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We continue with the Demacia Cup 2023 play-offs, where the fate of the last champion of the 13th competitive season is determined. The main stage is entering the terminal stage, as there are 4 teams left in the race for the championship.
And of these four, only two are the so-called S-class teams. Among them are JD Gaming and Bilibili Gaming, and from the unexpected participants of the semifinals - Rare Atom and Ninjas In Pyjamas.
We are interested in the match between JD Gaming and Rare Atom. I didn't expect to see this pair in the match for the grand finals, but that's how it happens.
We are trying to figure out which of the teams will be stronger in this match and, as a result of the match, will go to the grand finals, where they will play against the winner of NiP - Bilibili Gaming.
Let's go.
JD Gaming uniforms
We start the match analysis with an analysis of JD Gaming's form. In this match they will play in the status of absolute favourite: the odds for their victory are at around 1.2.
JD Gaming became the champions of the spring LPL quite easily. The only difficult match came in the semifinals of the top net, where BLG gave JDG trouble by taking 2 games.
- JD Gaming roster: Flandre, sheer, Kanavi, Maggie, Yagao, Ruler, MISSING .
Among other things, JD Gaming became the champions of the first large-scale The International event in 2023 - Mid-Season Invitational 2023. If we remember the group stage of LPL Summer 2023, JD Gaming fell just short of BLG's record, playing the stage with a score of 14-2.
In the first round of the main stage JD Gaming faced LNG Esports. The latter showed top flight and made the current world champions sweat for 5 maps, but the match still ended in favour of Ruler and company.
Next were BLG, who did not offer such resistance as LNG Esports. JD Gaming swept away LPL Spring and MSI 2023 finalists in the LPL Summer 2023 top final, closing out the series with a 3-0 win.
In the LPL Summer 2023 grand finals, LNG Esports gave a serious fight to the formidable JDG. Scout and company took 2 maps at once, but they were not enough to win.
JDG debuted with a victory over BDS. I would like to mention the European club, which kept in the game till about 20 minutes. It was expected that the defeat would be much bigger than the final 14-6 in favour of the Chinese.
The second match JD Gaming played against Bilibili Gaming, vice-champions of MSI 2023 and LPL Spring 2023. Being the top team in China, JDG easily defeated the third team from the Middle Kingdom, closing the series with a 19-7 score in 24 minutes.
In the play-offs match, JD Gaming played against their compatriots from LNG Esports. They won the match, but not without problems (2-1).
In the first play-offs match JD Gaming played against KT Rolster. Losing the first map, JDG showed why they are considered the main contender to win Worlds 2023: absolutely dominant game without any chances for KT Rolster residents.
Next, the situation was the exact opposite. Facing T1, JDG managed to take only one card in the bo5 series. The defeat by T1 ended JDG's Golden Road in 2023.
JD Gaming started the play-offs of Demacia Cup 2023 with a match against TOP Esports. There, JDG won with a score of 3-2.
Most popular JD Gaming champions
The most picked heroes in TOP are Renekton (4 matches, 75% wins), Gragas (3 games, 100% wins), Aatrox (2 games, 50% wins).
In the forest, the most pickable champion is Maokai (4 matches, 100% wins), Wukong (3 games, 33% wins), Sejuani (3 matches, 66% wins).
Centre line - Akali (3 matches, 33% wins), Jayce (2 matches, 100% wins).
Of the shooters JDG likes Zeri (5 games, 60% wins), Varus (4 matches, 75% wins).
The familiar Yuumi (4 games, 75% wins), Ashe (3 matches, 100% wins).
Rare Atom uniforms
We continue the match analysis with the analysis of Rare Atom's form. In this match, they are playing as number two and the odds on them winning are at around 4.4.
Last season Rare Atom was a failure. The team took 15th place at LPL Spring 2022 and 17th at LPL Summer 2022. However, they managed to improve a bit during LPL Spring 2023.
Getting into the play-offs of LPL Spring 2023 is already an indicator. Rare Atom won 8 matches out of 16 played to advance to the main stage. However, they failed to move further into the top 10.
- Rare Atom line-up: Xiaoxu, naiyou, VicLa, Assum, Zorah .
Being a resident of LPL, Rare Atom performed at the summer split of the Chinese league. They played, to put it mildly, not very well: top 15 out of 17 possible results can't be called a good result.
Before the Demacia Cup 2023 RA visited NEST 2023. There they played in their canon - TOP-16. But at Demacia Cup 2023 Rare Atom showed an unexpected class. Rare Atom unexpectedly took TOP-1 in their group, leaving behind IG and FPX.
Also unexpectedly Rare Atom won the first match in the play-offs of Demacia Cup 2023. And they beat not just anyone, but LNG Esports with a score of 3-1.
Rare Atom's most popular champions
On the top line, Rare Atom has no revelations. Collective picks KSante (4 matches, 50% wins), Renekton (3 games, 33% wins), Gnar (3 matches, 66% wins).
In the forest all the same, more or less standard: VI (7 games, 57% wins), Maokai (3 games, 66% wins), Poppy and Sejuani 2 matches and 0 wins each.
On the centre line with no deviations. There are Azir (4 matches, 50% wins), Ryze (4 games, 50% wins), Syndra (2 games, 50% wins), Cassiopeia (2 matches, 50% wins).
The championship among shooters is held by Lucian. Champion appeared 5 times, but won only 2 matches. Tried to Zeri, but failed: 0-3 in three appearances.
Among the supporting champions, Nami was a success. She was picked up 5 times, and her winrate was 40%. Yummi (3 games, 0% wins) and Ashe (3 games, 66% wins) were also picked.
History of head-to-head meetings between Rare Atom and JD Gaming
The teams have played each other three times during the 2023 season. All 3 games were won by JD Gaming.
Predicted result of JDG vs Rare Atom at Demacia Cup 2023
Rare Atom, like NiP by the way, have already outdone themselves. The victory over LNG (Worlds 2022 participant by the way) is already an indicator. If they manage to beat JDG too, I will be very surprised, but for now I bet on a 3-1 win for JDG.
Bottom line: 3-1 win.
