VCT Americas Kickoff Predictions – Sentinels Favoured Again?
After a long offseason with multiple roster moves, it’s tough to put a finger on the VCT Americas Kickoff. Accordingly, we’re taking a closer look and predicting who we think will make it to Masters Bangkok.
VCT Americas Kickoff – Tournament Odds
Before we dive into our predictions, here’s a reminder of how the tournament outright VALORANT odds look like for VCT Americas Kickoff:
| VCT Kickoff 2025: Americas Teams | Tournament Outright Odds |
|---|---|
| Sentinels | 4.00/+300 |
| G2 Esports | 4.00/+300 |
| NRG | 4.35/+335 |
| Leviatan Esports | 8.00/+700 |
| 100 Thieves | 11.0/+1000 |
| KRU Esports | 13.0/+1200 |
| MIBR | 14.0/+1300 |
| Evil Geniuses | 21.0/+2000 |
| LOUD | 34.0/+3300 |
| Cloud9 | 34.0/+3300 |
| FURIA Esports | 41.0/+4000 |
| 2GAME Esports | 67.0/+6600 |
Odds accessed 10/01/25, liable to change.
Let’s look at the top teams and decide whether we agree with GG.Bet‘s ranking of the competition.
Sentinels – Huge Roster Changes
For those unaware, Sentinels is the most popular VCT Americas team in the region. Last season, the organization backed up its popularity as one of the best VALORANT teams with a historic win at VALORANT Masters Madrid and a fourth-place finish at VALORANT Champions 2024.
Despite a great season, the Sentinels roster parted ways with “TenZ” and “Sacy” who both retired from competing after long careers. In their stead, two new players were signed:
- Sean “bang” Bezerra – arguably the best VALORANT player on 100 Thieves last season, “bang” was one of the best Controllers in the world last season.
- Marshall “N4RRATE” Massey – it’s hard to target his epic run with Karmine Corp last season where they won the VCT EMEA Kickoff 2024 and he was noted to be a star player.
Having just finished second at the pre-season SEN City Classic, Sentinels are definitely favourites.
NRG – Back in Business?
Once upon a time, NRG was on top of the VALORANT world at VALORANT tournaments.
Last season though was very poor from the roster, finishing 9-10th at VCT Americas Stage 1 and 8th at VCT Americas Stage 2. Clearly, change was desperately needed.
Halfway through the 2024 season, NRG brought back “FNS” and “s0m” to bolster the team but it wasn’t enough.
In addition, the off-season saw the departure of established players “Demon1” and “crashies” from the team, replaced with younger talents of “made” and “Verno”.
Although there were questions about the talent, after winning both the SEN City Classic and SOOP VALORANT League in the past month, this team is looking very strong.
G2 Esports – A New Superstar
Last season, G2 Esports was a well-oiled machine and one of the most consistent teams in the world with the following finishes:
- 2nd @ VCT Americas Stage 1
- 3rd @ VCT Masters Shanghai
- 2nd @ VCT Americas Stage 2
- 7-8th @ VALORANT Champions
Following a huge season after promotion from VCT Ascension, this roster has stuck together with one exception.
Indeed, addressing a lack of pace and ferocity, G2 has backtracked on their experimental signing of “icy”. In his stead, they managed to secure a legendary signing with the world champion, Alexander “jawgemo” Mor.
Recently, the new roster also won the Spotlight Series Americas 2024, which showed off some of the roster’s potential.
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