VCT Pacific Stage 1 continued on with its second week of play, bringing forward eye-catching upsets in one group and chalked, more expected results in the other. Here's a look at how the matchups went down:

Action in Group Alpha opened with the Masters Santiago champions looking to recover from their first loss of the year. What could have been a bounce-back against fellow countrymen became a second straight loss as Kiwoom DRX Kiwoom DRX Korea Rank #3 Hermes Ahn Byeong-wook (안병욱) yong Kim Ho-yong (김호용) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) free1ng No Ha-jun (노하준) HYUNMIN Song Hyun-min (송현민) BeYN Kang Ha-bin (강하빈) downed Nongshim RedForce Nongshim RedForce Korea Rank #1 Xross Jeonghwan (정환) Rb Goo Sang-min (구상민) Francis Kim Mu-bin (김무빈) Dambi Lee Hyuk-kyu (이혁규) Ivy Park Sung-hyeon (박성현) 2-1. The series was a tight one, as the teams stole each other's respective map picks entering the decider map of Lotus. The teams have had their own unique approaches to the Yoru nerfs, with free1ng continuing to take on KRX's Neon role and Francis seemingly settling on Breach after also playing Waylay last week. On Lotus, both sides flexed their defenses, but the star of the show was the rookie yong on Chamber, who had a map-high 25 kills to lead KRX to the win. Global Esports Global Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #7 PatMen Patrick Mendoza UdoTan Go Kyung-won (고경원) Kr1stal Savva Fedorov xavi8k Xavier Juan Autumn Kale Dunne continued its barrage of the Pacific field with a dominant 2-0 win over Team Secret Team Secret Asia-Pacific Rank #192 kellyS Kelly Sedillo JessieVash Jessie Cuyco Sylvan Go Young-sup (고영섭) BerserX Rizkie Adla Kusuma Rimuru Dwine Enriquez . Head coach FrosT 's unique comps helped GE claim the edge over Secret, but Sylvan had the moment of the match on Split.

Clean ace from Sylvan.

In the biggest upset of the week, Gen.G Gen.G Korea Rank #5 Lakia Kim Jong-min (김종민) ZynX Kim Dong-ha (김동하) Foxy9 Jung Jae-sung (정재성) Ash Ha Hyun-cheol (하현철) Karon Kim Won-tae (김원태) t3xture Kim Na-ra (김나라) downed Paper Rex Paper Rex Asia-Pacific Rank #1 invy Adrian Jiggs Reyes Jinggg Wang Jing Jie f0rsakeN Jason Susanto d4v41 Khalish Rusyaidee something Ilya Petrov 2-1 to claim its first win of the stage. Play opened on Gen.G's pick of Haven, which went the distance. Ash returned to the starting lineup in place of Foxy9 . Gen.G adopted PRX's Haven comp, with t3xture on Chamber and Karon on Phoenix while rookie ZynX was on Neon duties. Both teams had their strengths on defense, with the match running to four rounds of overtime before Gen.G eventually won 17-15. PRX wiped the floor with Gen.G on Fracture 13-3, leaving both teams to duke it out on Lotus. Double-Duelist comps with Raze and Neon supplemented by a Vyse saw both teams field identical comps, but to vastly different results. Gen.G ran a dominant attack, overwhelming PRX en route to a 10-2 halftime lead before closing things out 13-3.

ZynX pulls off some Neon nonsense to drive the nail into the coffin.

In Group Omega, T1 T1 Korea Rank #2 stax Kim Gu-taek (김구택) Meteor Kim Tae-oh (김태오) BuZz Yu Byeong-cheol (유병철) iZu Ham Woo-ju (함우주) Munchkin Byeon Sang-beom (변상범) opened play with a 2-0 over DetonatioN FocusMe DetonatioN FocusMe Japan Rank #2 Meiy Ibuki Seki SSeeS Tomonori Okimura yatsuka Kazuya Ikeda Caedye Amon Mateus Okakura Akame Yu Gwang-hui (유광희) , pushing past a 15-13 on Pearl before winning its pick of Lotus 13-6. BuZz continued as T1's primary Duelist, dropping a match-high 43 kills. DFM appeared to move away from its retooled roles, moving Akame back to the Initiator role, Caedye back to Sentinel/Duelist. VARREL VARREL Japan Rank #1 C1ndeR Ko Jae-hyuk (고재혁) Klaus Kim Min-hyuk (김민혁) XuNa Kim Tae-geon (김태건) oonzmlp Shin Sang-beom (신상범) Zexy Jang Suk-hyun (장석현) continued to try for its first win of the season, coming up agonizingly close against Rex Regum Qeon Rex Regum Qeon Asia-Pacific Rank #3 Monyet Cahya Nugraha xffero David Monangin Jemkin Maksim Batorov Kushy Bryan Carlos Setiawan crazyguy Ngô Công Anh in a 2-0 loss separated by just four rounds. Figuring out how to best use Jemkin has been a tall task for head coach Jovi , and against VL, the approach was as Waylay in a double-Duelist comp. He finished with a match-high 56 kills, acting as the sharp side of the double-edged sword with entry Duelist Monyet , who was on Neon both maps. In the loss, oonzmlp had 55 kills, including a map-high 29 on Split, playing the Sentinel role.

ZETA DIVISION ZETA DIVISION Japan Rank #12 Absol Kazuki Fujinoki SyouTa Shota Aoki SugarZ3ro Shota Watanabe eKo Yeom Wang-ryong (염왕룡) Xdll Yuto Mizomori entered its matchup against FULL SENSE FULL SENSE Asia-Pacific Rank #4 Leviathan Thanyathon Nakmee Killua Tanate Teerasawad primmie Papaphat Sriprapha JitBoyS Jittana Nokngam Crws Thanamethk Mahatthananuyut with a loss in the previous week, but plenty of momentum. A reinvigorated version of the team took RRQ to three maps, at one point up 11-9 on the third map. Despite that promise, ZETA fell flat in week two against FULL SENSE. primmie , now fully integrated as the team's go-to Duelist, went off in his team's pick of Fracture, dropping 24 kills while going a perfect 7-0 in first duels to lead the team to a 13-6 win. On ZETA's pick of Split, Killua was dominant to start on defense, picking up 17 kills to lead the Thai squad to an 8-4 halftime lead before closing things out 13-7.

primmie makes it look easy.

The group standings entering week three are as follows:

Group Alpha

Group Omega

Action in Pacific will continue in week three with the following matches: