Gods Reign crash out of PGL Astana Rest of Asia closed qualifier
After taking a 0-2 hammering in the upper-bracket semi-final of the PGL Astana 2025 Rest of Asia Closed Qualifier, Gods Reign headed down to the lower-bracket semi-finals where they faced Eruption and both teams had their backs against elimination. Eruption sent Flshbck home in the first lower-bracket round, after conceding a 0-2 series to HOTU in the qualifier's opening round.
The first map took us to Ancient, one of Gods Reign's stronger maps. The Indian side started with a 1-5 deficit on the T-side but quickly picked up the slack to turn the tables and fetch themselves a 7-5 half. Dropping just three rounds towards the end, Gods Reign comfortably closed out Ancient 13-8 with their IGL Bhavi putting up a 1.81 rating performance, dropping 25 frags at an ADR of 119, complimented by Ph1NNN and R2B2 with 17 and 16 frags a piece.
On Anubis Gods Reign started on the T-side and despite the map's T-sidedness, they struggled to get going as Eruption built up a massive 9-0 lead on their CT-side, with fury5k throwing caution to the wind with his 118 ADR CT-side showing. Gods Reign picked up the last three rounds of the first half but ended up with a 3-9 disadvantage.
Gods Reign's comeback hopes rested on them pulling off the initial rounds in the second half off of the momentum they had built, which did end up getting translated into a four-rounds streak but the climb was too steep as Eruption traded round for round and closed out Anubis 13-8. fury5k finished the map with 27 frags to his name.
The decider took us to Mirage where Gods Reign started on the T-side, winning out the pistol and anti-eco. However, Eruption showed their CT-side dominance once the gun rounds began, keeping Gods Reign's T-side in check with a quick flurry of rounds. Off of a seven rounds streak, Eruption secured a 9-3 half in their favor.
Once the sides switched, Eruption did not drop a single round on their T-side, closing out Mirage 13-3 and wrapping up the series 2-1 to send Gods Reign packing from the PGL Astana 2025 Rest of Asia Closed Qualifier in the lower-bracket semi-final. With Gods Reign's elimination, there are no Indian teams left in the Rest of Asia closed qualifier. Flshbck and VICTORES SUMUS went down with back to back losses earlier.
EruptionGods Reign| Eruption |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Davaasuren 'fury5k' Ganbaatar |
64 - 36 | +28 | 112.3 | 84.5% | 1.68 |
| Tengis 'sk0R' Batjargal |
52 - 43 | +9 | 87.5 | 74.1% | 1.22 |
| Turbold 'xenization' Amarzaya |
34 - 38 | -4 | 66.5 | 72.4% | 0.98 |
| Telmen 'MagnumZ' Khurelkhuu |
37 - 39 | -2 | 68.2 | 67.2% | 0.94 |
| Tengis 'sideffect' Purevsuren |
33 - 41 | -8 | 71.5 | 69.0% | 0.91 |
| Gods Reign |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bhavesh 'Bhavi' Sejwani |
48 - 45 | +3 | 87.2 | 75.9% | 1.16 |
| Rahul 'R2B2' Banerjee |
48 - 42 | +6 | 77.3 | 65.5% | 1.08 |
| Aakash 'Ph1NNN' Bose |
34 - 44 | -10 | 76.5 | 69.0% | 0.98 |
| Harsh 'f1redup' Jain |
36 - 44 | -8 | 74.6 | 69.0% | 0.95 |
| Kiran 'Rossi' Rudresh |
31 - 45 | -14 | 58.9 | 53.4% | 0.74 |
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