2024-08-14
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On August 14th, Beijing time, in the knockout round of the VALORANT Global Championship, SEN defeated DRX 2-0. SEN advanced to the top six, and DRX fell into the loser group.
Figure 1: Sunset City
Defending SEN: Shadow, Neon, Zero, Iron Arm, Black Dream
Attacking DRX: Shadow, Iron Arm, Zero, Hunter, Neon
After DRX won the pistol round in the first half, SEN chased three points in a row, and after winning DRX in the 5th round, DRX chose to use the first timeout. In the 6th round, DRX played slowly at point B. Both sides invested in big moves, but SEN's return defense was more accurate, SEN scored four points in a row, and DRX fell into an economic collapse. In the 7th round, Zekken Neon moved flexibly and won an ACE. In the 8th round, SEN was too arrogant in defending point B, and DRX seized the opportunity to end the losing streak and get the third point.
After losing a point, SEN chose to pause. In the 9th round, SEN seized DRX's position and killed three DRX players at point A and the middle lane. Although DRX won the next round, it was still at a disadvantage economically, and had no choice but to save its guns. DRX scored two points in a row. In the 11th round, SEN returned to defense and double-teamed DRX from the front and back, blocking DRX at the entrance of point B. Although SEN killed five DRX players, there was not enough time to clear the bag. In the last round of the first half, BuZz scored four kills, and the score of the first half was tied at 6.
In the second half, SEN controlled the pistol round, and DRX won the bonus points. In the 16th round, SEN attacked B point to set up the bomb. The two sides were two against two in the endgame, and Sacy killed two DRX players. SEN won three consecutive games. In the 19th round, SEN feinted at A point and then turned to B, but was arrested by DRX. DRX completed the comeback of the mixed game. In the 20th round, SEN quickly attacked A point, but was defended by DRX. SEN fell into the rhythm of DRX, and DRX chased four points in a row to tie the score at 11. In the 23rd round, SEN forced into B point and was held by DRX. In the match point game, SEN wanted to sandwich B in the middle, but DRX killed two people in the middle. The remaining three SEN entered B to set up the bomb. SEN reversed the disadvantage in numbers, and johnqt got a quad kill, and the score went into overtime.
The two sides played until the second round of overtime. SEN narrowly defeated DRX on the defensive side. SEN came to the offensive side, attacked point A and defeated DRX's counterdefense. SEN won the game in the 28th round.
Figure 2: The Hermitage
Defending DRX: Shadow, Iron Arm, Zero, Hunter, Jetwind
Attacking SEN: Shadow, Neon, Zero, Iron Arm, Hunter
In the first half, MaKo relied on his personal experience to help the team win the pistol round. In the fourth round, BuZz defeated three SEN players in the Zellsis landslide, and DRX got three points at the start. In the fifth round, SEN attacked point C and completed the comeback of the deposit points. The two sides continued to attack and defend in a stalemate, and the score was tied at 4. In the ninth round, SEN attacked point A and overtook the score. SEN scored two points in a row, but was tied by DRX again. The two sides were 6-6 in the first half.
In the second half, SEN won the pistol round, and DRX only got one point. At the end of the 16th round, DRX used the second timeout. In the 17th round, DRX's money points could not withstand SEN's return defense, and SEN took the lead to get the 10th point. SEN played from the 16th round to the 19th round, and SEN won four consecutive games. In the 20th round, DRX attacked point A, but did not let SEN succeed. In the 21st round, SEN went to point A and knocked down five DRX players. SEN won the second map 13-8.