NRG Esports vs Cloud9 Preview & Predictions – VCT 2023 Americas League

The Superweek’s NRG Esports vs Cloud9 game is the North American teams’ encounter after eight months

The first half of the Superweek of VCT Americas ends with a matchup between these two North American squads who last fought each other in last year’s LCQ. While Cloud9 are approaching this game as the favorites, NRG’s FNS is known to have excellent counters against fellow North American players. 

NRG Esports

On their last Bo3 against MIBR, NRG played three close maps and ended up facing an upset from the Brazilian roster. So far, FNS’ squad confirmed only one win in this event, but we think they can dominate another North American team with excellent counter-strats.

Players

Austin “crashies” Roberts

• Role: Sentinel/Initiator
• VLR Rating: 1.05
• Average Combat Score: 201.6
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.06
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 74%
• Average Damage per Round: 133.0

Ardis “ardiis” Svarenieks

• Role: Duelist
• VLR Rating: 1.07
• Average Combat Score: 231.9
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.14
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 72%
• Average Damage per Round: 148.0

Victor “Victor” Wong

• Role: Controller/Sentinel
• VLR Rating: 1.02
• Average Combat Score: 221.0
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.04
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 72%
• Average Damage per Round: 140.4

Pujan “FNS” Mehta

• Role: Initiator
• VLR Rating: 0.88
• Average Combat Score: 173.9
• Kill/Death Ratio: 0.85
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 68%
• Average Damage per Round: 114.7

Sam “s0m” Oh

• Role: Controller
• VLR Rating: 1.04
• Average Combat Score: 220.1
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.10
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 72%
• Average Damage per Round: 139.2

Player to Watch

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Cloud9

Cloud9’s new roster is looking very promising so far into this tournament, with a 5-2 map record. Versus 100 Thieves, C9 didn’t allow the Bo3 to go to a third map as we see leaf return to Duelist roles. Both jakee and runi are carrying their own weights in VCT, even though it is their debut tournament. 

Players

Nathan “leaf” Orf

• Role: Flex
• VLR Rating: 1.12
• Average Combat Score: 247.7
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.15
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 71%
• Average Damage per Round: 157.0

Erick “Xeppaa” Bach

• Role: Flex
• VLR Rating: 1.09
• Average Combat Score: 223.7
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.11
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 75%
• Average Damage per Round: 143.1

Jordan “Zellsis” Montemurro

• Role: Flex
• VLR Rating: 1.12
• Average Combat Score: 228.5
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.13
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 74%
• Average Damage per Round: 146.4

Jake “jakee” Anderson

• Role: Controller
• VLR Rating: 1.00
• Average Combat Score: 218.3
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.01
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 69%
• Average Damage per Round: 143.9

Dylan “runi” Cade

• Role: Initiator/Flex
• VLR Rating: 1.08
• Average Combat Score: 209.6
• Kill/Death Ratio: 1.06
• Kill/Assist/Trade/Survive: 74%
• Average Damage per Round: 140.2

Player to Watch

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VCT 2023 Americas League – NRG Esports vs Cloud9 Predictions

It’ll be a close Bo3 where NRG Esports come out victorious with a 2-0 score against Cloud9.

NRG Esports vs Cloud9 – Head to Head

NRG Esports 0 – 5 Cloud9

NRG Esports vs Cloud9 – Maps

• Map 1: Lotus
• Map 2: Pearl
• Map 3: Haven

NRG Esports vs Cloud9 – Score

• Map 1: NRG Esports to win with Cloud9<10
• Map 2: Cloud9 to win with NRG Esports>10
• Map 3: NRG Esports to win with Cloud9>8

NRG Esports vs Cloud9 – Top Fragger

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VCT 2023 Americas League – Cloud9 vs NRG Esports Match Links

• Twitch 
• YouTube

NRG Esports vs Cloud9 – Match Time

April 23, 2023 – 12:00 PT // 15:00 ET // 21:00 CEST