Greetings to all League of Legends esports fans! At EGamersWorld, together we continue to analyze the events of LEC Summer 2022 and make our predictions. Let me remind you that this is the largest League of Legends tournament in Europe, and €200,000 EUR and three places at Worlds 2022 are at stake.
Team Vitality vs Astralis
How justified is such a belief in Vitality?
In the third meeting of the day, two relatively average LEC teams are waiting for us: Team Vitality and Astralis. Yes, Astralis had a very unfortunate end to the spring split, however, the team prepared for this more seriously and has already defeated three teams of their level and above, not having mastered only Fnatic. So why is Team Vitality in the favorites by such a margin?
Team Vitality uniform
For many years now, Team Vitality has been holding the title of a strong middle-class player in the European pro-scene of League of Legends. Forever a place in the center of the standings and departures at the beginning of the playoffs. Is everything still in place?
Of course, VIT is a good team with a lot of experience in the LEC. But they always lack something to put the squeeze on and start taking at least third places in tournaments. That is why at the beginning of spring we saw an updated roster, which immediately showed itself well, led by the former mid-laner G2 Perkz. And during the time with LEC Spring 2022, they also had time to play.
So far, their game looks quite worthy of the esports scene. Very good draft and working compositions along with proper teamwork. Problems arise only against strong teams, if they fail to carry out a maneuver - they get lost and often lose fights to zero.
Compound:
- Alphari - top laner
- Haru - forester
- Perkz - mid laner
- Carzzy - bot laner
- Labrov - support
Astralis shape
The team for which this competitive will be the second in history and immediately to the LEC. A young team in League of Legends esports, and therefore it is still difficult for them. All previous three splits ended at the bottom of the leaderboard.
Also, Astralis became one of the few teams with slots on the LEC who almost completely changed their roster since the spring, after an unsuccessful performance at the LEC Spring 2022. It is possible that such changes did them good, because now they are beating teams of the middle-low level, though not without difficulty.
At least a big change that really benefits and moves the team is the support player JeongHoon, who has already received MVP twice and this is in the support role! I am sure that this experience had a very positive impact on Astralis.
They are currently 3-2 in meetings, which is pretty good considering they only lost to top rosters Rogue and G2. They still have a game with Fnatic, which they are unlikely to pull, but Team Vitality seems to be a more realistic opponent.
Compound:
- Vizicsacsi - top laner
- Xerxe - forester
- Dajor - mid laner
- Kobbe - bot laner
- JeongHoon - support
Meeting history
Let me remind you that Astralis is a relative newcomer to the pro scene of the League of Legends, but nevertheless, they managed to fight Team Vitality 6 times already, each time during the group stage of the LEC splits.
Team Vitality 1:0 Astralis – LEC Spring 2022 Group Stage
Team Vitality 1:0 Astralis – LEC Spring 2022 Group Stage
Team Vitality 1:0 Astralis – LEC Summer2021 Group Stage
Team Vitality 0:1 Astralis – LEC Summer 2021 Group Stage
Team Vitality 0:1 Astralis – LEC Spring 2021 Group Stage
Team Vitality 0:1 Astralis – LEC Spring 2021 Group Stage
As you can see, the teams are in exactly the same positions on neutrality in terms of the number of victories. However, Vitality has dominated over the past year.
Match outcome
Even despite the fact that there is a clear sense of superiority from Team Vitality, I am sure that the current Astralis roster has every chance of winning. They look much more charged than at the same LEC Spring 2022. But this still does not negate the good shape of Vitality. I would say that it is 65% to 35% in favor of Team Vitality.
Outcome: Team Vitality will win
