China have made top six as EDward Gaming EDward Gaming China Rank #1 ZmjjKK Zheng Yongkang (郑永康) nobody Wang Senxu (王森旭) Muggle Tang Shijun (唐时俊) CHICHOO Wan Shunji (万顺治) Smoggy Zhang Zhao (张钊) Haodong Guo Haodong (郭浩东) shock the world by eliminating former world champion LOUD LOUD Brazil Rank #1 Quick Gabriel Lima saadhak Matias Delipetro Less Felipe de Loyola tuyz Arthur Andrade cauanzin Cauan Pereira from Masters: Tokyo without a single map win to their name. Prior to Tokyo, EDG had failed to take a single series against major international competition and now move on with a 3-2 series record after sending LOUD home.

“I feel like our confidence is boosted,” said nobody .

nobody as an individual excelled during the series against LOUD and won several key rounds that led EDG to victory.

For instance, after losing the pistol round in the second half of Lotus, LOUD found the opportunity to come back into the series after trailing 8-4 at halftime. A successful hit onto the A site put the Brazilians in prime position to come back into the match before nobody's flank was realized.

After catching an unaware Less , nobody repositioned himself to take a triumphant duel against a blinded tuyz , all with just a Ghost. Now armed with a Vandal, nobody could take open duels against the weakened members of LOUD and eliminated both aspas and cauanzin in quick succession. saadhak was left alone with just a Frenzy and 18 HP allowing for a swift cleanup from Smoggy to win the round.

Prior to the matchup against LOUD, nobody was widely considered the worst performing member for EDG. While holding his own, he had failed to capture the newfound peaks reached by CHICHOO , Haodong , and Smoggy.

“I was not satisfied with my performance individually,” said nobody.

nobody should be satisfied with his performance today after delivering MVP caliber play versus LOUD. Ending the series with 265 ACS and 167 ADR, matched only by aspas in the server and the highest for his team, every member of EDG seems to have found success over the course of the tournament.

It is vital to note the impact of nobody's kills in the series. With hero plays on both maps, nobody kept EDG in rounds they had no right in winning. For instance, at the narrow score of just 11-10 for EDG on Fracture, an aggressive push out of A main from LOUD seemed poised to find success. This was before a fully stunned nobody killed three.

The usual suspects remained present throughout the series for EDG with both ZmjjKK and Smoggy continuing to deliver for their squads, but it was nobody this time around who found the most impact.

While the dominance from EDG on Lotus made it seem otherwise, LOUD certainly had individuals to be proud of. Despite the final 13-6 scoreline, aspas regained considerable form in the second half. The Brazilian superstar went from sitting at the bottom of the scoreboard on just five kills to ending with 16.

Less found his footing on the second map of Fracture as well, with a 1v2 victory and 26 kills, Less sat atop the server in kills by a large margin, in spite of the loss. On Fracture both Less and aspas found at least 20 kills, a feat not accomplished by a single player for EDG.

However, the difference in performance amongst the whole of the team certainly swayed the way of EDG on Fracture. Four members of EDG ended the map on either 18 or 19 kills, compared to LOUD who experienced at least a 5 kill difference between every player.

LOUD exit Masters: Tokyo with a 0-2 series record. (Photo by Colin Young-Wolff/Riot Games)

This is the first time in history LOUD as an organization have exited an international event without a map to their name, a mark that will certainly haunt the players and staff. LOUD will have their chance to redeem themselves at Champions 2023.

“I would never call this a step back for us,” said LOUD coach fRoD .

As for the victors, EDG have made the top six at Masters: Tokyo and farther than any Chinese team before them. Their Cinderella run continues as they face off against the loser of Paper Rex Paper Rex Asia-Pacific Rank #1 mindfreak Aaron Leonhart Jinggg Wang Jing Jie f0rsakeN Jason Susanto d4v41 Khalish Rusyaidee something Ilya Petrov and FNATIC FNATIC Europe Rank #1 Leo Leo Jannesson Derke Nikita Sirmitev Boaster Jake Howlett Chronicle Timofey Khromov Alfajer Emir Ali Beder on Tuesday, June 20.