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We continue our look at the final week of LPL Summer 2023. Two play-offs are decided, but there is also a battle for the main championship seeding. A fight that nobody wants to lose.
JD Gaming and Team WE are among the teams who have already qualified for the championship play-offs. At the moment, their Internationals are a race to the top of the main stage for the highest possible number of points.
Despite the obvious difference in the level of play between the teams, the opportunity to see The International heresy remains with us. Let's see what happens in reality: whether Team WE will be able to put up a fight against the best team in the world at the moment, or whether JDG will win this match as expected.
Let's begin.
JD Gaming's form
We open the showdown with an analysis of the JD Gaming's form. In this match the team will play in the status of favorites.
The odds of success for JDG are around 1.08. There is nothing to be surprised about.
There is nothing to be surprised about as JD Gaming retain their status as the strongest team in the world. But in China with this remains a question mark, as the competition from BLG remains. But this is not about that now.
The previous year the team won LPL Summer 2022 and finished in the top 4 at Worlds 2022. The 2023 season started on a Major note.
JD Gaming became champions of the LPL Spring draw quite easily. The only difficult match was in the top semifinals, where BLG gave JDG a hard time, taking 2 games.
- JD Gaming's line-up: 369, Kanavi, Knight, Ruler, Missing.
Among other things, JD Gaming became champions of the first major The International event in 2023, the Mid-Season Invitational 2023. The argument is definitely in favour of a fairly easy win for JD in the upcoming match.
Despite their success on the international stage, JD Gaming cannot yet boast a championship at home. At LPL Summer 2023, JDG are in second place in the standings at 11-2. They haven't yet guaranteed themselves a top-2 with the top-seed, but I think they'll pick up a top-2.
JD Gaming's most popular champions
Most picked heroes in the top: Renekton (4 games, 75% wins), Gragas (3 games, 100% wins), Aatrox (2 games, 50% wins).
In the forest, the most pickable champion is Maokai (4 games, 100% wins), Wukong (3 games, 33% wins), Sejuani (3 games, 66% wins).
Central line - Akali (3 games, 33% wins), Jayce (2 games, 100% wins).
Of the JDG shooters like Zeri (5 games, 60% wins), Varus (4 games, 75% wins).
On sprints familiar for patch 13.1 Yuumi (4 games, 75% wins), Ashe (3 games, 100% wins).
Team WE form
Team WE will oppose JD Gaming in this match. They will have to play in the second position.
The bookmakers confirm the pre-match state of affairs. The odds for Team WE to win are around 7.6.
A similar figure indicates that WE are well behind their rivals. And it is very logical, given how serious club look like JDG this season.
Last season Team WE frankly failed. The team finished 15th in LPL Spring 2022 and 17th in LPL Summer 2022. But we were able to improve our performance in LPL Spring 2023.
Reaching the play-offs of LPL Spring 2023 is already an indicator. Then to qualify for the main stage Team WE won 8 of the 16 matches played. However, they didn't manage to advance any further than Top-10.
- Team WE's line-up: Cube, Heng, Shanks, Hope, lwandy .
Before the game with JDG Team WE have closed the list of teams that have booked their place in play-offs. They are in 8th place with a 7-6 series lead.
Team WE still have a chance to climb into the top 6 and guarantee a top seed, but that seems a long way off. At the very least they need to outplay JD Gaming, and that's no easy task.
Team WE's most popular champions
At the top line, Team WE has no revelations. The team picks KSante (4 games, 50% wins), Renekton (3 games, 33% wins), Gnar (3 games, 66% wins).
In the woods everything is also more or less standard: VI (7 games, 57% wins), Maokai (3 games, 66% wins), Poppy and Sejuani 2 games and 0 wins each.
On the centre line, there are no deviations. Azir (4 games, 50% wins), Ryze (4 games, 50% wins), Syndra (2 games, 50% wins), Cassiopeia (2 games, 50% wins).
Championship among shooters for Lucian. Champion appeared 5 times, but won only 2 matches. Tried Zeri, failed: 0-3 in three appearances.
Among the supporting champions Nami was a success. She was taken 5 times, and her win rate was 40%. Yummi (3 games, 0% wins) and Ashe (3 games, 66% win rate) were also picked.
History of head-to-head encounters
The teams previously met each other in the LPL Spring 2023. JD Gaming won 2-0 back then.
Match outcome
I'm afraid we won't see a competitive game in this match. JD Gaming is on a different level of understanding of League of Legends and they are a head above Team WE. I'm confident of a 2-0 win over reigning champions MSI 2023.
Bottom line: 2-0 win for JDG.
