BOOM Esports BOOM Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #3 dos9 Zhumagali Dastan Famouz Fikri Zaki Hamdani Shiro Hildegard Arnaldo NcSlasher Sheldon Andersen Chandra BerserX Rizkie Adla Kusuma has signed Zhumagali "dos9" Dastan for VCT 2025. He will replace Sha "ZesBeeW" Mohtar, who parted ways with the team earlier this month.
dos9 most recently played for Revenant Esports Revenant Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #10 SkRossi Ganesh Gangadhar skillZ Jayanth Ramesh tricky Prish Valvani Paradox Kasif Sayyed in Challengers League South Asia. After placing top-four in Split 1, Revenant rallied to win Split 2 in undefeated fashion and qualify for Pacific Ascension. Individually, dos9 led the league (excluding the Premier play-ins) with an impressive 1.41 rating, 1.66 K:D ratio, and 0.97 KPR, all while playing seven different agents. Revenant went on to finish top-eight in Ascension after being eliminated by Disguised Disguised Asia-Pacific Rank #16 grumble Vera Rodman Yap STYRON Tidus Goh Juicy Tyler James Aeria wayne Wayne Chang .
BOOM's journey to qualify for Ascension was more turbulent. Following an early loss to Alter Ego Alter Ego Asia-Pacific Rank #11 Nakya Alehandro Fabian Simanjorang Cud Thomas Alfiantino ray4c Rayvaldo Chandra ValdyN Rivaldy Nafian gotten Davin in the upper semifinals of Challengers League Indonesia, they fought through the lower bracket and exacted revenge against Alter Ego 3-2 in the grand final.
An even more thrilling grand final awaited the Indonesian squad at Ascension. On their home turf in Jakarta, BOOM battled Sin Prisa Gaming Sin Prisa Gaming Korea Rank #2 Persia Yang Zi-on (양지온) margaret Kim Ji-woo (김지우) Dambi Lee Hyuk-kyu (이혁규) Francis Kim Mu-bin (김무빈) Ivy Park Sung-hyeon (박성현) to the very end, eventually losing the series in a heartbreaking 17-15 map 5.
It seemed that BOOM would return to Challengers after failing to ascend. However, on Oct. 4, Riot announced the removal of BLEED BLEED Asia-Pacific Rank #21 from the VCT Pacific League and the promotion of BOOM in their stead. dos9 and the rest of BOOM will return to play in VCT Pacific 2025, where the length of their stay will be contingent on their performance.
BOOM Esports BOOM Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #3 dos9 Zhumagali Dastan Famouz Fikri Zaki Hamdani Shiro Hildegard Arnaldo NcSlasher Sheldon Andersen Chandra BerserX Rizkie Adla Kusuma is now: