Prediction OpTic Gaming - Team Liquid
We continue to analyze the playoffs of Valorant Champions 2022. Today, representatives of North America - OpTic Gaming will meet with Europeans from Team Liquid, in the third round of the upper bracket quarterfinals. Previously, the teams did not hold face-to-face meetings, and today they will have to determine the strongest in the bo3 format.
Form OpTic Gaming
The team finished the group stage in first place in the table. OpTic players played their first match against the representatives of Indonesia - BOOM Esports. Being the favorite, the team confirmed its title almost without resistance. Breeze's first map was BOOM's choice and it was an equal fight, 10 extra rounds later, OpTic couldn't finish the opponents (16-18). The next two maps were less interesting, representatives of North America easily confirmed their choice of Bind (13-5), and then closed the last map Fracture (13-3) with the same ease.
In the next match, the team met with the Brazilian tops LOUD, and the match was incredibly interesting. The first skirmish took place on Breeze, where the OpTic players lost by almost a twofold gap. Following the team moved to Fracture, here the victory was for the North American team (13-10). The last map was Pearl, and it was a complete rout (13-3), again I would like to note that the map is relatively new, and often choosing it, teams rely more on ignorance of their opponents.
Results of the latest matches at Valorant Champions 2022
- Victory over BOOM Esports - 2:0
- Victory over LOUD - 2:1
OpTic Gaming Card Statistics
- Bind 68% in 76 matches
- Haven 62% in 58 matches
- Split 67% in 48 matches
- Ascent 63% in 87 matches
On their maps, the team plays better on the defensive side: Bind 60% wins in defense vs. 54% in attack, Split 62% wins in defense vs. 49% in attack, Ascent 61% wins on defense vs. the attack prevails 56%, against 52% in defense.
Most played heroes in the last 60 days: Marved - Brimstone (217), Astra (102), yay - Chamber (466), FNS - Breach (170), Viper (210), crashies - KAY/O (180), Skye (157), Victor-Neon (191), Raze (167).
Form Team Liquid
The team played its first match in the tournament against the Chileans from Leviatan, and being the favorite in a dry loss, they lost to Haven (13-10), Bind (13-10), despite the fact that both maps are on the team’s list of the strongest, the Chilean players turned out to be stronger. In the next match, the Chinese from EDward Gaming were waiting for the Horses, and here they showed their advantage. Having easily won the pick of Bind's opponents (13-5), Zhidkie hardly confirmed their choice of Breeze (14-12), where the match ended on additional stages.
The last match of the group stage, the Horses played against the representatives of Japan Paper Rex, and the meeting dragged on for 3 maps. Having fought back with difficulty on their map of Haven (15-13), they could not counter anything on Pearl (4-13). Further, the Liquids were very lucky, the last map was Ascent, where they feel great. A difficult victory on the last map (13-8) led the team to the playoffs.
The result of the latest matches at Valorant Champions 2022
- Victory over Paper Rex - 2:1
- Victory over EDward Gaming - 2:0
- Defeated by Leviatan - 0:2
Team Liquid Map Statistics
- Bind 51% for 53 matches
- Haven 72% in 57 matches
- Split 62% in 45 matches
- Ascent 76% in 41 matches
On their maps, the team plays well for both sides: Bind 55% wins for defense vs. 48% for attack, Split 58% defending vs. 49% attacking, Ascent almost equal values of 59% wins for offense and a little less than 58% for defense, Haven 60% of wins for attack versus 57% for defense.
Most popular heroes in the last 60 days: Jamppi - Chamber (450), Sage (18), ScreaM - Raze (270), Astra (130), Nivera - Viper (285), KAY/O (87), soulcas - Fade (271), Skye (147), dimasick-Sage (119), Omen (159).
Match prediction
The meeting promises to be not too interesting, with the complete dominance of one of the parties. The representatives of North America are very strong, they proved it from the beginning of the season, winning the first Masters Reykjavik, and taking 3rd place at the second Masters Copenhagen. In addition, the victory over LOUD within the group is worth a lot. In turn, I never liked Liquid, given that all three predictions with their participation did not come true. During the season, they performed mediocrely, in addition to this, in the current tournament they won exclusively against weak teams.
Outcome: victory for OpTic Gaming
