Evo France is the Most Stacked Tournament Ever

Read on for stream details and timing.
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Ben “Draggles” Forbes

Welcome back to the Weekend Warmup.

This happens every Major, but Evo France is looking big. This event is a full-circle moment for the 2XKO community. The competitive scene started here with First Impact in 2025, with Wawa taking home the W for the home crowd. Now, one year later, the French FGC is here to defend that title against a fearsome and battle-tested international scene.

It feels like this might be the most stacked 2XKO tournament ever. Read on for the big storylines, stream details, and schedules.

The French FGC is Ready

Challenger event wins and top placements from Yasha, Wawa, Kayne, Wade and Noka make them tough opponents already, but with the roar of the French crowd behind them, could one of these lads take home a Major trophy for the region? In the last few months, the infrastructure and camaraderie of the French scene has gone from strength to strength. Their spirit shines through country-based tournaments like Red Bull Knockout and the EU Community Series, and is bolstered by l rivalries with other European nations. The French scene’s legacy with tag fighters (fueled by repeated 2XKO Top 8 finishes) gives them a strong edge on home turf to take it all.

An International Threat

The depth of international talent has grown significantly over the past year: bleed, Hikari, SonicFox/INZEM, Leffen, NYChrisG, Supernoon, globo, JakeyTheSnakey, ikoan and the 2WINz will all be throwing down this weekend, but the pool is even wider this time around as many of the superstars have split practice time with other games. Look out for Argentinian powerhouse Yosep, TNS mainstay Quainty, EUCS frontrunner Owen, Spanish legend GenisGod, and Senna believer James06 to make deep bracket runs.

We Continue

There’s an elephant in the room; I’m addressing it. Despite Battle Coliseum looming in late November, this is likely the last hurrah for most of these players to take a 2XKO Major W. And as it goes, there can only ever be one winner (except if there’s two). Expect everyone to play with courage, confidence, and chaos when the stakes are this high.

Please share your support for your favourite players through the weekend! I’d love it if the 2X community could make this event an unforgettable one.

Watch 2XKO At Evo France

We’ll have coverage across the weekend in English, French (courtesy of RZA) and Spanish (with Sh4rin). 

Round 1 kicks off on October 9 @ 2pm CEST (6am PT).
Round 2 through Top 8 starts October 10 @ 10am CEST (4am PT).
Top 8 begins October 10 @ 6pm CEST (10am PT).

Meet Us Onsite

We won’t have a booth at the event, so we’re instead using the time to bring a host of TOs, creators and community leaders from across Europe to Nice to recognise the impact they’ve had on their local scenes and 2XKO. Thank you for the work you’ve done to support the game, and GLHF if you’re entering any brackets this year!

Feel free to say hi to the many Rioters who will be around throughout the event (and maybe pick up some free swag while you’re there).

Upcoming Dates

  • Oct 9-11: Evo France (2XKO Major event)
  • (Targeting) Oct 27: Patch 1.3.3 live (with Samira)
  • Nov 6: 2XKO comms end
  • (Targeting) Nov 12: 1.3.3b minor balance and bugfix patch
  • Nov 21-22: Battle Coliseum (2XKO Major event)
  • Nov 27-29: MINDSET 2026 (2XKO Challenger event)
  • (Optional) Early Dec: Patch 1.3.5 (bug fixes only)

Closing Thoughts

Congrats to Tate for taking First Attack in convincing fashion. The Blitzcrank agenda is real. I love all the Senna picks coming through recently too. She takes a bit of getting used to, but some of the combo sauce she’s got is pretty nice.

We’ve come a long way since the Four Horsemen; seeing TNS’ top 8 graphics show a huge range of teams every week fills my heart. bleed refusing to switch off the Ekko/Illaoi has aura though.

Is anyone playing Teamfight now? There still might be unexplored tech there but I feel like the heavy post-release nerf turned folks off from it. Let me know if you’re still a Teamfight holdout, I want to see some clips of some duo beatdowns.

—@draggles