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The biggest professional league of our time - LPL Spring 2024 - is gaining momentum. The group stage of the tournament is in full swing, and we will be watching the action there with The International heresy.
Now we are talking about the third game day. It will be closed by Invictus Gaming and Ultra Prime. For both clubs it will be the first match in the LPL Spring 2024.
We are trying to figure out which of the teams will be stronger in the upcoming match and at the end of the match will earn the first, and very important, victory in the long group stage of LPL Spring 2024.
Let's go.
Invictus Gaming uniforms
We start the match analysis with Invictus Gaming's form. In this match the team will play the first number one, with odds to win at around 1.7.
IG were once a threat not only on the local scene, but also outside it. In 2018, for example, the team became the first Chinese world champions, but since that time, the team has significantly 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 lineup: YKSM, Tianzhen, Cryin, Ahn, Wink.
Already in the first weeks it became clear that we should not 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 played with the score 3-1, but it was not enough for the play-offs.
Invictus Gaming's most popular champions
Fiora (5 games, 60% wins) was the most frequently 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).
Sapports are diverse: Nami (3 games, 100% wins), Ashe (3 games, 0 wins), Varus (2 games, 100% wins), Miss Fortune (2 games, 100% wins).
Ultra Prime Form
We open the match analysis with an analysis of Ultra Prime's form. In this match, the team will play as an outsider, with odds to win around 2.2.
The maximum achievement remains a top-12 finish in 2022. This happened at the LPL Spring 2022.
Ultra Prime's last achievement, on the other hand, was a top-17 at LPL Spring 2023. Next up was LPL Summer 2023
- Ultra Prime's lineup: Decade, H4cker, Yuekai, Jwei.
UP tried to somehow improve their standing on the global Chinese scene by playing at LPL Summer 2023, but it turned out to be pretty mediocre. Ultra Prime finished their appearance at LPL Summer 2023 in the group stage, playing it with a score of 5-11. Nominally, the result improved from LPL Spring 2023, but in fact, it did not.
Prior to the Long Sogpega Demacia Cup 2023, the team played at NEST 2023. There was no performance there either: 1-2 in the group and an early exit to the Top 16. The defeat at NEST 2023 could not be overturned: Demacia Cup 2023 finished with identical results, i.e. TOP-16 after not getting out of the group.
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 most frequent 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).
Aphelios (6 matches, 33% wins), Jinx (3 matches, 66% wins), Zeri (2 matches, 100% wins).
Everything is also stable on the bargaining table: Lulu (3 matches, 66% wins), Rakan (3 games, 0% wins), Nautilus (2 matches, 50% wins).
History of head-to-head meetings Invictus Gaming - Ultra Prime
Previously, the teams played each other twice at LPL 2023. Both matches ended in favour of Ultra Prime.
Predicted result of Ultra Prime vs Invictus Gaming at LPL Spring 2024
In this match I would expect an even game. Both teams look about the same, and play the same way. In my opinion, everything should end on three maps, but if we choose the winner, I see IG as the winner.
Bottom line: total +2.5/IG win.
