NAVI captain ANGE1 believes EMEA should advance past Omega bracket at VCT LOCK//IN

After a lackluster start to the VCT LOCK//IN tournament, the 2023 season, and the VALORANT partnership era, the EMEA region is looking to rebound in the Omega bracket. And while NAVI in-game leader Kyrylo “ANGE1” Karasov admitted a lot can happen given the dangerous format, he has high hopes that the top tier of EMEA teams will show out.

“I feel like us, Fnatic, and Liquid are strongest rosters on paper for now.” ANGE1 said in the pre-bracket press conference. “Unfortunately we’ve all been drawn into the same bracket so we can’t see a [European] final. But who knows how it’s going to go? Single-elimination bracket, 32 teams, new meta, new maps, new agents. It’s going to be a bit random, but I feel like it should be a [European] team winning this part of the bracket.”