On August 14, Beijing time, SEN defeated DRX 2-0 in the knockout round of the Valorant World Championship, SEN advanced to the semifinals, and DRX fell into the lower bracket.

Photo 1: The City of Sunset

Defender SEN: Shadow, Neon, Zero, Iron Arm, Black Dream

Attackers DRX: Shadow, Iron Arm, Zero, Huntsman, Neon

After DRX won the pistol round in the first half, SEN chased three consecutive points, and after winning DRX in the fifth round, DRX chose to use the first timeout. In the 6th round, DRX played the B spot slowly, and both sides put in their ultimate, but SEN's return defense was more accurate, and SEN scored four points in a row, and DRX fell into an economic collapse. In the 7th round, Zekken Neon flexibly ran and won the ACE, and in the 8th round, SEN was too arrogant in defending the B point, and DRX caught the opportunity to end the losing streak and get the third point.

After losing by one point, SEN opted for a timeout. In the 9th round, SEN grabbed DRX's position and knocked out three DRX at point A and in the middle lane, although DRX won the first round, the economy was still at a disadvantage, and there was no choice but to choose to keep the gun. DRX scored two points in a row, and in the 11th round, SEN returned to the front and rear of the defense, blocking DRX at the entrance of point B, although SEN knocked out the DRX five, but there was not enough time to unpack. In the last leg of the first half, BuZz scored four kills to tie the score at 6 in the first half.

In the second half, SEN controlled the pistol round, and DRX won bonus points. In the 16th round, SEN attacked point B Anbao, and the two sides played a two-on-two endgame, and Sacy knocked out the DRX two. SEN is on a three-game winning streak. In the 19th round, SEN turned to B after a feint at point A and was arrested by DRX, who completed the comeback of the mixed game. In the 20th round, SEN fast-hit point A and was held by DRX. SEN fell into the rhythm of DRX, and DRX chased four straight points to tie the score at 11. In the 23rd round, SEN made a hard entry to point B and was blocked by DRX. In the match point game, SEN wanted to clamp B, but DRX knocked out two people in the middle, and SEN left three people into B, SEN reversed the numerical disadvantage, and johnqt got four kills to send the score into overtime.

The two sides played to the second round of overtime, SEN narrowly defeated DRX on the defender, SEN came to the attacker, attacked point A to knock out DRX's defense, and SEN won the game in the 28th round.

Photo 2: Hermitage Retreat

Defender DRX: Shadow, Iron Arm, Zero, Hunter, Wind

Attacker SEN: Shadow, Neon, Zero, Iron Arm, Huntsman

In the first half, MaKo used his experience to help the team win the pistol round. In round 4, BuZz knocked out the SEN trio in the Zellsis landslide, and DRX started with three points. In the 5th round, SEN attacked point C and completed the comeback of the savings points. The two sides continued to attack and defend in a stalemate, and the score was tied at 4. In the 9th round, SEN attacked point A to overtake the score. SEN won two points in a row and was tied by DRX to make it 6-6 at half-time.

In the second half, SEN won the pistol round, and DRX scored only one point. At the end of round 16, DRX used a second timeout. In the 17th round, DRX's savings failed to withstand SEN's rebound, and SEN took the lead to score 10th points. SEN went from round 16 to round 19, and SEN went on a four-game winning streak. In round 20, DRX attacked point A and did not let SEN succeed. In the 21st round, SEN knocked out the DRX five people at the top A point in front of the SEN, and SEN won Figure 2 13-8.