After defeating KRÜ Esports to end Week 4 of VCT Americas, NRG Esports has not had the ideal start. The squad is currently 2-3. In-game captain Pujan ‘FNS’ Mehta discussed the team’s defeats and the reason they had gone to comfort Agent choices in a post-game interview. NRG, now in sixth position with a 2-3 record, is at risk of missing the playoffs with only four games remaining. Given the international success the team’s core roster experienced in 2022 while representing OpTic Gaming, many people expected them to build on their top-eight performance at VCT LOCK//IN. Following their 2-0 victory over KRÜ Esports on April 25, FNS stated in a post-game interview that the squad was experimenting and trying to play “perfect Valorant” in a style that ultimately cost them games.
After the defeat against Cloud9, he recalled, “The moment we entered our room, I was just like, ‘I have one last solution, just put everyone back in their comfort roles.'” Let’s go back to what we know can work or has worked in the past and play everyone where they are comfortable and then stop being afraid to lose games because we can’t afford to lose any more fun or drop any more points. Because we first played more to avoid defeat than for victory. That, then, was my chosen course of action.
After experimenting with Agents like Killjoy and Sage in earlier games, NRG went back to their original lineups for the match against the Chilean squad, with Ardiis playing Jett. The previous member of FunPlus Phoenix got a series-high VLR rating of 1.42.
NRG’s losing run and strategy to get back on track are explained by FNS
According to FNS, the team overemphasized the strategy aspect of the video game and assigned players to new Agents in an effort to outplay their rivals. He added that this constrained the players and prevented them from giving their most outstanding performances.
“I think towards the end there, especially versus C9 and MIBR, It just felt like we didn’t have instinct plays,” the player remarked. One player stated, “Everyone played like NPC robots, performing their expected actions without attempting to deviate from them.” “We just had no instincts in terms of killer instinct.”
According to the NRG IGL, he essentially put players like Ardiis on “a leash” in terms of what they could accomplish during a match. Sentinels, MIBR, and NRG Esports, are presently tied for sixth position, with three teams, each having a 3-2 record: Leviatán, 100 Thieves, and FURIA. According to FNS, the team will focus on winning as many games as possible to avoid a tiebreaker situation rather than focusing on increasing their round differential, which will determine tiebreakers in the league. We can completely escape it if we win, according to FNS.
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