December 5, 2025
Calling All Heroes 2025 is closing in on its finale, and the final qualifier delivered more twists than anyone expected.
Calling All Heroes 2025 has offered players a more accessible path to Overwatch esports than ever before. The revamped format ditched convoluted circuit points: instead of chasing long-term rankings, teams now had three clearer routes to the Championship. The top three teams from each Spring and Summer playoff bracket earn Championship berths. The last two spots go to the survivors of the final gauntlet: the Calling All Heroes 2025 Last Chance Qualifier (LCQ).
The LCQ kicked off on October 24 and wrapped on November 1, 2025. Now that the dust has finally settled, the winners are locked in, and the outcome caught just about everyone off guard.
The LCQ didn’t just deliver surprises in the bracket; it also drew a massive audience. Across Twitch and YouTube, the event consistently climbed throughout each broadcast window, peaking at well over 10,000 concurrent viewers. OW_Esports’ official streams alone averaged nearly 7,000 viewers during the October 24 broadcast and more than 2,500 during the November 1 stream, showing strong retention even during quieter stretches.
For a community-driven circuit like Calling All Heroes, these numbers are a clear sign of growing momentum. The interest is there, the stakes are rising, and the Championship is set to draw an even bigger crowd.
VindArrive wins Calling All Heroes 2025 LCQ
LCQ followed a double-elimination format. It was unforgiving yet merciful: one bad series won’t instantly end a team’s hopes. Only a handful of squads got the chance to fight for a Championship slot this late in the year, but for them, this was the final call. Teams that fell short during Spring or Summer got one last opportunity to rewrite their story.
Two teams rose above the rest: VindArrive and Valentine, both already well-established names in the grassroots Overwatch circuit. Lazuli and Café Violet rounded out the LCQ lineup, but neither managed to make a real dent in the bracket. Café Violet pushed through the lower bracket for a bit, only to get knocked out decisively by VindArrive before they could build any momentum.
VindArrive secured their spot in the LCQ finals by dismantling Café Violet in the lower final on Watchpoint: Gibraltar. The turning point came during the last stretch of the map, where VindArrive outplayed Café Violet in a decisive payload fight. That victory sent them straight into the LCQ finals for a rematch against Valentine.
Calling All Heroes LCQ delivered a surprising twist with a rematch between VindArrive and Valentine, which is precisely why the final results caught everyone off guard. In their first meeting in the upper bracket final, Valentine handled them with ease, closing out the series 3–1. So heading into the rematch, most viewers expected a repeat performance. Instead, VindArrive showed up sharper and clearly read Valentine’s setups far better than before.
It was a chaotic final-fight moment from the CAH 2025 LCQ Winners Final on New Queen Street. Missun was on Tracer, plunging straight into the brawl around the TS-1 bot as both teams fought in a tense overtime situation. Vindarrive had the lead at 115.83 meters while Valentine trailed closely at 106.55, making this last engagement the decider for the map. With the map tied 1–1, whoever won the messy skirmish around the bot would secure the map and pull ahead in the Winners’ Final.
That team turned out to be Vindarrive, departing fans in shock. The great news is that Valentine’s journey isn’t quite over, because the LCQ awards two qualifying spots: one to the upper-bracket winner and one to the LCQ champion. Valentine had already secured the first spot by winning the upper bracket.
With the LCQ officially wrapped, the full field for the Calling All Heroes 2025 Championship is finally set. For LCQ qualifiers like VindArrive, the climb only gets tougher from here; they’ll enter the main event as lower seeds facing the strongest teams of the year. With every path to qualification now closed, all eyes turn to the final showdown that will crown this season’s Calling All Heroes champion.