MidwayJust one week after leaving Abrahams, hoot and Dimov found themselves on opposite sides of the Night Shift EU finals. Hoot's Lowkey W emerged victorious with a clean 2-0 sweep, ending Leviathan's championship reign.
Two former Abrahams players ended up at the center of European Night Shift #32, and by the end of the night it was hoot who had the last word.
Just a week after leaving Abrahams, hoot and Dimov found themselves on opposite sides of the title match at Deadlock Night Shift EU #32. Hoot had joined Lowkey W. Dimov landed with defending champion Leviathan. Both were stepping into new situations, but only one of those moves paid off immediately.
Lowkey W beat Leviathan 2-0 to claim the Night Shift title, capping a memorable run that started with hoot knocking out his former team and ended with him lifting the trophy.
Hoot's Revenge Tour Started One Series Earlier
Before the final, Lowkey W had to get through Abrahams in the challenger match. That meant hoot's first big test with his new team came against the roster he had just left.
Lowkey W handled it. In series 314, they knocked off Abrahams 1-0, with hoot posting a sharp 3/2/29 line on 
Kelvin. It was exactly the kind of performance Lowkey W needed from a new addition, and it set up an even bigger storyline in the final against Leviathan and fellow former Abrahams player Dimov.
Game 1: Lowkey W Set the Tone
The opener was one-sided. Lowkey W controlled the game from the start and finished off a 32-14 win in 28:46.
Hoot made an immediate impact on 
Celeste, finishing 4/0/9 while piling up 72,725 objective damage, 29,679 player damage, and 21,160 healing. It was the kind of all-around game that showed exactly why Lowkey W brought him in. He did a little bit of everything and never gave Leviathan room to breathe.
obikym picked up MVP honors with a huge 2/1/21 performance on 
Rem, but hoot was right in the middle of everything that made Lowkey W look so comfortable.
Dimov had moments for Leviathan on 
Lady Geist. He led his team with 36,302 player damage and added 58,330 healing, but the overall result never really turned in Leviathan's favor. His 2/5/7 line reflected the bigger issue for Leviathan in Game 1: the numbers were there in spots, but the team never looked settled.
Game 2: Leviathan Pushed Back, Lowkey W Closed It Out
The second game was more competitive, at least on paper. Leviathan stayed in the fight longer and the final kill count was much closer at 34-28, but Lowkey W still looked like the more connected team when the match reached its key moments.
Hoot stayed on Celeste and delivered again, going 7/4/16 with another strong all-around stat line. He added 58,698 objective damage and 25,234 healing, giving Lowkey W the same steady presence they had in the opener.
This time it was vraic who stole the spotlight on 
Infernus, finishing 7/2/13 and dealing 47,748 player damage in the win.
Dimov's second map was better individually. He went 7/5/11 on Lady Geist, led Leviathan with 44,363 player damage, and put up an impressive 79,693 healing total. On another night, that kind of output might have been enough to swing a game. Against Lowkey W, it still was not enough.
The Matchup Everyone Was Watching
This final was always going to be about more than just the title.
Hoot and Dimov were teammates on Abrahams a week ago. Then the roster changed, both players moved on, and almost immediately both were playing for the Night Shift title on different sides. That alone would have been enough of a storyline. The fact that hoot first helped eliminate Abrahams, then beat Dimov and Leviathan in the final, made it one of the most memorable narratives of the event.
Across the final, hoot finished with 11 kills, 4 deaths, and 25 assists while helping drive Lowkey W in every phase of the game. He was reliable, efficient, and constantly productive. Dimov's series was not a disaster by any means, but Leviathan never found the same rhythm around him that Lowkey W found around hoot.
A New Champion in Europe
For Lowkey W, this looked like more than just a hot run. They beat Abrahams in the challenger, then took down the defending champions in straight games. That is not a fluke night. That is a team arriving.
For hoot, it could hardly have gone better. He left Abrahams, helped send them home, then beat another former teammate in Dimov to win the title with his new roster. That is the kind of debut stretch players dream about.
Leviathan brought in Dimov to strengthen a championship team, and there is still plenty of reason to think that move can work. But on this night, Lowkey W were the sharper team, and hoot was at the center of it.
Lowkey W are the new kings of EU Night Shift.
Thanks to Ksenia Kim on X for the Celeste art.