by Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) LOCK//IN 2023 continues on Wednesday, February 15, with the third round of play, and here you can find our best bets for Evil Geniuses vs Team Heretics and Talon Esports vs MiBR.
EVIL GENIUSES vs TEAM HERETICS VCT BETTING & MATCH DETAILS |
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| Best Odds: | EG -102.04 at BetOnline | Heretics -129.87 at BetOnline |
| When: | February 15, 2023 | 14:00 BRT |
| Watch Live: | Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/VALORANT) |
While some teams decided to rebuild their Valorant divisions before the 2023 season, Evil Geniuses added new members. Now fielding a nine-man roster, Evil Geniuses have plenty of options to put together a competitive squad, but that’s only in theory.
Evil Geniuses have a few solid pieces, but their results throughout 2022 speak for themselves. With a fifth-sixth finish at VCT 2022 North America Stage 2 Challengers, their best result of the year, Evil Geniuses aren’t a team anyone will be scared to face. Team Heretics, on the other side, are a bit of an enigma with three new members in Aleksander “zeek” Zygmunt, Ričardas “Boo” Lukaševičius, and Auni “AvovA” Chahade, but on paper, they look much stronger.
Team Heretics didn’t compete in the VCT last season, yet they now field proven VCT talent, including 2021 world champion zeek and two-time Masters finalist AvovA. So even though there are questions of how this roster will fit together, Team Heretics look significantly better than Evil Geniuses.
Team Heretics to win
TALON ESPORTS vs MIBR VCT BETTING & MATCH DETAILS |
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| Best Odds: | Talon +143 at BetOnline | MiBR -192.31 at BetOnline |
| When: | February 15, 2023 | 17:00 BRT |
| Watch Live: | Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/VALORANT) |
Ahead of the 2023 season, MiBR signed former Keyd Stars players in Olavo “heat” Marcelo and Matheus “RgLM” Rodigoli, who linked up with André “Txozin” Saidel and two carryovers from 2022 in Leandro “frz” Gomes and João “jzz” Pedro. Even with the changes, this is not the strongest team in the region, but given the rise of the LATAM Valorant scene, MiBR are not to be underestimated.
Yet the same can be said about Asian teams. We’ve seen X10 Esports and XERXIA do some serious damage on the international stage over the last two years, and that core is now a part of Talon Esports.
Although Talon also field some unproven talent, this roster looks scary and should do well even when faced with top-tier teams. This is a winnable match for MiBR, but at the offered Valorant betting odds, it makes far more sense to back Talon Esports. They look weaker than the Brazilians, but the gap is not as big as the bookmakers’ numbers would suggest.
