Streamed live to thousands of viewers on Twitch, Brance’s performance on the solo queue caught the eye of several big names in the competitive scene, in addition, of course, to raising community expectations. Brazilian for LOUD’s debut at the Worlds. This year 2022. Thursday, against the Taiwanese Beyond Gaming, at 7 p.m. (Brasilia time), and the Japanese Detonation FocusMe, at 10 p.m.

Start in Ranked Queue

Arriving in Mexico City, home of the 2022 Worlds Entry Stage, on September 20, Brance and his teammates wasted no time and began preparations in LoL ranked queues in North America. Each of the players received a special account from Riot Games, in which the minimum link to achieve, regardless of the result of the best-of-ten (bd1) match to define the rank, was Platinum IV.

On Monday, players had already reached Master, the third-highest tier in LoL, with Brance having the quintet’s highest score – 343 League Points (LPs). As a participant in the World Cup, LOUD had access to the champions queue. It was from this moment that the Brazilian sniper began to stand out in the world.

First match in the champion line

In the first act of the special ranked queue, Brance fell out with Canadian midfielder Joseph “jojopyun”, of North American team Evil Geniuses, one of LOUD’s opponents at Worlds 2022. Ashe, the 18-year-old has already arrived in the opposition’s bot lane, but suffered for the first ten minutes of play. After that, the Brazilian did not take his foot off the accelerator, ending the game by a victory around the 30th minute, with 15 kills, three deaths and 17 assists.

+ “Training is going well,” says Tinowns
+ Brance wins the match against T1 players

Battle against CoreJJ and CBLOL video

Also at Champions Queue, Brance played Team Liquid’s South Korean support Yong-in “CoreJJ” in two matches. In both cases, the shooter played Kai’sa, while the 2017 World Champion for Samsung Galaxy picked Thresh in the first game and Sett in the second. Either way, Brance was defeated.

Later, the South Korean showed his admiration for the Brazilian’s performance and on top of that, he started watching videos of the 2022 CBLOL 2nd Split. Besides him, the North American Eugene “Pobelter” also watched Brazilian league matches. Recently, CoreJJ placed LOUD among the teams that can surprise in the entry stage of Worlds 2022.

Brance also entertained streamers, who amassed thousands of viewers, by communicating in English with his teammates at the Champions Queue. Whether it’s the dedication to communicating with foreigners or the slip-up of certain phrases, Brazilians are guaranteed to be entertained.

Impact in the community

During the week, Brance fell along with several other players who will be vying for Worlds 2022, including top T1 fighter Woo-je “Zeuz”. In a match at dawn this Wednesday, the Brazilian killed, alone, the South Korean with the character of Kalista, to the delight of the community that accompanied him live.

Cloud9 Athlete Praise

In a post on Twitter, top Australian Ibrahim “Fudge” of North American Cloud9 praised Team LOUD as training partners at Worlds. The champion player of the LCS, the North American league, said that the Brazilian team is the best that Cloud9 has trained with, driving the community crazy on the eve of the Brazilians’ debut in the entry phase.

See the reactions below:

Fudge even interacted with other LOUD players in the post.

Another curiosity, the Australian only follows five people on the social network. Among them are Brance and Leonardo “Robo”, leading LOUD.

According to the Champions Queue site, Brance is among the top 30 players in the special queue, in 26th place and with 2,039 LP.

In classic ranking, the player is in the Master link, with 415 LP, with 48 wins and 26 losses. There were 11 chosen champions in all, with the most played being Miss Fortune, Kai’sa, and Ashe.