THE take down Noobs But Diligent

In the first upper-bracket semi-final at the ESL Challenger League Season 48 Relegation: Asia, Noobs But Diligent took on THE in a bo3. The first map took us to Dust2, where Noobs But Diligent started with a 3-0 lead on their CT-side and eventually lost their momentum, giving away a 7-5 lead to THE.

Switching over, vt0ra and kaito stepped up for THE, putting up a flawless 6-0 CT-side to close out Dust2 13-5, going 1-0 up in the series. kaito and d0RREN finished the map with 16 and 14 frags to their name.

Going into Mirage, things looked exactly the same for Noobs But Diligent as they started strong and still ended up conceding the first 5-7. They event lost the pistol and anti-eco in the second half, adding to their disadvantage but a series of individual brilliance from SasiKi and chuzhong stole the show as Noobs But Diligent closed out Mirage 13-9, pushing the series into the decider.

The decider took us to Ancient where THE went berserk on their T-side, slapping Noobs But Diligent with a 2-10 disadvantage but switching over, Noobs But Diligent showed their T-side prowess on Ancient, nearly pulling off a big comeback but their eight-rounds win streak came to an end as THE held on and closed out Ancient 13-10, wrapping up the series 2-1.

Noobs But Diligent head down to the lower bracket where they square up against Never Say Never and THE advance to the upper-bracket final where they face Rare Atom, standing just a single win away from making it to the second stage.