{"id":1726924,"date":"2022-06-27T11:24:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T15:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/?post_type=station&p=1726924"},"modified":"2022-06-27T11:52:51","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T15:52:51","slug":"rare-atom-qualify-for-esl-pro-league-season-17-conference","status":"publish","type":"station","link":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/plato-data\/rare-atom-qualify-for-esl-pro-league-season-17-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare Atom qualify for ESL Pro League Season 17 Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"
Rare Atom<\/a> have secured their spot at the ESL Pro League Season 17 Conference stage with a victory in the grand final of ESL Challenger League Season 41 Asia-Pacific, taking another one of the hottest teams in the region out, IHC<\/a>.<\/p>\n Despite the 3-1 scoreline, only three of the four scheduled maps were played in the best-of-five final, as Zhuo “\u2060advent\u2060”<\/span> Liang<\/a> and his men came to the grand final with a map advantage, having beaten all of their previous rivals in the playoffs, Born in Mongolia<\/a>, ARAVT<\/a> and IHC<\/a>.<\/p>\n Kaze led the way in the grand final with a 1.33 rating<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Bat-Enkh “\u2060kabal\u2060”<\/span> Batbayar<\/a> and company came out in full force to tie the series up, taking Ancient 16-0, but weren’t able to keep up on the following two maps, Mirage and Overpass. This victory marks Rare Atom<\/a>‘s eleventh victory out of twelve matches in Asia dating all the way back to the end of March, having since shown consistent good form with newcomers Qianhao “\u2060Moseyuh\u2060”<\/span> Chen<\/a> and Jingxiang “\u2060Mercury\u2060”<\/span> Wang<\/a>.<\/p>\n Rare Atom<\/a> now join Falcons<\/a> and paiN<\/a> as the first teams through to the upcoming ESL Pro League Conference, making this the second time in a row that they qualify through the Asian ESL Challenger League, although they had to give their spot up in Season 16 to TYLOO<\/a> due to visa issues.<\/p>\n Up next, Andrew “\u2060Kaze\u2060”<\/span> Khong<\/a> and company will have the chance to prove their prowess on LAN against international competition at ESL Challenger Valencia<\/a> on July 1-3, where they have been drawn in a group with MIBR<\/a>, Movistar Riders<\/a> and HUMMER<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n