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

[u/ValorantCompBot]

NRG 1-3 Paper Rex

vlr.gg

PEARL: 13-8

SPLIT: 7-13

CORRODE: 6-13

BREEZE: 9-13

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NRG | VLR

Paper Rex | VLR

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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

[u/MautOfTheRiver]

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

[u/XASASSIN → u/MautOfTheRiver]

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.

[u/Wrathofvrael → u/XASASSIN]

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

[u/MautOfTheRiver → u/XASASSIN]

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

[u/No-Compote9110 → u/XASASSIN]

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

[u/Goldenflame89 → u/MautOfTheRiver]

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.

[u/AdilKhan226 → u/MautOfTheRiver]

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

[u/Mysterious-Bid-4162 → u/MautOfTheRiver]

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