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Season 10 NA Pro Meta Snapshot - loadouts from Ape Squad Classic I Week 2

I watched through the second league day for NA in the Ape Squad Classic and pulled all the loadouts I could catch from the broadcast plus every team comp across the 10 rounds shown. This is a snapshot of where the meta has settled a few weeks into S10, not exhaustive per-round tracking (since I don't have data for the rounds that weren't broadcasted), so take the off-meta counts with a grain of salt.

Overall the meta hasn't shifted a ton since the S9 scrim meta, but a few things worth calling out:

  • The 93R is the new Light top pick at 9 users and basically the only big shift from S9. The rest of the Light weapon pool is genuinely the most diverse of the three classes, with ARN-220, V9S, M11, XP-54, and even a Dagger and LH1 all showing up. The P90 seems to have dropped out entirely
  • Heal Beam is basically locked on Medium, with a handful of Demat users mixing it up. Medium has also solidified around FCAR and Repeater as the two dominant picks. The gadget trio (Defib, Jump Pad, Goo) is essentially mandatory
  • Mesh edges out Winch on Heavy (12 vs 9), and when teams run double heavy it's almost always Mesh + Winch together (3 of 4 comps). The SHAK might also be edging out the SA1216 as the top Heavy weapon
  • Heavy was present in every single comp on broadcast. No Light/Medium-only comps at all
  • The C4 vs Healing Emitter flex on Heavy seems to track with whether the team is playing more aggressive or more sustain-focused, though I didn't really track this systematically

Curious what people think, how does this compare to your experiences in ranked?

u/coldrolledpotmetal — 2 days ago
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Ape Squad Classics I - EMEA League Day 2 | April 19

Ape Squad Classics I 2026 - EMEA

League Day 2 | All Teams | Initial Cut: Bottom 4 eliminated

Sundays @ 1PM ET / 7PM UTC

Format: Round-robin lobby system. Points awarded per lobby placement (1st: 6, 2nd: 4, 3rd: 2, 4th: 1). Bottom 4 teams on the leaderboard are cut after today.

Stream: twitch.tv/apesquadorg

Tournament Info: apesquad.org

Liquipedia: Ape Squad: Classics - EMEA League Play

Discord: discord.gg/apesquad

Discuss the matches, standout plays, and results as they happen.

u/AutoModerator — 1 day ago
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The Heist Games 2026 North American Circuit - Qualifier 4 | April 18

The Heist Games 2026 NA Circuit - Qualifier 4 (of 4)

Saturday, April 18 | 12PM EST

Format: 3v3v3v3 group stage. Groups of up to 8 teams, two matches per group with winners/losers brackets within each group to determine placement. Points awarded based on final group placement (1st: 100, 2nd: 75, down to 8th: 10).

Stakes: Last qualifier before the Grand Finals. Cumulative points across all four qualifiers determine the top 8 teams advancing to the Grand Finals on June 6.

Stream: twitch.tv/the_heist_games

Liquipedia: The Heist Games - Qualifier 4

Full rules and points system: heistgamestournament.com

Final qualifier, last chance to lock in points for the Grand Finals. Discuss the matches, standings implications, and results as they happen.

u/AutoModerator — 2 days ago
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Ape Squad Classics I - Americas League Day 2 | April 16

Ape Squad Classics I 2026 - Americas

League Day 2 | All Teams | Initial Cut: Bottom 16 eliminated

Thursdays @ 8PM ET

Format: Round-robin lobby system. Points awarded per lobby placement (1st: 6, 2nd: 4, 3rd: 2, 4th: 1). Bottom 16 teams on the leaderboard are cut after today.

Stream: twitch.tv/apesquadorg

Tournament Info: apesquad.org

Liquipedia: Ape Squad: Classics - NA League Play

Discord: discord.gg/apesquad

Discuss the matches, standout plays, and results as they happen. Standings will be updated in comments as lobbies complete.

u/AutoModerator — 4 days ago
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INFO | The Grand Major 2026

TGM26 sign-ups are LIVE on FACEIT, anyone can compete!

Embark has announced a total $200,000 prize pool for the 2026 season. The Online Series features a $48,000 breakdown across all regions, with $4,000 up for grabs every single cycle.

Note on Stage 2: "The Promotion" is Double Elimination. A lower bracket runs alongside the Cashout lobbies, so no trio is "one and done"—everyone stays in the fight until the final 8 are decided!

u/itzofficialvaz — 3 days ago
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Brawlr.gg - new competitive platform built specifically for The Finals

Etelco (@etelcotf, an official Embark partner) just launched Brawlr.gg, a competitive platform dedicated to The Finals. Ranked 3v3 matchmaking, tournament hosting, scrims, player profiles, team management - all in one place. It's in early access right now so expect some rough edges, but the bones are there.

