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We are in full swing preparing for the most important and largest VALORANT championship in 2023 - Valorant Champions 2023. The main event of the summer will take place in Los Angeles.
Battles at VALORANT Champions 2023 will begin with the group stage, which will be held at the Shrine Expo Hall. 16 teams, divided into 4 baskets, play for place in the play-offs.
Today we are talking about Group C, one of the most predictable quartets. The first match of the basket is a battle between NRG and Bilibili Gaming.
The top American club will take on their Chinese counterparts on the home stage. It is expected to be a very predictable match, and yet, this is Champions - anything can happen here.
We will analyse which of the teams will be more worthy to win this match and play for the play-offs in the next match, and who will have to play the match of a lifetime.
Going forward.
NRG Form
We open the match analysis with an analysis of NRG's form. In this duel they are the favourites.
The bookmakers are unanimously on the side of NRG. The odds for the hosts to win the Champions 2023 are at around 1.1.
An absolute rout on paper has every chance of coming true. Still, NRG are far more experienced and better equipped than Bilibili Gaming to play on the big stage.
NRG began their rise to the top of the world VALORANT in 2022. That was a tough year for the American club.
During the 2022 season the team took part in a lot of local tournaments and only occasionally made it to the podium. The main achievement was Top 4 at VCT 2022: North America Stage 2 Challengers.
In 2023, the performance increased. They started the year with an appearance at Brazil's LOCK//IN Sao Paulo, where they finished in the Top 8.
Next up was a surge on the home stage. In May they reached the finals of VCT 2023: Americas League, where Ledge and more experienced LOUD.
The last event before VALORANT Champions 2023 was VCT Masters 2023 Tokyo. At the first international event of the season NRG reached the top 4, but were defeated by Paper Rex.
- NRG lineup: s0m, FNS, crashies, Victor, ardiis, ethos .
The latest addition to the team is ethos. The 24 year old American joined NRG in March this year and has played with NRG in the American league and at Masters Tokyo.
NRG Mappool
The most played maps of NRG are Haven and Pearl. Both maps have been played 10 times each, but the former has 80% wins and the latter has 60 wins.
Then there are Bind and Split, with 8 matches and 63% of wins on each. Then there's Lotus (8 matches, 50% wins).
Going bad on Ascent. There's 7 matches there, but 43% wins.
Bilibili Gaming form
We continue the match analysis with the analysis of Bilibili Gaming's form. In this match they play second number.
Bookmakers do not believe in the success of BLG. The chance of victory of the Chinese club is estimated by the figure around 7, and even higher.
There is no need to be surprised by this state of affairs. Bilibili is a newcomer to tournaments of this class.
Before reaching Champions 2023, Bilibili Gaming played exclusively on the home stage. At the same time, often Ledgeali more status compatriots.
Playing on the professional scene began at the beginning of the year with an appearance at the FGC Valorant Invitational. Then Bilibili Gaming took the top 10, which is difficult to call a decent result.
In May 2023, Bilibili Gaming jumped into the top 2 of the FGC Valorant Invitational 2023: Act 2. Ledgeili EDward Gaming in the finals, and that's an indicator.
- BIlibili Gaming lineup: whzy, rin, Kai, Knight, Yosemite, LostMe, Biank .
We got to Champions 2023 thanks to VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: China Qualifier. They met EDward Gaming again in the grand finals and lost again, but they made it to Champions 2023 and that's the main thing.
Mappool Bilibili Gaming
The most pickable players are Haven (17 games, 47% wins) and Lotus (15 matches, 67% wins).
Ascent (12 games, 67% wins) and Pearl (10 games, 60% wins) are also in the pool.
Among the weak peaks are Fracture (43% wins with 7 matches). Breeze are not playing.
History of head-to-head rivalries
Previously the teams have not played each other in official matches. This match will be their debut.
Predicted result of the match NRG - Bilibili
NRG and Bilibili Gaming are teams of different weight category. I believe in the rapid progress of China, but for now it is too early for BLG to claim the high places of international events. Moreover, most likely they will not make it out of the group, but NRG is the second contender to make it to the play-offs.
The Americans should close the series 2-0 in their favour without any difficulties.
Outcome: 2-0 win for NRG.
