Gods Reign defeated GodLike Esports in their first encounter on VALORANT Challengers 2023 South Asia Split 2
Gods Reign once again proved its mettle by defeating GodLike Esports on the third day of the league stage of VALORANT Challengers South Asia Split 2. A three-game match was played on the Haven, Ascent, and Fracture map. Gods Reign banned the Bind map and GodLike Esports banned the Pearl map previously. Split and Lotus maps were already banned; so, Gods Reign proceeded with the Haven map, and GodLike Esports picked the Ascent map. The Fracture map was chosen as the third and deciding map of the match.
Match Recap
Game 1: Haven Map
The 1 hour 3 minutes and 34 seconds game started on the Haven map where Gods Reign started the first half of the game by winning the pistol and the anti-eco round. However, GodLike Esports bounced from the bonus round by winning consecutive three-rounds from rounds 3-5. But Gods Reign regained its temperament to register a win from rounds 9-12 to finish the first half with a score of 7-5. The second half of the game once again started with dominance from Gods Reign by winning the second pistol, anti-eco, and bonus round. Gods Reign has not given GodLike Esports enough room to make a comeback in the game and finished the second half with a score of 6-1. The first game ended with a win for Gods Reign by 13-6. Autumn from Gods Reign registered maximum kills of 23; whereas, Zey from GodLike Esports settled with only 14 kills.
Game 2: Ascent Map
Gods Reign once again started the first half of the game’s second map by winning the pistol and anti-eco rounds. However, GodLike Esports returned by giving tough competition to Gods Reign by winning rounds 3, 5, and 6. However, GodLike Esports lost round 7 but won rounds 8-10 to level the first half by 6-6. The second half of the game started with a win for Gods Reign by winning pistol and anti-eco rounds. However, this time GodLike Esports took the lead over Gods Reign after a neck-to-neck battle by winning rounds 18-22. The second half of the game ended with a score of 5-7, ending the game with a win for GodLike Esports by 11-13. psydreams and tixx from Gods Reign registered 22 kills each, whereas, Zey from GodLike Esports registered 20 kills. The game lasted for 1 hour 3 minutes and 57 seconds.
Game 3: Fracture Map
The deciding game of the match started on the Fracture map with an equal score of 1-1 for both teams. Gods Reign started the first half of the game by winning pistol, anti-eco, and bonus rounds; whereas, GodLike Esports won the 4th round. However, Gods Reign maintained its temperament to win rounds 5-8, finishing the first half of the game by 9-3. Once again Gods Reign started the second half of the game by winning pistol and anti-eco rounds, whereas, GodLike Esports won rounds 15-18 to level the second half by 4-4. But it was too late for GodLike to make a comeback and lost the third game against Gods Reign by 13-7, losing the match by 2-1. The game lasted for 55 minutes and 29 seconds. psydreams from Gods Reign registered 21 kills; whereas, Zey from GodLike Esports registered 18 kills.
Gods Reign started its VALORANT Challengers 2023 South Asia Split 2 with similar gameplay which it has delivered in Split 1 of the tournament. However, GodLike Esports tried to give a strong fightback but eventually lost steam against Gods Reign. And tomorrow get ready for Reckoning Esports vs Orangutan match, Week 2 of the VALORANT Challengers South Asia Split 2. Catch the live action of the match from 19:00 IST on the official YouTube channel of NODWIN and LOCO.