A lot of prime VALORANT gamers have proven up and delivered on the primary massive stage of the 12 months at VCT LOCK//IN, however by the numbers, one stands head and shoulders above the remainder.
With the Omega bracket portion of the event now wrapped up, a large hole between NAVI’s Andrey “Shao” Kiprsky and the remainder of the participant area has shaped, notably within the Okay/D statistic. After three matches, Shao is sustaining an unbelievable 2.29 Okay/D, with the following highest belonging to KOI’s Nikita “trexx” Cherednichenko at a 1.70, based on VLR.gg.
Apparently, although, that unimaginable quantity from Shao isn’t as a result of he’s been a killing machine however as a result of nobody’s been capable of kill him up to now on the occasion. Throughout 117 rounds, Shao has solely died a grand whole of 42 instances, leading to a deaths per spherical common far beneath any participant who’s made it this far within the event.
On prime of staying alive, he’s additionally been dependable within the clutch. He has the third-highest clutch profitable proportion of any participant with at the very least 10 makes an attempt at VCT LOCK//IN, behind solely kiNgg and Newzera. This reliability and survivability for Shao leads to an elite metric; 91 % in kill-assist-survive-trade (KAST) score.
Whereas 91 % is the very best on the event, it’s additionally the very best ever at a global occasion. At worldwide VCT occasions final 12 months (Masters and Champions), the highest participant within the KAST metric had round an 80 % score. Shockingly, there are roughly a dozen gamers at VCT LOCK//IN with a KAST % of 80 or greater, and but Shao nonetheless has discovered a method to stand the tallest.
Shao’s excessive numbers do have quite a bit to do with NAVI’s run at VCT LOCK//IN, the place the crew has not dropped a single map and one map in every of their three sequence wins has been gained in a decisive method. If Shao can keep this manufacturing previous Fnatic and thru the grand finals, he’s properly on his method to incomes MVP honors for this event.
