Rare Atom eliminate ATOX

Early multi-frag rounds from L1haNg propelled Rare Atom off to a 7-2 start on the T-side of Anubis against ATOX in their consolidation final at the IEM Rio 2024 Asia Closed Qualifier. After securing a 9-3 half, Rare Atom kept it clean and closed out Anubis 13-4, not letting ATOX get their economy in line for their T-side campaign.

The second map took us to Ancient where Rare Atom again got off to a good start but this time ATOX kept damages to a minimum, stringing up 5 rounds in a row to steal the lead and secure a 7-5 advantage.

A dobu-kabal show pushed ATOX to pistol and anti-eco conversions but a masterful 3k entry sequence from Summer quickly changed the tone for Rare Atom. Putting up 6 consecutive rounds on the T-side, Rare Atom closed the gap and levelled the score at 10-10, setting up a photo-finish. ATOX eventually recovered and closed out Ancient 13-11, levelling the series at 1-1.

An 8-1 start on the T-side of Inferno put ATOX at a big advantage but a few individual plays from kaze garnered much momentum in favor of Rare Atom towards the end of the first half. Rare Atom rode the momentum to put up a 6-rounds streak on their T-side and eventually caught up and levelled the score at 11-11. Rare Atom closed out Inferno 13-11, knocking out ATOX.

IEM Rio 2024 Asia Closed Qualifier

Bo3

Rare Atom

2 - 1

ATOX

All maps

Rare Atom	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.1
Junhao 'ChildKing' Peng	49 - 43	+6	85.6	78.5%	1.24
HaoWen 'somebody' Xu	53 - 47	+6	91.2	70.8%	1.18
Andrew 'kaze' Khong	43 - 40	+3	62.5	72.3%	1.02
YuLun 'Summer' Cai	39 - 40	-1	67.4	67.7%	1.00
Yihang 'L1haNg' Li	41 - 52	-11	73.9	80.0%	0.98

ATOX	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.1
Gan-Erdene 'dobu' Batbold	55 - 47	+8	80.5	78.5%	1.23
Tuvshintugs 'Annihilation' Nyamdorj	50 - 37	+13	81.7	80.0%	1.21
Temuulen 'MiQ' Byambadalai	44 - 55	-11	86.7	76.9%	1.11
Yalalt 'yAmi' Oyunbileg	42 - 45	-3	69.2	81.5%	0.98
Bat-Enkh 'kabal' Batbayar	29 - 43	-14	54.3	67.7%	0.76