EndingWalker, a 16-year-old Avenue Fighter V prodigy, claimed his first Main title after dominating Valmaster within the finals of 2022 UFA final evening.
The Ed important not solely received the primary Main and offline event of his profession but in addition steamrolled the competitors, defeating a number of veteran gamers on his strategy to the finals with out dropping a single sequence.
EndingWalker additionally despatched U.S. competitor and SFV legend Punk to the loser’s bracket after smashing him 3-0 within the winner’s last. Punk then misplaced his last-chance sequence towards Valmaster, ending the UFA in third place.
French participant and 2022 EVO top-eight finisher Mister Crimson was the one participant within the event who took a recreation from the champion—within the semifinals.
The British expertise has risen in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. He received his first on-line tournaments in 2020 at 14, together with a number of Saltmine League iterations in addition to the Capcom Professional Tour World Warrior, and has been bettering since.
His first UFA win, nonetheless, marks a brand new step for EndingWalker’s profession. He has now made a mark on the Avenue Fighter V scene, hoisting the trophy beneath the highlight.
His timid habits on stage contrasts drastically with the robust confidence he’s exhibiting within the recreation. Within the event, the 16-year-old proved to haven’t any worry going up towards a few of the most established names from SFV, because of mechanical prowess and creativity.
As most followers are eagerly ready for Avenue Fighter 6 to launch and produce a breath of recent air to the sequence, the younger champion symbolizes this new technology of expertise who’ve been silently rising in the course of the pandemic and want to take over the aggressive scene sooner or later.