Team Liquid vs Evil Geniuses Preview and Predictions – VCT 2023 Masters Tokyo

The Team Liquid vs Evil Geniuses encounter will kick off as the first Upper Semifinals game at Masters Tokyo

Liquid, the powerful EMEA roster that recently secured the Grand Final trophy at their VCT League, will face the North American squad that has shifted from its underdog title to being the region’s favorites. This encounter is about to be great, especially seeing the nAts vs Boostio Sentinel battle while both teams’ Duelists pick up frags left and right. Before we lock in our predictions on this game, let’s talk briefly about each group.

Team Liquid

Liquid had to put up their best look against the Chinese dark horse roster EDG, and they barely secured the 2-1 victory. The king of Cypher nAts himself had to plan around KangKang’s aggression, and he will have to do the same against Demon1 in this Bo3. While EG can be an unpredictable team that brings a storm with them, Liquid are pretty good about planning strategies around their opponents’ playstyle, which will make this game a treat to the eyes.

Players

Dom “soulcas” Sulcas

• Role: Flex
• VLR Rating: 0.99
• Average Combat Score: 192.8
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.00
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 73%
• Average Damage per Round: 126.4

Elias “Jamppi” Olkkonen

• Role: Initiator
• VLR Rating: 1.05
• Average Combat Score: 219.3
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.13
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 70%
• Average Damage per Round: 136.0

Ayaz “nAts” Akhmetshin

• Role: Controller/Sentinel
• VLR Rating: 1.11
• Average Combat Score: 225.6
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.22
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 74%
• Average Damage per Round: 143.6

Saif “Sayf” Jibraeel

• Role: Duelist
• VLR Rating: 1.15
• Average Combat Score: 227.8
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.22
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 72%
• Average Damage per Round: 146.7

Igor “Redgar” Vlasov

• Role: Controller
• VLR Rating: 0.94
• Average Combat Score: 173.9
• Kill/Death Ratio: 0.89
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 71%
• Average Damage per Round: 113.9

Player to Watch

nAts

Most Kills 

Sayf

Most First Blood

Sayf

Most Deaths 

Sayf

Evil Geniuses

The North Americans haven’t even lost a single map yet in Tokyo, and they are continuing their Cinderella tale that started back at VCT Americas. Their last match was a huge statement from the roster, which clearly portrayed that this squad can face any of the toughest contenders and come out victorious. Throughout this successful run at this event, jawgemo and Boostio have impressed us a lot, with Demon1 continuing to put fear in the hearts of opposing Duelists. With such an excellent pace, we don’t see this squad losing any time soon.

Players

Kelden “Boostio” Pupello

• Role: Sentinel/Controller
• VLR Rating: 0.99
• Average Combat Score: 223.0
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.06
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 69%
• Average Damage per Round: 143.8

Corbin “C0M” Lee

• Role: Initiator/Controller
• VLR Rating: 1.03
• Average Combat Score: 196.9
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.02
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 73%
• Average Damage per Round: 130.5

Max “Demon1” Mazanov

• Role: Flex
• VLR Rating: 1.12
• Average Combat Score: 240.6
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.27
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 72%
• Average Damage per Round: 158.5

Alexander “jawgemo” Mor

• Role: Flex
• VLR Rating: 1.01
• Average Combat Score: 221.4
• Kill/Death Ratio: 0.99
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 70%
• Average Damage per Round: 142.3

Ethan “Ethan” Arnold

• Role: Initiator
• VLR Rating: 1.05
• Average Combat Score: 205.9
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.04
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 73%
• Average Damage per Round: 132.1

Player to Watch

Demon1

Most Kills 

jawgemo

Most First Blood

jawgemo

Most Deaths 

Demon1

VCT 2023 Masters Tokyo – Team Liquid vs Evil Geniuses Predictions

We have doubted them before, but not anymore – EG will get another 2-0 victory, continuing their reign of power against Team Liquid.

Team Liquid vs Evil Geniuses – Head-to-Head

Team Liquid 0 – 0 Evil Geniuses

Team Liquid vs Evil Geniuses – Maps

• Fracture
• Split
• Ascent

Team Liquid vs Evil Geniuses – Score

• Map 1: Evil Geniuses to win against Team Liquid by +5>
• Map 2: Evil Geniuses to win against Team Liquid by +4>

Team Liquid vs Evil Geniuses – First-Half Score

• Map 1: Evil Geniuses to win against Team Liquid by +4>
• Map 2: Evil Geniuses to win against Team Liquid by +2>

Team Liquid vs Evil Geniuses – Pistol Winners

• Map 1: Evil Geniuses – Evil Geniuses
• Map 2: Team Liquid – Evil Geniuses

Team Liquid vs Evil Geniuses – MVP

jawgemo

VCT 2023 Masters Tokyo – Evil Geniuses vs Team Liquid Match Links

• Twitch
• YouTube

Evil Geniuses vs Team Liquid – Match Time

June 18, 2023 – 20:00 PT // 23:00 ET// June 19, 2023 – 05:00 CEST