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Slowly but surely we are approaching the end of the LEC Spring 2024 Regular Season. There are 6 matches left to play in the first stage of the spring split, including the last match of the second week of LEC Spring 2024.
And closing the second week of LEC Spring 2024 will be SK Gaming and Karmine Corp. Both teams are in the middle of the standings, and a win in this match will greatly improve the winner's position ahead of the Long Sogpeg final week of matches.
We are trying to figure out who of the pair SK Gaming - Karmine Corp will be stronger and at the end of the match will come to the score 3-3, and who will be closer to the departure zone.
Let's go.
Karmine Corp form
Let's open the match analysis with the analysis of Karmine Corp's form. In this match the team will play the first number one, and the odds for their victory are at 1.7.
Despite their great popularity in Europe, Karmine Corp are absolute newcomers to the LEC league. The French team has previously played on the local scene, competing against compatriots, as well as playing in various TIR-2 events within the LEC ecosystem.
For 2023, the teami has a very strong record with appearances in 4 tournaments. For professional teams in League of Legends, this is significant, as most of them play exclusively in a single league.
Karmine Corp started with LFL Spring 2023 and started off horribly. At the local league the team played 7-11 in the group stage, which was not even enough to qualify for the play-offs.
Things improved dramatically from there and Karmine Corp lifted the championship trophy over their heads twice in a row. The first time at LFL Summer 2023 and the second time at EMEA Masters Summer 2023. Incidentally, Masters Karmine Corp have won 4 times in the team's history and that is a significant statistic.
The last tournament of last season was the Coup De France 2024 championship. Either there was no priority for the event, or they were not in shape at all, but KC took the top 8 there.
- Karmine Corp line-up: Cabochard, Saken, Caliste, Targamas, Kameto.
Karmine Corp became a member of LEC through the purchase of a slot from Astralis. The Danish club, which did not achieve results last season, decided to sell its place in the prestigious league. Whether they did the right thing - we will find out later.
In the first match of LEC Winter 2024 Karmine Corp will play against Fnatic. In that match I believe in the victory of Karmine. After that - the game against G2 Esports and there Karmine Corp will be much more difficult. However, with Fnatic everything turned out to be the opposite: KC won, and with G2 Esports - everything is logical, an easy victory for the "samurai".
Karmine Corp officially became the worst team of LEC Winter 2024 ahead of time. Before Long Sogpeg of their last match in the regular season, KC had a 1-7 stat line, with their only win coming in week 3 against SK Gaming. The only treat was the prestige point that Karmine Corp got in their last group stage match.
Karmine Corp finished the first week of play at LEC Spring 2024 with a 1-2 score. They managed to beat GiantX, but also had G2 and Fnatic on the calendar, and KC consequently lost without much of a chance. The second week of LEC Spring 2024 is going well for Karmine Corp: they lost to Rogue, but beat the stronger MAD Lions KOI.
Karmine Corp's most popular 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.
SK Gaming uniforms
We continue the match breakdown with the analysis of SK Gaming's form. In this match they will play as an outsider with odds to win around 2.
The main achievement of SK Gaming last season was the debut winter LEC split. The team, being among the outsiders and previously occupying the top 8 at LEC Spring and LEC Summer, managed not only to make it to the play-offs, but also to put up a serious fight against MAD Lions in the match for the top 3.
What followed was much worse. At LEC Spring 2023 SK Gaming were not so confident. This time they managed to pass the regular season and bo1 matches, but not the group stage. SK fell in the top 7.
- SK Gaming roster: Irrelevent, Isma, Nisqy, Exakick, Doss.
At LEC Summer 2023 SK Gaming almost repeated the spring result, with a slight improvement. They took the top 6, but thanks to the top 4 at LEC Winter 2023 they still reached the regional finals.
However, SK Gaming's achievements ended at the LEC 2023 finals. There they played the only match against BDS and lost 0-3 without a chance.
SK Gaming passed the group stage of LEC Winter 2024 quite well. The team played the regular season with the score 5-4.
In the first round of play-offs SK Gaming met Vitality. After a disgusting season Vitality cameback, and so that they managed to reach the second round of the upper grid, and SK Gaming went to the lower grid. There, they faced Team Heretics in the first round and proved to be stronger, despite being nominal outsiders. However, SK Gaming's way out of the LEC Winter 2024 play-offs ended with a second round play-offs match against Fnatic.
The first week of LEC Spring 2024 SK Gaming went pretty well. Out of three matches - two wins and one loss from the top 2 teams of LEC Winter 2024. The second week is much worse: already two defeats.
SK Gaming's most popular champions
The top SK Gaming picks were Gnar (2 games, 1 win), KSante (1 game, 0 wins), Camile (1 game, 1 win), Sion (1 game, 1 win), Renekton (1 game, 1 win).
Sejuani and Eliza are honoured in the forest. Both champions have appeared twice each and won both matches, but Vi and Kindred have lost their games.
The centre line performs on Sylas (2 matches, 50% wins), Kassadin (1 time, 0 wins), Azir, Syndra and Akali (1 game each and 100% wins).
From shooters - Zeri. The character appeared 3 times and won 2 matches, besides Varus (who lost the only match), Sivir and Lucian.
Karma, who has had enough of Karma, as well as Renata Glasc and Lulu. Yummi won two matches out of 3, Karma lost the only game, and Renata Glasc and Lulu won.
History of head-to-head meetings between Karmine Corp and SK Gaming
Earlier the teams played each other at LEC Winter 2024. Then the victory was won by Karmine Corp.
Predicted result of the match SK Gaming - Karmine Corp at LEC Spring 2024
In this match I expect about equal play from the sides. I will pick Karmine Corp as the winner, as they looked a little bit brisker than SK in the second week and have already outplayed their counterparts before.
Bottom line: Karmine Corp wins.
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