Rikuto is the Dead or Alive 5 Launch Tournament Champion!

Deftly navigating an incredibly challenging gauntlet of high-level Dead or Alive veterans, Rikuto has taken the top spot and been crowned the Dead or Alive 5 launch tournament champion! Put on by the IGN Pro League with backing from Tecmo Koei, the invitational tournament featured an incredible amount of high-level play from all of the competitors, including MASTER, Black Mamba, Vanessa, Chosen1, and of course Rikuto himself. The Grand Finals between Rikuto and MASTER is embedded below and you can view the rest of the matches on IPL's YouTube page. The full tournament is in the Archive link below. Congratulations again to Rikuto and everyone else who came out!​

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First place: Rikuto $7,500
Second place: MASTER $2,000
Third place: Black Mamba $500

Grand Finals:

Archive: IPL

 

Holy crap! RIKUTOOOO! The new Bayman really set you where you needed to be! This is so exciting to me...can't wait to start playing you!

 

Wow he went through Vanessa, Mamba, and Master to take the finals. Really awesome job!

 

Congrats on the victory Rikuto, that Bayman was pretty nasty. Congrats to the rest of the top 3 as well.

 

East coast baby! I knew you was going to win.

 

Congratulations, Rikuto.

 

Congrats, Rikuto!

 

I just finished watching the stream and honestly the tournament was really entertaining plus the overall level was amazing.I really was impressed by Chosen1 and Black Mamba's characters.Good way to rep your favorite one.

But all i have to say is ....Just nerf Rikuto already....

 

Daaaaaam, this is some good knews to log in to! Congrats Rikuto, I knew you had it in you! Everyone, say hello to the new DOA superstar!

 

Wow congratulations Rikuto!

 

I just finished watching the stream and honestly the tournament was really entertaining plus the overall level was amazing.I really was impressed by Chosen1 and Black Mamba's characters.Good way to rep your favorite one.

This is good news that these guys are proving that Brad and Helena are viable even being low tier. The shortest the difference between tiers the better.

 

This is good news that these guys are proving that Brad and Helena are viable even being low tier. The shortest the difference between tiers the better.

I see that they are lacking tools compared to some charcters just like Drdogg stated but apparently with knowledge and dedication it's possible to win.But in the long run this could change Helena and Brad always had the "i don't know how to fight them" factor and they may become too easy to read later.

But who knows even though i am against patches ,TN may consider to tweak them a little to make them more viable.Balance equal to VF5S would be sweet but hard to achieve.I am already happy to see the work TN did.Three different characters in the top 3?I approve.

 

Rikuto is 5 11

Really? I always thought he was smaller.

 

Attaboy Rikuto! Congrats to you and the others!

 

That was killer! Kudos to Rikuto. His Bayman was madness. Loved it!

 

Still trying to figure out what the hell I did.

 

Don't play at innocence. We all saw you in the background before your matches threatening your competition. MASTER looked like you may have poisoned him too after a round or two. Devious man.

 

Don't play at innocence. We all saw you in the background before your matches threatening your competition. MASTER looked like you may have poisoned him too after a round or two. Devious man.

I know where you live, sir.

Not that I would dare imply anything.

 

I know where you live, sir.

Not that I would dare imply anything.

As do I. That's a two way street. I also have a sword. Completely unrelated, that. Just thought it'd sound cool. Not implying anything.

 

As do I.

Well I would hope so. It would make things remarkably difficult to get home from work every day if you didn't.

I have a sword too. And lightsabers. Lightsabers cut through swords.... except in SCIV. That game sucks.

Amy is kind of cute. Which one do you like?

 

Congrats Rikuto. Wish I was there to add to the hype(Lol actually knowing me probably would have been trolling in the background silently).7,500 bones is nice. Wouldn't have minded taken both of those lovely ladies back to the pad though. May the fighting game scene never die.