In the first meeting of the day, two teams from almost the very bottom of the list will compete: Rare Atom and LGD Gaming. This match will take place as part of the China LPL Spring 2022 split.
It would seem that Rare Atom's roster is pretty good, and after their first match with a 2-0 victory over Top Esports, I really wanted to believe in these underdogs, but now the team is going through hard times.
LGD Gaming are breathing down the back of their opponent's head with a gap of exactly one point and the same score in meetings 1-5, obviously not in their favor. But unlike RA, it was immediately clear that the organization did not claim a high position in the tournament.
Rare Atom Form
14th team on the leaderboard. They caught a dismoral after a series of defeats and rolled down.
I compare the game that Rare Atom showed at the very beginning of the split and what I see now is a different level.
Yes, the guys from RA broke into the professional league very well at the beginning of last year with a fairly powerful roster, with which they could take decent positions in tournaments in their region.
But the fact is that after changing their line-up at the end of the year for NEST 2021 and Demacia Cup 2021, their teamwork disappeared and the results became much worse than before.
They started this split very well, with a clear victory over a pretty good mid-ranger in the face of Top Esports. But then a strong loss streak came from strong opponents, for which the team cannot be scolded.
I think it was precisely this combination of circumstances and moral pressure that had a strong influence on the players, that they flew off from Invictus Gamin and Anyone's Legend in the last matches.
Also, the team decided to replace the support positions right in the middle of the split. Young Zorah was replaced by a more experienced yuyanjia, but personally I don't see the result. In my opinion, the new support is less well-played with the main roster. Maybe we'll see how they get Zorah back.
Previously, for me, Rare Atom looks like a good mid-level band. But now their confidence and morale is gone, so the situation looks worse for them. However, I think that they will be able to snatch another 1-2 places in the leaderboard.
Composition of Rare Atom:
- Cube is the top lane.
- JunJia - forest.
- Strive - mid lane.
- iBoy - bot lane.
- Zorah/yuyanjia - support.
Form LGD Gaming
15th team on the leaderboard. Can really play only against average teams.
It looks like this split has become a serious test for the new LGD Gaming roster. As I noted earlier, the organization very often sorted out players for different roles in order to find a comfortable and suitable roster.
Moreover, the team has new coaches who know and train them for just over a month.
Each of the players has good potential and personal performance, but the teamwork and understanding of the team is still not enough. However, I'm quite happy with their picks and setups, which seem pretty stable and meteoric.
So far, LGD have not yet faced the favorites of their home region, apart from the updated FunPlus Phoenix, and were only able to defeat Oh My God before the break.
In the case of LGD Gaming, I believe that at the end of the group stage they will remain in their own 15th place in the table, with a small chance of winning back a maximum of one position. The rest of the teams look frankly stronger, although not stable.
Ingredients of LGD:
- fearness - top lane.
- shad0w - forest.
- YeG - mid lane.
- Eric - bot lane.
- Jinjiao - support.
Meeting history
Rare Atom and LGD Gamin met in person only 9 times. Of these 9 matches, Rare Atom won 6 times, and LGD Gaming won 3 times.
Judging by the history of their meetings, we can only say that the teams are at approximately the same level recently.
Match result
I repeat once again, but among the teams in the bottom half of the list, the game is extremely unstable. Yes, Rare Atom is considered the favorite here, but seeing their latest games, I understand that they are really capable of throwing out this match as well.
LGD Gaming, in turn, is neither fish nor fowl. They will be able to compete and show a decent game for RA, but there is no question of domination.
I suggest betting here on a total over 2.5 or a Rare Atom win with a score of 2:1.
