Taiwanese e-sports team Flash Wolves on Sunday finished second at the Arena of Valor International Championship (AIC) in Vietnam, after the best-of-seven grand final, which the Full Sense of Thailand won 4-1.
The Taiwanese team started the grand final with a win powered by captain YuXiang’s (Hsia Yu-hsiang) strong play in the Abyssal Dragon lane.
However, the Full Sense seized control thereafter, taking the next four games to secure the championship.
Photo: Flash Wolves via CNA
Earlier in the competition, the Flash Wolves had topped their group to reach the knockout stage, but they fell to the lower bracket after an early quarter-final loss.
They then mounted a strong run, defeating the Vietnamese team, eliminating Thailand’s PSG Esports in the semi-finals, and ousting defending champions Bacon Time of Thailand in the lower-bracket final to advance to the championship match.
YuXiang’s team, which comprised side-laner NaiLiu (Wang Tze-hsiu), jungler Zhan (Chan Che-jui), mid-laner Zhenzhe (Tsai Cheng-tze), and support WeiZ (Lin Wei-che), had earned a direct berth in the AIC after winning the Taiwan-Hong Kong-Macau Garena Challenger Series Summer Split on Nov. 2.
The AIC carried a total prize pool of US$500,000.
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