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Gen.G Esports vs DRX Tips & Predictions – VCT 2025 Pacific Kickoff

tit-krajnik
30 Jan 2025
Tit Krajnik 30 Jan 2025
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  • Gen.G Esports vs DRX VALORANT betting preview and picks for Friday, January 31, 2025, in the upper bracket semifinal at VCT 2025: Pacific Kickoff (20:00 KST)
  • Both teams started the 2025 season with a win
  • DRX are not significantly weaker than Gen.G and should not be priced as underdogs
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Gen.G Esports vs DRX Predictions


Gen.G Esports and DRX will face off on Friday, January 31, in the upper bracket semifinals of VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT) 2025: Pacific Kickoff, for the first time since SOOP VALORANT League 2024, when Gen.G won.
  • Gen.G Esports vs DRX Predictions
  • Head to Head
  • Gen.G Esports Form
  • Gen.G Esports Squad & Team News
  • DRX Form
  • DRX Squad & Team News

Gen.G Esports defeated DRX in the middle of December, but lost the previous offseason clash in November, yet are expected to add another head-to-head win on Friday.

This does not sound too wrong, but like Gen.G Esports, DRX have looked great this season and should be in the conversation of the best Pacific VALORANT team.

  • Both teams started the season strong
  • Gen.G looked excellent in the offseason
  • DRX can step up to the challenge

Head to Head


DRX met Gen.G Esports three times this offseason and won two games.

  • DRX 1-0 Gen.G Esports – October 26, 2024
  • DRX 2-1 Gen.G Esports – November 23, 2024
  • Gen.G Esports 2-0 DRX – December 14, 2025

Gen.G Esports Form


Gen.G Esports entered the 2025 VALORANT season as the team to watch, having made some exciting roster changes during the offseason in an attempt to retain their tag as the top squads in the Pacific region.

They have yet to disappoint, having beaten Rex Regum Qeon (2-1) in VCT 2025: Pacific Kickoff upper bracket quarterfinals with a reverse sweep.

While the game was very close, Gen.G played well and showed a lot of good things, namely Kim "Karon" Won-tae, who was the top-rated player on his team, posting a 1.13 performance rating. 

Gen.G Esports Squad & Team News


Gen.G Esports have not made roster changes.

  • Kim "t3xture" Na-ra
  • Kim "Karon" Won-tae
  • Byeon "Munchkin" Sang-beom
  • Chae "yoman" Young-mun
  • Jung "Foxy9" Jae-sung

DRX Form


DRX started the VCT 2025: Pacific Kickoff season with a 2-1 victory against Nongshim RedForce, with 13-11 on Lotus, 6-13 on Pearl, and 13-9 on Fracture. While playing a relatively close series against an Ascension team does not appear too inspiring, the eye test proves that DRX performed well.

On paper, DRX look slightly weaker than Gen.G; however, Gen.G have weaknesses DRX can exploit. As seen, Gen.G do not perform as well if Jung "Foxy9" Jae-sung gets stopped, and DRX are one of the few teams who can accomplish just that.

DRX Squad & Team News


DRX have not announced any roster changes.

  • Kim "MaKo" Myeong-kwan
  • Cho "Flashback" Min-hyuk
  • No "freeing" Ha-jun
  • Song "HYUNMIN" Hyun-min
  • Kang "BeYN" Ha-bin

Verdict

DRX and Gen.G Esports are two of the best teams in VCT Pacific and while you can make an argument for one or the other as the better squad, the reality is that DRX are not that far off Gen.G.

DRX beat Gen.G twice this offseason, and they know their rivals well. So whatever worked for Gen.G so far likely won't work as well this time out.

Admittedly, this works the other way around, but all things considered, this match is closer to a coin toss than what the betting odds suggest.

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