VCL South Asia: Gods Reign defeated Velocity Gaming by 1-2 in a three-game match
In a three-game match between Gods Reign vs Velocity Gaming on the second match of the Lower Bracket Quarterfinals of VCL South Asia, Gods Reign defeated Velocity Gaming by 1-2. With this loss, Velocity Gaming is out of the tournament; whereas, Gods Reign moved to the Lower Bracket Semifinals. The match was played on the Ascent, Pearl, and Lotus maps. Velocity Gaming won the Ascent map; whereas, Gods Reign won Pearl and Lotus maps. A detailed match recap is given below.
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Match Recap
Game 1: Ascent Map
Velocity Gaming started the 47 minutes 37 seconds Ascent Map with complete dominance over Gods Reign by winning back-to-back rounds. In the first half of the game, Velocity Gaming won the first four rounds; however, it stumbled against Gods Reign in rounds 5, 7, 8, and 9. However, Velocity Gaming once again regained its control over the match and finished with a score of 8-4. During the second half of the game, Velocity Gaming completely dominated Gods Reign to finish with a score of 5-2. The first game was won by Velocity Gaming with a score of 13-6. doma from Velocity Gaming registered 21 kills; whereas, psydreams from Gods Reign registered 17 kills.
Game 2: Pearl Map
The second game of 1 hour 3 minutes 59 seconds started on the Pearl Map in which Velocity Gaming once again started the first half of the game with complete dominance against Gods Reign. Velocity Gaming won the first five rounds of the game; however, Gods Reign bounced back by winning the last four rounds of the first half from rounds 9-12. The first half finished with an equal score of 6-6. The second half of the game once again started with the first two round wins for Velocity Gaming, but Gods Reign got control over the match from round 15 to win five consecutive rounds to round 19. Velocity Gaming tried to bounce back, but Gods Reign got control over the game and won by 5-7. The second half finished with a score of 11-13. Excali and doma from Velocity Gaming registered 18 kills each; whereas, tixx from Gods Reign registered 21 kills.
Game 3: Lotus Map
The last game of the match began on the Lotus Map and lasted 1 hour, 6 minutes, and 13 seconds. The first seven rounds of the first half of the game witnessed a neck-to-neck battle between Velocity Gaming and Gods Reign; however, Gods Reign got a lead over the game and finished the first half with a score of 5-7. During the second half of the game, once again Velocity Gaming and Gods Reign engaged in a duel fight. However, Gods Reign got a lead over Velocity Gaming to finish the second half by 5-6 and won the game by 10-13. doma from Velocity Gaming managed just 16 kills; whereas, psydreams from Gods Reign registered 23 kills.
Velocity Gaming remained unbeaten in the League Stage of VCL South Asia but lost its charm during the Playoffs and lost both of its matches to bid adieu from the tournament. Gods Reign on the other hand bounced back after its first loss of the Playoffs and moved to Lower Bracket Semifinals to face Aster Army today at 15:30 IST. Catch the live-action of the match on the official YouTube channels of NODWIN and LOCO.