Japanese VALORANT star Yuma “Dep” Hisamoto has broken the record for most kills in a VALORANT match with his 42 kills as Sova on Ascent in a game between ZETA DIVISION and Rex Regum Qeon on Thursday morning.
This feat happened during a VCT competition on LAN via a multi-overtime map three as part of a comeback series. The three-map comeback series was so lengthy the third map was only completed after over 90 minutes of action that saw ZETA recover from a 13-2 loss on Haven. The outcome eventually kept them in the upper bracket of Pacific LCQ.
The outcome kept them in the upper bracket of the Pacific LCQ. Center to this is Dep, who had a 4K and averaged above 200 points of damage per round, proving to be a consistent threat in all the rounds. Although despite this, he didn’t have the most double-kill or triple-kill rounds.
After regulation, he had 22 of his 42 kills and 20 more in the 16 rounds of overtime, but his most important multi-kill came in the deciding round in overtime.
The previous record holder was Global Esports’ Cahya “Monyet” Nugraha, with 39 on a map that GE lost to DRX. Days ago, Nathan “nataNk” Bocqueho helped French team Gentle Mates to EMEA VCT via Ascension, dropping 40 on Split against Acend during the six-map win streak.
Unfortunately, his record for most kills in a VCT match on LAN barely lasted weeks as Dep put in a historic performance that put his team in the upper bracket of the Pacific LCQ.
Meanwhile, despite the uncertain future of the Overwatch League future with reports that the league is offering teams around $6 million termination fees to exit after the 2023 season, Guangzhou Charge keeps adding players to their roster.
On Thursday, Chinese tank player Qui “GA9A” Jiaxin was added to the team’s roster just a month after his former team, Chengdu Hunters, was disbanded.
Daniel Ademiju Idowu
