The new format will welcome competitive players for the 2025 season! Epic Games switched some things up in the league to bring excitement and anticipation to the tournament. With this, players will play the 2025 Fortnite Champion Series (FNCS) in a trio format. It’s a significant change from the usual duo format that takes place in several of the FNCS tournaments. Here’s what is known so far about the Fortnite Champion Series new format.
Return to Trios Format
They bid goodbye to the known duo format. The Fortnite Championship Series 2025 makes its return to the Trios format. This expects to bring new team dynamics that will level up the excitement and competition in the tournament. Moreover, this new format promises to present complex strategies and increased team coordination in their gameplays.
Besides the trio format, Epic Games also made modifications in the qualification process for the FNCS 2025. Under the new season, they’ll streamline the path for established pros while maintaining opportunities for rising talents. This balances the experience advantages of pro players and the newcomers’ chance to showcase their skills.
This time, they’ll be into different divisions based on their FNCS Trial tournament performances. With this, the qualification process will be more efficient, particularly for the top-performing players. Other than that, Epic Games boasts their prize pool to an astonishing $8 million to be distributed across the regions for the year.
With the format changes for FNCS 2025, the community can expect differently for the upcoming season in competitive Fortnite. These changes can potentially include reform in the current rosters and adjustments in team compositions. It’ll surely make the January extra thrilling and more impressive than it was.
Tournament Structure and Schedule
Epic Games is already gearing up for the Fortnite Championship Series 2025 as they released the tournament structure and schedule. Like the FNCS 2024, it will have three major events that will take place throughout the year 2025. This assures players and the esports community of exciting tournaments to anticipate.
In FNCS 2025, they will follow a multi-stage format, which will be: Play-In Stage, Group Stage, Last Chance Qualifier, and Finals. They’ll distribute the prize pool among the participating teams in the Final stage of the tournament. So far, specific details on how and what of the stages are not yet released.
On the other hand, they already confirmed the schedule for the three major events under the Fortnite Championship Series. Make sure to keep your schedules empty during these days to hop on the live updates.
First Major: January 29 – February 16
Second Major: April 9 – April 27
Third Major: July 16 – August 3
Regional Changes: North America Split
Among the changes that come in for the 2025 Fortnite Championship Series is the North America Split. These will be impactful for players in the region as it will return to the two-region format for North America. This means that they will move farther away from the recent unified approach of NA Central.
It’ll be a challenge for players who had previously relocated to maximize the ping connections. Moreover, with the split, players must make critical decisions in reconsidering their geographic locations for competitive advantages.
The Blade of Champions: New Status Symbol
It’s also a farewell to the iconic Axe of Champions in the Fortnite Championship Series 2025. They introduce the new Blade of Champions that will serve as the prestigious in-game cosmetic for FNCS winners. Only the tournament champions will possess this exclusive pickaxe as a status symbol of their highest achievement in the competitive scene.
Peterbot and Pollo are currently the first ones to wield the Blade following their victory in the previous major tournament. This pickaxe will transfer to a new champion for each season that comes. It will also visibly appear in games, given that it serves as a status symbol. They hold this more prestigious than any rare skins available.
Conclusion
This closed up all the changes coming through the Fortnite Championship Series in 2025. With their return in the Trios format, team composition and dynamics will also change for the competitive season. Besides, Epic Games is gearing up to bring the tournament series by kicking off the First Major event as early as January 29. Moreover, many are curious about what possibly may take place in the North American split following the c
