Hello, we are at the Major: How Royal Never Give Up plays before Arlington Major 2022
Maksym ShylovThe third issue of a series of articles before the PGL Arlington Major 2022, Royal Never Give Up, the first from China, not only according to the results of the regular division, made it to Hello, we are at the Major.
In the article you will know:
- Royal Never Give Up results for the season
- What is Somnus & Co. playing with?
- What are the signatures of RNG
Royal Never Give Up results for the season: 5 wins - 2 losses (10 maps won - 5 lost)
- Lost in a match with Dandelion Esports with a score of 0:2 - June 10
- Victory in the match with EHOME with a score of 2: 1 - June 17
- Victory in the match with Aster.Aries with a score of 2:0 - June 19
- Victory in the match with Vici Gaming with a score of 2:0 - June 26
- Victory in the match with Team Aster with a score of 2:0 - July 3
- Victory in the match with Xtreme Gaming with a score of 2:0 - July 8
- Lost in a match with PSG.LGD with a score of 0:2 - July 10
What are the strategies of Royal Never Give Up?
Mider | Kerry | offline | 4 position | 5 position | Exodus | |
#1 vs Dandelion | Pack | Monkey King | Timbersaw | Tiny | Enchantress | Lost |
#2 vs Dandelion | Pangolier | Morphing | Death Prophet | Tiny | Omniknight | Lost |
#3 vs EHOME | dragon knight | Ursa | Nature`s Prophet | Nyx Assassin | Marci | Win |
#4 vs EHOME | Death Prophet | Juggernaut | centaur | Shadow Shaman | Marci | Lost |
#5 vs EHOME | Queen of Pain | Kunkka | Nature`s Prophet (2) | earth spirit | Marci | Win |
#6 vs Aster.Aries | Void Spirit | Juggernaut | Dawnbreaker | Leon | Marci | Win |
#7 vs Aster.Aries | Lina | Lone Druid | Razor | Tiny (3) | Marci (5) | Win |
#8 vs Vici Gaming | Ember Spirit | Ursa | Nature`s Prophet (3) | Nyx Assassin | Wintern Wyvern | Win |
#9 vs Vici Gaming | Zeus | bloodseeker | Lycan | Tiny (4) | Ogre Magi | Win |
#10 vs Team Aster | Pack | Lifestealer | Nature`s Prophet (4) | Nyx Assassin (3) | Marci | Win |
#11 vs Team Aster | Pack | Juggernaut | Razors (2) | Tiny | Abaddon | Win |
#12 vs Xtreme Gaming | Zeus | Juggernaut | Keeper of the Light | Tiny (6) | Wintern Wyvern | Win |
#13 vs Xtreme Gaming | Lina | Ursa | Razors (3) | Nyx Assassin (4) | Marci (7) | Win |
#14 vs PSG.LGD | Ember Spirit | Terrorblade | Keeper of the Light (2) | Tiny (7) | Ogre Magi (2) | Lost |
#15 vs PSG.LGD | Keeper of the Light | spectrum | Razors (4) | clockwork | Wintern Wyvern (3) | Lost |
#1 vs. Dandelion - Lost the game with 5k at 18 minutes. #2 - Lost the game with 5k at 28 minutes.
#3 vs EHOME - solid 6k at 13 minutes; #4 - no chance, 7k at 18 minutes. #5 - confident 5k at 26 minutes.
#6 vs. Aster.Aries - solid 8k at 23 minutes; #7 - confident 5k at 16 minutes.
#8 vs. Vici Gaming - confident 5k at 15 minutes; #9 - opponents did not lead more than 3k; at the 28th minute it was already 6k, and then 16k at the 33rd minute, we will add it to the confident one.
#10 vs Team Aster - no chance to fly off, opponents threw 10k at 24 minutes. #11 - lost, 6k at 30 minutes, opponents again gave a card/comeback from RNG.
#12 vs Xtreme Gaming - confident 7k at 16 minutes; #13 - a solid 9k at 17 minutes.
#14 vs. PSG.LGD - no chance of being knocked out, 8k at 28 minutes; #15 - no chance.
What do we end up with:
- 8 confident cards out of 15
- In 2 maps out of 15 they gave advantage
- 3 cards no chance ; 2 of them against PSG.LGD that didn't affect anything for RNG
- 2 maps cameback against Team Aster
The situation for the characters, specifically for the roles:
somnus | Ghost | Chalice | kaka | xNova |
Pack (x3) | Juggernaut (x4) | Nature`s Prophet (x4) | Tiny (x7) | Marci (x7) |
dragon knight | Ursa (x3) | Razor (x4) | Nyx Assassin (x4) | Wintern Wyvern (x3) |
Death Prophet | Lifestealer | Keeper of the Light (x2) | clockwork | Ogre Magi (x2) |
Lina (x2) | Monkey King | centaur | earth spirit | Omniknight |
Pangolier | Lone Druid (!!!) | Lycan | Leon | Enchantress |
Keeper of the Light | bloodseeker | Timbersaw | Shadow Shaman | Abaddon |
Zeus (x2) | Kunkka | Death Prophet | ||
Ember Spirit (x2) | Terrorblade | Dawnbreaker | ||
Queen of Pain | spectrum | |||
Void Spirit | Morphing |
Signature and most popular heroes for each of the players:
- Somnus: Puck, Lina, Zeus, Ember
- Ghost: Juggernaut, Ursa
- Chalice: Nature`s Prophet, Razor, Keeper of the Light
- kaka: Tiny, Nyx Assassin
- xNova: Marci, Wintern Wyvern, Ogre Magi
Royal Never Give Up, in my understanding, should fly into the top 5-6 of this Arlington Major 2022 and can compete for the most important DPC points for The International. Their carry and mid laners have a huge pool of heroes, supports try to play the same.
Maksym has been working at EGamersWorld since 2017. Joining the company during his first year at university, he worked as a translator until 2022. After that, Maksym began working as an editor. His main discipline is Dota 2, and over time, Maksym's responsibilities expanded to include CS:GO, CS2 and Valorant. Additionally, as an editor, he publishes various materials on gaming topics.