UNI2 at Evo 2024: Enter the night of anime fights

Eugene Bozhenko

Eugene Bozhenko

Arc World Tour 2024 includes only Platinum qualifiers for UNI2, and the tournament at Evo is one of them.

Under Night In-Birth II [Sys:Celes], or UNI2, has a reputation of a well-balanced game, featuring a great variety of character archetypes with effective offensive and defensive tools. When a discussion arose in the fighting games community (FGC) about the shift towards aggressive offense in certain new games, some prominent personalities openly recommended playing UNI2 to feel the proper balance. We'll be able to see how many people took this advice seriously and practiced enough to play at the UNI2 Evo 2024 tournament.

Under Night has its dedicated community, and this opportunity to see the game in the main Evo lineup is exciting. In addition to this, Evo 2024 UNI2 is an Arc World Tour 2024 qualifier, and a demo of a new character is playable at the event. All in all, we have a great celebration of the Under Night In-Birth series and the people who play it.

Where to watch UNI2 Evo 2024

The top 6 UNI2 brackets stream from Evo 2024 is embedded below.

UNI2 results at Evo 2024

A great thing about this tournament (and this game) is that the top players brought unique characters to the final bracket. The meta is nicely balanced, with lots of opportunities to find the best fighting archetype specifically for you.

Senaru played Eltnum, a versatile character, with a nice range of options. He effectively unleashed the rushdown style, applying constant pressure on his opponents. In the semi-final, Senaru faced Oushuu-Hittou and his Seth. This character has quick and tricky movement, trying to find an opening and then deliver his amazingly high damage. It worked in some moments against Senaru, but Seth is glass cannon, so when he gets a hit, he's quickly close to KO.

In the winners final and grand final of the UNI2 Evo 2024 tournament, Senaru played against Kuon of Mo.Sin, a new character in the series. It's a zoner, with many ranged tools and the flying ability to try and escape pressure.

It felt like M.Sin started to adapt to his opponent only in the second half of the grand final. He delivered great games, including a perfect round, and took the fight to the decisive round. Senaru did not let the bracket reset to happen.

Senaru is a UNI2 Evo 2022 champion. Congratulations!

UNI2 top 6 brackets at Evo 2024 (image via start.gg)
UNI2 top 6 brackets at Evo 2024 (image via start.gg)
Placement
Player
UNI2 character
1SenaruEltnum
2Mo.SinKuon
3NotesCarmine
4Boston Blue Beat | DefiantLondrekia
5-6Oushuu-HittouSeth
5-6MarioWagner
7-8MawaruHilda
7-8BigBlackByakuya

Evo 2024 UNI2 schedule

The Under Night In-Birth II [Sys:Celes] matches start on the first day of Evo. There will be five rounds to determine one champion out of 787 attendees.

Tournament Stage
Date
PT Start Time
ET Start Time
Round 1, 32 poolsFriday, July 1910 a.m.1 p.m.
Round 2, 8 pools Friday, July 195 p.m.8 p.m.
Round 3, 2 poolsSaturday, July 2012 p.m.3 p.m.
Top 24 to top 6Saturday, July 201 p.m.4 p.m.
Top 6Saturday, July 204 p.m.5 p.m.

UNI2 at the Arc World Tour 2024

Three games by Arc System Works are featured in the official league, Arc World Tour 2024, and UNI2 is one of them. Unlike Guilty Gear Strive and Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising, there are no lower-tier qualifiers for Under Night — only Platinum.

This naturally intensifies the competition, as only the winner gets something — a direct invite to the Arc World Tour 2024 Global Finals.

UNI2 has six Platinum AWT events in total.

Event
Date
Location 
Evo Japan 2024 (won by Kyo)April 27Japan
Evo 2024July 19 to July 21U.S.
VSFighting XIIAug. 16 to Aug. 18U.K.
Ultimate Fighting Arena 2024Sept. 13 to Sept. 15France
Climax of Night 6Oct. 25 to Oct. 27U.S.
Frosty Faustings XVIIJan. 23 to Jan. 26U.S.

UNI2 Uzuki demo at Evo 2024

The developers of Under Night In-Birth II [Sys:Celes] have surprisingly long-term plans to add new characters to the game.

  • Uzuki — July 25, 2024
  • Ogre — February 2025
  • Izumi — August 2025

Uzuki is available at Evo 2024 as a playable demo.

Under Night at Evo events

It's the first Evo tournament for UNI2, but the previous game was added to the main lineup in 2019. Clearlamp is the Evo 2019 champion for the game Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st].

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