DRX vs Paper Rex Valorant Champions 2025 playoffs odds and predictions

Ivan Frigato Published October 2, 2025

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.

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.

DRX vs Paper Rex match overview

• Tournament: Champions 2025
• Stage: Playoffs
• Game: Valorant
• Format: Best-of-three

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 .

DRX vs Paper Rex in-depth team, match analysis

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

Key stats

DRX vs Paper Rex betting odds snapshot

Valorant odds via , 1:42 pm ET October 1, 2025.

DRX vs Paper Rex betting picks & predictions

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.

Best picks

• Total maps to be under 2.5 @ 2.86: DRX has too many players who just haven’t been able to show up consistently, and Paper Rex can take advantage of this to sweep DRX in the series.
• Paper Rex to win pistol rounds @ 1.33: Paper Rex is already known to be fairly strong in pistol rounds, and this strength may give it the edge in this match’s initial rounds.

DRX vs Paper Rex prediction

Our DRX vs Paper Rex prediction: Paper Rex to win the match 2-0 @ at GG.BET.

Feature image credits: Paper Rex