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We're back with a review of the biggest regional professional League of Legends league, LPL Summer 2023. We talk about the Rare Atom - Thunder Talk Gaming match, whose clash will close the 2nd game day of week 5 of LPL Summer 2023.
Slowly but surely the climax of the group stage is looming. While there seems to be enough matches ahead, the equator has been passed, and the further along you go, the more exciting The International gets. The battle heats up as the race for the top 10 and play-offs continues.
Its participants remain ThunderTalk Gaming and Rare Atom. Both teams are still outside the play-offs, but stand a chance of making it there if they perform decently in later games.
Let's talk about the participants in the match-up in more detail, examine their performance and try to predict the outcome of the game.
Let's go.
Rare Atom form
We'll start the analysis with Rare Atom's form and performance. In this encounter, they will play on equal terms with their future rival.
The bookmakers are not ready to single out anyone from this pairing. The odds of Rare Atom winning this match are estimated at odds around 1.9.
In fact, you can agree with the sort of suspense before the Long Soppeg of the match. The teams at LPL Summer 2023 look almost identical, as evidenced by their performance directly at the tournament.
On a broader level, the teams have not gone far from each other either. "Middlesbrough, not more so far, but given the fact that they have been in the top league recently, that's more of a compliment than the other way round.
The record includes a single top-4 mark at the LPL Regional Finals 2021. The rest are places around the top 10.
The most recent result is a top-12 at LPL Spring 2023. The team was 3 wins short of qualifying for the play-offs.
- Rare Atom: Cube, Leyan, Strive, Assum, Southwind.
Before the game against ThunderTalk Gaming, Rare Atom are close to being in the top 10. The team has a 3-6 score and 12th place in the table.
Rare Atom's most popular champions
Rare Atom's top pick is Renekton (5 matches, 40% wins). Also picked KSante (4 matches, 50% wins), Gwen (2 matches, 50% wins), Jax (2 matches, 50% wins).
Of the Foresters, Vi (6 games, 83% wins), Wukong (3 games, 66% wins) are the most popular.
The centre line has variety. Sylas (3 games, 66% wins), Ahri (3 games, 66% wins), Syndra (2 games, 50% wins), Ryze (2 games, 100% wins).
Varus (8 matches, 75% win rate) is a clear dominance on the bot. Also selected were Zeri (3 matches, 33% wins), Sivir (2 matches, 50% wins).
On sprints: Karma (4 matches, 75% wins), Lulu (3 matches, 33% wins), Leona (2 matches, 50% wins), Heimerdinger (2 matches, 50% wins).
ThunderTalk Gaming
We continue the match analysis with an analysis of ThunderTalk Gaming's playing form. They are on par with Rare Atom in this match.
As already mentioned, the bookmakers can't pick a favourite for the meeting. Therefore, on ThunderTalk Gaming also give odds in the region of 1.9.
In principle, it is not quite clear why ThunderTalk Gaming put in the same row with Rare Atom. That the teams are similar in terms of overall LPL play is one thing, but ThunderTalk's actual performance is much worse.
While Rare Atom can boast of reaching the top 4 of the LPL Regional Finals in 2021, ThunderTalk have not reached such heights. All they had was places around the top 10.
In that 2021, when Rare Atom made it to the top-4 region, TT were in the top-13 and top-16 at LPL Spring and LPL Summer respectively. The peak result, on the other hand, was last season.
In LPL Spring 2023 the team finished in the top 10, reaching the play-offs of the tournament for the first time. However, their journey through the LPL Spring 2023: Playoffs ended quickly, and they were helped out of the championship by Royal Never Give Up, who outscored their less titled opponents 3-1.
- ThunderTalk Gaming's lineup: Hoya, Beichuan, ucal, 1xn, yuyanjia .
Before the match, the team has a rather unenviable position. The team has played 9 matches and managed to win only 2 of them. TT is now in 14th place and it's crucial to score points in every game, because if they lose the second game, it's goodbye to the play-offs.
ThunderTalk Gaming's most popular champions
Gnar (11 matches, 54% wins), Gragas (6 matches, 33% wins), Sejuani (6 matches, 50% wins) are the most frequently chosen top TT Gaming champions.
Viego (15 games, 33% wins), Poppy (10 games, 50% wins), Wukong (7 games, 28% wins) are favored in the forest.
The centre line is most often occupied by Sylas (8 games, 75% wins), Ahri (6 games, 33% wins), Azir (5 games, 100% wins)
Aphelios (10 matches, 30% wins), Jinx (9 matches, 77% wins), Kalista (5 games, 60% wins) appeared in the bot line.
Nautilus (5 games, 50% win rate), Braum (5 games, 60% wins), Leona (5 games, 60% wins).
History of head-to-head encounters
Previously, the teams played in LPL Spring 2023. ThunderTalk Gaming took the win then.
The outcome
The only thing that allows ThunderTalk Gaming to be nominally on par with Rare Atom is the match half a year ago in LPL Spring 2023. I don't see any other reason why ThunderTalk and Rare Atom are on the same level.
RA are looking much more chipper this season than their future rival. The team can and will take the series.
Bottom line: a win for Rare Atom.
