Takedown 2023, Pakistan’s largest international Tekken tournament, concluded yesterday, with Atif Butt dethroning Arslan Ash as champion.
The Pakistani Tekken star advanced to the grand finals, where he defeated the formidable Arslan Ash 3-0. In the finals, Fate’s Atif Butt faced Akuma, while Ash brought his Kunimitsu.
In the final set, both players had two rounds on each other, and it could have gone either way even at the last second. Butt had less life remaining at the end of the final round, but that was just before he hit Ash with a clutch EX Tatsumaki into Raging Demon, ending the set 3-0 and winning the tournament.
It should be noted that there was a scoreboard error in the grand finals. It said that both players had won one match in the set, but Atif Butt ended up going 2-0 before winning another against Ash.
This initially caused some confusion at the tournament, but it was quickly resolved, and Atif Butt was crowned Takedown 2023 champion. He won Rs. 1,000,000, while Ash came in second place and received Rs. 400,000.
Heera from Ashes Gaming finished third and won Rs. 200,000. Dawood Sikandar and Farzeen finished fourth and fifth, respectively. Non-Pakistani players such as AK from the Philippines and ULSAN from Korea finished seventh and eighth, respectively.
