Rare Atom win MESA Asian Masters 2025; locks in PGL Bucharest 2025 spot
After a scrappy run to the final of the MESA Asian Masters 2025, Rare Atom finally found some form as they clean swept Russian squad HOTU 3-0 to not only win the event but also secure a spot at PGL Bucharest 2025, becoming the second Asian team at the event after The MongolZ.
Rare Atom kicked things off on HOTU's pick of Train with a strong CT half, taking a four round lead before having to fend off a strong CT half from the Russian squad itself to take a 13-10 win with the final couple of rounds being a scrappy mess from both sides. HOTU's CT half set the tone on Mirage as Re1GN and youka helped their team go 7-5 up but the somebody show saw Rare Atom fight back on a stellar defensive hold that saw them steal a 13-11 win to go 2-0 up in the BO5 final.
Anubis was a lop-sided affair after two close maps as Rare Atom's T side sealed the deal for them with ChildKing and somebody powering the Chinese team to a 13-4 win to close the final 3-0.
By winning MESA Asian Masters 2025, Rare Atom books their place at PGL Bucharest 2025, as the team from the Asian qualifier, which will take place between April 5 - 13, 2025 in Romania with a prize pool of $1,250,000.
HOTURare Atom| HOTU |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Daniil 'Re1GN' Chekanin |
62 - 49 | +13 | 94.8 | 81.2% | 1.33 |
| Anatoliy 'youka' Aprosimov |
48 - 48 | +0 | 80.1 | 70.3% | 1.07 |
| Mark 'lampada' Ivanov |
38 - 49 | -11 | 74.7 | 68.8% | 0.88 |
| Dmitry 'mizu' Kondratev |
35 - 53 | -18 | 71.5 | 59.4% | 0.80 |
 Aidos 'kade0' Khairzhan |
31 - 48 | -17 | 58.1 | 62.5% | 0.71 |
| Rare Atom |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 HaoWen 'somebody' Xu |
59 - 40 | +19 | 99.9 | 85.9% | 1.55 |
| Junhao 'ChildKing' Peng |
62 - 43 | +19 | 96.2 | 79.7% | 1.45 |
| Yihang 'L1haNg' Li |
54 - 45 | +9 | 88.6 | 70.3% | 1.27 |
| YuLun 'Summer' Cai |
39 - 46 | -7 | 74.2 | 76.6% | 0.99 |
 Andrew 'kaze' Khong |
31 - 40 | -9 | 48.6 | 73.4% | 0.83 |
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