In the very first King of the Ring online tournament run by TheDutchBrawlers, France’s LeChatNoir has claimed victory and gained some all important Ranking Points towards a potential spot at the Killer Instinct World Cup. LeChatNoir’s Hisako did not drop a single game in top 16, beating Germany’s TDB|Goldbaum, Belgium’s TDB|Jitae82, Italy’s Emanuele46 to face two of the UK’s finest KI players in Winners’ and Grand Finals.
After losing to fellow UK resident Valoraxe in Winners’ Quarters, Drago900 made an impressive Losers’ run to take his revenge of Valoraxe’s Cinder and powerline his way into Grand Finals’ against LeChatNoir. Unfortunately, the punches and powerlines of TJ Combo could not deal with the ghostly tricks of Hisako and France won this round in the age old struggle between the two nations. Elsewhere in top 8, Italy’s Emanuele46 made waves with his Aganos and ARIA, before losing to fellow ARIA player JacketedBanjo19 from France. The sole Dutch representative Ki4Life finished at fifth place and seeing as he was casting, streaming and hosting the tournament as well as competing, is nothing to sneeze at.
By all accounts, the first edition of King of the Ring was a success, despite some difficulties setting up lobbies to stream matches, and raises the tension for Kombo Klash Netherlands next month. Will the Netherlands defend the house? Will the UK’s invasion force take another spot at the Killer Instinct World Cup? Will France ride the momentum of this victory to claim the top spot at in Utrecht? All will be revealed October 8-9th so mark your calendars for some great European KI action.
Due to the aforementioned problems with setting up lobbies, the VODs for this tournament are split between TheDutchBrawlers’ channel and Ki4Life’s channel so check both of them out for all the footage of this event. You can also sign up for the second King of the Ring tournament right here.
RESULTS
1. TYI|LeChatNoir (Hisako/France)
2. TM|Drago900 (TJ Combo, Sabrewulf/UK)
3. Valoraxe (Cinder/UK)
4. JacketedBanjo19 (ARIA/France)
5. Emauele46 (ARIA, Aganos/Italy)
5. TDB|Ki4Life (Hisako, Orchid/Netherlands)
7. CWOTC (Gargos, Arbiter/France)
7. TDB|ShadowCageNinja (Cinder/UK)
Sources: TheDutchBrawlers (Twitch), Ki4Life