Forecast FaZe Clan - Evil Geniuses
We continue to review the Valorant Champions Tour 2022 Last Chance in North America. Today we will talk about a couple of notorious teams: FaZe Clan and Evil Geniuses. They will face each other in the quarterfinals of the upper bracket. The match will take place on August 5 in bo3 format.
FaZe Clan form
Refresh the memory of the team. Since the beginning of 2022, the team has played mainly at small local tournaments: YFP Winter Classic - 3-4th place, Knights Gauntlet Circuit Monthly - 3-4th place, Proving Grounds $20k - 1st place.
They did not succeed with Tier 1 events: having missed the qualifications for the first and second Masters, and the tournaments themselves, the players cannot qualify for the World Championship. At the moment, “Phazes” occupy the 4th position in the overall rating with 75 points.
Let me remind you that last year the team was not able to take part in the championship, finishing the Valorant Champions Tour 2021 Last Chance in 7-8th place.
FaZe Clan roster
- babybay
- dicey
- flyuh
- supamen
- poised
Since March of this year, the roster has undergone some changes. LarryBanks and POACH sat on the bench, instead the organization invited: supamen and poised as players, and zecK as an assistant coach. In addition, Mas took over as an analyst, and Shanks, a former member of Rise, became a team streamer.
FaZe Clan Map Statistics
- Bind 65% for 55 matches
- Haven 60% in 56 matches
- Split 57% in 37 matches
- Ascent 63% in 73 matches
On most of their maps, the team plays better on defense: Bind 57% of wins in defense vs. 54% in attack, Haven has almost equal values of 55% of wins for defense and 54% for attack, Split 58% of wins for the defense side vs. 44% for the side attacks, Ascent 58% wins defending and 54% attacking.
Most played heroes in the last 60 days: babybay - Neon (272), Chamber (106), dicey - Chamber (310), Sage (106), flyuh - Sova (239), Breach (177), supamen - Viper (201)), Astra (133), poised - KAY/O (357), Fade (38).
Evil Geniuses form
The next member of the pair, the situation is no better. The only achievement for 2022 is the second place in the local NSG: Summer Championship. Considering that the team was formed in 2021, and since the beginning of its creation it has been playing mainly in class C tournaments, it becomes clear that the team is too early for the World Cup.
Unlike their rivals, Genii took part in the past NA Challengers Stage 1 and 2 qualifiers, but unfortunately for the players, 5th-6th and 11th-12th places did not bring the team the opportunity to play at Masters Copenhagen and Reykjavik.
Evil Geniuses line-up
- Boostio
- reformed
- jawgemo
- C0M
- Apotheon
The last changes in the roster took place at the end of April this year. Former team captain Pho said goodbye to the club and YaBoiDre was bought out by NYFU. The departed players were replaced by: former member Akrew C0M, and Apotheon, who previously played for Renegades. In addition, the organization signed Stewie2K as a streamer a few days ago.
Evil Geniuses Map Statistics
- Bind 61% over 36 matches
- Split 68% in 56 matches
- Ascent 56% in 73 matches
- Icebox 69% in 59 matches
On their maps, the team plays better on the offensive side: Bind 54% of wins in attack vs. 53% in defense, Split 56% of wins in attack vs. 53% of defenders, Icebox 60% of wins in attack and 51% in defense, defense dominates on Ascent 58% against 47% for the offensive.
Most popular heroes in the last 60 days: Boostio - Chamber (164), Cypher (24), Reformed - KAY/O (61), Sage (50), jawgemo - Jett (132), Raze (56), C0M - Sova (132), Breach (40), Apotheon-Viper (111), Astra (40).
Match prediction
FaZe Clan look stronger than their opponents, as evidenced by their position in the overall standings of North America, so my vote is for them.
Result: FaZe Clan wins.
