I welcome everyone to one of the first major tournaments of 2022 in the League of Legends - LPL Spring 2022. Today we will plunge a little into the fierce struggle of teams from the Middle Kingdom. Still not LCK, but as many might have noticed, in recent years the Worlds has been dominated by teams from the LPL.
And the very first meeting within the group stage of the tournament will be a competition between ThunderTalk Gaming and Oh My God. To be honest, these are far from top teams for their region, but in terms of their performance and level of play, they are approximately equal. Therefore, starting with such a note will only warm up the interest and appetites of the tournament spectators.
In my opinion, one should not expect a phenomenal game and a strong fight at this stage. At first glance, Oh My God seems to be the clear favorites here against the revised ThunderTalk Gaming roster, which is extremely difficult to argue with.
Oh My God Shape:
The guys from Oh My God have not shown the heights they took in 2013-2014 for a long time. However, they are trying to show us a stable game.
In fairness, I will judge only by the roster that we have now. Indeed, for the new season there was a "Great Reshuffle of Teams", which especially strongly affected the Chinese League. So, with the updated Oh My God roster, we saw only at the recent Demacia Cup 2021, where they were lucky not to get into the “death group” and, by the will of fate, get into the same group with the teams of their level and ThunderTalk Gaming. They emerged from their group as winners.
ThunderTalk Gaming Form:
Speaking of the weight class, ThunderTalk is one of the lagging LPL teams. And over the past two years they have shown not the most comforting results, sitting in the last places. So the last two seasons have shown a tendency for the team to often experiment with their lineup, which does not often play a plus.
Just like OMG, we saw the current ThunderTalk roster only at Demacia Cup 2021, where they confidently flew off the first.
Meeting history:
Throughout their careers, the teams have met only three times: twice in the LPL and the last time at the Demacia Cup.
Exactly a year ago, at LPL Spring 2021, they played 1: 2 in favor of ThunderTalk Gaming. And OMG clearly had a chance to turn the confrontation in its direction.
The second meeting also took place within the LPL, but already in the summer, at LPL Summer 2021. At that time, Oh My God took a confident 2: 0.
The third and final meeting was at the 2021 Demacia Cup, within a relatively equal group of LPL outsiders. No one was surprised by the victory of Oh My God 1: 0.
In conclusion, I will say that although the teams seem more or less the same in strength, it is clearly seen that OMG is working more on their game and team chemistry. Moreover, in the new ThunderTalk Gaming roster, 4 out of 5 players are a little over a month old, which does not go into their hands.
With peace of mind, I would bet on Oh My God to win with a score of 2: 0. Although there is a chance of seeing 2: 1. The safe bet is Oh My God to win.
