Six Major: APAC teams, Presented by Monkeyfist and Devmarta

Asia-Pacific teams have developed a singular playstyle, proving their skills since joining the Pro League in Season 6 of Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six® Siege eSports competition. From their front-row seats, Monkeyfist and DevMarta are perfectly placed to give us their expertise on the APAC teams qualified for the first edition of the Six Major. Let’s have a deeper look at their analysis:

Fnatic by Monkeyfist: "Fnatic is a well-rounded team. Each player’s strengths and weaknesses culminate in one of the most complete teams in Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six. Two of the team’s players, Magnet and Acez, are former Xbox competitors, and they have managed to bring their mechanical skills up to par with long-time PC veterans as well as bringing their game sense and knowledge over from console. Fnatic’s next three players are all long-time PC players, with Rizraz having many years playing other FPS games at a semi-pro level before rising and grinding his way to the top of the ANZ pro scene. Neophyter and Lusty have both been at the top of the ANZ Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six competitive scene for a long time, both mainstays on Athletico and Corvidae, respectively. The Fnatic team is tied together by the firm hand of J-dizzle, their coach. The players’ teamwork and chemistry is up there with the best of them, and any weaknesses in their individual play are covered by the strengths of their teammates two-fold. They understand that no player is more important than the success of the team.”

NORA-Rengo by Devmarta: "Asian teams – especially Japanese teams – have long been praised for their sheer mechanical precision and domination throughout APAC, and NORA-Rengo is no exception. After making it to every APAC LAN event and struggling to reach the top, NORA-Rengo has finally emerged as one of the most mechanically and strategically dominating teams in APAC, even pushing NA’s seed 1 Rogue to its limits in Atlantic City for Season 7. I’ve always admired the unique strategies that have brought them their fame, such as Merieux’s Supernova shotgun plays on Hibana, the insane heavy fragging Wokka, and now complemented by the addition of Sh1n – former captain and IGL of eiNs. These Japanese players are meticulous, patient, and ready – NORA-Rengo is a team to be feared."

Element Mystic by Devmarta: "There are few things I find more terrifying than a Blitz player hurling himself toward me with no avenue for escape, but this team of five Koreans – some of the most merciless and aggressive in APAC – know how to hit where it hurts most. Since its first appearance on the APAC LAN stage as Mantis, obliterating Fnatic (then known as Mindfreak) 10 rounds to 2, Element Mystic has proved to me that it belongs among the titans of APAC. After the Season 6 Pro League Finals in Sao Paulo where it faced Penta, this team has been known by a few names (Mantis, Team Yetti) but has always fallen short of a top 2 placing in APAC… until now. Element Mystic dominated the Paris Major APAC Qualifier LAN, triumphing over crowd favorites Aerowolf (formerly Envy/Cryptik). With an aggressive playstyle matched by only the most forthwith of LATAM teams, Element Mystic is an unpredictable and terrifying wild card."

THEY HAVE DONE IT have closed out the series 3-0 and now qualify for the Six Major in Paris pic.twitter.com/YQgGZufy0X

— ESL Rainbow Six (@ESLRainbowSix) 15 juillet 2018

Thanks to DevMarta and MonkeyFist, who took their time to answer our questions about the competition. You can follow them on Twitter for additional insight into the upcoming Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six eSports competitions in APAC region. For the latest updates, please visit the Rainbow Six Esports Twitter page or Subreddit.