With both teams looking to secure the first of two wins required to secure qualification for Masters Bangkok, T1 T1 Korea Rank #1 stax Kim Gu-taek (김구택) Meteor Kim Tae-oh (김태오) Sylvan Go Young-sup (고영섭) BuZz Yu Byeong-cheol (유병철) iZu Ham Woo-ju (함우주) and TALON TALON Asia-Pacific Rank #10 Killua Tanate Teerasawad thyy Anupong Preamsak Crws Thanamethk Mahatthananuyut JitBoyS Jittana Nokngam primmie Papaphat Sriprapha clashed. At the end of three maps, the Korean team coming out on top 2-1.

The three-map series was played out on TALON's Fracture, T1's Bind, and the decider map of Haven.

While Fracture has generally been an attack-sided map globally, it has been more balanced across the Pacific Region. In five maps and 103 rounds of Fracture played throughout Pacific Kickoff, the rounds have been split 53 to 50, with teams winning three more attack-sided rounds.

T1 opted to begin the map on defense, and made a statement, displaying excellent control of the map to enter halftime with a 10-2 advantage. TALON proved to be too predictable on attack, with the T1 defenders easily taking care of business and only giving up five first deaths.

Sylvan ties the knot on a dominant defense side.

Korean sharpshooter BuZz could hardly put a wrong foot down, going 21/12 with four first bloods, outdoing his opponent Raze Governor , who went 7/15. T1 ended the map 13-5, giving the TALON coaching duo of FrosT and Jovi much work to do heading into Bind.

Bind was nearly a mirror image of Fracture, but with TALON as the dominant defensive team. ban , who played for T1 in the 2023 season, spearheaded the effort with a dominant 15/2 showing on the half. Governor, seemingly filling the team's Duelist role now, bounced back with six first bloods in an 18/9 showing, while ban added onto his dominant first half to finish 19/5.

The cherry on top for TALON.

The surprises on Haven began with agent selection. T1 ran a comp popularized by FNATIC FNATIC Europe Rank #5 crashies Austin Roberts Boaster Jake Howlett kaajak Kajetan Haremski Chronicle Timofey Khromov Alfajer Emir Ali Beder . Meteor was slated to make his debut on Iso, while former ranked sensation primmie locked in to play his first map as a Duelist in 2025 on Jett.

Key performances from BuZz and stax , who recorded his 1,000th kill in VCT Pacific on the map, helped T1 to a 13-9 victory, despite having given up a thrifty to TALON two rounds into their defense half.

A clean end to the series with some on-stage trash talk to cap it off.

BuZz ended the series with a server-high 52 kills and 251 ACS, while ban and primmie led the way for TALON with 45 kills each.

T1 moves onto the upper final, where they will be one victory away from securing a spot at Masters Bangkok. They await the winner of Gen.G Gen.G Korea Rank #2 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) and DRX DRX Korea Rank #4 Flashback Cho Min-hyuk (조민혁) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) free1ng No Ha-jun (노하준) HYUNMIN Song Hyun-min (송현민) BeYN Kang Ha-bin (강하빈) , while TALON waits on the results of the lower bracket to learn their lower final opponent.

VCT Pacific Kickoff will continue with the following matches: