DRX vs KRU Esports - Valorant Champions 2024: Prediction, where to watch, and more

The DRX vs KRU Esports match on August 2, 2024, will kick off Day 2 of Valorant Champions 2024. The former arrives as the second seed from the Pacific League, while the latter is the third seed from the Americas. This is the first game of Group A, which also includes EMEA's Fnatic and China's Bilibili Gaming. The winner will get one step closer to being declared the world champion for 2024 and taking home $1,000,000.

This article covers everything you need to know about the DRX vs KRU Esports clash at Valorant Champions 2024, from predictions to livestream details.

Note: Some aspects of this article are subjective and reflect the author's opinions.

Everything you need to know about the DRX vs KRU Esports match at Valorant Champions 2024

Prediction

The match between DRX and KRU Esports leans heavily towards the Korean squad. Not only are they the home team, guaranteeing them a majority (if not the entire crowd's support), but they have also been more consistent throughout Stage 1 and Stage 2 of VCT Pacific 2024.

KRU Esports has been the definition of feast or famine, winning all but one of its Stage 1 games and losing all but one series in Stage 2. The only way it prevails against the well-oiled machine that DRX is if players like keznit and heat pop off.

Also read: Valorant Champions 2024: All teams' power rankings

Head-to-head

This will be the first DRX vs KRU Esports match in Valorant history. The squads haven't faced each other before.

Recent results

Going into the DRX vs KRU Esports game at Valorant Champions 2024, the former has a W-W-L-W-W record. This includes games against DetonatioN FocusMe, Talon Esports, Gen.G, Paper Rex, and Gen.G (the second time at the Pacific League Stage 2 Grand Final).

KRU Esports has amassed a W-W-L-W-L record from its last five matches. The team grabbed two wins against Cloud9, a loss against Leviatan, a win against 100T, and finally, a second loss against Leviatan that ended its Stage 2 playoffs run.

Potential lineups

DRX

Kang "BeYN" Ha-bin
Yu "BuZz" Byung-chul
Kim "MaKo" Myeong-kwan (IGL)
Jung "Foxy9" Jae-sung
Cho "Flashback" Min-hyuk
Pyeon "termi" Seon-ho (Head Coach)

KRU Esports

Fabian "Shyy" Usnayo
Angelo "keznit" Mori
Olavo "heat" Marcelo
Nicolás "mta" González
Marco "Melser" Amaro
Jorge "Atom" Sierro (Head Coach)

When and where to watch DRX vs KRU Esports at Valorant Champions 2024

The match between DRX and KRU Esports will take place at the COEX Artium, Seoul on August 2, 2024. Here is a breakdown of the start times in different timezones:

US (West): 1 am PT (August 2, 2024)
US (East): 4 am ET (August 2, 2024)
Berlin, Madrid, Paris: 10 am CEST (August 2, 2024)
India: 1:30 pm IST (August 2, 2024)
China: 4 pm CST (August 2, 2024)
Japan and Korea: 5 pm JST/KST (August 2, 2024)

Here are the links to the English broadcast sites:

DRX vs KRU Esports on YouTube: Watch here
DRX vs KRU Esports on Twitch: Watch here

If you are interested in the remaining matches for today, check out the complete Valorant Champions 2024 schedule.

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