Team Heretics vs FunPlus Phoenix - Valorant Champions 2024: Prediction, where to watch, and more

Team Heretics vs FunPlus Phoenix is an upcoming Group Stage match of the Valorant Champions 2024, which will be held in Seoul, South Korea. The former qualified for this event as the number three seed from the EMEA league, whereas their opponents entered it as the number two seed from the China league. The victor of this Bo3 (Best-of-three) series will need to win only one more match to proceed to the next stage.

The Valorant Champions 2024 will see a total of sixteen teams from four franchise leagues go head-to-head for the title of World Champion. These squads will first play in the Group Stage to make their way to the Playoffs. It is important to note that both these phases will follow a double-elimination format.

Note: Some aspects of this article are subjective and solely reflect the writer's opinons

Team Heretics vs FunPlus Phoenix - Which team will win this match in Valorant Champions 2024?

Prediction

Team Heretics has been a force to be reckoned with in the 2024 season. The squad has finished almost every event in the top three except the VCT Masters Madrid despite having roster problems. Every player on this team has displayed incredible skill, and the has only gotten better with each event.

Team Heretics have a very real chance of winning Valorant Champions 2024 if they make it past the Group Stage.

FunPlus Phoenix has also improved significantly since the 2023 season. The team was able to finally score its first international win during the VCT Masters Shanghai and has been performing well consistently in this season's regional events. FPX is also among the few teams that have been using interesting Agent compositions.

This match of Team Heretics vs FunPlus Phoenix heavily favors the former, as its performance so far in 2024 has been comparatively better. The latter squad will need to give this series all it's got and to come out on top.

Head-to-head

These two teams have faced each other only once before. This was during VCT Masters Shanghai where Team Heretics won the Bo3 (Best-of-three) series 2-1.

Recent results

Team Heretics' most recent match was against Team Vitality in VCT EMEA Stage 2. The squad lost the Bo5 (Best-of-five) series 1-3.

FunPlus Phoenix's most recent match was against EDward Gaming in the VCT China Stage 2 Grand Final, where the team lost the Bo5 series 2-3.

Potential Lineups

Team Heretics

Ricardas "Boo" Lukaševičius (IGL)
Dominykas "MiniBoo" Lukaševičius
Enes "RieNs" Ecirli
Benjy "benjyfishy" Fish
Mert "Wo0t" Alkan
Neil "neilzinho" Finlay (Head Coach)

FunPlus Phoenix

Zhang "AAAAY" Yang
Zhang "berLIN" Bolin (IGL)
Kale "Autumn" Dunne
Qu "Life" Donghao
Liang "Lysoar" Youhao
Deng "NaThanD" Senqiao (Head Coach)

When and where to watch Team Heretics vs FunPlus Phoenix

Interested readers can watch the match on the official YouTube and Twitch channels of VCT and Valorant, respectively. It will take place on August 1, 2024, at 4 am PT/ 1 pm CEST / 4:30 pm IST / 8 pm KST.

Here are the links:

Team Heretics vs FunPlus Phoenix on YouTube: Watch here
Team Heretics vs FunPlus Phoenix on Twitch: Watch here

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