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We continue our review of the LPL Summer 2023 regular season with a betting tee on the Ultra Prime vs Rare Atom match. The match will open the second day of week 5 of group stage clashes in the biggest regional event on the professional League of Legends stage.
Talk about the Rare Atom vs Ultra Prime matchup. The game's signage isn't top-notch, but the match is worth watching.
Worthy, at the very least, because both teams are fighting for a place in the top 10, which guarantees a place in the championship play-offs. Both clubs are close to that, but the situation is shaky, which means they need to pick up points here and now.
Let's try to see who the middle runners will be stronger in this clash and get the points they need.
Rare Atom form
Let's start with an analysis of the Rare Atom's form. In this match, the team will play as favorites.
Bookmakers cautiously confirm the status of Rare Atom. The odds of success in this match are at 1.7.
From the looks of it, we're looking at an almost even match, if not full parity. A figure like that hints at equality between the teams, and it looks like we'll get as close a game as possible.
Rare Atom, like their future opponent, are new to the league. This is their third year of appearances and so far they can't boast much in the way of results.
Their record includes a single top-4 mark at the LPL Regional Finals 2021. The rest are places around the top-10.
The most recent result is top-12 at LPL Spring 2023. The team was 3 wins short of qualifying for the play-offs.
- Rare Atom: Cube, Leyan, Strive, Assum, Southwind.
There were not any particular changes to the roster before the Long Run of the tournament. As a matter of fact, neither did the results.
Rare Atom are 2-4 and 11th in the standings before Long Sogpeg. It would have been nice to jump into the top ten and, albeit temporarily, guarantee a place in the play-offs.
Rare Atom's most popular champions
Renekton (5 matches, 40% of wins) is the most frequently picked for the top line of Rare Atom. Also picked KSante (4 matches, 50% wins), Gwen (2 matches, 50% wins), Jax (2 matches, 50% wins).
Of the Foresters, Vi (6 games, 83% wins), Wukong (3 games, 66% wins) are the most popular.
The centre line has variety. Sylas (3 games, 66% wins), Ahri (3 games, 66% wins), Syndra (2 games, 50% wins), Ryze (2 games, 100% wins).
Varus (8 matches, 75% win rate) is a clear dominance on the bot. Also selected were Zeri (3 matches, 33% wins), Sivir (2 matches, 50% wins).
Karma (4 matches, 75% wins), Lulu (3 matches, 33% wins), Leona (2 matches, 50% wins), Heimerdinger (2 matches, 50% wins).
Ultra Prime uniforms
Ultra Prime is in fact a newcomer to the LPL - the 2023 season is the third in the team's history. Before that, they were at most in the top 12, and at LPL Spring 2023 UP finished in the top 17, even worse than NiP. That's the difference in the odds on the face of it.
- Ultra Prime line-up: Hery, Ning, Forge, Doggo, SwordArt
The team is undergoing a process of adjustment as a new player, SwordArt, has joined them at Long Cogneg of the season. He has been fitting in well with the rest of the team so far and is fulfilling all his roles.
Before the Long Sogpeg, Ultra Prime are on line 9 in the standings. Given their overall performance, they'd like to keep their place in the top 10.
Ultra Prime's most popular champions
On the top line the most frequent picks are KSante (4 matches, 50% wins), Gnar (3 matches, 100% wins).
From Foresters, the picks are Wukong (4 matches, 50% wins), Vi (2 matches, 50% wins), Nocturne (2 matches, 50% wins), Viego (2 matches, 0% wins).
On the centre line Gragas (4 matches, 50% wins), Annie (4 matches, 50% wins).
On the shooters all stable and on the measure: Aphelios (6 matches, 33% wins), Jinx (3 matches, 66% wins), Zeri (2 matches, 100% wins).
On the Spurrottes things are also stable: Lulu (3 matches, 66% wins), Rakan (3 games, 0% wins), Nautilus (2 matches, 50% wins).
History of head-to-head encounters
Previously, the teams played each other in the LPL Spring Split. Then Rare Atom clinched the win.
Result of the match
In this encounter it makes sense to expect an even game, the odds literally hint at parity, but I prefer to believe in the success of the Rare Atom. Though they're nominally a lower team in the standings, they've taken on Ultra Prime before and can use that experience to their advantage in this matchup.
Bottom line: victory for Rare Atom.
