The second week of the first stage of the 2024 VCT CN League arrived as scheduled, with the FPX team playing against the DRG team, and in the map selection stage, FPX disabled Neon Town and Gengong Town, and chose Breeze Island. DRG banned Lianhua Ancient City and Yahai Hanging City, and chose Mori Winter Harbor. In the first map, FPX was chased by DRG all the way in the lead and was almost overturned, and the second picture showed that it was DRG's turn to lead by FPX, but in the end, the two sides dragged to the decisive map, and FPX played a huge 11-1 point difference in the first half, and finally won the victory steadily.
Figure 1 Breeze Island
FPX：星礈、蝰蛇、夜露、猎枭、捷风
DRG: Zero, Swift, K/O, Hunting, Viper
FPX acted as the defender in the first half, and after winning the pistol game, FPX scored three consecutive points through accurate crossfire to score DRG into the ECO game. In the 4th round, vo0kashu used the flying general to pick one person on the second floor, and the DRG all pushed forward to make a 4-for-4 with FPX, and Lysoar took the risk of opening the smoke and demolishing it to help the team score another point. FPX won five straight games before DRG broke through Zone A in the sixth round to get a point back. Next, DRG moved to Zone B but was single-handedly disintegrated by BerLIN, and FPX, who came back to defense, scored the 6th point, forcing DRG's first timeout. After returning from the pause, DRG quickly attacked Area A to place blasters, Shion7's Hunter used lightning arrows to knock out the Life in front of him, and then used Hunting Fury to kill FPX and three people to get four kills! DRG regained two points, but due to lack of information in Zone B, he made a mistake and was turned over by FPX in the ECO game. In the last round of the first half, DRG broke into Zone A from the middle, and the two sides fought to the endgame of 1v1, vo0kashu took a thrilling moment for the team to score a point, and DRG entered the second half with a 4-8 disadvantage.
In the second half, the offense and defense were exchanged, and the pistol game Life wittily predicted DRG's mixed smoke intention to knock out the two and finally scored three kills, and FPX successfully scored the opening two points to get close to the match point. DRG gradually gained an economic advantage after recovering one point in the bonus game, and started the rhythm of chasing points to win consecutive victories. After the difference between the two sides was reduced to 3 points, FPX handed over a timeout to make tactical adjustments. After the pause, FPX scored a point, and then wanted to use Life's hurricane blade to get the match point, but TvirusLuke's Jiefeng was also not to be outdone, and moved left and right next to the pillar in the B area to win the five-kill ACE! This wave of five kills seemed to make FPX's mentality a little confused, and in the case of placing blasters around the Viper's ultimate, he was killed by K/O's fragments overflowing, and the two key ultimates failed to score and were further narrowed by DRG. When DRG chased the score to 10-11, FPX handed over the second timeout, and Life scored three kills with the skills of his teammates, and finally got the match point for the team. Lifei, who took off from the match point game, helped the team chase another point, but FPX finally grasped the final round and broke through Zone B to win 13-11.
Figure 2 Mori Winter Harbor
FPX：幽影、盖可、蝰蛇、芮娜、捷风
DRG: Qile, Jiefeng, Hunting Owl, Poseidon, Viper
FPX defended in the first half, but after winning the pistol game, they were reversed by DRG in the second round, causing the economy to fall into a disadvantage and lose two points in a row. It wasn't until the spear game FPX stabilized to tie the score, and in the 5th round, although BerLIN won the 1v2 endgame but didn't have time to unpack, DRG continued to score and played FPX's first timeout. After the timeout ended, FPX began to press forward to find an opportunity, but it happened to crash into DRG's defense, killing four people, and autumn could only save the Pony alone and knocked out the two people who came to surrender their guns. In the face of DRG's ferocious A-zone offensive, FPX only struggled to chase one point, and the tactical suppression made the FPX players unable to exert their individual marksmanship strength, DRG soared and the economy overflowed long ago, and finally ended the first half with a score of 9-3.
In the second half, the offense and defense were exchanged, DRG defused FPX's offensive and scored two points in the opening game, directly taking a large lead of 11-3, FPX was forced to hand over the last timeout on the edge of the cliff to grasp the opportunity of the only losing streak of bonus games, and FPX returned from the pause in the B area by DRG to pick two people in a row and fell into a numerical disadvantage, and after forcibly placing the blaster, only Life's Rena survived with residual blood, and in the face of the endgame of life and death, Life's big heart harvested and completed five kills ACE incarnated as a god of responsibility! Life's five kills boosted FPX's morale and led the team to chase three points in a row, and DRG immediately handed over a timeout to suppress the rhythm. After FPX scored another point, they tried to attack Zone A again, but Shion7 ran out of time when Shion7 knocked out the blaster around the sea shield, and DRG successfully got the match point. FPX could only choose to attack Zone B again, and autumn's attacking Stygian sniped four people to break down DRG's defense, and FPX chased two more points. In the 22nd round, FPX tried to attack Zone A again, but collided with DRG's heavy defense and finally lost 9-13, and the two sides entered the tiebreaker map.
Decisive Picture Sunset City
DRG: Zero, Rez, Iron Arm, Huntsman, Phantom
FPX：盖可、幽影、蝰蛇、K/O、雷兹
In the first half, DRG acted as the defender, the two sides fought in the middle of the pistol game, autumn completed three kills with 8 blood, and after FPX successfully won the opening two points, DRG won the endgame 1v1 in their own bonus game to recover one point. FPX continued their ferocious offensive and continued to score points against DRG's economy until DRG finally handed over its first timeout after a 6-1 run. After the pause, FPX still had the number of ultimates, and continued to launch a devastating offensive, Nicc's iron arm pinched many rounds of ultimate, and finally released it in the 10th round, as a result, AAAY, who was close to the point, dodged the effect and wiped out all the DRG people who entered the game, DRG tried his best to crack FPX's attack, AAAY also played a hand and frequently created multiple kills to establish an advantage for the team, and FPX played a huge 11-1 point difference in the first half.
In the second half, the offense and defense were exchanged, DRG would lose the last glimmer of hope if they lost the pistol game, FPX played a 2-for-3 numerical advantage in the B area for the first time, but Nicc calmly went around the back and cooperated with his teammates who returned to the defense to complete the 2-on-3, helping the team get the second point of this map, and the FPX who lost the pistol game simply pressed forward together in the B area and was washed by DRG's fangs, fast forward to FPX's losing streak bonus game, DRG's turning point was defeated by the return defense, and FPX successfully got the match point. In the match point game, DRG slowed down and began to advance to the middle lane, but was intercepted in the black room in Zone B, and FPX won the endgame with a steady shot, winning the tiebreaker with a score of 13-3, and defeating DRG 2-1 to get their second league win!