What Teams Do You Think Will Perform At The Upcoming EWC Fortnite LAN?
EWC’s Fortnite Reload LAN is the second or third biggest tournament of the year and it begins in less than a week as most pros begin making their way to Paris, where the lan will take place. Think a lot of people don’t know the format or don’t even know that the LAN is taking place right around the corner. Attached is the qualifying format, credit to @fncompreport on twitter.
The finals is a matchpoint format where once you reach a certain number of points, you’ll have to win a game to end the tournament and be crowned the winner. Considering its reload, it’ll likely be very chaotic with solos landing on teams in a position to win to stop them from ending the tournament. Honestly, I could see this tournament ending in the best finish we ever seen, with 5-6 teams or even more all playing for the win, once they have enough points to do so.
A link to the dropmaps: https://nobleprac.com/tournaments/ReloadEliteSeries-2026?window=EWC\_Group\_A\_Slurp\_Rush\_2026®ion=EU
Shxrk & T3eny + Peterbot Pollo (both in Group A) look like the strongest teams heading into the tournament, I expect them to both qual through their group with ease. Both teams dominated their regions qualifiers and don’t look to be conned (Muz & Sphinx will likely split Dirty Docks with Shxrk & T3eny in the Slurp Rush map of Group A).
Other teams that I expect to do well in group A include Tjino & Pablo, Vico & Mali, Kami & Charyy, and Shadow & Vergo. Bugha & Braydz + Alex & Wreckless uncon on both maps could be solid picks to make the finals, but they are a bit less proven than the teams mentioned, I could see them getting keyed or landed on, as well.
As for group B, I expect Cold & Rapid, Acorn & Boltz, Josh & Eomzo, Darm & Demus, SwizzY & Pixie, and Sky & Scroll to do well. The most contested POI in both groups is Elite Armory, which makes sense considering the sheer amount of loot is enough for at least 2 teams, likely three, even though it’s a bit difficult to split it three ways without starting a fight.
With no surge to worry about and smaller region teams able to get their own share of loot on this LAN, we could possibly see the best shot at a smaller region team finishing in the top 3, or even outright winning.
Phoenix & Retro are a potential sleeper team, Retro is a 40-50 ping west player, and these two looked solid in both reload & BR. Minipiyo & Fuukun could be the best performing team for Asia, both recently garnered some experience at the midyear Summit LAN, giving them a slight edge over some other teams. Edson & Phzin from BR, I could see doing well.
Who do you think will do well and do you have any bold predictions for the LAN?