EDward Gaming
EDward Gaming
China
Rank #1
S1Mon
Hsien Meng-Hsun (谢孟勋)
ZmjjKK
Zheng Yongkang (郑永康)
nobody
Wang Senxu (王森旭)
CHICHOO
Wan Shunzhi (万顺治)
Smoggy
Zhang Zhao (张钊)
have defeated
Rare Atom
Rare Atom
China
Rank #9
zhe
Niu Zhe (牛哲)
Satoshi
Fei Zhixian (费郅贤)
ZiXuan
Liu Junwei (刘俊伟)
Midnight
Wang Yingjie (王英杰)
in the grand finals of Act 3 of the China Evolution series, earning their third consecutive grand-finals victory and 800 circuit points.
Rare Atom came in with the advantage of a double map ban, but it was not enough to stop EDG from taking revenge for their loss in the upper finals.
The opening map, Bind, set the tempo for EDG as they racked up an 8-4 lead on the attack side. RA bounced back in the second half with yoman 's heroics to a 9-11 scoreline, but the last four rounds saw EDG wrap up map one 13-11.
EDG began Lotus like how they did Bind, with an 8-4 lead on defense. Even as RA trailed behind 7-11, EDG were poised to win the map 13-9. Haodong stepped up to the plate with 301 ACS and a +12 KDR, leading EDG to match point.
Split was the finale, and unlike the first two maps, Rare Atom took the lead at half time 7-5 with a strong defense side. However, ZmjjKK and Smoggy rallied their squad to another 13-9 victory.
ZmjjKK was a driving force of EDward Gaming's dominance, having no fewer than 20 kills in each map and a final KDR of 63-49. The performance earned him yet another MVP of the finals, completing his three-peat in all grand finals.
Having won all three Acts of China Evolution, EDward Gaming reign supreme with 1725 circuit points and are primed for the Ascension tournament later in the year. Rare Atom follows closely behind with 1095 points.