VALORANT China Ascension 2023 is coming to its logical conclusion. Rare Atom and Dragon Ranger Gaming will face off in the grand finals of the tournament. The winner, in addition to the title of champion, will also receive invitations to the Chinese league for 2024 and 2025. The match format is bo5. Will Dragon Ranger Gaming be able to surprise the crowd again? We will find out very soon.
In this betting thread you will find out how the participants of this match perform in the current year, how they did in their previous professional tournament and how this match will end.
Rare Atom uniforms
Long Corner has not had the best of years for Rare Atom. The team participated in a string of open qualifiers for the FGC Valorant Invitational 2023: Act 1, but failed to make it through the five weeks. However, Rare Atom managed to qualify for the FGC Valorant Invitational 2023: Act 2 on their second attempt, where they placed 9th-12th. A 15th-16th place finish at the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: China Preliminaries deprived Rare Atom players of the opportunity to participate in the VALORANT World Championships this year. After a three-month hiatus, the team won the VALORANT China Evolution Series Act 1: Variation - Open Qualifier and the VALORANT China Evolution Series Act 1: Variation - Play-In, ensuring their participation in the main stage of the championship. Silver in the VALORANT China Evolution Series Act 1: Variation earned Rare Atom $8,364 in prize money. A bronze medal at the next event in the series, VALORANT China Evolution Series Act 2: Selection, also earned the players an additional $6,149.23.
Rare Atom previously played at the VALORANT China Evolution Series Act 3: Heritability. The team defeated Dragon Ranger Gaming by two maps to a row (Lotus - 13-5, Ascent - 13-5) in the quarterfinals of the top set. Semifinal clash with Trace Esports ended with Rare Atom players winning 2:1 (Lotus - 9-13, Ascent - 13-10, Bind - 16-14). Thus, the team made it to the final of the top net, where they outplayed EDward Gaming with the score 2:0 (Lotus - 14-12, Sunset - 13-6). In the grand finals, EDG were able to win a rematch. The 0:3 loss secured Rare Atom the second place in the tournament and $8,460.35 in prize money.
At VALORANT China Ascension 2023, Rare Atom started off in Group A, where they first defeated KeepBest Gaming on two consecutive maps (Lotus - 13-11, Ascent - 13-3). With a similar result, the players outplayed Night Wings Gaming (Split - 13-6, Bind - 13-11). Such a result allowed Rare Atom team to enter the play-offs stage. There Rare Atom defeated Dragon Ranger Gaming 2-0 (Split - 13-2, Haven - 13-10) and headed to the final of the top grid. The last opponent on their way to the Grand Final was Attacking Soul Esports, which Rare Atom defeated on two maps in a row (Split - 13-7, Sunset - 13-1).
Statistics of Rare Atom's recent results:
- A 2-0 win over Attacking Soul Esports
- 2-0 win over Dragon Ranger Gaming
- 2-0 win over Night Wings Gaming
- 2:0 win over KeepBest Gaming
- 0:3 defeat to EDward Gaming
Dragon Ranger Gaming uniform
Dragon Ranger Gaming started their gaming year with a series of qualifiers at the FGC Valorant Invitational 2023: Act 1, where they were able to qualify after the fifth week of qualifying. At the tournament, players took 5th-6th place and received a slot in the next tournament of the series. At the FGC Valorant Invitational 2023: Act 2 Dragon Ranger Gaming finished in the top 8. After finishing in 6th-8th place at VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: China Preliminaries, Dragon Ranger Gaming qualified for the next round of Chinese VALORANT World Championship Qualifying. Dragon Ranger finished the ALORANT Champions Tour 2023: China Qualifier in 9th-12th place and missed out on the main tournament of the year. The team skipped the VALORANT China Evolution Series Act 1 and made it to the VALORANT China Evolution Series Act 2: Selection - Play-In, where they finished in 5th-6th place and earned $833.21.
After two qualifying rounds, Dragon Ranger Gaming made it to the VALORANT China Evolution Series Act 3: Heritability before competing in the current championship. Dragon Ranger outscored Titan Esports Club 2-0 (Bind - 13-10, Ascent - 13-1) in the first round of the top set. But then Ledge and Rare Atom on two maps in a row and fell to the bottom of the grid, where they defeated LGD Gaming on two maps (Haven - 13-4, Ascent - 13-3). And the defeat of FunPlus Phoenix in a full bo3 series ended the team's participation in the tournament. 7th-8th place earned Dragon Ranger Gaming a consolation prize of $1,339.56.
According to the results of the VALORANT China Ascension 2023 draw, Dragon Ranger Gaming was placed in Group B. In the opening match, DRG outlasted 17 Gaming in a complete bo3 series (Bind - 13-6, Haven - 11-13, Breeze - 13-8). The defeat of Attacking Soul Esports sent the team to the decisive match of the group. Dragon Ranger defeated Four Angry Men 2-1 (Split - 15-13, Lotus - 5-13, Ascent - 13-11) to advance to the play-offs. But the Long Corner of the final stage did not go their way, as Dragon Ranger Gaming lost to Rare Atom on two maps in a row in the top set semi-finals and lost the margin for error. But the victory over Ninjas in Pyjamas (Ascent - 13-4, Haven - 13-8) in the semi-finals of the top set ensured the players' passage to the next stage of the tournament. After that DRG gave fans a rather colourful bo5 series against Attacking Soul Esports, where they won 3:2 (Split - 7-13, Haven - 15-13, Bind - 13-10, Lotus - 11-13, Ascent - 15-13) and advanced to the grand finals.
Statistics of Dragon Ranger Gaming's latest result:
- A 3-2 victory over Attacking Soul Esports
- A 2-0 win over Ninjas in Pyjamas
- 0:2 defeat to Rare Atom
- A 2-1 win over Four Angry Men.
- 0:2 defeat by Attacking Soul Esports
Match History of Rare Atom - Dragon Ranger Gaming
Since the beginning of this year, the participants of this match have played against each other five times. Rare Atom Stupov have won three times, while Dragon Ranger Gaming can boast two victories. The last time the teams met was in the semifinals of the top set of the current tournament. Rare Atom won 2-0 (Split - 13-2, Haven - 13-10).
Predicted result of the match Rare Atom - Dragon Ranger Gaming
Rare Atom are having a great tournament and have already outplayed Dragon Ranger Gaming with a solid result. Yes, DRG could have picked up a bit of form in the bottom set, but they clearly Ledge their opponent in the game. Let's bet on the victory of the Rare Atom team.
