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We are still travelling through the Demacia Cup 2024. The group stage is heating up, where the "youth" and, mostly, the second teams of the title clubs are playing.
In Group B Invictus Gaming and Royal Never Give Up will compete for the play-offs. The teams will play each other in a face-to-face Bo1 match.
Let's try to find out who will be stronger in this Bo1 confrontation and earn the necessary points to qualify for the play-offs.
Let's go.
Invictus Gaming uniforms
Let's open the IG vs Royal Never Give Up match with an analysis of IG's form. In this match they will play as favourites with odds to win at around 1.2.
IG were once a threat not only on the local scene, but also outside of it. In 2018, for example, the team became the first Chinese world champions, but since that time, they've lost momentum.
IG's last landmark achievement was a top-3 finish at the 2020 LPL Regional Finals. The last result was Top 11 at LPL Spring 2023, where IG was literally 2 series wins short of making it to the play-offs.
- Invictus Gaming line-up: TheShy, Jiejie, Rookie, GALA, Meiko.
Already in the first weeks it became clear that we shouldn't put much hope on IG. At the end of the season it is absolutely clear that IG is one of the worst teams in the draw and they will surely be re-struggling.
LPL Summer 2023 IG played in their own way. They finished in the top 12 without making it to the play-offs of the tournament. Then there were local championships like Esports Shanghai Masters 2023 where the team finished top-3, and NEST 2023 was a complete failure with a top-16 finish.
Before the Long Convergence LPL Spring 2024 Invictus Gaming played at the local championship called NEST 2023, as well as at Demacia Cup 2023. At the two championships IG did not have a high performance: NEST ended for IG without even starting, because the team did not get out of the group stage having played it with the score 0-3, and at Demacia Cup 2023 the group was played with the score 3-1, but it was not enough for play-offs.
In the 2024 season they continued to play in the LPL. At LPL Spring 2024, they finished in the top 10, and then at LPL Summer 2024 they finished in the top 13.
Demacia Cup 2024 started with a solid win over LGD Gaming Youth. Next up was a game against NiP.
Invictus Gaming's most popular champions
Fiora (5 matches, 60% wins) was the most often sent to the top line at IG. There was also Jax (3 games, 100% wins), Camile (2 matches, 100% wins), Irelia (2 matches, 100% wins).
In the forest OP Maokai (7 matches, 85% wins), Sejuani (4 games, 75% wins), Viego (2 matches, 100% wins).
The centre line was occupied by Azir (5 matches, 80% wins), Sylas (3 games, 66% wins), Kassadin (2 matches, 100% wins), Ryze (2 games, 50% wins).
Shooters set is standard: Varus (4 games, 50% wins), Lucian (4 games, 100% wins).
Supports are diverse: Nami (3 games, 100% wins), Ashe (3 games, 0 wins), Varus (2 games, 100% wins), Miss Fortune (2 games, 100% wins).
Form Royal Never Give Up
We open the RNG vs Invictus Gaming match with an analysis of RNG's form. In this match they will play as an outsider with odds to win at around 2.4.
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 in the 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 is Xiaoxu, Milkyway, Tangyuan, JiaQi, and Lele.
So far, RNG are moving towards repeating the history of half a year 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 beat Bilibili, Anyone's Legend and Invictus Gaming. In the play-offs Royal Never Give Up continued their triumphal march, which eventually resulted in the championship at the local tournament.
RNG looked good at Demacia Cup 2023 as well. At least, they managed to get out of their group by winning all their matches, which is nothing. However, they didn't manage to play long at Demacia Cup 2023, as they ran into Bilibili Gaming in the play-offs and lost.
In the 2024 season, RNG looked and look so bad. The team managed to finish top 14 at LPL Spring 2024 and top 17 at LPL Summer 2024 and top 6 at NEST 2024.
Demacia Cup 2024 Long Sogpeg from the match against LGD Gaming Youth.
Royal Never Give Up's most popular champions
Top picks for the top line are KSante (4 matches, 25% wins), Renekton (3 matches, 66% wins), Jayce (2 games, 0% wins).
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).
History of head-to-head meetings Royal Never Give Up - Invictus Gaming
They have played each other twice during the 2024 season and IG won twice.
Predicted result of RNG vs IG at Demacia Cup 2024
In this match I expect an even game, but a win for IG. Looking at their squad, you can see that they are seriously considering Demacia Cup and will make the most of the tournament to prepare.
Bottom line: IG win.
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