOI (Sheydos), Gank Gaming (D3ffo), TSM (Engh)

Thanks for this. Gambit was literally my inspiration in Valorant back in 2021. My heart shattered when they all decided to split after losing to Liquid in EMEA LCQ 2022. But I'll still remember all their best moments, like their amazing clutches and incredible comebacks.

I was rooting for this team every step of the way since Berlin until franchising

Bro d3ffo was one of the best jett player, equal to aspas and derke. He was so good. Hoping to see him again in pro play

dude i miss d3ffo so much man hes my favourite player and it fucking shatters me that he cant play in franchising. sure hes playing in the fgc but it wouldve been great to see him in the emea league

Man, Chronicle's ace still gives me chills to this day. I miss seeing them play together.

i miss those days!! but at the same time, im glad to see them grow individually even after they split as a team, and most especially im happy for chronicle!

I wonder how crazy gambit would be if they were to play in the current meta, also great video commend!.

Why does chronicle look like ryan gosling in the thumbnail bruh ☠️☠️

M3C vs FNC is the greatest match of Valorant ever played. It will never be beaten IMO.

Such a sad story. So much promise but chaos and sadness struck.

Now Chronicle is most decorated and highest earning player

MAN CAN WE THANK COMMEND FOR LETTING ALL OF US KNOW THIS?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

I was a die hard fan of Gambit. I can't explain how much it hurts to know this team is lost 😞

The saddest part about the whole story, is that Gambit as an esports org is probably done for quite a while, since we don’t know when the war will end and what will happen after that

i love the way you commentate and do these mini documentaries, even though I know the actual events and what happened, these somehow make me question whether or not I'm remembering things correctly. Keep up the great work!

Chronicle the goat was in 2 of the undisputed best teams at some point, makes his goat status even more as the "greatest player"

Babe wake up, it's time to cry about Gambit all over again.

I think that this video would have been stronger if you highlighted where the players on gambit are playing now at the end.

chronicle journey is not over yet

This gives me hard nostalgia because I really loved the old Gambit team. They were the most dominant and I followed them since their early days before becoming a dominant team. It's sad to see them not being able to qualify for last year because of the political affairs and things that happened. But it is definitely nice to see them all become the greatest players to exist in EMEA. I really loved this documentary and I hope that you make more in the future! Kudos.

gambit chronicle looks like ryan gosling

Commend you absolute mad lad, you’ve actually returned to make the promised Gambit video❤ Your content is so insightful and entertaining, so keep up the good work Gambit had it all: adaptable players of the highest caliber, who were both mentally resilient to losing score lines and calm and collected in the clutch situations It breaks my heart to see what I believe to be the greatest valorant roster ever formed fall from grace because of uncontrollable circumstances

This brings a lot of memories back! All those sleepless nights and the matches i used to see. Somehow i remember each one as vivid as i remember recent ones. Really loved the old team rosters, they are but a distant memory now. Anyways thanks Commend!

KRU Gambit was insane is still hurt chronicle's ACE in overtime.

Gambit produced best of the best cluthes in valorant, undoubtedly the best team and the individual skills of players like Nats, chronicle, and Sheydos were truly amazing I still remember the final against Envy, Gambit said they didn't had strat for heaven, so the consecutively had gone to A site for 12 rounds straight Honestly missing gambit a lot!

I would do anything to see this team play again 😢 Legit so fun to watch

ty for making video about them

Its funny this vid has come out as recently I have been looking up into previous master winners before LOUD and seeing how the valorant scene had evolved from the start. Never heard of GAMBIT but Ive heard of and watched nAts. Ive always noticed the Masters title he has and can say he is an overall amazing player who receives praise all the time. Also was looking into the two new additions to FNATIC following their win at LOCK IN, and I was unfamiliar with Leo and Chronicle, but surprised to find out Chronicle was on the GAMBIT team with nAts. It sucks to see nAts on a team that isn't doing so well, wish the best for him. Great video btw!

The glory days. What a fun team to watch. Also, AWESOME video man. You've been crushing it. I look forward to your videos.

You are such an excellent story teller. I didn't witness Gambit's prime because I started Valorant too late but this story gives me Goosebumps ❤

I have no words for your content. It’s just too good. Keep it up. You can open a Topic request so that people can suggest topics because your Research on these topics is just next level.

my man Chronicle looking a lot like a Ryan Gosling in the thumbnail

Thank you for this

can't wait for you to blow up. One of the best valorant content creators the internet has to offer.

they were the underdogs everytime and won it , miss this team

Why does it feels like it all happened just yesterday 😭

they were so good together bro its so sad they had to go there seperate ways and leave there team. they started showing cracks in there gameplay when they played as m3c too and eventually all got signed to diff teams sad times for gambit truly a legendary team where every player felt like they belonged and did there part for the team

i forgot how great this team was damn

man that was so good hope you can make a video about winners who people thought they werent gonna win it like fpx and acend

ty for bringing back good memories. cant support gambit anymore so now i just support the individual players and mainly supporting TL

This is sad, but amazing and well put together video

I miss this team man, hopefully in near future they will regroup

THIS VIDEO QUALITY SUCH A ON TOP, THE AUDIO WAS JUST AROUND MY EAR.

