Please excuse me for bad english, it is not my first language.
Hello everyone,
in this thread i will give you every important information you need to know about chinese ascension in 2025. You might only know about 2 teams and 7 players in here and i am looking to change that.
DATES:
Starting on the 11th of october the tournament will be played for 8 days until the 19th of the same month.
VENUE:
Just like last year Ascension will be hosted in the "VCT CN ARENA" in Peking which also hosted the chinese regular Season aswell as the earlier stages of Masters Shanghai.
HOW TO QUALIFY:
8 Teams have made it to this years ascension, in a showcase of the strength of chinese tier 2 both ascension teams (Drg and Xlg) made it to ascension this year which made it so the worse performing team will have to go back to fight for their spot in ascension. Since Xlg managed to edge out a win against Sentinels Drg are now in ascension.
Besides them 7 Teams from tier 2 have qualified to Ascension over points. Chinese Tier 2 doesnt work as Challengers but over the so called "National Competition Series" which goes over the entire year and consisted of 2 Events this year (Season 3 and Season 4). Not only that but all of these Teams also have to go through a verification proccess which is why for example the 4th team in Points and 2nd in Season 4 HP will not attend the event. I will later showcase all of these Teams a bit closer.
FORMAT:
To my knowledge the Tournament will play out in the same Format as Champions Playoffs with 8 Teams playing in a double elimination Format with everything being a bo3 except for lower final and grand Final which will be a bo5.
TEAMS:
DRG (Dragon Ranger Gaming)- Drg won Ascension 2023, in just 2 Years they have qualified to 2 international Events (Shanghai and Champs 2025) and just barely got outdone by xlg. With insane individuals and vookashu coming back. Drg look like the Team to beat in this event.
Roster:
vo0kashu (https://www.vlr.gg/player/3741/vo0kashu)
SpiritZ1 (https://www.vlr.gg/player/31753/spiritz1)
Akeman (https://www.vlr.gg/player/52904/akeman)
Nicc (https://www.vlr.gg/player/11524/nicc)
Flex1n (https://www.vlr.gg/player/4705/flex1n)
RA (Rare Atom)- Rare Atom are probably the best Tier 2 Team that has not made it to Tier 2. Being the Favourites for Ascension in the last 2 years but losing in the Final both times. Now they have come back with a full chinese roster and dominated Tier 2 for the third year in a row, flawlessly sweeping both events. They are the best Team coming out of T2 and are probably the best Team at the event besides Drg.
Roster:
zhe (https://www.vlr.gg/player/49476/zhe)
Satoshi (https://www.vlr.gg/player/46532/satoshi)
Midnight (https://www.vlr.gg/player/3531/midnight)
YiHao (https://www.vlr.gg/player/54072/miluji-t)
Guran (https://www.vlr.gg/player/36513/guran)
CCG (Chosen Clique Gaming)- After coming 3rd in Ascension last year CCG are back and have gotten 2nd in Points this year. If ur looking for a team that could do damage besides RA and DRG this is your team. Also i believe they are an english speaking team but that could be wrong.
Roster:
Maple (https://www.vlr.gg/player/5241/maple)
GREEN (https://www.vlr.gg/player/34181/green)
bunt (https://www.vlr.gg/player/25949/bunt)
AC (https://www.vlr.gg/player/14445/ac)
It is very likely that a player named laicositna will replace ycw. (laicositna has no vlr page)
ZCG (Zhu Chao Gaming)- Qualifying with 3rd in Points this team is a bit of a mistery. Altho they are probably a good team they were not present in season 4 of National Competition and only 3 of their players are semi-confirmed while there is 0 information about the last 2. Once i will get more information about this team the thread will be updated.
Roster:
LuXlis (https://www.vlr.gg/player/40610/luxlis)
thedoctor (no vlr page)
chenze (no vlr page)
Unknown
Unknown
OD (Octagonal Disposition)-Coming 4th in points this team also did not compete in Season 4 but comfortable qualified to ascension. Middle of the pack team with experienced players and good potential. This is also the team that Champions 2021 winner D3ffo was on for a short period of time.
Roster:
ZiXuan (https://www.vlr.gg/player/4763/zixuan)
Eren (https://www.vlr.gg/player/14444/eren)
W1nner (https://www.vlr.gg/player/7861/w1nner)
YHchen (https://www.vlr.gg/player/10486/yhchen)
XyuS (https://www.vlr.gg/player/24305/xyus)
ALG (Ambitious Legend Gaming)-This team played in last years Ascension and overall is one of the more known T2 orgs in China, qualifiying 5th in points. This team was formerly known as Monarch Effect and is now looking to finally get their place in Tier 1.
Roster:
Zeno (https://www.vlr.gg/player/11705/zeno)
aluba (https://www.vlr.gg/player/14441/balua)
Pinklove (https://www.vlr.gg/player/15549/pink)
Chaos (https://www.vlr.gg/player/46751/chaos)
Ending (https://www.vlr.gg/player/56248/ending)
It is not 100% confirmed if their newest Addition yangg will play or not.
AQ (Any Questions Gaming)-While this team only got 65 Points this year (RA got 800 for example) and tied with the last place that qualified (TG) this team still managed to qualify to Ascension. But despite them barely making it they are determined to win this event, buying out former world champion Simon (supposedly for about 500k usd) and now looking to make a run.
Roster:
S1Mon (https://www.vlr.gg/player/13768/s1mon)
FFs (https://www.vlr.gg/player/14439/ffs)
Dannyy (https://www.vlr.gg/player/32183/dannyy)
Youze (https://www.vlr.gg/player/46040/youze)
Youjun (https://www.vlr.gg/player/46042/youjun)
TG (Thunder Gaming)- Qualifying with the same amount of Points as AQ but not being abled to make such huge changes this team is a clear underdog for this ascension. Regardless of that they will give their best and are hoping for good results.
Roster:
Yueluo (https://www.vlr.gg/player/39494/yueluo)
yu (no vlr page)
WsLeo (https://www.vlr.gg/player/24308/wsleo)
dale (no vlr page)
Xlele (https://www.vlr.gg/player/54487/xlele)
Those are all the teams dates and important information for this years Ascension. Although Rare Atom and Drg might look like clear favourites Ascension always has crazy runs and Upsets, especially in China so dont be surprised if a team you have never heard of before this thread makes a deep run!
Im open for any feedback/questions which u can ask me here or private message me.
I hope everyone reading this has an aweseome day.
再见