Dragon Ranger Gaming (DRG) has received VCT Ascension China 2025 by sweeping Uncommon Atom 3-0 within the Grand Closing.
With its second Ascension trophy, the Chinese language staff take its slot again in Riot Video games’ franchised VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT) for one more yr.
DRG first ascended to China’s VCT circuit by lifting the VCT Ascension trophy in 2023. Although it took the staff till the 2024 season to make waves in tier-one and qualify for its first world VCT match, Masters Shanghai.
Equally, DRG had a gradual begin to this yr’s season, lacking out on each Masters occasions earlier than its miracle run in Stage 2. Because of its second-place end within the closing regional VCT competitors of the yr, DRG grew to become certainly one of 4 Chinese language groups to symbolize the area at VALORANT Champions 2025.
In line with Riot’s up to date guidelines for Ascension groups, a Champions qualification would usually safe a roster’s VCT slot for the following season. Nevertheless, as each DRG and the 2024 Ascension staff, XLG Esports certified for Champions 2025, their respective Champions outcomes decided which squad was secure from relegation to tier-two.
Being eradicated from the match barely forward of XLG, DRG was pressured to defend its VCT rights on this yr’s Ascension occasion.
DRG’s Second VCT Ascension Trophy
On October eleventh, DRG joined seven groups from China’s Challengers circuit for the area’s most vital tier-two VALORANT match of the yr.
Whereas the 2023 Ascension winner had a flawless Group Stage, defeating each Group A opponents Thunder Gaming (2-0) and Zhu Chao Gaming (2-0), the Playoffs seemed completely different. In its first playoffs match, DRG was despatched to the decrease bracket by Any Questions Gaming (2-0).
The staff needed to then win the Decrease Bracket Closing rematch in opposition to Any Questions (3-2) to fulfill Uncommon Atom within the Grand Closing.
Regardless of its map veto drawback, DRG didn’t drop a single sport in opposition to Uncommon Atom. The staff first received Corrode (13-4) and Sundown (13-10) to conclude the sequence in a dominant vogue on its perma-ban Bind (13-1).
Sadly for rival Uncommon Atom, this was the third consecutive second-place consequence at VCT Ascension China. DRG, alternatively, will return to VCT China for the 2026 season.
