bleed beats Hikari to win Evo France without a set loss

bleed finished Evo France 2026 as the 2XKO champion after beating Hikari 3-1 in the grand final. The start.gg entrant record lists nine set wins and no set losses across the run.

The decisive stretch also included a 3-1 winners-final victory over SonicFox / INZEM. Hikari finished second, with that duo third. The event ran in Nice from 9 to 11 October.

An unbeaten run through a mixed field

The competition listed 315 entries, including solo players and duos. That figure should not be treated as a count of individual people. It gives the scale of the bracket that bleed finished on top of.

Riot's pre-event preview identified an international field including Hikari, SonicFox / INZEM, Leffen and the 2WINz, alongside French contenders. Against that backdrop, bleed's result offers a clear story to revisit: he reached the trophy without having to recover from a lost set.

Another Major remains on the calendar

Evo France is listed as a Major in the 2XKO Competitive Series. Riot's 8 October update also lists Battle Coliseum on 21-22 November as a Major event. For viewers catching up, the winners final and grand final are useful starting points: two different opponents, with bleed winning both series by the same margin.