KRÜ BLAZE KRÜ BLAZE Latin America South Rank #5 mmonch dods Caue Fernandes conir Constanza Reyes micaela Micaela Ferreyra biazik Beatriz Begnossi swept Karmine Corp GC Karmine Corp GC Europe Unranked alkyia Azra Erin Jiex Şura Yıldırım anesilia Anastasia Ivanova safiaa Safia Leghzal Glance Anastasia Anisimova 2-0 in the lower bracket quarterfinals of the Game Changers 2025 Championship, keeping its tournament run alive. After a three-map loss to Shopify Rebellion Gold Shopify Rebellion Gold North America Rank #134 dodonut Karnthida Chaisrakeo meL Melanie Capone alexis Alexis Guarrasi Noia Nicole Tierce sarahcat Sarah Simpson , KC GC only played in one lower bracket match before getting eliminated by a KRÜ team going on a run.

Starting on Split, KRÜ opted for a double-Controller composition with the double healing from Skye and Sage, while KC ran a double-Initiator and double-Controller comp with Tejo and Skye. KC began on the defense side with a no-Sentinel comp, but won the pistol anyway. However, KRÜ converted the eco round to snatch the lead back and win four rounds in a row. Even with a shattered economy and no Sentinel on Split defense side, KC looked alright thanks to some good performances from Jiex and safiaa . KRÜ was able to keep a 7-5 lead at the half, but were now moving to the defense side themselves.

KRÜ won the second pistol and converted the bonus to extend the lead, and even after losing a round soon after, the momentum remained as dods fried the opposition.

dods earns an ace against KC GC.

The defense-side Operator proved too much to overcome as KRÜ took the map win 13-6.

Haven had to be the start of the comeback for Karmine Corp GC, with a double-Initiator comp with Neon as the tip of the spear. KRÜ instead ran double-Initiator with Waylay, and it was an ideal start for the Americas squad with another pistol win and bonus conversion. The lead ballooned to 6-0 before KC won its first round of the map. Defensively, KRÜ looked comfortable thanks to both dods and conir, as KRÜ ended the half up 9-3.

It all came down to whether the 9-3 curse would rear its ugly head once again, but KRÜ were having none of it. KRÜ won another pistol win and bonus conversion, its third of four attempts in the series, and the series was over. KRÜ BLAZE won 13-3 and eliminated KC GC, securing an all-Americas top four in Seoul.

The star player in this quick lower bracket series was conir , who has stepped up across this run from KRÜ. In this series, playing both Controller and Sentinel, conir threw up a 1.51 match rating, 237 ACS, 83% KAST, and 162 ADR.

With this win, KRÜ will face MIBR GC for the chance to make the lower finals at GC Champs. As for Karmine Corp GC, the run is over with a 5th-6th place finish alongside G2 Gozen G2 Gozen Europe Rank #239 Akita Esllene Xu amy Amy Lai Vania Aleyna Keskin Petra Petra Stoker mimi Michaela Lintrup .