Sentinels vs NRG Esports Preview & Predictions – VCT 2023 Americas League

The Sentinels vs NRG Esports matchup is a highly anticipated encounter of the second week of VCT Americas

As we head to the second day of Week 2, the North American crowd will see Sentinels face NRG after over a year! Not only that, but these two squads have only encountered each other three times unless you count Optic Gaming. As of right now, NRG Esports are sitting at the bottom of the standings, while Sentinels are enjoying their position in the top 5. 

Credit: Riot Games

Sentinels

The recent role changes worked out pretty well for Sentinels on their first series at this event, and we are guessing they will continue this switch-up of Controller and Initiator duties. Against 100 Thieves, TenZ and zekken played around their teammates, picking up lots of frags and keeping Sentinels in the fight in alarmingly close maps.

Players

Tyson “TenZ” Ngo

• Role: Flex
• The Spike Rating: 1.15
• Average Combat Score: 259.5
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.27
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 72%
• Average Damage per Round: 159.8

Gustavo “Sacy” Rossi

• Role: Controller
• The Spike Rating: 1.19
• Average Combat Score: 230.0
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.28
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 78%
• Average Damage per Round: 149.6

Bryan “pANcada” Luna

• Role: Sentinel/Controller
• The Spike Rating: 1.09
• Average Combat Score: 203.8
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.15
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 75%
• Average Damage per Round: 132.6

Rory “dephh” Jackson

• Role: Initiator/Controller
• The Spike Rating: 1.00
• Average Combat Score: 191.9
• Kill/Death Ratio: 0.96
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 71%
• Average Damage per Round: 125.7

Zachary “zekken” Patrone

• Role: Flex
• The Spike Rating: 1.11
• Average Combat Score: 235.4
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.16
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 73%
• Average Damage per Round: 153.1

Player to Watch

TenZ

NRG Esports

It would be an understatement to say NRG struggled on their first matchup in this event. Leviatán did not give the North Americans any chance, especially on the second map, and it seemed like FNS didn’t have any strategies planned against the Chileans. Hopefully, NRG can turn things around and give us an exciting Bo3.

Players

Austin “crashies” Roberts

• Role: Sentinel/Initiator
• VLR Rating: 1.05
• Average Combat Score: 201.3
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.06
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 74%
• Average Damage per Round: 132.9

Ardis “ardiis” Svarenieks

• Role: Duelist
• VLR Rating: 1.08
• Average Combat Score: 232.7
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.14
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 72%
• Average Damage per Round: 148.4

Victor “Victor” Wong

• Role: Controller/Sentinel
• VLR Rating: 1.02
• Average Combat Score: 220.8
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.04
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 72%
• Average Damage per Round: 140.3

Pujan “FNS” Mehta

• Role: Initiator
• VLR Rating: 0.88
• Average Combat Score: 174.0
• Kill/Death Ratio: 0.85
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 68%
• Average Damage per Round: 114.7

Sam “s0m” Oh

• Role: Controller
• VLR Rating: 1.04
• Average Combat Score: 219.9
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.09
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 71%
• Average Damage per Round: 139.4

Player to Watch

Victor

VCT 2023 Americas League – Sentinels vs NRG Esports Predictions

Sentinels wins the series with a 2-1 scoreline against NRG Esports.

Sentinels vs NRG Esports – Head-to-Head

Sentinels 2 – 1 NRG Esports

Sentinels vs NRG Esports – Maps

Map 1: Split

Map 2: Fracture

Map 3: Lotus

Sentinels vs NRG Esports – Score

Map 1: Sentinels to win with NRG Esports<10

Map 2: NRG Esports to win with Sentinels>11

Map 3: Sentinels to win with NRG Esports>12

Sentinels vs NRG Esports – Top Fragger

TenZ

VCT 2023 Americas League – Sentinels vs NRG Esports Match Links

• Twitch 
• YouTube

Sentinels vs NRG Esports – Match Time

April 9 – 12 pm PT // 3 pm ET // 8 pm CET