Recap: Vortex Nine Sweep the Cold Vault Split 1 Ladder
iFERG Editorial•APR 20, 2026
Vortex Nine never trailed. Across three sessions of the Cold Vault Split 1 ladder, the EU squad completed 41 contracts and extracted with the full roster in 17 of 18 attempts — a 94% squad-extraction rate no other team came within twenty points of.
Apex Division took second on a late Session Three surge, with Obsidian Watch rounding out the podium in their first top-three finish.
Split 2 of the ladder — Cold Vault Extraction — opens May 7 with registration live now.
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