Match Prediction: Team Heretics - KOI | VALORANT

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Handicap +1.5 (Team Heretics)

Team Heretics and KOI will meet in the quarter-finals of the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: EMEA Last Chance Qualifier. The match features the fact that the losing team will leave and go straight on to prepare for the next season.

To be honest, there's not even a favourite here, as both teams failed in the league's regular season without showing any play. And KOI were a specialist in general, but they lost to their direct rivals with enviable regularity.

All in all, we're in for a battle of truly equal teams, each unlikely to make it to LA. Still, I'd rely on three points here.

Team Heretics form

The 114th-ranked team in Europe finished second at the Valorant India Invitational but also failed at the Red Bull Home Ground #3, failing to qualify for the play-offs.

At the Long Stage of the new season, Team Heretics had a tough game at the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: LOCK//IN São Paulo where they were beaten in the first round by Evil Geniuses.

As for their performance in the group stage of the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: EMEA League, the squad finished eighth, although they only picked up two wins, the same as their next opponent KOI.

Team Heretics' latest results:

A 0-2 defeat to Team Liquid.
A 1-2 loss to BBL Esports.
A 2-0 win over Giants Gaming.
1-2 defeat at the hands of KOI.
0-2 defeat for Team Vitality.

Team Heretics top scorers:

Lotus - 67% wins.
Split - 50% wins.

At the same time, Team Heretics routinely gave up maps Bind.

Form KOI

The 132nd ranked team in Europe similarly failed in the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: LOCK//IN São Paulo, but there Ledgelei NRG in the same first round.

Moreover, KOI was initially not considered a favorite for the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: EMEA League, but started the regular season with a sensational win over Natus Vincere.

However, the European side struggled to keep up, and they quickly found themselves at the bottom of the table. Only in the end the team managed to beat Team Heretics, but they lost their concentration there as well.

KOI's latest results:

A 1-2 defeat to Karmine Corp.
Defeat to BBL Esports 1-2.
A 0-2 loss to Fnatic.
Defeated Team Heretics 2-1.
1-2 defeat by Team Liquid.

KOI's best scores:

Pearl - 100% wins.
Split - 50% wins.

In turn, KOI's team has made the fewest appearances on the Haven map.

Team Heretics - KOI encounter statistics

The teams have met once this season - KOI won the group stage of VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: EMEA League (2-1).

Team Heretics vs KOI

Last time around, the teams played Fracture, Lotus and Ascent and played a rather rip-roaring game that only saw them show something in their spades. Little has changed since then, and in the current circumstances the teams are unlikely to qualify.

Still, Team Heretics and KOI will surely want to find out who is the worst outside the Karmine Corp universe. Oh, and the teams are very similar in terms of capabilities.

Therefore, in this case, I would recommend betting on Total on mapm 2.5 more.