DRX vs Team Secret Preview and Predictions – VCT 2023 Pacific Playoffs

The DRX vs Team Secret encounter will be the first Upper Semifinal game of the Pacific League

In these two teams’ Regular Season game, DRX faced their only loss as Team Secret brought a big upset against the South Koreans. As a result, this is a chance for MaKo and his teammates to get their revenge, while the Filipinos should be confident as they come from a 2-0 victory from the Upper Rounds. Here’s what we think will pan out from this Best of 3 –

DRX

With MaKo continuing to be the best player in the Pacific League, the South Koreans got a clean victory in their final Regular Season match against T1. However, even though DRX should be fairly confident of winning this game coming from an 8-1 record in this event, their only loss was against Team Secret, making it a nerve-wracking encounter. 

Players

Kim “stax” Gu-taek

• Role: Initiator
• VLR Rating: 1.07
• Average Combat Score: 198.5
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.15
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 74%
• Average Damage per Round: 127.7

Goo “Rb” Sang-min

• Role: Flex
• VLR Rating: 1.06
• Average Combat Score: 218.5
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.16
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 73%
• Average Damage per Round: 136.3

Jung “Foxy9” Jae-sung

• Role: Duelist
• VLR Rating: 1.06
• Average Combat Score: 241.9
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.14
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 71%
• Average Damage per Round: 151.9

Byung-chul “BuZz” Yu

• Role: Initiator/Sentinel
• VLR Rating: 1.13
• Average Combat Score: 235.1
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.20
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 73%
• Average Damage per Round: 147.9

Kim “MaKo” Myeong-kwan

• Role: Controller
• VLR Rating: 1.21
• Average Combat Score: 221.8
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.25
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 78%
• Average Damage per Round: 142.4

Player to Watch

MaKo

Team Secret

Following our prediction for the Upper Round match, Team Secret secured a win against ZETA DIVISION in their first Playoffs match, with JessieVash and DubsteP being the stars behind the 2-0 victory. On their encounter with DRX, they were against not only the most powerful Pacific roster but arguably one of the best Haven team, and the Filippinos did the unbelievable by dominating the South Koreans on Haven. With all these considered, Team Secret have a good chance of bringing another upset in this match.

Players

Jim “BORKUM” Timbreza

• Role: Controller
• VLR Rating: 1.04
• Average Combat Score: 204.8
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.06
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 71%
• Average Damage per Round: 131.5

Jessie “JessieVash” Cristy

• Role: Initiator/Sentinel
• VLR Rating: 1.03
• Average Combat Score: 194.8
• Kill/Death Ratio: 0.99
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 74%
• Average Damage per Round: 131.5

Jayvee “DubsteP” Paguirigan

• Role: Flex
• VLR Rating: 1.06
• Average Combat Score: 226.5
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.14
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 70%
• Average Damage per Round: 145.1

Jeremy “Jremy” Cabrera

• Role: Flex
• VLR Rating: 1.01
• Average Combat Score: 216.7
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.01
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 70%
• Average Damage per Round: 140.5

Adrian “invy” Reyes

• Role: Initiator
• VLR Rating: 1.08
• Average Combat Score: 220.1
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.09
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 73%
• Average Damage per Round: 144.4

Player to Watch

BORKUM

VCT 2023 Pacific Playoffs- DRX vs Team Secret Predictions

DRX will reach the Upper Final with a 2-1 victory against Team Secret in this Best of 3.

DRX vs Team Secret – Head-to-Head

DRX 1 – 1 Team Secret

DRX vs Team Secret – Maps

• Haven
• Ascent
• Split

DRX vs Team Secret Score

• Map 1: DRX to win with Team Secret<9
• Map 2: Team Secret to win with DRX>11
• Map 3: DRX to win with Team Secret>10

DRX vs Team Secret – Top Fragger

MaKo

VCT 2023 Pacific Playoffs – Team Secret vs DRX Match Links

• Twitch 
• YouTube

DRX vs Team Secret – Match Time

May 20, 2023 – 01:00 PT // 04:00 ET // 10:00 CEST