I think NIP is still a very inexperienced Valorant team, and ASE with its previous meetings with both strong and international teams will prove a difficult opponent for them. Honestly, I don't know how NIP beat NWG (who did look to be the better team coming into the match in my opinion), but ASE will be a very different story. I'm hoping to see Life continue his fiery run of form, and I'm expecting ASE to use this opportunity to improve their game.
2-0 ASE win.
Edit: (who did look to be a better team) -> (who did look to be the better team coming into the match in my opinion),