The Fortnite Champion Series Pro-Am returned for the first time since 2019, featuring some of the biggest streamers and FNCS professional players at Galen Center on Saturday afternoon. Competitors from around the world battled for a $500,000 prize pool and the Pro-Am trophy. 

With some of the game’s most popular streamers competing, like Nicholas “Nick Eh 30” Amyoony, Alastair “Ali-A” Aiken, Lachlan “Lachlan” Power and Ali “SypherPK” Hassan, the event brought out some of the most well-known faces in the community. On the other end, pro players like Cody “Clix” Conrod, Kyle “Bugha” Giersdorf, Kyle “Mongraal” Jackson and Aleksa “Queasy” Cvetkovic — some of the most accomplished players on Fortnite’s professional scene — upped the tournament’s skill ceiling and intensity.  

Unlike standard tournaments, the 2025 Pro-Am featured 20 duos, each consisting of one content creator and one FNCS player. Placements were decided in a six-game series with 10 points awarded for a win and one for each elimination. 

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To the surprise of very few, Peter “Peterbot” Kata, who’s regarded as one of, if not the best, professional Fortnite players, came out on top with his teammate, Shaun “AussieAntics” Cochrane.

“[With] all the biggest influencers in Fortnite, competitors in Fortnite, together in a room, the content being made is just so much fun,” Lachlan said on the tournament’s official livestream.

In game one, the duo of Cooper “Cooper” Smith and Ali “Zemie” dominated, combining for six eliminations to lead the lobby and taking down Nick Eh 30 and Queasy during the final circle. 

After finishing fourth in game one, late-match heroics from Clix in game two, while down his duo Nick “Lacy” Fosco, won the final 1v1 against Zemie, propelling the duo into first place. However, game three was disastrous for Clix and Lacy. They were eliminated during an early circle, losing crucial placement points and dropping back to fourth place. 

In their place, Leon “Khanada” Khim and the 2019 FNCS victor-turned-streamer Rani “StableRonaldo” Mach filled in. During the final circle, the two would take out Nick Eh 30 and Queasy to take game three and top the standings. 

As one of the only creators who has competed in professional tournaments, StableRonaldo came into the tournament with competitive experience that many of the other creators lacked. 

“To be honest, that was probably the easiest game of Fortnite I’ve ever played in my entire life,” Khanada joked after the victory. 

After game three, a 30-minute break allowed competitors to reevaluate and adjust their strategies as the lower-scoring duos attempted to make up ground in the standings. 

However, in the middle of a lobby-wide gunfight, competitors lagged out of the game halfway through game four, erasing their progress. 

The issue proved to be a mixed bag for competitors. For those with opportune load-outs and positioning, the reset was a frustrating setback and a missed opportunity to capitalize on their situation. For duos at the bottom, restarting game four gave them a second chance to even the odds. 

After restarting, game four saw a major flip in the standings as all of the previous match winners, save Cooper, were eliminated before the final fight. Facing Cooper in a 1v1, Peterbot managed to hold on at the edge of the circle, shooting Cooper out of the sky to win game four. 

Cooper and Zemie’s points during the match helped them hold onto first place in the standings, with AussieAntics and Peterbot three points behind in second. 

Like games one through four, a new duo would get the Victory Royale in match five. Early in the match, Lennard “rezon ay” Sill and Mohammed “Faxuty” Eid pulled one of the best loadouts in the game, giving them a massive advantage over their competitors. From there, the two easily mowed through the lobby en route to a top-six position heading into the final match. 

Going into game six, three points separated first place from third: AussieAntics and Peterbot in first with 57, Cooper and Zemie in second with 56, and Iwo “Setty” Zając and “dieyuhs” in third with 54. And at the final circle, it was those three who faced each other. 

With their duos eliminated, Peterbot took out Setty before being third-partied by Cooper. Despite beating the first and third-place teams, Cooper was still behind in points. Cooper needed to win a 2v1 against third-placed Salman “PodaSai” Mehdid and Nicolas “Nikof” Frejavise to put his duo in first, but he lacked the late-game heroics to finish the job. 

Although Peterbot and AussieAntics fell in the last match, the point differential was in their favor. By the end, the duo topped the standings with 71 points, winning the 2025 Pro-Am tournament.

“After the [first] win, I knew we were going to win the tournament,” Peterbot said in a postgame interview on the tournament’s official livestream. 

Peterbot adds another title to his belt with the win, which already includes five FNCS championships. AussieAntics proved that he wouldn’t be a liability to one of the professional scene’s best players. On top of that, the duo received $50,000 for their first-place finish. 

After the game, AussieAntics joked about being paired with one of his longest Twitch subscribers. 

“He’s a fan,” AussieAntics laughed. “He’s been a supporter since day one and I really appreciate it.”