ATOX topple Rooster

Starting on the T-side of Mirage, Rooster got off to a strong start, handing ATOX a 1-6 disadvantage courtesy of dpr and asap catching the CT's off guard with their contact plays and mid-round aggression. ATOX pulled off a couple of exceptional retakes towards A, giving them the momentum to salvage a 5-7 half.

Rooster dropped just a single round before reaching match point at 12-6 but ATOX's T-side in towards the endgame left Rooster stunned, as the Mongolians put up six rounds in a row to close the gap and push the game into overtime. The Aussies recovered and dominated overtime, closing out Mirage 16-13, with dpr delivering a 1.98 rating performance, boasting an impressive 128 ADR.

On Inferno, ATOX returned the favor, putting Rooster at a 3-9 disadvantage in the first half, as MiQ stepped up with a 127 ADR performance on the T-side, holding a 2.44 T-side rating. Rooster's comeback hopes depended on winning the pistol and anti-eco to farm subsequent rounds, but ATOX did not drop a single round in the second half, closing out Inferno 13-3.

MiQ delivered 2+ ratings on the T-side in the final two maps

The decider took us to Dust2 where Rooster started on the CT-side with pistol and anti-eco wins but ATOX did not let things get out of hand. It was MiQ once again who delivered a stellar T-side performance, putting up 17 frags in the first half with a T-side rating of 2.18 and an ADR of 132, fetching ATOX a 7-5 half in their favor despite the early disadvantage.

Rooster could not penetrate ATOX's CT-side once the sides switched over, as ATOX closed out Dust2 13-6, dropping just a single round in the second half. The 2-1 series win sends ATOX to the semi-final where they are set to face either TYLOO or Rare Atom.

BLAST Rising Asia 2025 Season 1

Bo3

ATOX

2 - 1

Rooster

All maps

ATOX	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 3.0
Temuulen 'MiQ' Byambadalai	68 - 37	+31	108.6	82.8%	1.79
Otgonlhagva 'AccuracyTG' Batjargal	40 - 31	+9	66.2	82.8%	1.22
Gan-Erdene 'dobu' Batbold	43 - 41	+2	80.0	73.4%	1.11
Bat-Enkh 'kabal' Batbayar	44 - 37	+7	79.6	71.9%	1.10
Munkhsaikhan 'Zesta' Erdenebaatar	41 - 42	-1	69.5	75.0%	1.01

Rooster	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 3.0
Tyson 'asap' Paterson	56 - 49	+7	98.1	76.6%	1.43
Joshua 'dpr' Henderson-Smith	41 - 41	+0	63.6	64.1%	1.00
Kalan 'sliimey' Lorenzo	30 - 48	-18	63.3	59.4%	0.69
Michael 'chelleos' Hawkins	32 - 48	-16	54.6	65.6%	0.69
Tynan 'TjP' Purtell	27 - 50	-23	49.8	46.9%	0.56