Paper Rex Prediction - Guild Esports
The group stage of the VCT 2022 Masters Copenhagen has ended, and now the long-awaited playoffs are starting. It opens with a meeting between representatives of the Pacific region Paper Rex and the European club Guild Esports. Format, as before bo3.
Paper Rex Shape
At the past VCT 2022 APAC Stage 2 qualifiers, the team confidently won. The players finished the group stage undefeated, as a result of which they advanced to the playoffs. However, there were no worthy opponents for them either, the victory in the final of the upper bracket over Team Secret (2-0), and then in the grand final over XERXIA (3-0), determined the champion.
Thanks to the first place in the qualifiers, the team went straight to the playoffs at Masters Copenhagen, bypassing the group stage.
Composition of Paper Rex
- mindfreak
- f0rsakeN
- Benkai
- d4v41
- Jinggg
The last change in the roster took place at the beginning of January of this year, and it was not particularly significant - the shiba who occupied the bench said goodbye to the team. In addition, the team was replenished with a new manager, whose role was taken by JdFaker, a former member of Team SMG and part-time silver medalist of the VCT 2021 Southeast Asia Masters. Separately, I would like to note f0rsakeN, who on his main Chamber more often than others became the best player of the match in the past qualifiers.
Paper Rex Card Statistics
Bind 68% over 60 matches
Haven 73% in 45 matches
Split 70% for 64 matches
Ascent 61% in 54 matches
But on their maps, the team plays well for both sides: Bind 60% of wins in attack and 57% of wins in defense, Haven also has 60% of wins attacking against 55% defending, Ascent values equal to 55% wins for defense and 55% for attack, on Split the defense prevails 63% of victories against 53% for the attack.
Most popular heroes in the last 30 days: Benkai - Breach (99), Fade (83), mindfreak - Viper (143), Astra (63), Jinggg - Raze (224), Sage (41), f0rsakeN - Chamber (125), Neon (84), d4v41 - Chamber (125), Fade (98).
Guild Esports Uniform
Unlike future rivals, the team did not easily qualify for the tournament. In the group stage of the past VCT 2022 EMEA Stage 2 qualifiers, the club performed well, and thanks to the first place in the group, they qualified for the playoffs with a score of 4-1. Then the situation was not so rosy: a series of losses from Fnatic (0-2) in the final of the upper bracket, and after from FPP (0-3) in the final of losers, provided the team with bronze.
The third place allowed the players to qualify for Masters Copenhagen and so far they fully justify their stay here. In the group stage, the players won two matches: against OpTic Gaming (2-0) and KRU Esports (2-1), thanks to which they earned the right to the playoffs.
Guild Esports roster
- Leo
- Sayf
- koldamenta
- Russ
- trexx
As I wrote earlier, the latest changes to the roster have been quite massive. After the departure of draken, Yacine, bonkar at the end of November 2021, the team was replenished with former members of G2 and TENSTAR represented by Russ and koldamenta, who joined the club at the beginning of January 2022. Later, trexx, who previously played for OG, also joined the team.
Guild Esports Card Statistics
Bind 59% over 276 matches
Haven 76% in 46 matches
Split 63% in 41 matches
Ascent 71% in 45 matches
On their maps, the team plays well for both sides: Bind 53% of victories in attack and 52% in defense, Haven 60% of victories in attack against 58% in defense, Split 59% of victories for the defense side and 52% for the attack side, Ascent 63 % of wins in defense and 59% in attack.
Most popular heroes in the last 30 days: Russ - Sage (127), Viper (60), Sayf - Chamber (201), Cypher (30), koldamental - Omen (95), Viper (73), Leo - Sova (97), Breach (90), trexx-Raze (203), KAY/O (54).
Match prediction
It will be interesting to look at the result, because if Paper Rex confidently went to the tournament as winners, then Guild Esports from the last available place in their region. On the other hand, the European team has already played two matches, while their opponents have passed the group stage and sat without tournament practice. Guild will win, I think, but it won't be limited to two cards.
Total Over 2.5
