4Stack #29 — answers & breakdown

Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Esports players sorted by the game that made them. An earlier draft of this puzzle had a Counter-Strike group alongside the Valorant one and had to be rebuilt — too many of these players legitimately belong to both, which is ambiguity rather than a fair trap.

The sixteen cards in this puzzle were: TenZ, Aspas, Demon1, Derke, Clix, Mongraal, MrSavage, Aqua, Caps, Rekkles, Doublelift, Uzi, N0tail, Dendi, Puppey, Miracle-.

The four stacks

Valorant pros

TenZ, Aspas, Demon1, Derke

Valorant. TenZ is the crossover name, having come from Counter-Strike, which is precisely the overlap that forced the rebuild.

Fortnite competitive era

Clix, Mongraal, MrSavage, Aqua

Fortnite's competitive peak, roughly 2019 to 2021. This scene produced a generation of players who were famous before they could legally sign their own contracts.

League of Legends pros

Caps, Rekkles, Doublelift, Uzi

League of Legends. Doublelift and Uzi are the two regional legends, from North America and China respectively, and neither ever won a world championship.

Dota 2 pros

N0tail, Dendi, Puppey, Miracle-

Dota 2. N0tail holds the highest career prize earnings in esports history, almost entirely from winning The International twice with OG — a consequence of Dota's crowdfunded prize pools rather than of playing more tournaments.

Want to try it yourself? Play puzzle #29 — archive plays don't affect your streak. Or jump into today's puzzle.