Following today's action, which saw the introduction of 1v1 Duel Cards and Extended Mag Cards, the standings have been completely shaken. With three international champions at the bottom of the table and one team already being knocked out of the competition, RE:L0:AD has got extremely spicy.
Keep on reading to know more about what happened in the third round of RE:L0:AD!
FURIA Esports 7-4 Team Secret
Team Secret enjoyed a great start to RE:L0:AD with back-to-back victories against the Brazilian rosters of Team Liquid and LOUD. Unfortunately for the European mix, the popular saying never two without three didn’t apply here as FURIA Esports redeemed Brazil with a rock-solid 7-4 win.
In what was FURIA Esports’ second-ever performance on Lair, the first one since October 2024, the Six Invitational 2024 champions had a rough start as Team Secret got a temporary one-round lead after 1v1 and 1v2 clutches by Noah “NoaUrz” Urwitz and Adrian “Adrian” Tryka, respectively.
Despite the slow beginning to the match, the Black Panthers quickly retook the lead after winning their final three rounds, including a 1v1 clutch by João “Jv92” Vitor. Although the European mix would shorten the distance to just one round thanks to a 1v1 clutch by the Portuguese Lucas “Savage” Alves, the Brazilians ended up taking the win.
With a SiegeGG rating of 1.53 and a perfect KOST, FURIA Esports’ IGL Felipe “FelipoX” Lucia was the best player of the match. So far, he’s RE:L0:AD’s best player with an average SiegeGG rating of 1.49.
Team BDS 7-2 CAG Osaka
After kicking off RE:L0:AD with consecutive defeats against the two last Six Invitational champions, FURIA Esports and FaZe Clan, Team BDS’ newly assembled roster desperately needed the win against CAG Osaka.
Playing on Lair, the French-majority team had a great start to the series as they quickly built a five-round lead. Although the Cyclops managed to win their final defense, it was too late to complete a comeback. After the Japanese surprisingly won their first attack, Team BDS closed out the match with back-to-back successful defenses.
The best players of the match were Team BDS’ duo Jake “Virtue” Grannan and Davey “Freq” Hendricks, who secured SiegeGG ratings of 1.34 and 1.33, respectively. With the same number of kills (9) and the same KOST and KPR (78 and 1.00) the only difference between both players was their SRV, with the Australian’s being slightly better.
Cloud9 8-7 SCARZ
In every Rainbow Six Siege international tournament, there’s an Asian team that’s the target of severe criticism due to a lack of results. Unfortunately, RE:L0:AD’s punching bag has been SCARZ. Before today’s match, the Japanese roster had only won one of the 15 rounds they had played.
However, today’s performance was slightly different. The three-time Japan League champions had an outstanding start on Kafe Dostoyevsky as they won four of their first five attacking rounds. Eventually, Cloud9 made the difference smaller as they won their final defense. Still, conceding four attacks on the Russian map is no good news.
Although the Americans started their attacking half on the right foot after winning their first round, the Japanese quickly reached match point after winning the following two rounds 一 including a 4K by Aoi “Wqsyo1” Tanigawa.
With three match points, it all pointed towards SCARZ’s first win in Brazil. Surprisingly enough, that wasn’t the case. After the Americans forced overtime following three consecutive successful attacks, the Japanese got back to match point after winning their defense. Eventually, Cloud9 drew the scoreboard and ended up taking the victory after winning the final attack of the match.
As Cloud9 had wagered two bullets and used their Extended Mag Card, the Americans instantly climbed to the top of the standings with a total number of 14 bullets. Meanwhile, SCARZ’s defeat meant the Japanese had to play a 1v1 Duel to stay alive in the competition.
To conclude the match, Riku “Rec” Katou and Elian “Kobelax” Rodríguez faced off against on Chalet. Finally, the Japanese claimed the victory, meaning SCARZ would reach the fourth day of competition. As Rec won the three rounds, the Japanese managed to finish the game with three bullets 一 one more bullet than their original tally.
Elevate 7-5 PSG Talon
PSG Talon became the first team to be knocked out of RE:L0:AD after Elevate claimed a 7-5 win after a thrilling game on Bank. Despite the final result, the South Koreans had put the Brazilian roster between a rock and a hard place multiple times, with Elevate’s Mateus “Romeo” Romeo being the team’s saviour.
Elevate’s start to the match saw the Brazilians claiming four of the first five rounds, building a lead that was already difficult to shorten. Although the South Koreans managed to get close to their opponents, Elevate reached match point after Romeo’s 1v1 clutch with Echo. However, as PSG Talon won their next two attacks, the South Koreans seemed close to forcing overtime.
Unfortunately for them, that didn’t happen. After they had planted the defuser, Romeo appeared again: after killing the Montagne in a 1v1 post-plant situation to complete his 4K, the Brazilian had enough time to deactivate the device. Shortly after, Elevate confirmed PSG Talon’s elimination after Ion “ion” Osawa defeated Jeong “Rider” Hyun-seok in a 1v1 Duel.
