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The main event of the autumn, and possibly of the whole year, is getting ready for the Long Run. From the 25th of September in the European capitals Long Run Worlds 2024.
The most important tournament of the season will bring together 20 teams from 8 regions. The championship itself will be divided into several stages and starts with the Play-In stage, where 8 teams will compete for 4 places in the Swiss Stage.
Among the contenders for the Swiss Stage there is place PSG Talon - paiN Gaming. Teams will play each other in the first round of Play-In, and we will try to find out who will be stronger in this confrontation.
Let's go.
PSG Talon uniforms
We open the PSG Talon vs paiN Gaming match with an analysis of PSG Talon's form. Here they play the first number one with odds to win at around 1.08.
PSG Talon qualified for the Worlds 2023 by Taiwanese quota quite easily. Roughly speaking, they simply had no competition in their region.
During the year, PSG Talon were twice crowned champions of PCS home tournaments. They won at PCS Spring 2023 and PCS Summer 2023.
- PSG Talon roster: Azhi, Junjin, Maple, Betty, Woody.
In addition to regional successes, PSG Talon has been consistently recognised at the international level. And they have been doing so since their appearance on the competition scene, i.e. 2020.
At the Worlds series championships the results are as follows: TOP-12 at the 2020 Worlds, TOP-11 at the 2021 Worlds. Skipped the Worlds last year, finishing in the Top 3 on the home stage for the first time. Still appeared at MSIs, where the best result was a top-3 at MSI 2021. Incidentally, they also travelled to MSI this year, but couldn't jump above the top 9.
Worlds 2023 PSG Talon started with a confident victory over Rainbow7. The Mexicans were able to last less than an hour on two maps.
They continued it with a win over LOUD. PSG Talon easily shut down the Brazilians with a score of 2-0, becoming the only team not to lose a single map at the Play-In.
In the match for the next round PSG Talon played against BDS and after leading 2-0, they lost 2-3, thus falling out of favour at Worlds 2023.
In the 2024 season, PSG Talon first finished top-2 in the PCS Spring Regular Season and then triumphed in the play-offs, shutting out HAWKS 3-0 in the grand finals.
At the 2024 PSG Talon Long Mid-Season Invitational, PSG Talon Long Sogpeg started off with a very unexpected loss against FlyQuest. Already in the bottom of the bracket, they beat Estral Esports 2-0. In the match for the Bracket Stage they defeated FlyQuest 2-0. In the first round of Bracket Stage PSG Talon met Bilibili Gaming and gave last year's top-2 MSI a decent fight: 2-3. But they failed to defeat G2 Esports, even on 1 map, and as a result - TOP-8.
Later there was a performance at the home PCS Summer, where Talon won the regular season and also won the play-offs.
The most popular PSG Talon champions
The most popular and successful top line champion remains Gragas (3 matches, 100% wins), and also Kennen (3 matches, 66% wins).
Wukong (6 games, 33% wins) and Sejuani (4 matches, 100% wins) play in the forest.
The centre line is played with Ahri (4 matches, 0% wins), Tristana (3 matches, 100% wins) and Syndra (3 matches, 100% wins).
The ADC position is most often occupied by Lucian (4 matches. 50% wins), Aphelios (4 matches, 75% wins).
Nami (3 games, 66% wins), Thresh (3 matches, 100% wins) are often paired with shooters.
Form paiN Gaming
We continue the analysis of the match paiN Gaming - PSG Talon with the analysis of paiN Gaming form. In this match they will play in the status of an outsider with odds to win around 6.
paiN Gaming is an experienced team, which is not the first year playing in Brazil. They have been on the professional scene since 2012, which some representatives of top regions like LPL, LCK or LEC cannot boast. However, the performance has almost always been very questionable.
The first time the team made it to the Worlds in 2015 and finished in the top 13, failing to make it out of the group stage. Then there were futile attempts to become the best team in Brazil, but always fell just short. On average, they finished in the top 3, often reaching the final.
A string of bad luck was overcome in 2021 with a passage to the MSI. However, the club finished in the top 9, which is hard to call a good result.
- The composition of paiN Gaming: Wizer, Cariok, dyNquedo, TitaN, Kuri.
The 2024 season was a turning point in the history of paiN. First the team took the top 2 at CBLOL Split 1, Ledgeiv in the grand final LOUD with a score 2-3, but already in the summer split, i.e. CBLOL Split 2, the club snatched victory from Keyd Stars, thus becoming the best team in Brazil and going to Worlds 2024.
Champions paiN Gaming
KSante (6 matches, 33% wins), Gwen (5 games, 0% wins), Jax (2 matches, 100% wins) are the most frequent top takers.
Jungle takes Vi (3 matches, 0% wins), Maokai (2 matches, 100% wins), Lee Sin (1 match, 0% wins), Wukong (1 match, 0% wins).
The centre line is occupied by Kassadin (3 matches, 100% wins), Akali (2 matches, 0% wins), Syndra (2 games, 50% wins).
On the shooters are Zeri (5 games, 40% wins), Sivir (3 games, 33% wins), Lucian (2 matches, 50% wins).
Peaking Zeri and Sivir, without fail Yuumi is also selected. Magical Cat has appeared in spades 8 times and has a 37% win rate.
PSG Talon - paiN Gaming head-to-head history
The teams played each other back in 2021 at MSI and PSG Talon won that time.
Predicted result of the match paiN Gaming - PSG Talon at Worlds 2024
In this match my bet is on PSG Talon. It's an experienced club with an experienced roster and a long history of performances on the international arena, which is able to give a fight even to the top clubs like BLG, not to mention the teams of paiN level.
Result: PSG Talon won with the score 2-0.
