{"id":15895,"date":"2021-05-02T07:12:57","date_gmt":"2021-05-02T07:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/vct-eu-challengers-finals-preview-team-liquid-vs-fnatic"},"modified":"2024-07-19T08:45:16","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T08:45:16","slug":"vct-eu-challengers-finals-preview-team-liquid-vs-fnatic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/valorant\/vct-eu-challengers-finals-preview-team-liquid-vs-fnatic","title":{"rendered":"VCT – Team Liquid vs Fnatic: Predictions, players to watch, streams"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been a hectic past few days for Valorant <\/a>fans around the world, as teams from all regions are competing for one of the 10 spots for the first LAN event in the game’s history, Stage 2 Masters<\/a>, set to be played in Iceland.<\/p>\n

Europe, alongside Brazil and North America, has the privilege of being one of the few regions with two spots available for Stage 2 Masters, thus, the match between Team Liquid and Fnatic has less at stake than some other regions, however, there’s still a decent prize pool on the line.<\/p>\n

Who’s the favourite?<\/h2>\n

Just a few weeks ago, both teams faced each other during the Challengers 2 Finals, with Fnatic coming out on top in a relatively close match, as Liquid made Icebox a close affair (13-10) and took map 2, Ascent produced a similar result before Fnatic dominated Bind and Split to close out the series.<\/p>\n

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ScreaM, Team Liquid’s crown jewel (Picture: Team Liquid)<\/span><\/p>\n

Plenty has changed since then, including the patch in which pro Valorant is played, moving from 2.05<\/a> to 2.07<\/a>, which has shaken the meta up pretty significantly, making Viper, a previously bottom-of-the-barrel pick, almost a requirement in certain compositions, with Fnatic and Liquid taking huge advantage of her buffs as they both already featured the controller pretty heavily.<\/p>\n