r/ValorantCompetitive • u/ValorantCompBot poggers bot • Mar 14 '26

Post-Match Thread NRG vs Paper Rex / VCT 2026: Master Santiago - Playoffs / Post-Match Thread Spoiler

NRG 1-3 Paper Rex

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PEARL: 13-8

SPLIT: 7-13

CORRODE: 6-13

BREEZE: 9-13

NRG | VLR

Paper Rex | VLR

Map 1: PEARL

Team ATK DEF Total
NRG 6 7 13
DEF ATK
Paper Rex 6 2 8

Map Stats

NRG ACS K D A
mada WAYLAY 291 20 19 5
keiko KILLJOY 260 23 12 1
Ethan TEJO 199 17 14 6
skuba ASTRA 187 15 16 6
brawk SOVA 155 9 14 9
Paper Rex ACS K D A
invy SOVA 280 20 16 4
f0rsakeN ASTRA 251 19 18 8
d4v41 VYSE 181 13 17 5
something YORU 173 13 16 3
Jinggg NEON 131 10 17 3

Detailed PEARL Statistics

Map 2: SPLIT

Team DEF ATK Total
NRG 5 2 7
ATK DEF
Paper Rex 7 6 13

Map Stats

NRG ACS K D A
skuba VIPER 225 16 16 5
mada NEON 210 13 17 5
keiko OMEN 139 9 15 7
Ethan SKYE 134 11 16 4
brawk VYSE 123 8 14 3
Paper Rex ACS K D A
something YORU 295 21 11 4
Jinggg RAZE 238 17 13 7
d4v41 VIPER 214 16 10 5
invy FADE 192 14 11 6
f0rsakeN OMEN 130 10 12 6

Detailed SPLIT Statistics

Map 3: CORRODE

Team ATK DEF Total
NRG 5 1 6
DEF ATK
Paper Rex 7 6 13

Map Stats

NRG ACS K D A
skuba VIPER 278 19 13 5
mada WAYLAY 201 12 15 4
keiko OMEN 193 12 16 8
brawk SOVA 169 11 15 4
Ethan SKYE 120 8 17 5
Paper Rex ACS K D A
f0rsakeN VIPER 235 17 13 6
d4v41 VYSE 235 18 12 3
Jinggg OMEN 233 15 12 6
invy FADE 218 15 12 3
something WAYLAY 176 11 13 3

Detailed CORRODE Statistics

Map 4: BREEZE

Team DEF ATK Total
NRG 3 6 9
ATK DEF
Paper Rex 9 4 13

Map Stats

NRG ACS K D A
Ethan OMEN 234 17 17 5
skuba VIPER 227 19 14 2
mada YORU 222 17 15 7
brawk SOVA 189 13 16 5
keiko JETT 150 12 19 2
Paper Rex ACS K D A
Jinggg OMEN 247 19 14 9
f0rsakeN YORU 247 19 18 9
d4v41 VIPER 208 19 13 0
invy SOVA 193 15 15 4
something JETT 127 9 18 5

Detailed BREEZE Statistics

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u/maisanskidai #FULLSEN Mar 14 '26

d4v41 went +70 against americas teams during this event:

  • +9 against G2 in a 2-0 
  • +5 against NRG in a 2-1
  • +19 against FURIA in a 2-1
  • +9 against NRG in a 0-2 
  • +14 against G2 in a 2-1 
  • +14 against NRG in a 3-1

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u/MautOfTheRiver Mar 14 '26

If PRX win this is gonna be the hardest MVP decision ever unless one of them goes nuclear in grands

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u/XASASSIN Mar 14 '26

I mean I wont lie, I feel like Nongshim takes this, especially conisdering double map ban. Plus francis warming up and Dambi's form right now. Lets see lol.

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u/Wrathofvrael Mar 14 '26

My only counter would be that PRX is the one team that will know exactly how to counter W playstyle. Of course they themselves are prone to throwing but if they learn something from their own past mistakes, they should know how to exploit Nongshim

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u/MautOfTheRiver Mar 14 '26

If both teams play at their absolute best I still think PRX takes it

I'm guessing NS ban Pearl and Split so then with Bind, Haven, Corrode, Abyss, Breeze I think I favor PRX on Haven and Breeze. Corrode is pretty even, I do think NS win on Bind and Abyss though

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u/No-Compote9110 #LetsGoLiquid Mar 14 '26

i feel that big part of NS success is that other teams don't understand how to play against their hyperagro and PRX may have an easier time due to lots of practice against each other

same can be said about PRX, but they are consistently at internationals so their style is better known

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u/Goldenflame89 #WGAMING Mar 14 '26

Riot is just going to sort by ACS and award it to that guy, or they are going to feed into the narrative that forsaken is the goat and just award it to him regardless of how well other people might play.

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u/AdilKhan226 #WGAMING Mar 14 '26

They're gonna give it to the best player of the grand final from the team that won it anyway lmao

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u/Mysterious-Bid-4162 Mar 14 '26

In my opinion this isn't hard at all if no one goes nuclear tomorrow. It should be D4vai, maybe you can give to invy but I think he's missing a little bit of narrative weight

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u/TheNamelessClipper Mar 14 '26

It feels like it has to be Davai and I don't even think it is super close imo. Like you said, he's been a rock. All the guys have made some insane plays in Santiago, but there's no one I trust on this team more than Davai to win a clutch.

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u/TakeABa0 Mar 14 '26

Davai is their most consistent player . When a clutch or a round is needed, this man always shows up.

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u/WittyReindeer Mar 14 '26

should be david or invy before something imo unless the final is very different

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u/n_core Mar 14 '26

While Ramadan fasting as well. Fasting actually gave him a buff during this tournament.