Wildcard 7-3 G2 Esports
After G2 Esports’ two initial defeats against Spacestation Gaming and BNK FEARX, some people started to think the samurai were just playing some games: reaching the bottom of the standings would allow them to face a weaker side and climb up the standings by using the Extended Mag Card.
Such an idea made sense after the team’s first round against Wildcard. The European-majority roster started the game against Wildcard on the right foot after a well-executed attack to CEO and Meeting. However, this was proven to be a mirage as the Americans ended the half with a provisional 5-1 lead. Although G2 Esports managed to win their initial two defenses, the Americans ended up closing the match after two successful back-to-back attacks.
With G2 Esports being on the brink of elimination, the samurai depended on Roberto “Loira” Camargo as only a win against Wildcard’s Jacob “Bae” Dowling in the 1v1 Duel would allow them to stay alive in the competition. Eventually, the Brazilian’s 3-1 win allowed G2 Esports to reach the fourth day of action with just two bullets.
LOUD 7-2 Fnatic
Today’s most one-sided performance came from the hands of LOUD, who beat Fnatic on Border. The Brazilian powerhouse ran over the European mix after an outstanding start to the game, which saw the roster winning the initial five rounds 一 including a smart 1v2 clutch by Vinícius “live” dos Santos.
Although Fnatic managed to win the following two rounds after live’s sensational play, the Brazilians ended up closing the game shortly after as they won their next two defenses.
Curiously enough, live was the best player of the match with a SiegeGG rating of 1.62. It’s also worth mentioning the performances of Vitor “Peres” Peres and Victor “Daffodil” Pedron, who finished the game with SiegeGG ratings of 1.50 and 1.25, respectively. Meanwhile, Jarkko “Jaksu” Rajala was Fnatic’s best player with a SiegeGG rating of 1.38.
M80 7-5 Team Falcons
Europe’s fourth defeat of the day came in the shape of a Team Falcons loss against M80. The French-majority roster had used its Extended Mag Card to quickly reach the top positions on the standings. However, their defeat today means they will head to tomorrow’s action with only one bullet under their power.
M80 was the leading force throughout most of the game as the Americans finished the first half with a 5-1 lead. On attack, despite matching Team Falcons’ efforts, M80 couldn’t finish the rounds which allowed the Europeans to level the score. Unfortunately for the Six Invitational 2025 grand finalists, a 1v2 clutch by Ayden “dfuzr” Gabari saw the Americans restoring some momentum and clinching the victory one round later.
Statistically-wise, it’s worth mentioning that nobody on Team Falcons managed to end the match with positive SiegeGG ratings, with Stéphane “Shaiiko” Lebleu’s 0.98 being the highest rating in the European lineup. Meanwhile, every player in M80 finished with positive ratings, with dfuzr and Gaven “Gaveni” Black leading the standings.
Team Liquid 8-7 FaZe Clan
Team Liquid claimed the team's first victory against FaZe Clan in over two years. It was a heated game on Lair, which saw the Blue Cavalry claiming the win after coming back from a negative start that put FaZe Clan temporarily 0-3 ahead.
Despite the final result, FaZe Clan had been ahead for most of the match. In fact, Team Liquid's only time ahead was during the overtime, as they forced it after winning their final two regulation time attacks. Eventually, the Brazilians claimed the win against their archenemies.
Although the best players of the match for Team Liquid were Lucas "DiasLucas" Dias and Gabriel "AsK" Santos, Pablo "resetz" Oliveira's two clutches were extremely important to keep the Blue Cavalry alive.
BNK FEARX 7-3 Spacestation Gaming
The big surprise of the day was BNK FEARX taking down Spacestation Gaming on Rainbow Six Siege X's modernized Clubhouse.
All in all, BNK FEARX's performance against Spacestation Gaming has been strong enough to surely scare a couple of teams. After the team's previous wins against CAG Osaka and G2 Esports, winning against a stronger side like Spacestation Gaming should be enough to elevate their status across the best teams in the competition.
However, BNK FEARX's 7-3 win against the astronauts wasn't enough to close out the match. With Spacestation having zero bullets, the 1v1 Duel Card automatically triggered. This means that Liam "Ashn" Paz remained on the stage to fight for the astronauts' lives as he would play against the Fox Park "Mephi" Ju-wan. Eventually, Ashn's victory meant the astronauts would remain alive and compete in Round 4.
Following today's defeat, the Americans currently own two bullets. Surprisingly enough, RE:L0:AD's current bottom three includes three international champions in G2 Esports, Spacestation Gaming, and Team Falcons.
w7m esports 8-6 DarkZero Esports
The Bulls took down DarkZero Esports after a hard-fought victory on Clubhouse. Although the Brazilians were probably the better side on the server, the North Americans put their opponents between a rock and a hard place after three clutches during regulation time — including a 1v1 by Nathan "Nafe" Sharp, a 1v2 by Ben "CTZN" McMillan, and a 1v3 by Zachary "SpiriTz" Dionne.
Eventually, the Brazilians closed out the match after forcing the overtime and winning the final two rounds of the match. The now w7m esports player Luccas "Paluh" Molina was the best player of the game with a SiegeGG rating of 1.52.