Fnatic vs DRX - Valorant Champions 2024: Prediction, where to watch, and more
Fnatic vs DRX will be the second match on Day 5 of Valorant Champions 2024 on August 6. Both teams won their initial bouts at the tournament against Bilibili Gaming and KRU Esports, respectively, The winner of today's game is guaranteed a spot in the playoffs, which will take them closer to being declared world champions for 2024 and taking home $1,000,0000.
Fnatic and DRX have remained top teams in their respective regions for a long time, and both have made changes to their roster ahead of Stage 2 of their regional leagues. Notwithstanding those, the squads look strong.
This article covers everything you need to know about the Fnatic vs DRX match at Valorant Champions Seoul, 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 Fnatic vs DRX match at Valorant Champions 2024
Prediction
Last week, both Fnatic and KRU met opponents who were far worse than them, at least on paper. Fnatic delivered a decisive blow to Bilibili, while DRX pulled off a reverse sweep, going down terribly in the first map of the series.
Overall, Fnatic has had a stronger record since they added hiro instead of Leo ahead of Stage 2. They remained on-point, despite losing arguably their most consistent player. With hiro gaining more on-stage experience, it can be predicted that the lineup will only get more and more solid.
DRX with its new roster is relatively, more volatile, having dropped games to the likes of Rex Regum Qeon in VCT Pacfic Stage 2.
All things considered, today's Fnatic vs DRX game should go the way of the Europeans unless one or more members choke tremendously.
Also read: Valorant Champions 2024: All teams' power rankings
Head-to-head
There have been three Fnatic vs DRX matches in the past, two of which were at the last two iterations of Valorant Champions and the third at Red Bull Home Ground in 2023.
DRX won the Champions encounter in 2022, but Fnatic emerged on top the other two times.
Recent results
Fnatic has been on a nine-match win streak since their loss against FUT Esports at Masters Shanghai. They won their last five games against Bilibili Gaming, Team Vitality (twice), FUT, and Karmine Corp, respectively.
DRX, on the other hand, has a W-L-W-L-W streak against Talon Epsorts, Gen.G, Paper Rex, Gen.G, and KRU Esports, respectively.
Potential lineups
Fnatic
- Jake "Boaster" Howlett (IGL)
- Emirhan "hiro" Kat
- Nikita "Derke" Sirmitev
- Timofey "Chronicle" Khromov
- Emir "Alfajer" Ali Beder
- Chris "Elmapuddy" Tebbit (Head Coach)
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)
When and where to watch Fnatic vs DRX at Valorant Champions 2024
The Fnatic vs DRX match will be streamed live from the COEX Artium, Seoul on August 6, 2024. Here is a region-wise breakdown of the start times:
- US (West): 4 am PT (August 6, 2024)
- US (East): 7 am ET (August 6, 2024)
- Berlin, Madrid, Paris: 2 pm CEST (August 6, 2024)
- India: 4:30 pm IST (August 6, 2024)
- China: 7 pm CST (August 6, 2024)
- Japan and Korea: 8 pm JST/KST (August 6, 2024)
The timings may change slightly depending on how long the Team Heretics vs Gen.G match lasts.
Here are the links to the English broadcast sites:
- Fnatic vs DRX on YouTube: Watch here
- Fnatic vs DRX on Twitch: Watch here
Also check out the complete Valorant Champions 2024 schedule.
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