Im going to be doing all my writeups for past matches now just to get rid of my backlog, and will provide updates with the ongoing matches at the end of the day. Sorry for the delay!
MATCH OUTCOME
Ascent: DRX 19-17 FPX
Breeze: DRX 13-5 FPX
HIGHLIGHT HEAD TO HEADS
Buzz vs Ardiis: buzz and ardiis broke even, going 10-10
stax v shao: stax was 12-8 vs shao
rb vs zyppan: zyppan went 9-6 against rb
THE MAPS, THE ROUNDS, THE FRAGS
-FPX have lost 5 of their last 6 matchups on Breeze, with their only recent win being against PRX in the copenhagen final
-DRX won all 4 pistols
-zest led the server in 2Ks with 10
-stax led the server in 3Ks with 4
-Buzz led the server in 4Ks with 2
-6 players played 2 agents
-the remaining 4 played only 1
ADDITIONAL STATS
-With a scoreline of 19-17, Ascent was the longest international map of Valorant to date
-Zest was 6-1 on openers as Sova on ascent
-zyppan was playing well against buzz, going 14-9 against him
-Ange1 went an abysmal 1-12 against stax
-stax has two 1v2s across the series
-ardiis's 1v3 o_O
LOOKING AHEAD
-FPX are in the lower bracket currently playing against Leviatan, and have won their first map. Should they lose, they will exit champions in 7th-8th
-DRX will play Loud in the upper semi finals tomorrow
ADDITIONAL THREADS
-LOUD vs LEV: https://www.vlr.gg/139437/loud-vs-lev-postmatch-analysis
-groups matches: https://www.vlr.gg/137875/champions-groups-megathread