In a clash between two Southeast Asian teams fighting for their Pacific Kickoff lives with a long road to Masters Bangkok qualification ahead of them, Rex Regum Qeon Rex Regum Qeon Asia-Pacific Rank #13 Monyet Cahya Nugraha xffero David Monangin Jemkin Maksim Batorov Kushy Bryan Carlos Setiawan Estrella Park Gun (박건) defeated Team Secret Team Secret Asia-Pacific Rank #9 invy Adrian Jiggs Reyes JessieVash Jessie Cuyco Wild0reoo Brheyanne Christ Reyes 2GE James Goopio Jremy Jeremy Cabrera in three maps, eliminating them in the lower bracket.

The match saw the two teams cross paths, with both squads having some history with each other. Current RRQ coach Warbirds previously coached Team Secret, while Team Secret's 2GE spent over two years on RRQ's roster from 2022 to 2024.

The series began on Lotus, Team Secret's pick. RRQ had some recent film on Lotus, as it was one of the two maps they dropped in their upper quarterfinal loss to Gen.G Gen.G Korea Rank #1 Foxy9 Jung Jae-sung (정재성) t3xture Kim Na-ra (김나라) Munchkin Byeon Sang-beom (변상범) yoman Chae Young-moon (채영문) Karon Kim Won-tae (김원태) . RRQ gave up just five rounds on defense against Gen.G, but Team Secret managed eight. Still, the attack-sided map showed its T-side bias. In the second half, RRQ won five of the first eight rounds to close the gap to two rounds, but a moment of heroics from a Team Secret veteran got them to match point.

Heroics from JessieVash .

Team Secret closed out the map 13-9, which shifted the series to RRQ's pick of Pearl. Their Pearl was displayed in their opening match of the tournament, when in a three-map win over DetonatioN FocusMe DetonatioN FocusMe Japan Rank #3 Meiy Ibuki Seki Art Jinboong Kim Jin-won (김진원) Akame Yu Gwang-hui (유광희) gyen , they dominated the Japanese side 13-3. Of those 13, 11 rounds were secured on the attack side.

A map-defining 1v4 from Estrella .

With Rex Regum Qeon again opening on the attack, the two teams replicated near-identical levels of success. They grabbed an 11-1 halftime lead and cruised on that momentum to a 13-4 victory, bringing the two teams to map three.

On Haven, Rex Regum Qeon continued their momentum. Beginning the map on attack again, they picked up where they left off. While it wasn't quite as dominant as the 11 rounds they won on Pearl, they entered halftime with an 8-4 lead.

Even after switching sides, RRQ never lost momentum. They went on to win the next five rounds on defense, closing the map 13-4, and eliminating Team Secret.

Rex Regum Qeon closes the series.

Former Paper Rex Paper Rex Asia-Pacific Rank #6 mindfreak Aaron Leonhart Jinggg Wang Jing Jie f0rsakeN Jason Susanto d4v41 Khalish Rusyaidee something Ilya Petrov player Monyet had a server-high 49 kills, while Team Secret IGL JessieVash had 48. Meanwhile, RRQ's IGL Estrella logged 43 kills with a kill-to-death difference of +15.

Team Secret's elimination means the Filipino side will bow out of Pacific Kickoff with two straight losses. Meanwhile, Rex Regum Qeon survives to see another day in Pacific Kickoff. Their path to Masters Bangkok requires them to win the next four matches, the next one being a clash with Korean rookies Nongshim RedForce Nongshim RedForce Korea Rank #3 Persia Yang Zi-on (양지온) Francis Kim Mu-bin (김무빈) margaret Kim Ji-woo (김지우) Dambi Lee Hyuk-kyu (이혁규) Ivy Park Sung-hyeon (박성현) .

VCT Pacific Kickoff will continue with the following matches: