EliGE after 3rd place at CS Asia Championships 2025: “Big VRS points and great experience”

Team Liquid closed out CS Asia Championships 2025 in Shanghai with a confident 2–0 sweep over HEROIC in the third-place decider on October 19. Soon after the win, Jonathan “EliGE” Jablonowski summed up the result on X: “Won our third place match vs Heroic 2-0! Big for VRS points and good experience with us. We played way better today and ping ponged ideas off each other well.” 

Liquid’s run featured a spotless group stage and a narrow semifinal exit. They beat GamerLegion and MIBR in groups and edged Legacy 2–1 to top the bracket before falling to 3DMAX in the semis. The 2–0 over HEROIC sealed third place and marked a second straight top-three since EliGE’s return. 

Legacy went on to lift the trophy after a five-map grand final against 3DMAX, with Bruno “latto” Rebelatto earning his first career MVP. “This last month we’ve been through a lot as a team… being a champion right now is a feeling I couldn’t even imagine,” captain Lucas “lux” Meneghini said on the broadcast. 

Liquid now pivot to Europe for PGL Masters Bucharest, their final stop before the StarLadder Budapest Major campaign begins. 

Why this matters for VRS

Valve Regional Standings (VRS) determine invites and seeding toward Majors; points from events like CAC directly influence those standings. 

Key related updates & quotes

Third-place match recap: “Liquid breeze past HEROIC in CAC third-place decider” — EliGE topped the server (32–17, 1.41 rating) as Liquid won Mirage 13–4 and Dust2 13–5. 

Semifinal: “3DMAX secure CAC final spot over Liquid” — the French side eliminated Liquid to reach the BO5 final. 

Champions: “Legacy claim first international trophy at CAC” — Legacy beat 3DMAX 3–2 (Nuke 13–6, Dust2 11–13, Inferno 5–13, Train 13–10, Ancient 13–6). Latto was named MVP. Quote from lux: “We weren’t being a team… getting this trophy was really worth it.” 

Legacy semifinal quote: After beating HEROIC to reach the final, lux told HLTV: “We need to pressure ourselves to be better, but we don’t need to be hard on our teammates.” 

3DMAX IGL on form: Filip “Graviti” Branković: “I’m just happy to be the IGL also for my individual performance.” 

Liquid’s strong start with EliGE: “Liquid cruise into CAC playoffs ahead of MIBR” — first significant event since EliGE’s return, 2–0 over MIBR in groups. 

Tournament overview & dates: CS Asia Championships 2025 ran October 14–19 in China with a $400,000 prize pool. 

EliGE’s original post (source): The “big for VRS points” message was posted by EliGE on X; Russian outlets also picked up the quote. 

Context on VRS: Valve/BLAST’s VRS hubs track standings used for invites and seedings; standings update regularly (e.g., Oct 6 “latest” snapshot)