Entity took the 2023 Diwali Battle on a position-points tiebreak

The Upthrust Esports Diwali Battle 2023 closed with its LAN finals on November 7 and 8 at the Koramangala Indoor Stadium in Bengaluru. Sixteen teams played fourteen matches across the two days, with eight invited sides and eight qualified sides sharing the lobby. The event carried a prize pool of thirty five lakh rupees, and the full competition had run from October 17.

Entity Gaming finished first on 149 points, level with Blind Esports, and took the trophy on position points after both sides also matched each other on chicken dinners. Entity managed 51 finishes and 98 position points against Blind's 82 finishes and 67 position points. Global Esports finished third on 133 points, four ahead of Team Soul on 132, while Orangutan took fifth on 128 and Gods Reign sixth on 125.

The awards list spread the recognition around. Blaze of Gods Reign was named MVP, NinjaBoi of Global Esports took the Dominator award, Jonathan of GodLike Esports was the High Impact Player, Justin of Gladiators Esports won Lifesaver of the LAN, Admino of OR Esports was the Immortal Player, Aquanox of Gods Reign the Selfless Player, and Team Soul collected the Fan Favourite Team award after 45,000 of 66,000 fan votes.

InsideSport's points table put OR Esports and GodLike Esports joint seventh on 105, Midwave Esports ninth on 101 and Team 8Bit tenth on 100. Revenant Esports, Gujarat Tigers, Team Tamilas, Gladiators Esports, Team PSYCHE and Team X Spark filled the rest of the order. The organiser never published the prize distribution, so only the total pool is recorded here.

Upthrust Esports Diwali Battle 2023 grand finals ended with Team Soul fourth on 132 points and Orangutan fifth on 128, behind Entity Gaming and Blind Esports on 149 each. Gods Reign finished sixth on 125 points. Entity Gaming won the trophy on placement points, 98 against 67, after both finalists also matched on three chicken dinners each.