FaZe stock went down 2 points, and Faze valorant went down to the lower bracket
LAST MEETINGS AND ROSTER CHANGES
-The last time these teams met was in the upper bracket RO32 in the first opener qualifier, with Guard winning 2-1
-Faze have swapped shotup for supamen, and larrybanks for poised. Guard have not made any roster changes
HIGHLIGHT HEAD TO HEADS
-Dicey vs Sayaplayer: the two star oppers, Dicey was just barely edged out by sayaplayer, going 10-11 against him. Sayaplayer had the better of Dicey this time, going 6-3
-flyuh vs valyn: flyuh went 5-4 against valyn in this matchup, as compared to going 7-8 last time
THE MAPS, THE FRAGS, THE ROUNDS
-Guard have an 80% winrate on icebox, and were 19-5 going in
-Both teams split pistols, winning 2 each
-Valyn had the most 2Ks in the server, with 7
-Sayaplayer had the most 3Ks with 4
-Sayaplayer, neT, dicey, and POISED all had 4Ks
-Seven players in the server had played two agents, the other three only played one
ADDITIONAL STATS
-Sayaplayer went an astonishing 10-0 on op kills throughout the series
-This is the first series Dicey has went negative in since Feburary, a total of 30 series
-All of Guard went positive, and all of Faze went negative
-on Haven, trent had a 94% KAST, suggesting there was 1 round he did not get a kill, assist, survive, or trade
-Guard as a whole went +12 in Faze against openers
-This is the 6th time Icebox has been played in LCQ.
-Split is the only map that has yet to be played (and split is in the map pool for LCQ still)
-I was told that this match had the lowest viewership of all the LCQ matches, but I have no way of confirming this, so take it with a grain of salt.
LOOKING AHEAD
-FaZe will need to win two Bo5s to make champions: one against the winner of C9/100T, and the other against Guard
-Guard only need to win 3 maps to make champions
-Guard have only dropped one map on their way to the upper bracket, with that map being against Sentinels
ADDITIONAL THREADS
SEN v GRD; https://www.vlr.gg/125228/sen-v-grd-facts-and-analysis
EG v FAZE: https://www.vlr.gg/125565/eg-vs-faze-facts-and-analysis
100T vs NRG: https://www.vlr.gg/125647/100t-v-nrg-facts-and-analysis
C9 v SR: https://www.vlr.gg/125697/c9-v-sr-facts-and-analysis
SEN vs SR: https://www.vlr.gg/126259/sen-vs-sr-facts-and-analysis
Faze vs 100T: https://www.vlr.gg/126514/faze-vs-100t-facts-and-analysis
100T vs SEN: https://www.vlr.gg/128288/100t-vs-sen-facts-and-analysis
C9 vs NRG: https://www.vlr.gg/128343/c9-vs-nrg-stats-and-analysis
C9 vs 100T: coming tonight!
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