Gambit were my favourite team for so long and it hurt so much to see them gone

peak Gambit was not just a good team like the other Masters winners, but they were monsters... I feel like they were VERY scary to play against.

Thank you so much commend for a video on Gambit! They were my favorite team back then even as M3C since all of their players were so wholesome and had great mechanical skills and incredible synergy and IQ, feels sad to think about their downfall and disbanding. Also before this roster was formed, Shao was also given an offer, think of having Shao in this core my god.

you make the best valorant video essays, commend!!

i was literally gonna request for you to make a video about gambit i've wanted this for so long

Another classic commend video! Probably my fav video from you so far!!

I didn't watch VCT pre 2022 much, but Gambit was the one team I knew. Saw a few rounds of their games here and there, and the team looked so good. I only got into VCT in 2022, and it was sad to see this team I heard about so much not being able to play on the international stage again. This time they have split up through franchising, and it's not going to be the same. Though Chronicle has still proved to be the best, winning 2 international trophies so far.

great team ❤ and it’s too sad, that they all are not together now. especially d3ffo 😢

gambit didn't exactly fall off when they lost it was against the eventual winners of the whole series and later on having no org in certain areas start showing its affect... edit: we don't give enough credit to behind the scene ( an extreme but good example is fanatic half sheild strat )

My favorite Valorant team of all time

YO as a huge nats fan i really appreciated this video, I joined valorant during late 2021 and sadly didn’t really get to see much of them at their peak, but sadly by the time i started watching valorant e sports more, they were dismantled. This video helped me understand and learn more on what really happened to the team admidst the russian ukraine war thing. Thanks for making my day!

It will be Epic if you could do this format with every Team that has been Champion (Mostly OpTic and Acend that sadly didn't make it to franchise)

Chronicle looks like Ryan Gosling in the thumbnail and you can't tell me otherwise

OpTic was more consistent than Gambit and has more titles...but that's because Gambit was banned from competing for the situation in Russia and Ukraine...what a pity that the best teams always disintegrate for reasons beyond their control...i miss Gambit and OpTic so much fr 😢

Im not crying

i wanna to see channels like you in brazil, you are the best valorant channel, you say storys if the game had a lot of years and to many story to say, i love your videos, thanks

Btw, rip CIS Challengers. Now the whole region has to try its best to get into other regions instead, which is super problematic

great channel, especially because I’ve watched vct from the start in reykjavik

Gambit are honestly the best team in valorant Esports to date it sad to see them go

Да помню как гамбит выиграли мастерс. Это было легендарное сабытие и я горд что следил за этой командой с самого ее зарождения и до распада.

My favourite team to this day Watching they d3ffo brave 1v1 broke my heart that day

Only thing that hurts is, when politics enters in other matters

I hope GMB will be back someday

Gambit: We are Unstoppable! Putin: yeah

Gmb was my favrt team

derke with hair is cursed

I'm disappointed, D3ffos insane ace against Liquid wasnt shown 😭 Apart from that, great vid

they were my fav team honestly, makes me sad for their situation in their country

GMB set the standard for valorant. I still remember nAts hype and scary sheydos an redgar were.

And now, a year later, gambit's legendary coach is back, and turned the worst team in emea into the best. What a guy

Gambit is the first pro team i support. Seeing my supported team's downfall because of the war was the saddest thing . But we have one more important thing that really made their downfall. Actually, every team started to know M3C (Gambit) better. Gambit won the Berlin VCT and nAts played the key role to lead them to victories. He lurked, gained tons of informations and was ready to kill anyone who tried to catch his lurk with his insane aim. That's why in that tournament we were impossible to see nAts bottom frag because no one could counter him. But in later tournaments, other teams started to know how to counter nAts, and nAts was no longer the hugest threat although he was still good. At that time, Chronicle rose with his insane, consistant aim and showed everyone he was the biggest threat now. But this lead to the fact that nAts's lurk no longer worked when he got countered, and M3C had to play more gunfights. As a result, teams having many insane-aim players like FPX, Liquid,... could eventually beat them. M3C needed better players to adapt, but their finance didn't allow that to happen, they failed to sign any better players.

Thank You Very much for this amazing video!

Man makes it sound like it was ancient history

I miss gambit everytime

It's kind of Similar situation with M5/Gambit in LoL. Visa issues and infinite flies destroyed the team back then. Eh Engh is also a good coach

Lets be honest here gambit is now like exodia, theyre scattered and if theyre ever put back together, Im sure they’ll dominate their region or maybe the whole world once again.

Gambit was my first favorite valo team, I still miss them

0:05 Acend also were international winners, they won Champions 1

great video as always my guy 👍👍👍