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The seemingly endless days of Demacia Cup 2023 are coming to a logical conclusion. The end of the third day is just around the corner, which marks the end of the games in Group B.
And closing the matches of Basket B will be Royal Never Give Up and RST. The match is obviously not of the first magnitude, and it will hardly be a spectacle.
Nevertheless, we'll see who will be stronger in this encounter (spoiler: the outcome is obvious) and earn important points ahead of deciding the fate of a slot in the play-offs.
Let's go.
Royal Never Give Up
We start the match breakdown with an analysis of RNG's playing form. In this match they are playing in the status of total favourites.
Last year RNG won the LPL Spring 2022, then triumphed in the final of MSI 2022 and also qualified for the Worlds 2022 where they finished top 8.
In the new season, however, Long Corner was worse than before. In the first regional round of the LPL - LPL Spring 2023 - RNG finished top-8.
- RNG's lineup: Breathe, Wei. Tangyuan, Lwx, Ming.
So far, RNG are moving towards repeating the history of six months ago. They need to step up and improve their performance in the standings, then they can automatically avoid the top 8.
In the LPL Summer 2023 group stage, Royal Never Give Up finished in the top 7. They fell one position short of reaching the second round of the main stage and now need to play more matches.
In the first round of the LPL Summer 2023 play-offs, RNG played against NiP. Being the favourite of the series, the title Chinese club Ledgeil their vis-a-vis, and Ledgeil with the score 1-3. As a result - the top 10 of the tournament.
Apparently, the absolutely failed last season affected the mood of RNG in the new one. They seriously approached the game at NEST 2023 and did not know any defeats in the group stage: they defeated Bilibili, Anyones Legend and Invictus Gaming. In the play-offs Royal Never Give Up continued their triumphant march, which eventually resulted in the championship at the local tournament.
In the course of the Demacia Cup 2023 championship RNG will play with all participants of Group B. As far as I'm concerned, they won't lose a single card.
The most popular Royal Never Give Up champions
KSante (4 matches, 25% wins), Renekton (3 matches, 66% wins), Jayce (2 games, 0% wins) are the top picks.
From Foresters: Maokai (3 games, 33% wins), Sejuani (3 games, 0% wins), Graves (2 games, 50% wins), Poppy (2 games, 0 wins) and Wukong (2 games, 50% winrate).
In the mid, the classic situation is Azir (2 matches, 50% wins), Akali (1 game, 0 wins), Ryze (1 game, 100% wins).
On arrows is also pretty usual, except for ignoring Lucian-a. The most selectable champion is Zeri (4 games, 75% wins). There was Caitlyn (3 games, 33% wins), Ziggs (2 games, 0% wins) and Varus (2 games, 0% wins).
There were Heimerdinger (2 matches, 50% wins), Yuumi (2 games, 50% wins).
RST Form
We continue the match analysis with the analysis of RST form. In this match, as well as in all other matches, RST will play second number.
RST is not even a team. It's mostly a mix and that's a compliment.
RST - a typical representative of Demacia Cup from the category of "amateurs". However, in their case amateur sounds a bit loud, because they are announced for the tournament as a team of "streamer". Exactly streamer and it seems - he's AmazingJ.
The only thing we can rely on when analysing RST is their lineup. So let's do just that.
- The shape of the RST: AmazingJ, Ruo, Wuming, Zz1tai, Mint, Wednesday.
One of the most famous and notable players in the RST lineup is AmazingJ. The top of the lineup has played for several big clubs: EDG, Bilibili and Royal Never Give Up. He has an appearance at Worlds by the way, and there was even a top 6.
Another "famous" performer in the roster is Steel, who plays here under the nickname Wuming. In his time mid laner managed to play for Rogue Warriors and, by the way, OMG. In the composition of the latter was listed just recently - in 2021.
The second topper Zz1tai also has something to boast about. He was the 2018 LPL Summer Playoffs champion, which is not for every representative of China.
This will be the second match for RST. In the first one, RST will play against OMG and they have no chance there.
This will be RST's final match in Group B. I'm sure they won't win any of the matches.
Most popular RST champions
For the top line, the team picks KSante (4 matches, 50% wins), Renekton (3 games, 33% wins), Gnar (3 matches, 66% wins).
In the forest all the same, more or less standard: VI (7 games, 57% wins), Maokai (3 games, 66% wins), Poppy and Sejuani 2 matches and 0 wins each.
On the centre line with no deviations. There are Azir (4 matches, 50% wins), Ryze (4 games, 50% wins), Syndra (2 games, 50% wins), Cassiopeia (2 matches, 50% wins).
The championship among shooters is held by Lucian. Champion appeared 5 times, but won only 2 matches. Tried to Zeri, but failed: 0-3 in three appearances.
Among the supporting champions, Nami was a success. She was picked up 5 times, and her winrate was 40%. Yummi (3 games, 0% wins) and Ashe (3 games, 66% wins) were also picked.
History of head-to-head meetings Royal Never Give Up - RST
Previously, the teams have not played each other in official matches.
Predicted result of RST vs RNG at Demacia Cup 2023
In my opinion, everything is more than obvious here. Royal Never Give Up should close RST without a chance, and I'm sure they will do it.
Bottom line: RNG wins.
