Native Gaming Red enter the 2023 Halo World Championship as dangerous outsiders; however, they still have much more to prove following a middling run through the season. Native didn’t really put themselves on the map until the HCS Fort Worth Major, where they claimed bronze, and there are still questions about how high this team can actually fly.

Quadrant finished Fort Worth Major in fifth-eighth place, which was a continuation of this team’s solid performances. While they have not won a big title this year, they’ve made the finals of every European Open Series and placed third at the Arlington Major.

Native Gaming Red are in better form ahead of Halo World Championship 2023, but they’ve not shown enough throughout the season to be considered better than Quadrant, which explains the offered Halo esports betting odds. Quadrant should win, but we wouldn’t count out a tight series.

Spacestation Gaming are one of the most consistent Halo esports teams of the 2023 HCS season. Since May, they have not placed worse than second across six events, which includes a gold medal from the HCS Global Invitational by Spacestation Gaming and finals appearances at the Arlington and Fort Worth Majors.

Sentinels were runners-up at the Global Invitational and placed fourth at the Arlington Major a month prior; however, outside of that, they have not placed higher than eighth across 11 events. Sentinels’ late resurgence can’t be ignored, but it doesn’t change the fact they’ve not accomplished much this season.

Spacestation Gaming are a class above, as shown in their 5-0 head-to-head tally since June 2022, and there’s no reason to believe this match will be even remotely close.

Natus Vincere were one of Europe’s top teams early into the season; however, they’ve not achieved anything of note in the three Majors, never finishing higher than 9th-12th. On a more positive note for NAVI, they did sweep LVT (3-0) during the HCS 2023 Fort Worth Major pools.

Since then, LVT have defeated Spacestation Gaming (3-2) and took a map off FaZe Clan (1-3). While this doesn’t prove that LVT are better than NAVI, it does show they can perform on a good day.

Considering the head-to-head record, Natus Vincere might seem like the obvious play; however, at the quoted Halo betting odds, the value is with the outsiders.

By winning the HCS Fort Worth Major, OpTic Gaming proved that their mid-season slump was nothing more than a temporary setback. Even though there are still some questions about OpTic’s consistency, this is undoubtedly one of the most stacked Halo teams in the world.

Gamers First don’t seem capable of producing a deep run in Seattle. They have won just one tournament this season – the Fort Worth Major: Open Bracket – and even though they did well in the main event, it was clear that G1 are not quite as good as the top contenders.

Despite their lack of accomplishments this season, Gamers First forced OpTic Gaming to five maps during Forth Worth Major pools and twice before, in June and February. So even though Gamers First likely won’t win the Halo World Championship, they seem to have OpTic figured out, which makes backing G1 with a two-map advantage an easy choice.

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Quadrant made quite a splash at HCS Global Invitational – DreamHack at the start of the month when the French Halo esports squad exceeded everyone’s expectations. They won Pool C and looked poised for a deep in the Championship Bracket, where they found some success but couldn’t break into the top four.

Following a close 2-3 loss in the first round of the upper bracket against Native Gaming Red, Quadrant eliminated Sentinels (3-1) and Hive (3-0) before losing a close game to OpTic (2-3). Overall, Quadrant looked good, and as one of the few teams that haven’t made any roster changes, the French squad are expected to do well in Texas.

Sentinels haven’t accomplished much this year and haven’t placed higher than top eight since their fifth-sixth-place finish at Halo World Championship 2022 in October. The lack of success led to significant roster changes earlier this month and the signing of Jesse “bubu dubu” Moeller and Michael “Falcated” Garcia, who are great additions to the roster.

Bubu dubu, in particular, is the man to watch as one of the best all-around players in the Halo esports scene and arguably the man Sentinels need to break their dry streak. There are many questions about Sentinels, mainly because the roster changes came just two weeks ago, but on paper, Sentiels look very good and are one of the live underdogs to win the whole thing.

Quadrant are a proven team, which we know are good but not great. On the other side, Sentinels have the potential to be extremely good and are worth a bet at the offered Halo esports betting sites.

Native Gaming Red signed Jorge “BoamX” Campos at the start of June, who was announced as a replacement for Roman “Druk” Nasirudin at HCS 2023 Arlington Major. But there were rumours that BoamX was N8R’s main choice either way, so the ex-Cloud9 player stepping in for Drunk is a good thing.

BoamX proved his worth in Dallas, where he helped Native Gaming Red to a fourth-place finish, marking N8R’s fifth consecutive top-four tournament placement. Results like that prove one thing – Native Gaming Red are good but not quite as good as the top dogs, but the balance of power might shift following the recent roster shuffles.

Their next opponents, Native Gaming White, are a lesser version of N8R as they’ve not accomplished much since their fourth-place finish at Year 2 Kickoff Major Charlotte. And it doesn’t help that Native Gaming White lost Chris “Gilk3y” Gilkey to Complexity earlier this month.

Even at $1.72, Native Gaming Red look undervalued and are a good choice on the moneyline market.

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