Team Heretics vs Gen.G - Valorant Champions 2024: Prediction, where to watch, and more

The Team Heretics vs Gen.G Group Stage match in Valorant Champions 2024 is set to begin soon. Team Heretics entered the event as the #3 seed from the EMEA region whereas Gen.G was the #1 seed from the Pacific. This Bo3 (Best-of-three) will determine which team will secure the first playoff spot at the year's ultimate VCT event.

Sixteen teams are going head-to-head in the Group Stage right now, battling for the title of Valorant world champions. Out of the sixteen, eight teams will make it to the playoff stage, where the winner of Valorant Champions 2024 will be crowned.

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

Team Heretics vs Gen.G - Which team will make it to the Playoffs in Valorant Champions 2024?

Prediction

Team Heretics has looked great throughout the 2024 season. By getting top three finishes in almost all of the events, they have proved themselves as one of the strongest teams this year. Every player on this team is highly talented, and with the full roster finally together, Heretics has a very good chance of winning Valorant Champions 2024.

Gen.G is arguably the best team at this Champions event. This squad has not only managed to get top-three finishes at every event but also won three events this season, including Masters Shanghai. Gen.G's first match at Champions was against Masters Madrid winner, Sentinels, which looked almost flawless. This is definitely something of concern for the other teams.

This upcoming Team Heretics vs Gen.G matchup favors the latter as they have looked better so far in the tournament. However, Team Heretics cannot be underestimated and certainly has the potential to make things very close.

Head-to-head

These teams have faced each other only once before, which was in the Grand Finals of VCT Masters Shanghai. Gen.G won this Bo5 (Best-of-five) encounter with a 3-2 scoreline.

Recent results

Team Heretics' most recent match was against FunPlus Phoenix in Valorant Champions 2024 where they won the Bo3 series by 2-1.

Gen.G's most recent match was against Sentinels in the same event, where they won the Bo3 series by 2-0.

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)

Gen.G

Byeong "Munchkin" Sang-beom (IGL)
Kim "t3xture" Na-ra
Kim "Meteor" Tae-O
Kim "Lakia" Jong-Min
Kim "Karon" Won-tae
Kang "solo" Geun-Chul (Head Coach)

When and where to watch Team Heretics vs Gen.G

Fans can watch the Team Heretics vs Gen.G match on the official YouTube and Twitch channels of VCT and Valorant, respectively. The match will begin on August 6, 2024, at 1 am PT/10 am CEST/1:30 pm IST/5 pm KST.

Here are the links:

Team Heretics vs Gen.G on YouTube: Watch here
Team Heretics vs Gen.G on Twitch: Watch here

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