Another Valorant esports record has been broken at the 2023 Valorant Champions Tour (VCT): Last Chance Qualifier Pacific, after ZETA Division's Dep racked up 42 kills in total to become the highest kill total in a Valorant LAN tournament!

Dep broke this record in the Upper Bracket Semifinal match of VCT 2023: Last Chance Qualifier. Although this record is quite sad for Indonesian fans because it occurred when ZETA Division defeated RRQ, Dep's achievement deserves more appreciation.

Of course, Dep's record was not obtained in an "ordinary" match. That said, the match between RRQ vs ZETA Division was one of the most competitive series in Valorant esports history.

Yes, in that match, RRQ and ZETA Division had to go through 40 rounds of non-stop matches after having to go through extra time. Not surprisingly, the number of kills from the two teams skyrocketed, which was a factor in the record breaking.

Dep from ZETA Division broke the record for the most kills in a Valorant LAN tournament in history while playing on Ascent as the final map in the RRQ vs ZETA Division match, with a total of 42 kills, surpassing nataNk's kill record that had just been set 5 days earlier.

Here's how the record for most kills in an all-time Valorant LAN esports tournament stands, after Dep broke into first place:

1.      42 - Yuuma "Dep: Hisamoto (ZETA Division)

2.      40 - Nathan "nataNk" Bocqueho (Acend)

3.      39 - Cahya "Monkey" Nugraha (Global Esports)

4.      38 - David "xffero" Monangis (BOOM Esports)

Breaking the kill record in a LAN setting is difficult for Valorant esports players, especially for a game that has a lot of overtime. What Dep achieved is nothing short of remarkable.

Dep's performance earned ZETA Division a spot in the VCT 2023 Lower Bracket Finals: Last Chance Qualifier Pacific League, while relegating RRQ to the Lower Bracket. With the fierce competition between teams in this tournament, it is not impossible that new records will be broken in the next match.