DRX vs T1 Preview and Predictions – VCT 2023 Pacific Playoffs

The DRX vs T1 match will be the first Best of 5 in the Pacific League, with the winner proceeding to the Grand Final

Both of these squads have already confirmed their journey to Masters and Champions this year, and they are hungry for more as this Best of 5 will let one of them reach the Grand Final of this event. These South Korean rosters’ Regular Season game ended in a 2-0 win for DRX, even though Sayaplayer from T1’s side had one of his best series in that matchup. Therefore, unless the star Duelist gets enough assistance from his teammates, we are likely going to see another domination from MaKo’s crew.

DRX

The Kings of Pacific Valorant faced their second defeat in this League in the Upper Final, where Paper Rex dominated the South Koreans on both maps. MaKo had a slow series in that game, and Foxy9 continued to underwhelm on Duelist roles. Nonetheless, despite these exposed weaknesses, we see DRX winning this Bo5.

Players

Kim “stax” Gu-taek

• Role: Initiator
• VLR Rating: 1.06
• Average Combat Score: 198.0
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.14
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 74%
• Average Damage per Round: 127.4

Goo “Rb” Sang-min

• Role: Flex
• VLR Rating: 1.06
• Average Combat Score: 216.9
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.15
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 73%
• Average Damage per Round: 135.2

Jung “Foxy9” Jae-sung

• Role: Duelist
• VLR Rating: 1.04
• Average Combat Score: 239.0
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.12
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 70%
• Average Damage per Round: 149.7

Byung-chul “BuZz” Yu

• Role: Initiator/Sentinel
• VLR Rating: 1.13
• Average Combat Score: 235.3
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.20
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 73%
• Average Damage per Round: 148.3

Kim “MaKo” Myeong-kwan

• Role: Controller
• VLR Rating: 1.20
• Average Combat Score: 221.5
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.24
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 78%
• Average Damage per Round: 142.4

Player to Watch

MaKo

T1

After eliminating Gen.G and getting their Masters Tokyo spot, T1 are going to face the mightiest team from their region again, with more stakes at hand. Similar to their League Play match, Sayaplayer alone won’t be able to secure a victory, and the rest of the squad must join him to bring a huge upset. 

Players

Son “xeta” Seon-ho

• Role: Initiator
• VLR Rating: 1.09
• Average Combat Score: 194.4
• Kill-Death Ratio: 1.05
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 77%
• Average Damage per Round: 126.8

Byeon “Munchkin” Sang-beom

• Role: Flex
• VLR Rating: 1.05
• Average Combat Score: 225.1
• Kill-Death Ratio: 1.09
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 71%
• Average Damage per Round: 144.3

Ha “Sayaplayer” Jung-woo

• Role: Duelist
• VLR Rating: 1.07
• Average Combat Score: 224.8
• Kill-Death Ratio: 1.14
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 71%
• Average Damage per Round: 144.8

Lee “Carpe” Jae-hyeok

• Role: Initiator
• VLR Rating: 0.93
• Average Combat Score: 173.2
• Kill-Death Ratio: 0.84
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 74%
• Average Damage per Round: 111.5

Joseph “ban” Seungmin

• Role: Flex
• VLR Rating: 1.02
• Average Combat Score: 217.3
• Kill-Death Ratio: 1.06
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 70%
• Average Damage per Round: 137.5

Player to Watch

MaKo

VCT 2023 Pacific Playoffs – DRX vs T1 Predictions

This Best of 5 will go in favor of DRX with a 3-1 victory against T1.

DRX vs T1 – Head-to-Head

DRX 1 – 0 T1

DRX vs T1 – Maps

• Lotus
• Pearl
• Ascent
• Fracture
• Bind

DRX vs T1 Score

• Map 1: DRX to win with T1<10
• Map 2: DRX to win with T1>6
• Map 3: T1 to win with DRX>9
• Map 4: DRX to win with T1>7

DRX vs T1 – Top Fragger

MaKo

VCT 2023 Pacific Playoffs – T1 vs DRX Match Links

• Twitch 
• YouTube

DRX vs T1 – Match Time

May 27, 2023 – 00:00 PT // 03:00 ET // 09:00 CEST