VALORANT Lockdown 2 series to conclude with Finals at Localhost Philadelphia in July

March 23, 2023

by Brian Bencomo

Nerd Street has announced a new VALORANT tournament series called VALORANT Lockdown 2 that will begin with an online qualifier from April 16 to 18, which will be the first of 10 online qualifiers. VALORANT Lockdown 2 will consist of 10 online qualifiers as well as a Resurrection Qualifier (June 26-27) and a Last Chance Qualifier (July 28) that will precede the Lockdown 2 Finals, a 16-team LAN tournament that will take place at Localhost Philadelphia from July 29 to 30.

Sign up for VALORANT Lockdown 2!

The Lockdown 2 Finals prize pot will be $10,000, and each weekly online qualifier will have a scaling prize pot of up to $2,000. Teams competing in the weekly qualifiers will earn points to qualify for the Finals, similar to the Nerd Street Champs tournament series that took place the last couple years. The top 10 teams on the Lockdown 2 leaderboard will qualify for the finals, and another four spots will go to the top four finishers at the Last Chance Qualifier.

This tournament series will include a new feature called the “Resurrection Bracket.” Just like VALORANT agent Sage can resurrect allies, teams that have been eliminated during the first or second days of each online qualifier will get a second chance at life by being able to compete in the Resurrection Bracket on Day 3 of each online qualifier. The winner of each week’s Resurrection Bracket will qualify for the Resurrection Qualifier happening at the end of June. The top two teams from the Resurrection Qualifier will qualify for the Finals.

To recap, teams will have three ways to qualify for the Finals in Philadelphia. The first is by earning enough points in the online qualifiers to qualify as one of the top 10 teams on the Lockdown 2 leaderboard. The second is by winning a Resurrection Bracket and then being one of the top two teams in the Resurrection Qualifier. The third is by finishing in the top four at the Last Chance Qualifier.

More information about how to sign up for the tournament series can be found on the Lockdown 2 event page. Below is the schedule for the series.

Online Qualifier 1: April 17-19
Online Qualifier 2: April 23-25
Online Qualifier 3: April 30-May 2
Online Qualifier 4: May 8-10
Online Qualifier 5: May 14-16
Online Qualifier 6: May 21-23
Online Qualifier 7: May 28-30
Online Qualifier 8: June 4-6
Online Qualifier 9: June 11-13
Online Qualifier 10: June 18-20
Resurrection Qualifier: June 26-27
Last Chance Qualifier: July 28
Finals: July 29-30

VALORANT Lockdown 2 comes on the heels of the successful VALORANT Lockdown series that began in December 2022 and concluded with a LAN Finals tournament at Localhost Fullerton in January. Where is Fullerton, a team consisting of Jack “Add3r” Hayashi, Mateja “qpert” Mijovic, Alan “ethos” Ruan, Peter “Governor” No and Mohammed “Harmful” Choudhary, won the inaugural VALORANT Lockdown tournament with the finals held at Localhost Fullerton.