Fnatic and Evil Geniuses will meet in the final of the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: Masters Tokyo top draw. I think everyone is under the impression that someone from this pairing will win the championship.
To be honest, I don't have much faith in the Evil Geniuses fairy tale, as it's about time to run out of surprises. Especially since they are essentially a North American team. And Fnatic are not flimsy, because with their two games showed that clearly ready to take the second LAN-tournament in a season.
In general, it will be interesting to watch The International, but personally I still can't believe in the success of Evil Geniuses - the team turned from meat into a force too quickly. Therefore I would lean on Fnatic to win here.
Fnatic's form
The first team in the European rankings won the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: LOCK//IN São Paulo where they performed with exemplary performance and lifted the trophy.
After that, Fnatic has slowed down a bit as they fell a bit in the play-offs of VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: EMEA League and finished second after losing to Team Liquid.
On the other hand, the European side has already surged ahead of NRG and Paper Rex at the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: Masters Tokyo, where they are yet again very impressive.
Recent Fnatic results:
- A 2-1 win over FUT Esports.
- Victory over Team Liquid 2-0.
- Defeat to Team Liquid 1-3.
- Beat NRG 2-0.
- 2-0 win over Paper Rex.
Fnatic's best scores:
- Lotus - 91% wins.
- Haven - 88% wins.
- Split - 83% wins.
- Fracture - 80% wins.
- Bind - 80% wins.
- Ascent - 67% wins.
It should not be forgotten that the European squad have been consistently turning down Pearl.
Evil Geniuses uniforms
The third team of the North American ranking almost went down in the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: Americas League, but thanks to their opponents they made it to the play-offs and there they got dirty.
Furthermore, Evil Geniuses kept on impressing in the group stage of the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: Masters Tokyo, where they unexpectedly crushed FUT Esports and DRX.
And in the play-offs, the North American squad didn't stick around to beat LOUD and Team Liquid. Moreover, no one believes in the team, but they time after time surprise and beat the favorites.
The latest Evil Geniuses results:
- A 1-3 loss to NRG.
- A 2-0 win over FUT Esports.
- 2-0 win over DRX.
- Beat LOUD 2-0.
- Beat Team Liquid 2-0.
Evil Geniuses top scorers:
- Fracture - 80% wins.
- Lotus - 67% wins.
- Ascent - 67% wins.
- Split - 57% wins.
- Pearl - 50% wins.
In turn, the North American team does not usually appear on the Bind map.
Fnatic - Evil Geniuses encounter statistics
The teams have not met before.
Prediction for the match Fnatic vs Evil Geniuses
I have nothing to say about Evil Geniuses, as the team has already caused a lot of sensations. There is, however, too little logical explanation for that and the North Americans do not show much in the way of methinks.
In general, it seems to me that in the current reality Fnatic should close the tale and send Evil Geniuses to the bottom net. And the North Americans have long been ordered, but they won't settle down.
Therefore, in this case, I would recommend betting on Fnatic to win.
