With more than three hundred thousand dollars in prize money, know the MOBA that is a true success in the world
With the remarkable growth of the mobile gaming market, it is not surprising that esports have also embraced mobile devices. Meanwhile, the Arena of Valor World Cup surprised by announcing a prize pool of more than $ 300,000, the largest of the mobile esports.
Getting to know the game
Kings of Glory, the original Arena of Valor, is an absolute success in China (Photo: Reproduction / Global Yicai)
Developed by Timi Group Studio and released in 2015, Arena of Valor is a MOBA that adapts the Chinese game Kings of Glory to Western audiences. Available for Android and iOS devices, the game is published worldwide by Tencent Games.
In July 2017 it was announced that the game had reached more than 80 million active players. with a base of 200 million active monthly players, become Arena of Valor the most lucrative mobile game in the world. Such popularity led to the announcement in September 2017 that the game will be released for Nintendo Switch.
How does Arena of Valor work?
The game is played by two teams of five players each (5v5), in a style similar to League of Legends. The fact is an irony, because Tencent is subsidiary of Riot Games. Before each match begins, the player can choose his hero to battle between a variety of characters divided into four classes: tank, killer, sniper and auger.
The Steel Man is one of the characters of DC Comics who is present in Arena of Valor (Photo: Reproduction / Arena of Valor.eu)
While the characters have drawn inspiration from folklore and mythology from China to the European, Tencent, in partnership with DC Comics, included in 2018 Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Joker and more recently, Flash, as playable characters with the promise of other characters of the company to be released in the future.
The biggest prize of esport mobile
Although Vainglory is a very popular MOBA in mobile sports, it is from Arena of Valor the historical mark of the highest cash value distributed in a competition. Scheduled for July 2018, teams around the world will be able to participate in the World Cup, with teams from North America and Europe guaranteeing their place in the Valor Series series of tournaments.
It is from the game Arena of Valor the biggest award distributed in the mobile esport (Photo: Reproduction / Engadget)
US $ 205 thousand - First placed
US $ 103 thousand - Second place
US $ 51 thousand - Third and fourth placed
$ 18,000 - Fifth to eighth place
But in an interesting differential for a MOBA competition, the World Cup will also have prizes based on teamwork:
US $ 5,100 - More Tenacious Team: for the team that wins by the biggest difference
$ 5,100 - More Creative Team: for the team to try and use new and successful strategies
There's still more. The Arena of Valor World Cup will still distribute prizes based on individual player performance:
US $ 10,2 thousand - Best player of the World Cup
US $ 3,600 - Player with the highest number of eliminations
US $ 2,600 - Player with the second highest number of eliminations
US $ 1,000 - Player with the third highest number of eliminations
US $ 3,600 - Player with the highest number of assists
$ 2,600 - Player with the second highest number of assists
US $ 1 thousand - Player with the third highest number of assists
$ 3,000 - Player who inflicted the most damage
$ 3,000 - Player receiving the most amount of damage
$ 1,500 - Player who created a successful strategy with a less popular hero
Each team will still earn $ 600 for each match won during the competition. The Arena of Valor World Cup takes place in Los Angeles in July.
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