Blaze Warriors outlast Fated Rise to avoid elimination
The Group B elimination match at ZOWIE eXTREMESLAND 2024 pitted Blaze Warriors against Fated Rise in a Bo3 that took place on Ancient, Mirage, and Inferno. While the home team Fated Rise were the favourites coming in, Vietnam's Blaze Warriors stunned everyone, bouncing back from a 1-13 loss to reverse sweep the series and fight on in China.
The first map Ancient, picked by Blaze Warriors, turned into a disaster for them, as they could only secure a single round on their T-side. By winning the pistol and the follow up round, Fated Rise called the curtains on the first map soon after by securing a 13-1 win.
Despite the setback on their own map pick, Blaze Warriors moved to the next map Mirage with valor. After a successful CT half, with the whole team showing up to notch a 9-3 lead, Blaze Warriors ensured a convincing win by a 13-6 scoreline.
The final map in play, delivered an intensely close game. Starting on the CT side, Blaze Warriors established a 7-5 lead first. They cruised to a 10-5 lead soon after, and while it looked over, Fated Rise pushed the game to Overtime. Despite their valiant efforts, Blaze Warriors ultimately closed out the game with a 16-12 scoreline with baby4k's AWP shutting down Fated Rise in the final round of overtime to make sure the Vietnamese team kept it clean in overtime.
Fated RiseBlaze Warriors| Fated Rise |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Liu 'lan' Qi |
53 - 43 | +10 | 90.2 | 73.8% | 1.29 |
| BinJie 'Cate' Wang |
44 - 36 | +8 | 78.5 | 72.1% | 1.17 |
| Junchi 'BZA' Yang |
42 - 34 | +8 | 75.8 | 77.0% | 1.08 |
| Peng 'Roninbaby' Xu |
38 - 45 | -7 | 75.2 | 67.2% | 0.96 |
| Weiye 'tanxiaomei' Tan |
36 - 42 | -6 | 66.0 | 62.3% | 0.91 |
| Blaze Warriors |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Dinh-Ngoc 'baby4' Tuan Linh |
53 - 41 | +12 | 91.7 | 67.2% | 1.24 |
| Van-Hoang 'melu' Do |
42 - 47 | -5 | 75.8 | 68.9% | 1.00 |
| Huu-Long 'Ryu' Cao |
40 - 39 | +1 | 61.6 | 70.5% | 0.94 |
| Truong-Minh 'pms' Pham |
36 - 41 | -5 | 69.3 | 67.2% | 0.89 |
| Anh-Tai 'k1ngzlo' Tran |
28 - 48 | -20 | 69.1 | 62.3% | 0.81 |
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