NRG Esports vs FURIA Preview and Predictions – VCT 2023 Americas League

The Week 6 of VCT Americas will end with the first-ever NRG Esports vs FURIA matchup in Valorant

Even though NRG are the favorites of this series with a 3-3 record in this event, FURIA are sitting above them in the standings with a 4-2 history. Considering the North American’s loss against MIBR in the 3rd week, winning against FURIA seems even more out of their hand. Here’s what we think will happen from this exciting Best of 3.

NRG Esports

NRG are currently the second-best North American roster at this event after beating 100 Thieves last week. And it was not just any win; it was a 13-3 stomp from crashies and s0m on the second map, which helped NRG finish the series in a 2-0. However, winning against FURIA will require FiNESSE to avoid the mistakes made against MIBR, one of which was putting ardiis on Killjoy.

Players

Austin “crashies” Roberts

• Role: Sentinel/Initiator
• VLR Rating: 1.05
• Average Combat Score: 202.3
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.07
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 74%
• Average Damage per Round: 133.5

Ardis “ardiis” Svarenieks

• Role: Flex
• VLR Rating: 1.07
• Average Combat Score: 231.0
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.14
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 72%
• Average Damage per Round: 147.5

Victor “Victor” Wong

• Role: Controller/Sentinel
• VLR Rating: 1.02
• Average Combat Score: 221.1
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.04
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 72%
• Average Damage per Round: 140.6

Pujan “FiNESSE” Mehta

• Role: Initiator
• VLR Rating: 0.88
• Average Combat Score: 174.0
• Kill/Death Ratio: 0.85
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 69%
• Average Damage per Round: 114.7

Sam “s0m” Oh

• Role: Controller
• VLR Rating: 1.04
• Average Combat Score: 219.5
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.09
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 72%
• Average Damage per Round: 138.9

Player to Watch

ardiis

FURIA

The 0-2 loss against Cloud9 didn’t set FURIA back too much as they looked strong as ever last week fighting against MIBR. Their Duelist player, dgzin, has been the winning factor in a lot of FURIA’s matches, and there’s no doubt that he’ll be posing a big threat to the North Americans! 

Players

Leonardo “mwzera” Serrati

• Role: Flex
• VLR Rating: 1.10
• Average Combat Score: 261.5
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.24
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 73%
• Average Damage per Round: 164.8

Gabriel “Quick” Lima

• Role: Sentinel/Controller
• VLR Rating: 1.00
• Average Combat Score: 209.7
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.01
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 70%
• Average Damage per Round: 131.7

Khalil “Khalil” Schmidt

• Role: Controller/Sentinel
• VLR Rating: 1.06
• Average Combat Score: 193.0
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.05
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 73%
• Average Damage per Round: 125.5

Matheus “mazin” Araújo

• Role: Initiator/Controller
• VLR Rating: 0.95
• Average Combat Score: 191.9
• Kill/Death Ratio: 0.96
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 70%
• Average Damage per Round: 123.4

Douglas “dgzin” Silva

• Role: Duelist
• VLR Rating: 1.03
• Average Combat Score: 233.6
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.11
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 70%
• Average Damage per Round: 142.5

Player to Watch

dgzin

VCT 2023 Americas League – NRG Esports vs FURIA Predictions

Considering NRG’s recent ups and downs, this series will likely end with FURIA’s 2-1 victory.

NRG Esports vs FURIA – Head to Head

NRG Esports 0 – 0 FURIA

NRG Esports vs FURIA – Maps

• Map 1: Pearl
• Map 2: Bind
• Map 3: Haven

NRG Esports vs FURIA – Score

• Map 1: FURIA to win with NRG Esports>10
• Map 2: NRG Esports to win with FURIA<9
• Map 3: FURIA to win with NRG Esports>8

NRG Esports vs FURIA – Top Fragger

dgzin

VCT 2023 Americas League – FURIA vs NRG Esports Match Links

• Twitch 
• YouTube

NRG Esports vs FURIA – Match Time

May 8, 2023 – 12:00 PT // 15:00 ET // 21:00 CEST