![]() With only three-fifths of that roster still together and two new players without as much international experience, it’s unlikely LOUD win again. If LOUD had been able to keep their championship roster together, then they would have had a good shot of winning LOCK//IN with the Brazilian crowd cheering them on. How likely is it that a Brazilian team lifts the trophy in São Paolo? However, Fnatic could stumble in their initial matchup against Sentinels, which would suddenly make 100 Thieves’ path to the semis a lot easier. 100 Thieves should cruise to this encounter. Going back to the Omega group, Fnatic and 100 Thieves could face off with a spot in the semifinals on the line. Cloud9 matchup figures to be one of the tougher first-round matchups, and the winner could be the team that ultimately reaches the LOCK//IN semis. That will happen if DRX beat BBL Esports (which they should) and if Paper Rex beat Cloud9 (which is not a gimme). Staying in the Alpha group, Paper Rex and DRX face the unlucky prospect of potentially facing each other in their second matchup. Read more: The top 10 esports orgs in the world in 2022 On paper, NRG should be able to beat the new-look LOUD. Meanwhile, NRG is three-fifths of the old OpTic roster plus their coach and a high-end replacement for Jaccob "yay" Whiteaker in Ardis "ardiis" Svarenieks. After losing Gustavo "Sacy" Rossi, Bryan "pANcada" Luna and their coach, this is not the same LOUD team that won Champions. In the Omega group, NRG should win their first two matchups and then will likely need to beat LOUD to reach the semifinals. Leviatán peaked in the latter half of 2022 and strengthened their roster in the offseason, but they still might not be good enough to beat NAVI. They should be good, but likely lack enough team synergy yet to take down NAVI. ![]() TL no longer have Adil "ScreaM" Benrlitom and Nabil "Nivera" Benrlitom but they added two players from the dominant Gambit team that won Masters: Berlin in 2021. Their biggest hurdles would appear to be Team Liquid and Leviatán. On the Alpha side of the bracket, NAVI appears to have the easiest path to reach the semifinals. However, some should have an easier path through the bracket than the others. The six teams mentioned above are the most likely to win LOCK//IN. Which of the favorites have the easiest/hardest path to the grand final? NRG signed three players and the coach of Masters: Reykjavík champions OpTic Gaming and added the one FunPlus Phoenix player who didn’t sign with NAVI. DRX and Paper Rex were top-five teams last year and didn’t make any roster changes. NAVI signed almost the entire FunPlus Phoenix roster, which won Masters: Reykjavík last year, and added the highly skilled Mehmet "cNed" İpek, who won Champions with Acend in 2021. They won the Red Bull Home Ground #3 offseason tournament in December, beating other partnered Americas and EMEA teams. ![]() 100 Thieves had a strong finish to the year and added Matthew "Cryocells" Panganiban to give the team more firepower. These teams all made minimal to no changes to successful 2022 rosters. In that ranking, there were six teams that stood out as S Tier teams: 100 Thieves, DRX, Fnatic, Natus Vincere, NRG and Paper Rex. Storylines Who are the favorites?įor a full breakdown of the field, check out this ranking of all 32 LOCK//IN teams. The grand final will pit the winner of each group against each other on March 4. The final Alpha and Omega matches will be the tournament semifinals, which will take place March 2 and 3. Read more: VCT LOCK//IN groups, matchups and schedule 22-27 until that side of the bracket is down to two teams. Each of these groups will comprise one side of the 32-team single-elimination bracket. The 32 teams have been divided into two groups: Alpha or Omega. Read more: Biggest esports tournaments of 2023 Read more: The 2023 VCT Americas partner teams’ rosters Sign up for the next Nerd Street tournament! Teams To get you ready for this tournament, here are all the teams competing, the schedule and format and some storylines to watch. ![]() In addition to these 30 teams, two teams from China have been invited to round out the 32-team field. The 10 Americas teams hail from North and South America, the 10 EMEA teams come from Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and the 10 Pacific teams call Asia home.Īll 30 teams will compete at VCT LOCK//IN São Paolo, making it the biggest and most competitive international VALORANT tournament to date. There are 30 teams that Riot Games has chosen to partner with who will compete in one of three top tier international leagues: Americas, EMEA and Pacific. ![]() This year marks the start of a new era for VALORANT esports. ![]()
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