TheViperAOE faced off against Vinchester in an epic battle yesterday to be crowned victor in the Age of Empires IV ‘King of the Desert IV’ grand final.
On 12 December 2021, at 3:00 PM CET, Age of Empires IV announced the start of the Age of Empires IV ‘King of the Desert IV’ grand final, in which TheViperAOE would compete against Vinchester across a total of 9 rounds to be crowned ‘King of the Desert IV’ champion.
The tweet posted by Age of Empires IV announcing the start of the grand final also specified that before TheViperAOE went up against Vinchester, the world would first watch “ Liereyy1 and JorDan_AoE duke it out for bronze.”
The battle between JorDan and Liereyy started out with an immediate swing in Liereyy’s favor as he took victory in the first round. Liereyy dominated in both the second and third rounds, despite having a pitiful economy in comparison to JorDan during round 3.
During the post-match winner interview Liereyy stated that he was still feeling “a bit sad” despite his victory over JorDan, as he had hoped to defend his title as King of the Desert but ended up with third place overall.
For the Grand Final, TheViperAOE started off with a bang, winning round 1. This was quickly turned countered by a win from Vinchester in round 2. Rounds 3 and 4 saw two more victories for ‘The Viper’.
Vinchester made a minor comeback with a victory in round 5, but this was followed by a fourth victory for ‘The Viper’ in round 6. Round 7 was taken by ‘The Viper’ giving him 5 wins out of a maximum total of 9 rounds and securing his spot as King the Desert IV champion.
The full stream showing both Liereyy1 vs. JorDan and TheViperAOE vs. Vinchester are available on the MembTV Twitch channel.