What separates competitive fighting games from FPS games like Valorant and Counter Strike 2 or MOBAs like League of Legends and DOTA 2 is that your wins and losses are completely your fault.
Sure, you can have a bad match or two due to a poor connection every once in a while, but aside from that, there are no “bad teammates” to blame if things go south unless you deliberately choose to play duos.
Recently, 2XKO confirmed the release of their Ranked mode on the 18th. It hasn’t even been a full day since the mode is out, and, to no one’s surprise, there are pros who have already achieved the highest rank, Challenger. The game recently shared the leaderboard, and the number 1 player has already been dethroned.
Cloud805 Ranks Number 1 In America’s 2XKO Leaderboard; SonicFox Dethrones Him
In a recent X (formerly Twitter) post from 2XKO, they tweeted, “the leaderboard is back up for all regions. if ur in the americas, go get @cloud805”, at the time of their posting, the rankings were as follows:
|
Rank |
Player |
League Points |
Wins |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Cloud805er |
3,522 LP |
59 Wins |
|
2 |
NYChrisG123 |
3,403 LP |
54 Wins |
|
3 |
IcebergXI |
3,360 LP |
64 Wins |
|
4 |
Skinhoff |
3,282 LP |
53 Wins |
|
5 |
DietSquirt |
3,258 LP |
53 Wins |
|
6 |
InterestingLamp |
3,246 LP |
47 Wins |
But just 8 hours later, SonicFox posted, “I wanted to steal number 1 real quick Haven’t lost a single game yet” followed by another post in less than two hours of their previous tweet saying, “I didn’t stop playing until I reached 100 ranked wins I have not lost a single game. 100-0.” Currently, the Leaderboard is as follows:
|
Rank |
Player |
League Points |
Wins |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
SonicFox |
3,988 LP |
100 Wins |
|
2 |
bleed |
3,741 LP |
122 Wins |
|
3 |
Blaizzy |
3,711 LP |
89 Wins |
|
4 |
Supernoon |
3,700 LP |
78 Wins |
|
5 |
NYChrisG123 |
3,697 LP |
99 Wins |
|
6 |
EduardoHook |
3,591 LP |
64 Wins |
If 2XKO is your first fighting game, or you don’t follow the pro scene as much, then Cloud805 and SonicFox are both professionals who have been competing since 2013. Cloud805 has recently been playing Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves and is also known for competing in tournaments for Dragon Ball FighterZ, Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, and Guilty Gear -STRIVE-.
SonicFox is the current EVO and Combo Breaker 2025 champion for Mortal Kombat 1. He also used to play previous MK games like Mortal Kombat 11, Mortal Kombat X, and Mortal Kombat (2011), and competed in Dragon Ball FighterZ, Skullgirls, Injustice 2, and many other popular fighting games.
2XKO is still in Closed Beta, and the competition is already this fierce. It will be very interesting to see how this game shapes up as it gets closer to full release.
For the upcoming EVO France, 1654 players registered for Street Fighter 6 and 1156 for Tekken 8 at the time of writing this article. 2XKO being free to play makes it even more accessible for new players to try it out. So it is safe to say that fighting games are definitely back!
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Author: 360 Technology Group
