All Gamers declare first Santiago slot with 3-2 win over Xi Lai Gaming

All Gamers

All Gamers

China
Rank #14

Shr1mp
Yang Yong (杨勇)








K1ra
Huang Zhihao (黄志豪)








Au1
Zhu Yihao (朱逸豪)








f4ngeer
Roman Smirnov








iamgrq
Gao Ruiqi (高锐琦)

defeated

Xi Lai Gaming

Xi Lai Gaming

China
Rank #2

WsLeo
Huang Pinwei (黄品维)








Lysoar
Liang Youhao (梁优好)








NoMan
James Man








Rarga
Arthur Churyumov








happywei
Deng Minwei (邓闵维)

3-2 within the higher last of China Kickoff.

It’s a victory of firsts for All Gamers: their first win over XLG, their first regional end above fifth place, and their first qualification to a global occasion as they lock within the first slot at Masters Santiago.

The five-map slugfest performed out on Pearl, Split, Bind, Abyss, and Haven. AG gained Pearl 13-5 and Split 13-11, XLG gained Bind 13-7 and Abyss 13-6, and AG took it dwelling on Haven 13-10.

The collection started on XLG’s first decide of Pearl, the place each groups opted right into a Waylay-Yoru mirror matchup. AG got here out swinging, beautiful XLG with proactive protection facet pushes to start out rounds and outfragging their counterparts when it got here to the retakes.

Shr1mp
specifically was virtually unstoppable, going 20/5/6 with 437 ACS within the first half as Fade.

Shr1mp and

f4ngeer
win out a 2v4 retake.

Going into the second half,

Rarga
and

happywei
began firing individually after quiet begins to win a pistol and a bonus, however the injury was already carried out as AG introduced the map to a 13-5 conclusion. Shr1mp led the pack by a large margin with a last KDA of 24/10/6 and 216 ADR.

The second map was Split. Both groups continued to prioritize double-Duelist, with XLG protecting Waylay and Yoru and AG going for Waylay and Raze. An preliminary 3-0 lead for AG was rapidly reversed after XLG gained a low purchase and dominated the purchase rounds, with an 18-kill half from

NoMan
on Waylay main XLG ahead to an 8-4 protection.

XLG appeared primed to take the map after profitable the spherical 14 eco. But very similar to their opponents within the first half, AG dominated the purchase rounds on their protection, profitable 5 rounds in a row with a mixture of stalwart web site holds and financial momentum to take the map 13-11 and a 2-0 lead within the collection.

K1ra
had a standout efficiency as Raze, ending the map with a 31/16/1 KDA and 211 ADR.

K1ra shuts out XLG with a 4K.

XLG started to mount their comeback on Bind. Starting on assault, they overwhelmed AG with web site executes for an 8-1 begin. A 1v2 and a 3K from

Au1
on the finish of the half helped AG do injury management, however each pistols and bonuses going XLG’s means was an excessive amount of for AG to deal with as XLG finally gained out 13-7. XLG’s stars happywei and Rarga have been the key fraggers after a comparatively quiet Split, placing collectively 21 and 20 kills respectively.

From entrying to clutching, NoMan does all of it to win XLG the primary bonus.

XLG continued to construct up momentum on Abyss. The first half was a decent race between XLG’s postplants and AG’s retakes, with a 1v2 from

Lysoar
in spherical 10 propelling XLG to a slight 7-5 edge on the half.

The second half, nevertheless, was all XLG. While AG usually gave up the websites to play retake, voluntarily or in any other case, XLG went for shutouts off the again of Lysoar’s Omen utility and infrequently gained rounds earlier than the Spike could possibly be planted in any respect. AG solely managed one spherical on the assault, resulting in a 13-6 victory for XLG.

Haven was the final word decider—would XLG safe the reverse sweep or would AG take the crown?

The playing cards appeared stacked in XLG’s favor. With Rarga opening up websites and happywei’s Viper utility securing postplants, the Ascension squad received off to a 7-3 begin. AG gained the final couple rounds of the half, however an XLG pistol and bonus spherical opened up the lead even additional to 10-5.

Against the chances, AG started to claw issues again, beginning with a B postplant determined by milliseconds in spherical 16 and a K1ra 1v2 in spherical 17. The true turning level, nevertheless, was spherical 21; Shr1mp and Au1 pulled off an unlikely 2v4 to earn the lead at 11-10, spurring AG on to a 13-10 comeback victory through eight consecutive spherical wins.

Shr1mp and Au1 stand their floor when their workforce wants them probably the most.

f4ngeer led the cost for the comeback with 14 kills within the half and 21 within the map, tying for first with Shr1mp. The two have been neck-and-neck on kills for the collection as an entire, with Shr1mp ending with 83 and f4ngeer ending with 82. K1ra was topped the Kickoff MVP on the printed for his management and impression over the course of the workforce’s match run.

With this win, all 5 AG gamers, three being rookies in VCT, can have the possibility to make their mark on the world stage for the primary time, reaping the rewards of a gradual rise in Stage 2 final season and a well-planned offseason rebuild.

XLG has two extra probabilities to make it to Santiago. The first would be the center last in opposition to

Bilibili Gaming

Bilibili Gaming

China
Rank #1

whzy
Wang Haozhe (王昊哲)








rushia
Wang Xiaojie (王晓杰)








nephh
Marcus Tan








Knight
Liu Yuxiang (刘宇翔)








bud
Yang Renyu (杨韧余)

tomorrow, February 8. Meanwhile, All Gamers have ample time to organize for his or her debut on the worldwide stage as the start of Santiago is three weeks away.