Lynn Vision, Alter Ego lock in lower-final at CAC 2026 Asia CQ
The lower bracket semi-finals at the CS Asia Championships Asia closed qualifier has concluded. In the first semi-final, Lynn Vision took on The Huns. The Chinese side were knocked down to the lower bracket in the opening round by Alter Ego and cleared three rounds in the lower bracket to reach the semi-final. The Huns came in from the upper semi-final after going down to TYLOO.
The series started on Dust2 with The Huns taking a beating on the CT-side. A single round win from time and one towards the end of the half off of a retake, were the only two rounds that The Huns managed to secure on their CT-side of Dust2. z4KR went 14-2 with a rating of 2.30 and an ADR of 106 in the first half to fetch Lynn Vision a big 10-2 lead at halftime.
The Huns secured pistol and anti-eco wins in the second half, ticking off the initial boxes for setting up a comeback but Lynn Vision traded their way across the line, closing Dust2 13-5 to go 1-0 up in the series. At the end of the game, z4KR was 20-6 with a K-D ratio in excess of 3. The second map, Inferno was picked by The Huns but the Mongolians struggled in the first half. Lynn Vision scooped up a 9-3 half off of Starry and EmiliaQAQ's 1.90+ CT-side ratings. The Huns bagged five in a row to start the second half, closing the gap at 8-9 and gave Lynn Vision a run for their money but the Chinese side once again recovered at the very end and closed Inferno 13-11, breaking The Huns' comeback. Lynn Vision wrapped the series 2-0 to send The Huns packing.
The HunsLynn Vision| The Huns |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Baatarkhuu 'Bart4k' Batbold |
32 - 27 | +5 | 67.2 | 69.0% | 1.17 |
| Tengis 'sk0R' Batjargal |
32 - 30 | +2 | 85.1 | 71.4% | 1.16 |
| Unudelger 'controlez' Baasanjargal |
25 - 34 | -9 | 64.9 | 61.9% | 0.76 |
| Yesuntumur 'nin9' Gantulga |
19 - 29 | -10 | 64.0 | 59.5% | 0.73 |
| Munkhtogtokh 'xerolte' Enkhbat |
16 - 33 | -17 | 57.1 | 57.1% | 0.56 |
| Lynn Vision |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Sike 'z4KR' Zhang |
38 - 22 | +16 | 92.8 | 76.2% | 1.57 |
| Lizhi 'Starry' Ye |
32 - 31 | +1 | 76.4 | 76.2% | 1.30 |
| Zhe 'Westmelon' Niu |
31 - 25 | +6 | 77.9 | 71.4% | 1.21 |
| Junjie 'EmiliaQAQ' Tang |
27 - 25 | +2 | 65.0 | 78.6% | 1.09 |
| Qihao 'C4LLM3SU3' Su |
23 - 23 | +0 | 68.0 | 83.3% | 1.08 |
The new-look Alter Ego took on FlyQuest in the second lower semi-final. The series started on Alter Ego's pick of Overpass and the Aussies dominated in the first half. Despite Alter Ego securing pistol, anti-eco and bonus conversions, FlyQuest handed them a 4-8 disadvantage at halftime. The trio of BnTeT, BOROS and PokemoN put the Aussies out of commission in the second half. A flawless 9-0 second half saw Alter Ego take Overpass 13-8 as jks's 160 ADR showing on the CT-side went in vain. FlyQuest returned the favor on Anubis. After being marginally down at halftime, 5-7, FlyQuest stunned Alter Ego with a dominant CT half, going 8-2 to steal the map away from the Asian side. Vexite and jks put up CT-side ratings of 1.96 and 1.62 to take FlyQuest to a 13-9 win on Anubis.
After both teams won their map picks, the decider took us to Dust2 where FlyQuest recovered from a shaky start on the CT-side and tied the half 6-6. Alter Ego took a momentary lead with CT-side pistol and anti-eco wins but FlyQuest dropped five in a row to hit double figures and inch towards the match point at 11-8. PokemoN and Gratisfaction kept Alter Ego going as the Asian side pushed the game into overtime. Alter Ego dropped just a single round in Overtime to close Dust2 16-13 and the series 2-1 to advance to the lower-final.
Alter EgoFlyQuest| Alter Ego |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Saad 'PokemoN' Ahmad |
64 - 41 | +23 | 93.3 | 77.8% | 1.51 |
 Sean 'Gratisfaction' Kaiwai |
51 - 43 | +8 | 71.8 | 77.8% | 1.10 |
 Hansel 'BnTeT' Ferdinand |
47 - 50 | -3 | 71.7 | 69.4% | 1.00 |
 Mohammad 'BOROS' Malhas |
58 - 61 | -3 | 89.2 | 63.9% | 0.98 |
 Zahar 'Polbandana' Siledchyk |
45 - 48 | -3 | 68.1 | 73.6% | 0.97 |
| FlyQuest |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 João 'story' Vieira |
55 - 45 | +10 | 66.5 | 69.4% | 1.22 |
 Justin 'jks' Savage |
62 - 51 | +11 | 94.0 | 70.8% | 1.20 |
| Joshua 'INS' Potter |
50 - 61 | -11 | 78.3 | 68.1% | 0.92 |
| Declan 'Vexite' Portelli |
38 - 53 | -15 | 62.0 | 66.7% | 0.91 |
| Corey 'nettik' Browne |
38 - 55 | -17 | 66.0 | 77.8% | 0.89 |
Alter Ego will square up against Lynn Vision in the lower final. These two faced each other in the opening round of the closed qualifier and Alter Ego knocked Lynn Vision down to the lower bracket.
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