SCARZ and Fancy United will meet in the quarter-finals of VALORANT Challengers Ascension 2023: Pacific. Interestingly, there is no bottom set, while the winner will make it to the semi-finals at NAOS Esports.
To be honest, I'm more impressed with the Japanese team in this game, who showed great play in the group stage, suffering just one loss to Bleed eSports.
In turn, Fancy United looked too shaky in the group, and could barely make it into the championship play-offs. In this regard, I would rely on the victory of the SCARZ team, which seems much fresher and more interesting.
SCARZ uniforms
The first team in the Japanese rankings actually failed at VALORANT Challengers 2023: Japan Split 1, finishing only in third place.
However, the Japanese squad did well at the recent VALORANT Challengers 2023: Japan Split 2, which they won safely to qualify for Ascension.
As for their performance in the group stage of VALORANT Challengers Ascension 2023: Pacific, here SCARZ managed to beat Bonkers, Orangutan and Dplus and also suffered a close loss to Bleed eSports.
SCARZ's latest results:
- A 3-2 win over Jadeite.
- A 2-0 win over Bonkers.
- 2-0 win over Orangutan.
- 1-2 defeat of Bleed eSports.
- 2-0 win over Dplus.
SCARZ's best scores:
- Split - 83% wins.
- Ascent - 73% wins.
- Bind - 75% wins.
- Pearl - 62% wins.
- Fracture - 58% wins.
- Haven - 55% wins.
It's worth remembering that the Japanese team usually refuses to take Lotus.
Fancy United uniforms
The fifth team in the Asia-Pacific rankings won both regional championships VALORANT Challengers 2023: Vietnam in the course of the season, without any problems reaching Ascension.
Moreover, the Vietnamese squad confidently qualified for the group stage of the VALORANT Challengers Ascension 2023: Pacific, claiming victories over XERXIA and ONE Team.
However, Fancy United also failed to defeat NAOS Esports and BOOM Esports. In other words, the team has shown nothing in the games against the clear favorites, so there is little prospect of play-offs.
The latest results from Fancy United:
- A 3-2 win over LAZY.
- 1-2 defeat to NAOS Esports.
- A 2-0 win over XERXIA.
- Defeat by BOOM Esports 0-2.
- 2-0 win over ONE Team.
Fancy United's best results:
- Fracture - 100% wins.
- Lotus - 100% wins.
- Haven - 86% wins.
- Ascent - 79% wins.
- Pearl - 70% wins.
- Split - 60% wins.
- Bind - 50% wins.
In turn, the Vietnamese team does not appear on the Lotus card.
SCARZ - Fancy United match statistics
The teams have not met before.
Forecast for the match SCARZ - Fancy United
Based on the performance in the group stage, there is no confidence in Fancy United, which miraculously got into the play-offs, showing not the most confident game.
The Japanese, on the other hand, really surprised and looked on a level playing field. I say more: these guys can fight for a slot, but they still need to get past Fancy United.
Therefore, in this case, I would recommend betting on SCARZ to win.
