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We continue to follow the action at Demacia Cup 2023. The main stage of the championship is getting ready for the Long Cogneg, where the strongest teams in China are in action.
Among the top contenders for victory is JD Gaming. Last year they fell a little short of Golden Road, and in the new season they will obviously want to surpass last year's result. A great opportunity to warm up before the main tournaments will be the Demacia Cup 2023 play-offs.
The first opponent of JDG in the Demacia Cup 2023 play-offs is TOP Esports. We will talk about their match more specifically, trying to figure out which of the teams will be stronger and advance further on the main grid.
Let's go.
JD Gaming uniforms
Let's start the match analysis with JD Gaming's form. In this match they will play as favourites, with odds to win at around 1.3.
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 finals, 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. With the defeat by T1, JDG's Golden Road in 2023 came to an end.
JD Gaming's most popular champions
The most picked heroes in the TOP are Renekton (4 games, 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).
On the shooters familiar Yuumi (4 games, 75% wins), Ashe (3 matches, 100% wins).
TOP Esports uniforms
We continue to deal with this Bo5 match by analysing the TOP Esports form. In this match they will play in Underpassdog status, which is not surprising considering the weight of a JDG level team.
In 2022, Top Esports finished top-2 in the domestic league twice, and then made an appearance at Worlds 2022, where they finished top-10. In the new season, the situation is slightly worse: they finished top-7 in the LPL Spring 2023, managing to qualify for the play-offs but failing to win a single game there.
- Tes Esports roster: 369, Tian, Creme, JackeyLove, Meiko.
The group stage for TOP Esports was pleasant, but far from perfect. TES shared the top 4 of the regular season with LNG, winning 12-4 in the series.
In their first play-offs match, TES faced serious resistance from EDG. TES defeated their counterparts by a score of 3-2.
TES fell to the bottom seed after a clash with Bilibili Gaming. That match ended in a 3-1 victory for the latter. Further bad luck continued in the lower grid of LPL Summer 2023. In the match for life at the tournament TES met LNG Esports, tried to impose a fight, but were powerless, lost with a score of 1-3 and left the tournament on the 4th line.
TES later played at the LPL Regional Finals 2023, where they tried to make it to the Worlds. Again they came up just short, as TES Ledge beat WBG 2-3, thus losing their chances of making it to Worlds 2023.
TES also had NEST 2023, where TES did not make it out of the group, finishing 2-1. The group stage of Demacia Cup 2023 was pretty easy for TOP Esports: they didn't lose a single match in Group D and easily made it to the main stage.
The most popular Top Esports champions
KSante (7 matches, 85% wins) and Renekton (5 matches, 80% wins) remain the most popular top line picks. Sion (3 matches, 66% wins) and Darius (2 matches, 100% wins) are next.
In the forest, Sejuani (9 matches, 77% wins), Vi (4 matches, 75% wins), Maokai (4 games, 100% wins) are ubiquitous.
Jayce (6 games, 100% wins) appears in the mid (6 games, 100% wins). Next are Azir (4 games, 75% wins), Akali (3 games, 66% wins), Sylas (3 games, 33% wins).
TES has a standard set of shooters: Lucian (6 games, 66% wins), Varus (4 games, 100% wins), Sivir (3 games, 33% wins). Draven (3 games, 66% wins) and Jhin (3 matches, 66% wins).
Pool players: Nami (6 games, 66% wins), Yuumi (4 games, 75% wins), Nautilus (4 games, 75% wins), Heimerdinger (4 games, 100% wins).
History of head-to-head meetings JD Gaming - TOP Esports
The teams have played each other three times in the last year. All games were won by JD Gaming.
Predicted result of JDG vs TES at Demacia Cup 2023
As far as I am concerned, this match will not give us a fight. If JDG play basic, they will run over TES without even feeling the opponent. Otherwise, we can expect a fight, but I'm still leaning towards the first option.
Bottom line: 3-0 win for JDG.
