NAOS Esports and SCARZ will meet in the first semi-final of VALORANT Challengers Ascension 2023: Pacific. It is worth recalling that the Filipino team won the group, but suffered one defeat even there.
In turn, SCARZ also lost once in the group stage, but the day before they secured a confident win over Fancy United. And in terms of play, the Japanese look very good, so these guys can shoot.
In general, the meeting will not be easy, and the opponents are worth each other. And here we have to choose between two good decisions. Still, I'd lean on the three card here, given the stability of NAOS Esports.
NAOS Esports uniforms.
The fourth team in the Asia-Pacific rankings easily won the VALORANT Challengers 2023: Philippines Split 1, but also managed to fail in the Predator Kings of PH 2023.
What's more, the Filipino side also won VALORANT Challengers 2023: Philippines Split 2 and qualified for Ascension.
On the other hand, NAOS Esports were able to edge Fancy United, BOOM Esports and ONE Team in the group stage of the VALORANT Challengers Ascension 2023: Pacific but were only trounced by XERXIA.
NAOS Esports latest results:
- A 3-2 win over Oasis Gaming.
- A 2-1 win over Fancy United.
- A 1-2 loss to XERXIA.
- Beat BOOM Esports 2-1.
- Beat ONE Team 2-0.
NAOS Esports top scorers:
- Split - 100% wins.
- Pearl - 86% wins.
- Ascent - 82% wins.
- Bind - 80% wins.
- Fracture - 75% wins.
- Lotus - 57% wins.
It's worth recalling that the Filipino squad usually gives up on the Split.
SCARZ uniforms
The first team in the Japanese rankings won the last VALORANT Challengers 2023: Japan Split 2 and was able to qualify for the current Ascension.
Coming into the group stage of the VALORANT Challengers Ascension 2023: Pacific, SCARZ defeated Bonkers, Orangutan and Dplus and also suffered a narrow defeat at the hands of Bleed eSports.
Moreover, in the play-offs, the Japanese team has already marked a victory over Fancy United, once again showing a good game. And it seems to me that SCARZ can still contend for a place in the finals.
The latest SCARZ results:
- 2-0 win over Bonkers.
- 2-0 win over Orangutan.
- 1-2 defeat of Bleed eSports.
- 2-0 win over Dplus.
- 2-0 win over Fancy United.
SCARZ's best scores:
- Split - 86% wins.
- Bind - 80% wins.
- Ascent - 73% wins.
- Pearl - 62% wins.
- Fracture - 58% wins.
- Haven - 55% wins.
In turn, the Japanese team tries not to show up on the Lotus card.
Meeting statistics NAOS Esports - SCARZ
The teams have not met before.
Forecast of the match NAOS Esports - SCARZ
An interesting match, where there is no clear favorite. We can say that NAOS Esports seems to be a little stronger, but purely on the game so far the Japanese team is impressive.
On the other hand, the Filipinos also played well in the group stage, for which they earned a direct ticket to the semifinals. And you still have to prove that the team really does deserve to play in the final more than SCARZ.
Therefore, in this case, I would recommend betting on Total at 2.5.
