Bilibili fall to DRX, Evil Geniuses outlast EDward Gaming

Written By Naim Rosinski Chief Content Manager
Last UpdatedAugust 18, 2023 at 12:26AM
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VCT 2023 - Champions has moved into the playoffs phase of the event following the opening day of defeats and triumphs. The second day provided as much as emotions as the first, as VALORANT action is not slowing down in Los Angeles.

The second day of the Champions playoffs saw the following teams face off:

DRX vs. Bilibili Gaming

Bilibili kicked off on the right foot going into their own map pick. The first half saw the Chinese side go on a tear in the first half with a 10-2 outclass on defense. This all flipped when DRX showed their own defense.

VCT 2023 - Champions VCT 2023 - Champions
DRX
DRX
2
X
0
Bilibili Gaming
Bilibili Gaming
Upper Bracket Quarter Final, Best of 3 - August 17, 2023 - 7:00PM
DRX13
Lotus
Bilibili Gaming10
DRX13
Haven
Bilibili Gaming9
DRXDRX
player
Rating
ACS
K/D/A
+/-
K/D
KAST
ADR
HS%
FBSR
FB
FD
South Korea MaKo
Omen
1.37
216
34/28/32
+6
1.21
86.7%
140.6
30%
83%
5
1
South Korea BuZz
RazeJett
1.35
276
41/31/14
+10
1.32
82.2%
187.9
19%
68%
13
6
South Korea Zest
Viper
1.29
243
38/28/19
+10
1.36
73.5%
149.9
45%
75%
6
2
South Korea stax
FadeSkye
0.92
159
27/30/17
-3
0.90
71.2%
99.4
31%
33%
3
6
South Korea Rb
Killjoy
0.63
130
22/31/7
-9
0.71
71.0%
93.3
21%
33%
1
2
Bilibili GamingBilibili Gaming
player
Rating
ACS
K/D/A
+/-
K/D
KAST
ADR
HS%
FBSR
FB
FD
China whzy
RazeJett
1.07
237
39/36/3
+3
1.08
64.3%
147.6
21%
37%
7
12
China Biank
FadeSova
1.05
211
30/32/20
-2
0.94
71.2%
141.7
21%
33%
1
2
China Knight
OmenBreach
0.93
176
27/29/20
-2
0.93
82.1%
114.8
32%
25%
2
6
China rin
KilljoyOmen
0.88
157
27/31/15
-4
0.87
69.3%
85.6
20%
67%
4
2
China yosemite
ViperKilljoy
0.79
175
25/34/13
-9
0.74
75.4%
117.2
24%
33%
3
6

A rarely-seen half unfolded where DRX went on to have a flawless half on their defense side. The duo of Kim "MaKo" Myeong-kwan and Yu "BuZz" Byung-chul came up big to turn things around and take Lotus for themselves.

The second map, Haven, was much more balanced compared to the first. And yet, DRX triumphed on their own map pick to take the series at a 13-9 scoreline. MaKo was the best player of the series after playing Omen over the course of the two maps with a rating of 1.37.

DRX fight on in the upper bracket of Champions while Bilibili will have to make a deep lower bracket run with no mistakes if they want to reach the Grand Finale.

EG vs. EDG

The second match of the day saw the North American Geniuses take on China's finest, EDward Gaming.

Split, the first match of the series was a tight contest with an overtime in play. Eventually, EDG eventually clinched the map at 14-12.

VCT 2023 - Champions VCT 2023 - Champions
Evil Geniuses
Evil Geniuses
2
X
1
EDward Gaming
EDward Gaming
Upper Bracket Quarter Final, Best of 3 - August 17, 2023 - 9:25PM
Evil Geniuses12
Split
EDward Gaming14
Evil Geniuses13
Ascent
EDward Gaming5
Evil Geniuses13
Pearl
EDward Gaming5
Evil GeniusesEvil Geniuses
player
Rating
ACS
K/D/A
+/-
K/D
KAST
ADR
HS%
FBSR
FB
FD
United States Demon1
AstraJett
1.56
301
67/42/12
+25
1.60
77.9%
190.7
40%
80%
12
3
United States Ethan
SkyeKAY/OYoru
1.42
253
55/37/27
+18
1.49
83.0%
151.6
22%
75%
6
2
United States jawgemo
RazeOmenAstra
0.97
172
35/40/30
-5
0.88
82.5%
112.6
21%
61%
11
7
United States Boostio
ChamberKilljoy
0.95
196
39/42/13
-3
0.93
70.5%
140.0
27%
50%
7
7
United States C0M
ViperSova
0.94
180
41/37/15
+4
1.11
71.7%
118.5
25%
71%
5
2
EDward GamingEDward Gaming
player
Rating
ACS
K/D/A
+/-
K/D
KAST
ADR
HS%
FBSR
FB
FD
China Smoggy
JettKAY/OKilljoy
0.99
193
46/46/14
0
1.00
73.1%
140.2
31%
46%
6
7
China CHICHOO
ViperKilljoy
0.90
199
42/45/16
-3
0.93
66.4%
137.7
26%
20%
1
4
China nobody
SkyeSova
0.84
189
38/48/20
-10
0.79
66.4%
120.4
21%
39%
9
14
China ZmjjKK
RazeJett
0.83
191
42/52/13
-10
0.81
61.4%
126.2
22%
18%
3
14
China Haodong
AstraOmen
0.81
148
30/46/32
-16
0.65
67.0%
100.3
27%
50%
2
2

Still, EG swiftly took their own map pick on Ascent with a 13-5 scoreline. Max "Demon1" Mazanov went marching on into map 3, Pearl, as yet again, EG out-classed the Chinese giants 13-5 to clinch the series 2-1 after a match full of clutch plays.

Evil Geniuses move on in the upper bracket while EDG will have to rally in the lower bracket to reach the final.

Make sure to check out the VALORANT Champions event page to keep up to date with the schedule, check out the stats, and upcoming matches!

Featured image photo credit: Colin Young-Wolff/Riot Games

Naim Rosinski

A former ESL teacher with a Master’s degree in English Studies that found his drive in esports. Merging a passion for the craft of writing with a never-ending need to out-aim others in the game of VALORANT and Counter-Strike.

Naim began his esports-writing and reporting journey at DailyEsports (now Upcomer), where he was a contributor for CS:GO. More and more enamored with esports, he quickly received a chance to attend IEM Katowice 2019 as press and managed to interview Cath, Lekr0, FalleN, and jkaem, his first dive into covering an event on-site.

With the release of VALORANT, Naim saw potential in Riot Games’ take on a 5v5 competitive shooter and joined Run It Back as a writer. After 3 months, he got promoted to a Managing Editor, managing a team of contributors and held regular brainstorming meetings to get content pumping for 3 years straight. In that time he attended Masters Berlin 2021, as well as VALORANT Champions 2022 as press on-site press.

Now, Naim is a Content Manager & Editor at THESPIKE. He keeps tabs on news, features, and evergreen content production, as well as contributing himself from time to time.

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