The star participant of Cloud9 revealed Paper Rex are one of many few VALORANT groups he’s weary of on the upcoming LOCK//IN event.
Final night time, Jaccob “yay” Whiteaker, who joined Cloud9 following his stint with OpTic Gaming, said on stream that Singapore workforce Paper Rex can be a troublesome problem due to the unpredictable playstyle they make the most of.
“Dude Paper Rex is sweet, PRX is actually good. They’re one of many groups I don’t wish to face, particularly in this type of format the place it’s one loss and also you’re out. They do some actually loopy comps, and also you form of don’t know what you’re going into,” he mentioned.
Paper Rex are referred to as one of many extra various groups by way of playstyle. Relatively than normal compositions, Paper Rex usually make use of off-meta brokers to pair with an aggressive playstyle.
A notable instance was Jason “f0rsakeN” Susanto utilization of Yoru throughout Paper Rex’s run at main VCT occasions equivalent to Masters Copenhagen, which concluded in July 2022. Paper Rex completed in second place following a 3-2 defeat to FunPlus Phoenix.
“[Paper Rex] is actually unpredictable with the comps they play. Plus, they play very loosely so it’s very exhausting to arrange towards. They might have some actually cool stuff that might catch you off guard. [The] similar goes for us, we’ll have some unpredictable stuff too,” Yay mentioned.
Paper Rex are set to face off towards Cloud9 within the first spherical of the LOCK//IN event on Feb. 15.
