Saf and Zayt win $400,000 Fortnite ESL Katowice Royale
Ghost Saf and NRG Zayt take home the top prize after winning the ESL Katowice Royale Fortnite event.
The pair ran away with the event, earning an unbelievably 831 points to finish over 200 clear of second place. E11’s Boyerxd and Crippa finished second with 620 points, while Katowice Solo Champion Vinny1x finished third with TSM’s ZexRow.
Fan favorite team NICKMERCS and Ghost Ayden had an event to forget, finishing in 46th place. Popular teams like Liquid’s 72HRS and Chaplo along with FaZe Nate and Funkbomb also struggled on the way to 38th and 39th place, respectively.
NRG Zayt provided one of the highlights of the event, confidently letting the rest of the field know who was going to win. In round 14, Zayt jumped to the top of a build and did the “Hold the L” emote, taunting the remaining players.
As far as a game play highlight goes, Zayt offered that as well. With two teams left in a closing circle, Zayt pulled out a Rift for a 3,000 IQ play that locked up the Victory Royale.
ESL Katowice Royale $400,000 Fortnite Event: Final Placements
| Place | Team | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ghost Saf & NRG Zayt | $80,000 |
| 2 | E11 Boyerxd & E11 Crippa | $64,000 |
| 3 | Vinny1x & TSM ZexRow | $48,000 |
| 4 | Ghost DMO & Ghost Bizzle | $32,000 |
| 5 | Atlantis Mitr0 & Atlantis Khuna | $24,000 |
| 6 | LeStream Skite & LeStream Vato | $24,000 |
| 7 | SEN Aspect & SEN Animal | $16,000 |
| 8 | VP Jamside VP 7ssk7 | $16,000 |
| 9 | Ghost Kamo & Ghost Issa | $16,000 |
| 10 | Villex & K1nzell | $16,000 |
| 11 | Solary Airwaks & Solary Nikof | $8,000 |
| 12 | E11 Tschinken & E11 Stompy | $8,000 |
| 13 | LeStream Blaxou & LeStream TheVic | $8,000 |
| 14 | Secret Domentos & Gambit Fwexy | $8,000 |
| 15 | itemm & Alliance Tommo | $8,000 |
| 16 | Solary Kinstaar & Solary Hunter | $8,000 |
| 17 | Tuckz & Pr0vokd | $4,000 |
| 18 | Atlantis kejseR & Atlantis Magin | $4,000 |
| 19 | GO JuleZ & GO M11Z | $4,000 |
| 20 | Navi Bowman & Navi Alpha | $4,000 |
| 21 | LDLC Madzen & LDLC Seth | |
| 22 | smeef & Secret Milan | |
| 23 | Meta Envy & Meta SinOoh | |
| 24 | TSM Myth & TSM Cloud | |
| 25 | Svennoss & Andeeza | |
| 26 | Vitality Maxalibur & Vitality Keolys | |
| 27 | Viallinen & Windwalker | |
| 28 | Liquid Poach & Liquid Vivid | |
| 29 | Fnatic Pow3r & Fnatic Jarl | |
| 30 | Coffeh & Beehive | |
| 31 | Fnatic Motor & Fnatic Eryc | |
| 32 | INTZ Histtory & INTZ Faah | |
| 33 | Forward Noward & Forward Ares | |
| 34 | RNG x2 JOrdan & RNG x2 Jesse | |
| 35 | Skram & Sak0ner | |
| 36 | G2 RazZzero0o & G2 x8 | |
| 37 | Zyppaan & Bloodx | |
| 38 | Liquid Chaplo & Liquid 72HRS | |
| 39 | FaZe Funkbomb & FaZe Nate | |
| 40 | WE_Zero7_CN & WE_Lil Jay_CN | |
| 41 | Unique Mirwana & Unique Inclyde | |
| 42 | AGO Zeek & AGO Povity | |
| 43 | Giants LOLiTO & Giants xlsma | |
| 44 | TOP FaxFox & TOP Aimhero_o | |
| 45 | DV1 Taiovrsky & DV1 Nero | |
| 46 | Ghost Aydan & NICKMERCS | |
| 47 | CR RizArt & CR Crazy Llama | |
| 48 | Heretics Markilokuras & Heretics Ryux | |
| 49 | DV1 Sk1x & DV1 Hoopek | |
| 50 | Prism Teeqzy & Prism Mushway |