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A long journey of several months is coming to its logical finale. The biggest regional league on the professional scene, League of Legends, has a winner left to be determined. The grand finals of LPL Summer 2023 are looming.
LNG Esports and JD Gaming will face off for the title. Both teams have come a long way to get to this bo5.
At stake is the LPL Champions trophy, and material prizes. The LPL Summer 2023 champion will receive $280,937 and a trip to Worlds 2023. The loser will take home $140,000 and 110 LPL Championship Points.
Let's find out which of the top teams will be the winner of the match and stunet the LPL Summer 2023 champion. Will JD Gaming be able to defend their title or will LNG Esports be able to overcome their undefeated counterparts.
Go ahead.
JD Gaming uniforms
Let's start the match analysis with the analysis of JD Gaming's form. In this match the team will play in the status of favourite.
Bookmakers are fully on the side of JDG. In this match the odds betting on League of Legends for their victory is at around 1.3.
Such a figure in the 2023 season is not surprising. JD Gaming has never known defeat before.
JD Gaming became the champions of the LPL spring draw quite easily. The only difficult match came in the semifinals of the top grid, where BLG gave JDG trouble, taking 2 maps.
- JD Gaming lineup: 369, Kanavi, Knight, Ruler, 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 finals, closing out the series with a 3-0 score.
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).
LNG Esports uniforms
We continue the match analysis with the analysis of LNG Esports form. In the grand final, they have the role of catching up.
Bookmakers are not ready to bet against LNG. The odds for their victory are at around 2.9.
As a bo5, this is still a good figure. Especially when you have a grandee like JD Gaming playing against you.
In 2022, LNG started their climb to the top of the Chinese League of Legends. LNG Esports made it to the top 6 at LPL Spring 2022, but it got better: in the summer split LNG Esports made it to the top 4 at LPL Summer 2023.
They also played at the regional finals in an attempt to qualify for the Worlds 2022, but had no luck. LNG Esports finished in the top 3.
At LPL Spring 2023, after a good group stage, the team finished in the top 6. Not to say bad, but not very good either.
- LNG Esports roster: Zika, Tarzan, Scout, Gala, Hang.
LNG maintained their class at LPL Summer 2023. The team played a 12-5 regular season, which allowed them to finish in the top 4 and directly advance to the quarterfinals of the tournament.
The first play-offs opponent for LNG was Top Esports. The match ended on map 5 with a 3-2 victory for LNG.
They got here after defeat from the champions of LPL Spring 2023, and at the same time Mid-Season Invitational 2023 - JD Gaming. And defeat in a fairly even game, which ended with 5 maps.
In the next series LNG Esports met with TES. In the match for the exit to the top 3, the once titled club was unable to do anything against LNG, who were clearly charged in the summer split. As a result, the latter won 3-1.
Next up was the match to advance to the grand finals and a battle with Bilibili Gaming. Finalists LPL Spring 2023 and MSI 2023 could not oppose their colleagues and as a result Ledgeili with the score 1-3.
Most popular LNG Esports champions
The most popular champion in the TOP was Renekton (6 matches, 83% wins). Besides him, Jax (2 matches, 100% wins) and Fiora (2 matches, 50% wins) were popular.
Sejuani (4 matches, 50% wins), Maokai (3 matches, 100% wins), and Zac (2 matches, 1 win) played in the forest.
The centre line was dominated by Ryze. Scout played 5 matches on it and won 4 games. Yone was selected twice more (1-1).
Similar situation with the shooters. Varus has appeared 8 times and has 75% wins. Jhin came twice (50 wins).
Of the shooters, Leon-a (5 games, 4 wins) is rather unfamiliar. Heim (2 games, 100% wins), Nautilus (2 matches, 50% wins).
History of personal meetings JD Gaming - LNG Esports
This year JD Gaming and LNG Esports have played three head-to-head matches. All fights were won by JDG.
Predicted result of the match JD Gaming - LNG Esports
In this match there is every chance to see a high quality League of Legends and I'm sure it will be. Considering what kind of game the teams gave us in their first play-offs match, we should expect something similar here.
However, if we talk about the winner, everything is clear for me. It's JD Gaming.
Bottom line: JD Gaming wins.
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