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The Demacia Cup 2023 regional tournament continues with the group stage. We're still watching what's happening in the group stage, and more specifically, we're discussing Group D.
Ultra Prime and WSQ are among the participants. Both teams will play each other in their second match. That's what we'll be watching.
The format of the match is, as before, bo1. The winner earns points to qualify for the play-offs, where there are already 4 top teams in the region, and the loser takes one step further to the main stage of the tournament.
Let's go.
Ultra Prime uniforms
Let's start the analysis of the match with the analysis of Ultra Prime's form. In this match, the team plays the first number one, without any chances for the opponents.
The team has been on the professional scene since 2021. Since then, Ultra Prime has never made it to the championship play-offs.
The maximum achievement remains the top-12 in 2022. This happened at LPL Spring 2022.
Ultra Prime's last achievement, however, was a top-17 finish 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. The results were not good even there: 1-2 in the group and an early exit to the TOP-16.
In the first match of Demacia Cup 2023 Ultra Prime will have to play against Top Esports. TES are the main contenders to get out of Group D and one of the favourites of the tournament as a whole (considering the squad they brought), so it will be extremely difficult for UP to do anything against them.
Most Popular Ultra Prime Champions
On the top lineup the most frequent picks are KSante (4 matches, 50% wins), Gnar (3 matches, 100% wins).
Foresters 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).
All is also stable on the Cuprorts: Lulu (3 matches, 66% wins), Rakan (3 games, 0% wins), Nautilus (2 matches, 50% wins).
WSQ Form
We continue the match analysis with the analysis of WSQ form. In this match the team will play in the status of outsider, without much pretensions to win.
WSQ is a youth mix. Thanks to the Demacia Cup 2023 format, they will be able to prove themselves and maybe some of the squad members will get a chance to play for LPL title teams in the future.
- WSQ line-up: 999, TC, zzs, pqy, yyc .
It's worth giving WSQ credit. They are one of two teams that have already submitted their roster for the Demacia Cup and that is commendable.
Basically the roster consists of members of LGD Gaming and the academic division of the team. But we can go through the results of specific players by name.
999, aka xjx, played for LGD Academy, where he participated in a number of regional tournaments, including Weibo Cup 2022 (Top 6), LDL Placements (sad Top 20) and LDL 2023 Split with a subsequent Top 8. He was accompanied by TC, who you may also know by his nickname S1xu.
Both pqy and yyc have experience playing on the professional scene, having once been members of MAX and Qing Jiu Club respectively.
WSQ's first match at Demacia Cup 2023 will be against Team WE. Expect a quick demise of the former there.
The most popular WSQ champions
Fiora (5 games, 60% win rate) was the most frequently sent to the top line. There was also Jax (3 matches, 100% wins), Camile (2 matches, 100% wins), Irelia (2 matches, 100% wins).
In the forest 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).
Supports are diverse: Nami (3 games, 100% wins), Ashe (3 games, 0 wins), Varus (2 games, 100% wins), Miss Fortune (2 games, 100% wins).
History of head-to-head meetings between Ultra Prime and Team WSQ
Previously, the teams have not played each other in head-to-head meetings. This match will be the debut match between the sides.
Predicted result of the match Ultra Prime - Team WSQ
In this match WSQ has a better chance than it will be in the game against Team WE, but still their victory is not believed, from the word at all. For Ultra Prime, this match is a chance to score points, and given the format of Bo1, they can clinch a win against WE or TES and thus qualify for the main stage.
Bottom line: Ultra Prime wins.
