Quarterfinals – Group A was the fifth of eight rounds in Genshin Impact’s Predictive Victory Dynamics event. It opened on October 16, 2026, and its results posted when Day 6 began. Four teams that came out of the Round of 16 met in two simulated battles. You never control any of the units. You read both lineups, place Victory Emblems on the side you expect to win, and your Prediction Score moves with the result. One match went to the favorite. The other went to the team that fewer than a quarter of players backed.
Quick answer: Saurians Are the Cutest beat Little Fungi Clan in Match 1. Mirror Fruity Order beat Unofficial Blazing Beasts Members in Match 2. With 50 Emblems on each winner, the round paid 2,000 and 5,250 points.
Quarterfinals – Group A winners and support rates
When you open Event Details for the round, a Quarterfinals – Group A Results Announcement pop-up lists both pairings before the replays start. By then the event menu has moved on to Quarterfinals – Group B, which is marked as in progress. Group A results stay viewable from that menu after the round closes.
For each team, Support Rate reflects the portion of players who favor it. The team also has a Current Score Multiplier, which climbs when its support share drops. Here are the closing figures for Group A.
| Match | Team | Support / multiplier | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Match 1 | Saurians Are the Cutest | 58% / ×40 | Won |
| Match 1 | Little Fungi Clan | 42% / ×50 | Lost |
| Match 2 | Mirror Fruity Order | 23% / ×105 | Won |
| Match 2 | Unofficial Blazing Beasts Members | 77% / ×30 | Lost |
Before the battle is resolved, Support Rate becomes fixed. The percentages and multipliers displayed near the start of a round’s countdown may shift before that happens.
Match 1: Saurians Are the Cutest vs. Little Fungi Clan
Both teams reached the quarterfinals as underdogs. In Round of 16 – Group A, Saurians Are the Cutest beat Frostarm and Shaman Formation with only 12% support. Little Fungi Clan beat The Mysterious Howl Crew with 26%. Their rematch was close in the polls at 58 to 42. The two lineups, though, could hardly be more different.
| Unit | Level | Max HP | ATK |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sappho Amidst the Waves | 80 | 123,000 | 19,400 |
| Winged Cryoshroom | 80 | 92,000 | 9,200 |
| Floating Anemo Fungus | 80 | 110,000 | 8,300 |
Sappho Amidst the Waves is the Saurian side’s lone fighter. It hits more than twice as hard as any single fungus. The Little Fungi Clan answers with numbers: Winged Cryoshrooms, Floating Anemo Fungus and Floating Hydro Fungus. The fight came down to whether one heavy hitter could outlast a crowd. Long battles add their own pressure, because both sides start losing HP steadily once a fight drags on. The Saurian unit held out, and the Prediction Successful screen confirmed the win.
Match 2: Mirror Fruity Order upsets Unofficial Blazing Beasts Members
Match 2 matched Treasure Hoarders against Eremite mercenaries. Mirror Fruity Order fields Treasure Hoarder Scouts, a Treasure Hoarder Pyro Potioneer, a Treasure Hoarder Handyman and an Eremite Desert Clearwater. In the Round of 16 it beat Elemental Dye Experts with a mostly Ranged roster. Unofficial Blazing Beasts Members brings an Eremite Galehunter and an Eremite Scorching Loremaster, who summon beasts onto the field. The Eremite side got here by beating Rude-a-Lot, Hats-a-Not, and it carries one known weakness: its summoners are briefly stunned when their summons are defeated.
Players backed the Eremites 77 to 23. The Treasure Hoarders won anyway, which paid the event’s largest Group A multiplier, ×105, to anyone who called it. Anyone who backed the favorite saw a Prediction Unsuccessful screen. Even so, the losing 50-Emblem pick still returned a consolation score of 500.
Prediction Score payouts for Quarterfinals – Group A
Each round hands out a fixed pool of Victory Emblems, and you can split them across the two matches however you like. A winning pick pays the Emblems placed multiplied by that team’s Score Multiplier. A losing pick no longer pays nothing. In Group A, 50 Emblems on the losing side returned 500. These are the four possible outcomes for a 50-Emblem stake in each match.
| Picks (50 Emblems each) | Match 1 | Match 2 | Round Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saurians + Mirror Fruity | 2,000 | 5,250 | 7,250 |
| Saurians + Blazing Beasts | 2,000 | 500 | 2,500 |
| Little Fungi + Mirror Fruity | 500 | 5,250 | 5,750 |
| Little Fungi + Blazing Beasts | 500 | 500 | 1,000 |
The two favorites were the most common pairing, and that combination produced a Round Score of 2,500. The round summary screen lists both outcomes alongside that total. Each match’s own result screen shows the Score Multiplier and Score Earned, so you can check exactly what landed.
Rewards tied to the Group A round
Predictive Victory Dynamics has two reward tracks, and both are claimed from the event menu rather than the match screens. Full Participation Rewards pay out for submitting a prediction, win or lose. Because Group A is the fifth round, a player who has entered every round reaches the five-round tier here.
| Participation objective | Reward |
|---|---|
| Participate in the current round | 20 Primogems, 20,000 Mora |
| Participate in 3 rounds total | 40 Primogems, 40,000 Mora |
| Participate in 5 rounds total | 60 Primogems, 6 Sanctifying Unction |
Prediction Score Rewards unlock at cumulative thresholds of 8,000, 10,000, 12,000, 14,000, 16,000 and 20,000. The 8,000 tier pays 40 Primogems, 40,000 Mora and two Sanctifying Unction. A player who entered Group A with 9,750 points and banked the 2,500-point favorites result crossed two tiers at once. The 10,000 and 12,000 rewards include Primogems, Mora and Hero’s Wit. Each round’s window lasts 24 hours, and there is no catch-up entry for a missed round.
Quarterfinals – Group B and the remaining schedule
Saurians Are the Cutest and Mirror Fruity Order are through. The other half of the quarterfinals is Quarterfinals – Group B, which opened on October 17 and is in progress now. Both of its matches are rematches of Round of 16 winners, and both lean 70/30 in player support.
| Round | Unlock date | Matchups |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterfinals – Group B | October 17, 2026 | Reserve Grenadier Squad vs. A Little Chubby Crisis; What Does the Ninken Say? vs. Round-and-Frost Assault |
| Semifinals | October 18, 2026 | Not yet set |
| Final Showdown | October 19, 2026 | Not yet set |
Group A has already shown that a 77 percent favorite can lose. The 23 percent side paid more than three times what the favorite would have. Support Rate measures how players voted, not how likely a team is to win, and the Treasure Hoarders made that difference worth 5,250 points to anyone who looked past the poll.