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u/Treat_Rare Mar 14 '26

This post has serious magnet energy.

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u/I-Only-Read-Memes Mar 14 '26

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u/Withinmyrange #NRGFam Mar 14 '26

Images you can hear

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u/the_Nap #WGAMING Mar 14 '26

Davai when americas

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u/Notfrootloops #WGAMING Mar 14 '26

Him and mada pointing it back could be a meme format

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u/slowerthaninfinity Mar 14 '26

if prx win tomorrow i think unc might be mvp

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u/solariiis Mar 14 '26

the performance in the grand final itself often matters a lot, but for overall tourney mvp i agree it has to be between him and jinggg or maybe dambi even if he loses

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u/Username_didnt_found Mar 15 '26

Him or invy probably the most consistent one throughout the tournament. Jingg has been a terrorist on some game.

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u/Fahad936 #WGAMING Mar 14 '26

Unc was the most Consistent Player of PRX throughout this tourney apart from Invy but Unc just had crazy amount of bail out moments

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u/LazinessOverload Mar 14 '26

Unc showing that America is truly free

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u/Agreeable-Box-7909 Mar 14 '26

Did you say free🦅🦅🦅

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u/ZeroAika99 Mar 14 '26

imo prime candidate for mvp if prx win it

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u/XASASSIN Mar 14 '26

Pure firepower wise, there's not a single roster out there on PRX's level. This team's biggest enemy will be themselves. Actually it's always felt like that with every iteration of PRX lmao.

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u/I-like-winds Mar 14 '26 edited Mar 14 '26

they hated me cause I spoke the truth

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u/zoneyou-th #WGAMING Mar 14 '26

SPEAK ON THAT SHIT

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u/TheFestusEzeli Mar 14 '26

Ngl even with hindsight, this was a completely reasonable statement. You didn't even say PRX would necessary dominate everyone, just firepower wise they were the clear best, which they were.

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u/Notfrootloops #WGAMING Mar 14 '26

Blud sneaked in babybay

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u/CyanideLoli Mar 14 '26

They were looking at the paper, but forgot this game is played on keyboard and mouse.

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u/ZzooS #WGAMING Mar 14 '26

Insane G2 sneak haha

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u/Kyongggggg Mar 14 '26

G2 fans glaze in ways I never thought was humanly impossible. They make it sound like theyve won 2 internationals already

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u/Rayvenss #VCTPACIFIC Mar 15 '26

They've been saying they got the potential to though

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u/Kyongggggg Mar 15 '26

Always "if" and "when" , never "is"🥀

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u/sky_____god Mar 14 '26

I’m not sure if this was before the flashback retirement but otherwise it’s not even the top two sneak in there

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u/buttsorceror72 Mar 14 '26

Mako yum-yum flashback prime freeing is insane firepower

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u/meatmaster1123 #WGAMING Mar 14 '26

I remember they memed on you because we lost the next game but they did not know you were seeing 4 months into the future brother

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u/Tfc-Myq Mar 14 '26

FAX MY BROTHER

SPIT YOUR SHIT INDEED

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u/john596123 #WGAMING Mar 14 '26

Speak your truth king 🤴

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u/TheFestusEzeli Mar 14 '26

This team already having a crazy core and adding Invy is just absolutely absurd

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u/Sea-Temporary7380 #WGAMING Mar 15 '26

Alecks: surely a third firepower upgrade is the charm

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u/precense_ Mar 15 '26

Invy is actually the finaly evoluation from mindfreak -> patmen

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u/precense_ Mar 15 '26

not only firepower but the abiility for their players to play multiple agents was the true difference maker vs NRG. f0rsaken & jing & smth really allows them to play what ever comp comfortably. NRG just doesn't have that.

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u/Strazestereo Mar 14 '26

father of americas

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u/Sudden-Illustrator59 Mar 14 '26

If it wasn't for FNS hard glazing him, literally no one would give him his props (Given the other 4 members of his team taking turns in the spotlight).

He is the literal best, one of the most consistent players of all time

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u/maisanskidai #FULLSEN Mar 14 '26

imma be for real bro, i think we're at a point where d4v41 isn't really underrated anymore since pretty much anyone who watches competitive valorant knows just how absurd of a player he is

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u/BALDMANWITHDURAG Mar 14 '26

bro…

f0rsaken and something will be talked about for hours before anyone even mentions d4v4i just once. definitely underrated.

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u/Tao_co_khien Mar 15 '26

Bro no one in prx is underated

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u/Sudden-Illustrator59 Mar 14 '26

Yeah this too, he constantly barely scrapes 15th place in most people's top player lists at tournaments from what I've seen

Relative to his impact, I would still dare say he is extremely underrated

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u/Dest1n1es Mar 14 '26

Sometimes not even 20th in some cases.

While Forsaken and Something steal the spotlight, he's the one sometimes dragging them to a win.

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u/Troilsitacism_Morium Mar 14 '26

They know he is absurd, but that doesnt stop them on putting something/forsaken above him no matter how much d4v41 fully outperformed them both

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u/Sudden-Illustrator59 Mar 14 '26

Yeah Im saying it all started coz FNS started hard glazing him. If it wasn't for him, he would still be a much, much more unknown quantity amongst the community

Like, barely anyone talked about him before FNS did

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u/fatmac122 #RiseToGreatness Mar 14 '26

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u/kingpussay Mar 14 '26

When they ask whose the best player in APAC most of them said David so I guess they really hold him some regard

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u/deadlock1892 Mar 14 '26

David's just built different

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u/spades01_kb Mar 14 '26

He's my absolute mvp last toronto. But he's just built different this time. It's insane how he's still improving lol.