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Challengers 2026: North America ACE Stage 1

Playoffs: Lower Round 2

Monday, February 23

4:00 PM EST

Patch 12.02

final

2 : 0

vs.

Bo3

SAD ban Split; NRGA ban Bind; SAD pick Breeze; NRGA pick Corrode; SAD ban Abyss; NRGA ban Pearl; Haven remains

Betting

$100 on SaD Esports returned $171 at pre-match odds

1.71 SAD odds pre-match

Streams

Valorant NA

VCL Americas (YT)

VODs

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Maps/Stats

Logs (Soon)

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Breeze PICK

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		R	ACS	K	D	A	+/–	KAST	ADR	HS%	FK	FD	+/–
welyy SAD		1.33 1.21 1.56	267 236 330	17 10 7	/ 11 7 4 /	5 5 0	+6 +3 +3	89% 100% 67%	170 158 193	32% 40% 22%	1 0 1	2 0 2	-1 0 -1
stellar SAD		1.30 1.39 1.13	212 225 187	13 10 3	/ 10 6 4 /	6 3 3	+3 +4 -1	83% 92% 67%	145 136 162	27% 25% 33%	2 2 0	0 0 0	+2 +2 0
payne SAD		1.29 1.60 0.67	204 256 101	13 12 1	/ 9 5 4 /	6 2 4	+4 +7 -3	72% 83% 50%	147 184 72	35% 31% 60%	1 1 0	0 0 0	+1 +1 0
zaj SAD		0.97 0.81 1.28	163 163 165	11 7 4	/ 12 9 3 /	3 3 0	-1 -2 +1	72% 83% 50%	109 117 93	39% 38% 43%	3 3 0	4 3 1	-1 0 -1
Jerrwin SAD		0.94 1.17 0.48	198 235 124	13 11 2	/ 12 7 5 /	3 2 1	+1 +4 -3	67% 75% 50%	136 157 94	28% 30% 22%	3 2 1	2 1 1	+1 +1 0

		R	ACS	K	D	A	+/–	KAST	ADR	HS%	FK	FD	+/–
Ange NRGA		0.89 1.39 0.64	205 223 196	11 4 7	/ 14 3 11 /	7 1 6	-3 +1 -4	83% 67% 92%	136 162 123	28% 36% 24%	0 0 0	1 0 1	-1 0 -1
Shondex NRGA		0.87 1.01 0.80	194 195 195	14 5 9	/ 12 3 9 /	3 0 3	+2 +2 0	78% 100% 67%	131 125 134	31% 44% 26%	2 1 1	1 0 1	+1 +1 0
renz NRGA		0.85 0.72 0.91	185 191 183	14 5 9	/ 14 4 10 /	1 0 1	0 +1 -1	67% 67% 67%	114 97 123	30% 60% 22%	1 1 0	3 2 1	-2 -1 -1
chloric NRGA		0.83 0.92 0.79	168 141 182	8 3 5	/ 13 3 10 /	5 0 5	-5 0 -5	67% 67% 67%	111 94 120	25% 25% 25%	3 2 1	2 0 2	+1 +2 -1
geeza NRGA		0.55 0.64 0.51	122 133 117	7 3 4	/ 14 4 10 /	4 2 2	-7 -1 -6	61% 67% 58%	79 93 72	23% 8% 40%	2 0 2	3 0 3	-1 0 -1

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		R	ACS	K	D	A	+/–	KAST	ADR	HS%	FK	FD	+/–
welyy SAD		1.07 1.69 1.33	269 216 341	36 18 18	/ 26 15 11 /	12 7 5	+10 +3 +7	76% 83% 67%	184 149 230	24% 40% 16%	2 1 1	3 1 2	-1 0 -1
stellar SAD		1.30 1.04 1.18	193 207 169	27 18 9	/ 25 13 12 /	17 8 9	+2 +5 -3	76% 79% 72%	133 126 141	31% 31% 31%	4 2 2	1 0 1	+3 +2 +1
zaj SAD		0.91 1.22 1.04	176 156 208	28 14 14	/ 27 16 11 /	5 3 2	+1 -2 +3	67% 71% 61%	122 107 142	39% 37% 41%	7 5 2	6 5 1	+1 0 +1
payne SAD		1.11 0.72 0.95	173 189 142	25 17 8	/ 27 14 13 /	14 6 8	-2 +3 -5	64% 71% 56%	114 129 94	31% 28% 39%	2 1 1	6 4 2	-4 -3 -1
Jerrwin SAD		1.09 0.73 0.94	196 223 159	28 19 9	/ 28 16 12 /	10 6 4	0 +3 -3	60% 67% 50%	135 148 119	29% 34% 24%	5 3 2	6 2 4	-1 +1 -2

