EDward Gaming bounces again in reverse sweep to get rid of DRG

After struggling via early trials and tribulations at VCT China Kickoff,

EDward Gaming

EDward Gaming

China
Rank #3

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Zheng Yongkang (郑永康)








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Wang Senxu (王森旭)








CHICHOO
Wan Shunzhi (万顺治)








cb
Wang Qingchuan (王庆川)








Smoggy
Zhang Zhao (张钊)

has introduced itself to inside one win from qualifying for Masters Santiago with a “win or go home” win over

Dragon Ranger Gaming

Dragon Ranger Gaming

China
Rank #4

Flex1n
Lo Rui (罗瑞)








vo0kashu
Ilya Ushakov








Akeman
Zhang Haoran (张浩然)








Nicc
Shao Yi-qun (邵逸群)








SpiritZ1
Lin Dingyu (林定宇)

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The sequence began on EDG’s decide of Split. Throughout early goings of 2026, EDG’s struggles have stemmed from its Duelist strategy and methods to use Champions Seoul

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to one of the best of his means. After displaying some discomfort within the crew’s makes an attempt at utilizing Iso, KangKang started the sequence on Neon, an agent that matches easily together with his chaotic, frag-heavy playstyle.

Both DRG and EDG performed with two Duelists, Neon and Yoru, however whereas EDG went with an Omen-Viper comp, DRG went with Omen because the lone Controller and

vo0kashu
on Cypher. As a map, Split went about as back-and-forth because it might. With EDG beginning on assault, each groups went on brief runs of their very own to enter halftime tied 6-6.

Once on protection, DRG Controller

Flex1n
‘s pictures began to warmth up. With vo0kashu persevering with to show himself as top-of-the-line anchoring Sentinel gamers within the area, DRG stored EDG’s assault simply sufficient at bay to squeeze out a win, 13-11.

A chaotic spherical ends with DRG stealing EDG’s map decide away.

Flex1n and vo0kashu had 22 and 20 kills, respectively, main DRG to a vital map win whereas

Smoggy
‘s 19 kills ended up being simply not sufficient.

The sequence moved to DRG’s decide of Pearl, a map that might be argued as a counter decide to EDG as a result of crew’s latest struggles on the map. The map has been a sore spot in EDG’s map pool for the reason that begin of the 2025 season, and now, 13 rounds away from elimination, it wanted to be at its greatest.

Since its adjustments final fall, Pearl has been the host to some fascinating traits throughout VCT. The map has had a number of blowouts on the map, with close to shutouts for the protection and assault going down globally. On this explicit day, the benefit fell to EDG, which began on assault.

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and KangKang might do no incorrect on the map, serving to EDG to a close to shutout within the first half. The pair mixed for 31 kills within the first half, overwhelming DRG’s defenses as a part of an 11-1 half.

Even with ZmjjKK’s Outlaw out of the equation, 4 Classics mix DRG into oblivion.

DRG gained the pistol spherical to start out its attacking half, however an anti-eco spherical threw a wrench into the DRG engine, hijacking any semblance of a comeback en path to a dominant 13-2 win.

The win pressured a map three, which was Corrode. Both groups have their very own distinctive approaches to Valorant’s latest map. DRG makes use of a Gekko-centric double-Duelist comp with Omen because the lone Controller, whereas EDG caught with its distinctive Phoenix-Yoru double-Duelist comp with

CHICHOO
on Sage.

Out of the gates, EDG carried over its momentum from Pearl into Corrode. After dominating the final map on assault, EDG started Corrode on protection. With cb on Yoru, EDG didn’t depend on KangKang closely with the Operator, as an alternative choosing cb.

Earlier within the occasion, DRG confirmed shades of struggles on Corrode, with moments of weak point — misused final talents, a battle towards time, and lapses in decision-making. On at the present time, EDG gave the impression to be the stronger crew, versus DRG beating itself. EDG pressured the difficulty onto the attacking DRG, channeling KangKang’s 4-0 file in first bloods to disrupt their opponents within the first half. A 6-0 run to open the map was responded to by DRG, however solely so far as an 8-4 deficit.

Once on assault, every thing flowed into place for EDG. With vo0kashu’s Cypher utility typically arrange on the weaker aspect of the map, EDG pestered his setups, with cb’s Fakeout and KangKang’s Phoenix utility burning him up in additional methods than one. While EDG could not discover the bonus following a pivotal pistol spherical win, the 2024 world champs finally closed out the map 13-6, by no means fairly wanting uncomfortable.

EDG takes the A web site and holds it down to succeed in sequence level.

While cb’s team-high 52 kills performed an enormous function within the crew’s success, one of many greatest proponents of EDG’s win was KangKang’s success in first duels. He went 13-3 in first battles, creating extra early man benefits than anyone else within the foyer. vo0kashu’s game-high 56 kills weren’t sufficient, as a extra well-rounded efficiency from EDG helped ship DRG residence.

With the win, EDward Gaming retains its Masters Santiago hopes alive. They will wait two days whereas the higher and center bracket’s finals are accomplished, awaiting both

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)

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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)

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Bilibili Gaming

Bilibili Gaming

China
Rank #1

whzy
Wang Haozhe (王昊哲)








rushia
Wang Xiaojie (王晓杰)








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Marcus Tan








Knight
Liu Yuxiang (刘宇翔)








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Yang Renyu (杨韧余)

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