First beta tournament is April 25 - 16-team 3v3 H2H, single elim Bo1. Only 3 teams registered so far, so if you want in on the ground floor this is it.

Platform: brawlr.gg

Register for the beta tournament: First Official FINALS Masters 3v3

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u/coldrolledpotmetal — 5 days ago
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Welcome to r/TheFinalsCompetitive!

Hey everyone,

This sub exists because competitive play in The Finals deserves a dedicated space. Whether you're grinding ranked, following the esports scene, analyzing the meta, or watching tournament VODs, this is the place for that kind of discussion.

The 2026 competitive season is well underway. The RFI system is live, Prestige Events are running across multiple regions, and the Grand Major later this year gives it all a clear finish line. There's a lot to talk about and a lot to keep track of, so having a centralized hub for competitive discussion felt overdue.

What belongs here:

  • Esports coverage: match threads, tournament results, roster news, RFI standings
  • Meta analysis grounded in competitive context
  • Strategy discussion, VOD review, and high-level gameplay
  • Ranked competitive discussion

What doesn't:

  • Casual gameplay clips or pub highlights
  • Low-effort balance complaints (balance discussion with competitive context is welcome)
  • Memes and shitposts (r/thefinals has you covered there)

Full rules are in the sidebar.

Resources:

  • Liquipedia - Teams, rosters, tournament brackets, results
  • Official Esports Hub - RFI info, Embark's esports roadmap
  • Escharts - Viewership stats and tournament data
  • Event Calendar - Subscribe to stay on top of upcoming matches

Looking for moderators:

I'm one person and the competitive calendar is only getting busier. If you're already plugged into the scene and want to help keep things running, particularly with event coverage (match threads, results posts, keeping the calendar updated), reach out via modmail. Prior mod experience is great but not required. What matters more is that you're already following this stuff anyway.

Feedback welcome:

This sub is brand new. If you have thoughts on the rules, the flair system, what kinds of recurring threads would be useful, or anything else, this is the thread for it.

See you in the arena.

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u/coldrolledpotmetal — 5 days ago
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Beyond ranked: weekly community PUGs and the Brawlr.gg platform

Ranked is just the floor of competitive play in The Finals. The next step up is pick-up games (PUGs): organized team play against teams that actually want to compete, casters covering the matches, and a Discord full of people you can build a team from. The community runs casted weekly PUGs Monday through Thursday, and Brawlr.gg launched earlier this month as a standalone competitive platform that adds its own ranked ladder, scrim-finding, and tournaments on top.

Weekly community games

All three run live on Twitch with full casting, so your match might end up on broadcast. Join the host's Discord to get in the lobby.

  • Ape Squad Merch Mondays, Mondays @ 5PM PDT / 8PM EDT. Custom games hosted by Ape Squad, the same org behind the Ape Squad Classics tournament series. Discord | Stream
  • TFC Tuesday Night PUGs, Tuesdays @ 5PM PDT / 8PM EDT. Hosted by The Finals Central, a community-run content portal covering the Finals (and Deadlock) scene with articles, event coverage, and featured streams. They also post featured matches to YouTube. Discord | Stream
  • CODEBREAKERS Thursday PUGs, Thursdays @ 5PM PDT / 8PM EDT. Hosted by CODEBREAKERS, a community that started as a Powershift tournament group and grew into a hub for customs, tournaments, and general Finals/Arc Raiders hangout. They run customs most nights. Thursday is the casted one. Discord | Stream

Brawlr.gg

Brawlr is a competitive platform built specifically for The Finals by pro player Etelco, launched earlier this month. Signup is free with a Discord account. Available whenever, built around three main pieces:

  • Arena is Brawlr's own ranked 3v3 matchmaking, with its own Elo rating, five tiers (D through S), and a global leaderboard. Queue solo, duo, or trio. The system builds a balanced 6-player lobby, you do map bans, and play it out on a private Finals server.
  • Competitions are tournaments and leagues hosted on the platform with interactive brackets, standings, and community-funded prize pools. The FINALS Masters 3v3 beta on April 25 is the first Finals tournament running there.
  • Scrims are pre-arranged practice matches between two specific teams, a level of organization above ranked or Arena play. This is one of the main ways teams prepare for tournaments. Brawlr's scrim finder lets teams post match offers (availability, skill, format) that other teams send requests on.

See you in the arena, contestants!

u/coldrolledpotmetal — 8 hours ago