RRQ Secures Two-Match Win Streak With Upset Against Team Secret
Rex Regum Qeon (RRQ) secured themselves a two-match win streak with their upset against Team Secret in the fourth week of VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: Pacific League.
.@teamrrqofficial has found their winning form tonight. 💪
2-0 against Team Secret and the start of a hot streak!#VCTPacific pic.twitter.com/61DdKJQpuY
— VALORANT Champions Tour Pacific (@vctpacific) April 15, 2023
Following their first win against DetonatioN FocusMe in the previous week, RRQ swept Team Secret 2-0 in the Filipino squad faceoff.
Meanwhile, for Team Secret, this marks the team’s second straight loss in the Pacific League after they got previously swept by Gen.G as well.
“We got sucker punched by [Gen.G and RRQ],” Jim “BORKUM” Timbreza stated in a post-match interview.
When asked how they managed to secure their win streak, Eroll Jule “EJAY” Delfin attributed their win to getting more and more comfortable playing on a stage, just like what RRQ’s team captain, David “xffero” Monangin, revealed last week.
“We are more confident,” EJAY stated in the post-match interview.
RRQ’s confidence was definitely at its peak as it’s reflected by the team’s impeccable performance against one of the tournament favorites to make it to the VCT 2023 Japan Masters.
During the first game on Icebox, Team Secret stayed true to their style for their own map pick as they ran a no-duelist composition with Jayvee “DubsteP” Paguirigan on Killjoy, BORKUM on Viper, Adrian Jiggs “invy” Reyes on KAY/O, Jeremy “Jremy” Cabrera on Sage, and Jessie “JessieVash” Cuyco on his signature Sova. Unfortunately, this composition did not work as the team recorded a pitiful negative kill-death ratio except for BORKUM who recorded a (0) egg.
RRQ heavily controlled the momentum in Game 1, with EJAY punishing an unsuspecting Team Secret with his super aggressive and absurd positioning early on while Hagai Kristen “Lmemore” Yesyurun proved why he was one of the best sentinels in the league with his 24/14/2 KDA as Killjoy. Furthermore, RRQ never lost the lead during this game despite Team Secret’s four-round win streak in the later rounds as it eventually ended 13-10.
In Game 2 at Split, RRQ subbed James “2ge” Goopio to finally call on Emmanuel “Emman” Morales, who last saw action back in their VCT LOCK//IN loss against FUT Esports. His debut in the Pacific League was met with compliments from his fellow Filipino teammate EJAY during the post-match interview.
“Emman is our best Skye-main,” EJAY shared with everyone.
With Emman on the team, RRQ managed to defeat Team Secret on Split by rampaging on the map mercilessly and ending it 13-7. RRQ’s first half ended in a dominant 10-2 scoreline but was immediately met by a Team Secret that refused to lose hope in the second half. Fortunately, RRQ only needed just a few more rounds to win and eventually passed through the finish line by Round 20.
With their ongoing win streak, RRQ now boasts a record of 2-2, just enough to be in the middle of the pack. Meanwhile, despite having the same record, Team Secret is now in the red with a 2-2 record of their own and is currently in danger of missing their chance to get to the VCT 2023 Japan Masters if things continue to go south in the upcoming weeks.
As for their next matches, RRQ will be facing another South Korean juggernaut in T1 for their next matchup next Sunday, April 23, while Team Secret is set to take on DetonatioN FocusMe on the same day.
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