Attacking Soul Esports and EDG to represent China at Masters Tokyo

According to today’s announcement, the grand finalists of FGC - Act 1, Attacking Soul Esports and EDward Gaming have qualified for VCT 2023 - Masters Tokyo. The Chinese teams will represent their regions in Japan against the best teams in other regions.

Last year, EDward Gaming won the VCT 2022 - East Asia Last Chance Qualifier trophy to book a ticket to İstanbul, Turkey. EDG became the first Chinese team to qualify for a major international tournament in the VALORANT scene, and at the beginning of this year, two Chinese teams were granted spots in VCT 2023 Masters Tokyo.

EDward Gaming and Attacking Soul Esports reached this split’s grand final and battled against each other to lift the trophy. EDG are known as the most dominant team in the region, but surprisingly, ASE fought until the end to clinch the deal. Both teams completed their group runs undefeated, but ASE lost a series in the playoffs and continued their way from the lower bracket. The grand final game gave fans everything they needed, as teams played five games, and the last map ended 13-11.

Zheng "ZmjjKK" Yongkang is not only the leader of EDG but the whole region, as he always had an insane rating. He is currently sitting at a 1.32 rating and 1.36 K/D and is known for his Jett. On the other side, Dong "Life" Hao Qu, who used to play for EDG, stands out with a 1.17 rating and a 1.23 K/D.

FGC - Act 1

EDward Gaming

2

X

3

Attacking Soul Esports

Grand Final, Best of 5 - April 16, 2023 - 9:00AM

8

Lotus

13

13

Pearl

3

13

Split

6

4

Icebox

13

11

Ascent

13

EDward Gaming

player

Rating

ACS

K/D/A

+/-

K/D

KAST

ADR

HS%

FBSR

FB

FD

ZmjjKK

1.30

287

95/73/18

+22

1.30

70.6%

178.0

15%

52%

23

21

Smoggy

1.04

220

73/69/17

+4

1.06

71.1%

153.6

23%

42%

5

7

nobody

0.96

196

66/70/30

-4

0.94

68.6%

122.0

30%

50%

7

7

CHICHOO

0.85

159

55/68/34

-13

0.81

73.0%

104.9

23%

57%

8

6

Haodong

0.66

135

43/74/26

-31

0.58

62.1%

87.5

29%

38%

5

8

Attacking Soul Esports

player

Rating

ACS

K/D/A

+/-

K/D

KAST

ADR

HS%

FBSR

FB

FD

hfmi0dzjc9z7

1.27

251

85/64/36

+21

1.33

78.8%

158.0

23%

53%

9

8

Life

1.26

263

93/74/17

+19

1.26

79.4%

164.7

36%

61%

25

16

YHchen

1.06

192

63/63/49

0

1.00

75.4%

122.9

27%

41%

7

10

bunt

0.96

167

60/59/45

+1

1.02

79.7%

103.4

25%

0%

0

4

monk

0.71

152

53/72/15

-19

0.74

63.6%

109.6

20%

44%

8

10

Attacking Soul Esports and EDG to compete against the best teams in Tokyo

Attacking Soul Esports and EDward Gaming have booked themselves two tickets to Japan to come up against the best teams of the remaining regions, EMEA, Americas, and Pacific. According to Riot’s announcement, EMEA, Americas, and Pacific leagues have three slots, while China has two. Moreover, VCT 2023 LOCK//IN’s winner also granted an extra spot for the region they represented, in this case Fnatic. So we will watch four EMEA teams in Tokyo.

ASE Roster

• Zhang "hfmi0dzjc9z7" Juncheng
• Wang "monk" Haoyu
• Liu "YHchen" Zhen-feng
• Jiang "bunt" He
• Dong "Life" Hao Qu

EDG Roster

• Bo "Abo" Hao Han
• Hao "Haodong" Dong Guo
• Shun "CHICHOO" Zhi Wan
• Zhang "Smoggy" Zhao
• Wang "nobody" Senxu
• Zheng "ZmjjKK" Yongkang

VCT 2023 Masters Tokyo will take place between June 11-26, 2023. 12 teams will challenge for the grand prize at Tipstar Dome Chiba and Makuhari Messe Chiba venues. The grand prize is still unclear.