DRX and Paper Rex may have both been knocked down to the lower bracket, but these two teams still have a chance to win it all, and that starts by winning against each other.
| Match | DRX vs Paper Rex – Champions 2025 |
|---|---|
| Kick-off | October 3, 2025, at 10:00 am ET |
| Top pick | Paper Rex to win, over 22.5 rounds |
| Best price | GG.BET live odds |
| Betting favorite | Paper Rex |
With no more chances left after a loss here, the two top Asian Valorant teams will soon compete against each other to see which side can reach the lower bracket final.
Betting tip: While DRX has some strong players, it’s also an unbalanced, which could allow Paper Rex to win without the match seeing a third game.
My DRX vs Paper Rex pick: Total maps to be under 2.5 at 2.86 odds at GG.BET.
As duelists, DRX’s Flashback and HYUNMIN are both fairly strong and reliable, usually carrying their weight and finding frags when they should. However, the team’s other players have at times proven unreliable. In particular, free1ing hasn’t been able to perform at all in this tournament, and that can hold the team back from success. By contrast, every player in Paper Rex’s roster has showcased the skill expected from any team that gets this far in the year-end Champions tournament.
Paper Rex is also strong when it comes to strategizing. The team’s pistol rounds are relatively effective, and Jinggg is a reliable controller who paves the path for his duelists to follow. Conversely, this can be a struggle for forsakeN. DRX falls behind in some defense rounds because of its unreliable sentinel play, and that may be the team’s undoing in this match.
Paper Rex was close to winning against Fnatic but fell victim to its own overconfidence. This likely won’t be the case against DRX considering elimination is now on the line. It may be a good idea to side with Paper Rex winning the match, just as the odds predict. A potentially higher-return bet would be to bet on Paper Rex winning the match without giving up a single game, something that’s very much a strong possibility.
DRX’s 2025 Valorant Champions team – Credits: DRX
| Metric | DRX | Paper Rex | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Match win rate | 66% | 71% | Paper Rex |
| Average kills | 3.33 | 3.65 | Paper Rex |
| Market | Odds |
|---|---|
| DRX to win | 1.24 |
| Paper Rex to win | 3.79 |
| Over 2.5 maps | 1.39 |
Valorant odds via GG.BET, 1:42 pm ET October 1, 2025.
DRX has done well to make it this far, but the holes in the team’s roster can’t be ignored. A strong team like Paper Rex is very likely to exploit DRX’s shortcomings, just as Fnatic did in the upper bracket, potentially ending DRX’s Champions 2025 run.
Our DRX vs Paper Rex prediction: Paper Rex to win the match 2-0 @ 1.24 odds at GG.BET.
Feature image credits: Paper Rex
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