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The competitive environment of League of Legends is slowly but surely moving towards the first international tournament of the season - First Stand Tournament. China is an important part of the First Stand Tournament equation, as there will be a representative from the region.
The LPL Spring 2025 Long Conference will feature a play-offs stage. It will be opened by TT Gaming and JD Gaming in a Bo5 match.
We will see who of the pair TT Gaming - JD Gaming will be stronger and will pass to the next stage.
Let's go.
JD Gaming's form
Let's open the analysis of the match JD Gaming - TT Gaming with the analysis of JD's form. In this match they are playing as favourites with odds to win at around 1.5.
JD Gaming became the champions of the LPL spring draw quite easily. The only difficult match came in the semifinals of the top net, where BLG gave JDG problems, taking 2 maps.
- JD Gaming roster: Ale, Xun, Scout, Peyz, MISSING.
Among other things, JD Gaming became the champions of the first large-scale The International event in 2023 - Mid-Season Invitational 2023. If we remember the group stage of LPL Summer 2023, JD Gaming fell just short of BLG's record, playing the stage with a score of 14-2.
In the first round of the main stage JD Gaming faced LNG Esports. The latter showed top flight and made the current world champions sweat for 5 maps, but the match still ended in favour of Ruler and company.
Next were BLG, who did not offer such resistance as LNG Esports. JD Gaming swept away LPL Spring and MSI 2023 finalists in the LPL Summer 2023 top final, closing out the series with a 3-0 win.
In the LPL Summer 2023 grand finals, LNG Esports gave a serious fight to the formidable JDG. Scout and company took 2 maps at once, but they were not enough to win.
JDG debuted with a victory over BDS. I would like to mention the European club, which kept in the game till about 20 minutes. It was expected that the defeat would be much bigger than the final 14-6 in favour of the Chinese.
The second match JD Gaming played against Bilibili Gaming, vice-champions of MSI 2023 and LPL Spring 2023. Being the best team in China, JDG easily defeated the third team from the Middle Kingdom, closing the series with a 19-7 score in 24 minutes.
In the play-offs match, JD Gaming played against their compatriots from LNG Esports. They won the match, but not without problems (2-1).
In the first play-offs match JD Gaming played against KT Rolster. Losing the first map, JDG showed why they are considered the main contender to win Worlds 2023: absolutely dominant game without any chances for KT Rolster residents.
Next, the situation was the exact opposite. Facing T1, JDG managed to take only one card in the bo5 series. The defeat by T1 ended JDG's Golden Road in 2023.
JD Gaming started the play-offs of Demacia Cup 2023 with a match against TOP Esports. There, JDG won with a score of 3-2. In the previous match, JDG demolished Rare Atom with a score of 3-0. In the Demacia Cup 2023 grand final, however, they were weaker than BLG, losing 0-3 and finishing top 2.
In the LPL Spring 2024 regular season, JD Gaming finished in 3rd place with a 13-3 record. The first play-offs opponent for JDG was Weibo Gaming and JDG did well: they won 3-0. But in the next game against TOP Esports the outcome was much less favourable for JDG, where TES lost 0-3. JD Gaming met NiP in the match for the top 3 and that match was a real test for JDG, which they hardly coped with. However, they couldn't get any further into the top 3, as TES stepped in and knocked JD Gaming out of LPL Spring 2024.
At LPL Summer 2024, in the updated format, JD Gaming Long Sogpeg from Group A Opening Stage, where they rolled over their opponents, closing it with a score of 6-0. In the Rumble Stage they played with a score of 4-4, which gave them 5th place and passage to the second round of play-offs. In the first round of play-offs JD Gaming faced Ninjas in Pyjamas and Ledge beat them 2-3, becoming the top seed for LPL Summer 2024.
In the 2025 season, Long Sogne were from the group stage of LPL Spring 2025 in Group B, where they played them 3-0, going straight into the top stage of the main stage.
JD Gaming's most popular champions
The most picked heroes in the TOP are Renekton (4 games, 75% wins), Gragas (3 games, 100% wins), Aatrox (2 games, 50% wins).
In the forest, the most pickable champion is Maokai (4 matches, 100% wins), Wukong (3 games, 33% wins), Sejuani (3 matches, 66% wins).
Centre line - Akali (3 matches, 33% wins), Jayce (2 matches, 100% wins).
Of the shooters JDG likes Zeri (5 games, 60% wins), Varus (4 matches, 75% wins).
On the shooters familiar Yuumi (4 games, 75% wins), Ashe (3 matches, 100% wins).
TT Gaming uniforms
We continue the analysis of the match TT Gaming - JDG with the analysis of TT Gaming form. In this match they will play the number two side with win odds around 2.7.
In 2021, TT were ranked in the top 13 and top 16 at LPL Spring and LPL Summer respectively. The peak result, however, was last season.
At LPL Spring 2023, the team finished top-10 at LPL Spring, making it to the play-offs of the tournament for the first time. However, their journey through the LPL Spring 2023: Playoffs ended quickly, and they were helped out of the championship by Royal Never Give Up, outscoring their lesser title contender 3-1.
- ThunderTalk Gaming's lineup: Hoya, Beichuan, SeTab, 1xn, Feather.
TT Gaming are on the brink of 11th place in the LPL Summer 2023. The victory is crucial for them, as it will help them to partially equal NiP and get a grip on the top 10, which means a passage to the play-offs. They need to step it up. Or rather, they needed to.
At the end of LPL Summer 2023 TT Gaming took 13th place, having played in the group with the score 5-11. Next were NEST 2023 and Demacia Cup 2023 with approximately the same results: TOP-17 at NEST 2023 and TOP-12 at Demacia Cup 2023.
The performance at LPL Spring 2024 was not outstanding, but even the opposite. They didn't make it past the group stage and finished Top-13.
Things were better at LPL Summer 2024. In the first group stage it was 1-5 and last place, but in the Rumble Stage the team took TOP-2 and then passed Decider without any problems, beating OMG with a score of 3-0. However, having entered the play-offs, they didn't stay there for long, losing in the first round. The LPL Summer 2024 TT finished in the top 10.
LPL Spring 2025 Long Season 2025 They started with the group stage of LPL Spring 2025, in Basket C. There, TT beat all competitors, including BLG, EDG and LNG Esports.
ThunderTalk Gaming's most popular champions
Gnar (11 matches, 54% wins), Gragas (6 matches, 33% wins), and Sejuani (6 matches, 50% wins) are the most frequent picks for TT Gaming's top.
Viego (15 games, 33% wins), Poppy (10 matches, 50% wins), Wukong (7 games, 28% wins) are favoured in the forest.
The centre line is most often occupied by Sylas (8 matches, 75% wins), Ahri (6 matches, 33% wins), Azir (5 matches, 100% wins)
Aphelios (10 matches, 30% wins), Jinx (9 matches, 77% wins), Kalista (5 games, 60% wins) appeared in the bot line.
Nautilus (5 matches, 50% winrate), Braum (5 games, 60% wins), Leona (5 matches, 60% wins).
History of personal meetings JD Gaming - TT Gaming
Since the 2024 season the teams have played each other 4 times. JD Gaming won three times, while TT Gaming won only once.
Predicted result of TT Gaming vs JD Gaming match at LPL Spring 2025
The match between the two teams of the leaders of the group stage should be a spectacle. If we talk about the winner, I will choose JD. Still, Scout and company should bring JDG back to the "big" stage. It should be done now.
Bottom line: JD Gaming wins.