		R	ACS	K	D	A	+/–	KAST	ADR	HS%	FK	FD	+/–
Shondex NRGA		1.23 1.30 1.27	251 228 282	43 16 27	/ 25 10 15 /	3 0 3	+18 +6 +12	74% 78% 71%	171 154 183	30% 41% 23%	8 5 3	3 1 2	+5 +4 +1
chloric NRGA		1.40 0.90 1.11	212 252 193	28 15 13	/ 27 10 17 /	14 6 8	+1 +5 -4	74% 78% 71%	149 171 132	28% 30% 25%	4 2 2	4 0 4	0 +2 -2
Ange NRGA		1.17 0.67 0.89	172 183 156	22 11 11	/ 29 11 18 /	16 6 10	-7 0 -7	71% 67% 75%	110 121 102	28% 42% 20%	1 0 1	2 1 1	-1 -1 0
geeza NRGA		0.43 0.81 0.65	138 117 158	19 7 12	/ 32 15 17 /	10 5 5	-13 -8 -5	62% 56% 67%	95 82 105	30% 24% 35%	7 2 5	6 2 4	+1 0 +1
renz NRGA		0.60 0.66 0.64	135 133 124	20 9 11	/ 31 13 18 /	5 2 3	-11 -4 -7	62% 61% 63%	86 84 87	20% 23% 19%	2 1 1	5 4 1	-3 -3 0

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Corrode PICK

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		R	ACS	K	D	A	+/–	KAST	ADR	HS%	FK	FD	+/–
welyy SAD		1.34 0.92 1.75	270 195 346	19 8 11	/ 15 8 7 /	7 2 5	+4 0 +4	67% 67% 67%	194 139 249	20% 40% 14%	1 1 0	1 1 0	0 0 0
zaj SAD		1.10 1.01 1.18	188 149 229	17 7 10	/ 15 7 8 /	2 0 2	+2 0 +2	63% 58% 67%	132 98 166	38% 36% 40%	4 2 2	2 2 0	+2 0 +2
stellar SAD		1.10 1.20 0.99	174 190 160	14 8 6	/ 15 7 8 /	11 5 6	-1 +1 -2	71% 67% 75%	123 116 130	36% 41% 30%	2 0 2	1 0 1	+1 0 +1
Jerrwin SAD		0.93 1.02 0.85	194 212 177	15 8 7	/ 16 9 7 /	7 4 3	-1 -1 0	54% 58% 50%	135 140 131	29% 38% 24%	2 1 1	4 1 3	-2 0 -2
payne SAD		0.69 0.63 0.75	142 122 162	12 5 7	/ 18 9 9 /	8 4 4	-6 -4 -2	58% 58% 58%	89 74 105	27% 20% 33%	1 0 1	6 4 2	-5 -4 -1

		R	ACS	K	D	A	+/–	KAST	ADR	HS%	FK	FD	+/–
Shondex NRGA		1.57 1.34 1.81	307 245 370	29 11 18	/ 13 7 6 /	0 0 0	+16 +4 +12	71% 67% 75%	200 168 233	29% 39% 20%	6 4 2	2 1 1	+4 +3 +1
chloric NRGA		1.33 1.64 1.01	255 307 204	20 12 8	/ 14 7 7 /	9 6 3	+6 +5 +1	79% 83% 75%	177 210 144	29% 31% 26%	1 0 1	2 0 2	-1 0 -1
Ange NRGA		0.88 1.07 0.69	139 163 116	11 7 4	/ 15 8 7 /	9 5 4	-4 -1 -3	63% 67% 58%	91 101 81	28% 47% 14%	1 0 1	1 1 0	0 -1 +1
geeza NRGA		0.72 0.33 1.12	154 110 199	12 4 8	/ 18 11 7 /	6 3 3	-6 -7 +1	63% 50% 75%	107 76 138	34% 35% 33%	5 2 3	3 2 1	+2 0 +2
renz NRGA		0.48 0.54 0.41	85 105 66	6 4 2	/ 17 9 8 /	4 2 2	-11 -5 -6	58% 58% 58%	64 78 51	13% 12% 14%	1 0 1	2 2 0	-1 -2 +1

Head-to-head

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Saikko

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get shondex on an actual team 😭

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shawtytofu

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2-1 either side

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SAD stops choking and 2-0 NRG Academy

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Dris

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Shondex 💩

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Linardinssssss

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Chl0r0c 😹

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GenGPaidActors

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11 8... 11 13. Nice matchfixing academy team.

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tdmcsgo

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Ahahahah
Vlr always throw again
11 odds on SaD

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Lose 4v2 in 11 11 kekw

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lmao imagine betting on tier 2

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austyns

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idk how an academy team is both geeza and ange. I could see 1 and then some upcomers but both is wild

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geeza has been sucking some ass

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no one talks about how bad renz has been on duelist lol

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Monsteiur

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sen might pull an nrg move like last year

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keep geeza, shondex, and chloric. Find a replacement for the rest and yall got a winning team fr.

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