On Sunday, June 2, 2019, the “Monster Grand Prix 2019 Asia Championship” Kanto Qualifying Tournament was held. In this tournament, mixi Co., Ltd. (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, President: Koki Kimura)’s XFLAG ™ will be the No. 1 in Asia for the smartphone app pull hunting RPG “Monster Strike” (hereinafter referred to as “Monster Strike”). It’s a tournament to decide. The match will be played using “Monster Strike Stadium” distributed from Google Play / App Store.

Held on the largest scale in Monster Strike history, including record high prizes and overseas qualifying

Qualifying tournaments for this tournament are being held in Taiwan and Hong Kong in addition to Japan, and will be held sequentially from Sunday, April 28, at Makuhari Messe on Saturday, July 13 and Sunday, July 14. The final tournament will be held.
The total prize money has increased significantly from 60 million yen last year to 100 million yen, the highest ever in the history of Monster Strike. In addition, a professional license will be issued to the four teams participating in the finals if desired.
And, Google Play, which is the first e-Sports sponsor in history to sponsor this tournament, Toyota Motor Corporation, and Bungeishunju, which publishes “Sports Graphic Number”, are participating as special sponsors, and the official terminal You can see the high degree of attention of the tournament, such as the use of “Google Pixel 3”.

Even in the qualifying tournament, the venue is of outstanding quality

Kanto qualifying also unpredictable turbulence
The qualifying tournament will be divided into two parts, “Time Attack Round” and “Battle Round”. The top 8 teams from the Time Attack Round can advance to the Battle Round.
Last year’s “Monst Grand Prix 2018 Championship” winning team, “Imaike Kabe Don’s α” was upset by losing the Chubu qualifying tournament, and in the Kanto qualifying, the final of the previous tournament was “[Hana] Beast Shintei Ichimon” Influential teams such as “Love Masin” and “Love Masin” failed to qualify in the Time Attack Round, and it was unpredictable which team would advance to the final. The following eight teams that won the Time Attack Round from among the 200 heroes in the Kanto region advanced to the Battle Round semi-finals.

As many as 200 participants from Kanto visited, and the time attack Round was extremely fierce.

“Love Masin”, who was a leading candidate for the victory, was also defeated.

“[Hana] Beast Shintei Ichimon” is also in a turbulent development of time attack Round defeat

Battle Round continues to be more turbulent

In Battle Round, the eight teams that won the Time Attack Round will compete in a tournament format. A fierce discussion was held over the right to participate in the final tournament at Makuhari Messe, which took the seat of Asia’s No. 1 team in “Monster Strike.” In addition, the winning team is 400,000 yen, the runner-up team is 200,000 yen, and the 3rd place team (2 teams) is 100,000 yen for each block. This is because such a luxurious tournament is also “Monster Strike”.

Among the Battle Rounds, in the second match between “LM Bulldozer” who passed the B block semi-final and Time Attack Round in 1st place and “Kariya Curtain Call” who passed in 8th place, the tie-up time was 1/1000 seconds and the Monster Strike Grand Prix. The venue was enthusiastic about the unusual development that will be the first draw rematch in history. However, in the rematch, “LM Bulldozer” returned the game to the fifth minute with a calm turn as if watching a replay, and proceeded to the consecutive wins and the final with the same momentum.

Battle Round Tournament Breakdown

“LM Bulldozer” was convinced of victory, but on both screens there was a rainy day saying “Clear opponent team”

The A block final is “One Chan Stars” and “Cats”, the Hope confrontation that has fully participated in the Monster Strike Grand Prix, and the B block final is “Monster Junior Grand Prix 2019” runner-up member “Shooting timely’s” And the familiar “LM Bulldozer” will play at the Monster Strike Grand Prix.
In the final, fierce discussions were held, and the most teams in this tournament won the fierce battle in the Kanto qualifying, and the two teams “Cats” and “LM Bulldoezer” won the championship on Saturday, July 13th and Sunday, July 14th. ), I got the right to participate in the final tournament held at Makuhari Messe.

A block victory “Cats”

B block victory “LM Bulldozer”

Leader Runrun expressed his enthusiasm for the final with a bullish comment , “We are a team of members with strong Monster Strike. I haven’t realized it yet, but I want to win the championship with the same momentum in Makuhari.”

Leader [LMB]. Arisu said, “Because each member has participated in different teams, we have the know-how to win and lose for three teams,
so we would like to make use of that and play a lively match in the finals to win the championship. That’s it! ”

“Monster Grand Prix 2019 Asia Championship” Kanto Qualifying Tournament

・ “Monster Grand Prix 2019 Asia Championship” Official Website:
https://esports.xflag.com/games/grandprix/2019/asiachampionship/

・ “XFLAG eSports” official website:
https://esports.xflag.com/

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