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There is only a little bit left until the Demacia Cup 2023 Long Game play-offs. Already now we know the names of 7 participants of the main stage of the "progression" tournament, and soon we will know the name of the last of them. However, it will be later.
Now we are interested in Royal Never Give Up and Bilibili Gaming. Both teams will play in the first round of play-offs. The format of the meeting is Bo5.
We are trying to find out which of the teams will be stronger and will go further on the main round grid, and who will have to get knocked out in the first round and leave the championship.
Let's go.
Bilibili Gaming uniforms
We start the match analysis with the analysis of BLG's game form. In this match they are playing first number one, which is pretty obvious.
Last season BLG made a lightning fast breakthrough into the top 2 of the Chinese region, thereby clawing their way to the Mid-Season Invitational 2023. Another sensation happened at the international event: BLG made it to the grand finals, only to lose to JD Gaming.
Another plus for BLG is the roster renewed at Long Conference 2023. The club managed to assemble a top company.
- BLG roster: Bin, XUN, knight, Elk, ON.
After a really triumphant half-year, Bilibili Gaming has not slowed down at all. The team was the first to reach the play-offs of LPL Summer 2023, and also set a local record: the only one in the history of the series finished the group stage with one defeat.
In the first match of the play-offs, TES faced off. The game was played under the dictation of vice-champions LPL Spring 2023 and BLG beat TES very confidently with a score of 3-1.
In the final of the upper grid Bilibili Gaming played against their principal rival - JD Gaming team. The reigning LPL champions left their colleagues no chance and shut down BLG with a score of 3-0.
Unlike the spring split, BLG had a slightly less confident performance in the summer. The vice-champions of the Mid-Season Invitational 2023 ended the summer split in third place, Ledgeiv in the match to advance to the LNG Esports Grand Final with a 1-3 score.
Bilibili Gaming got a pretty serious opponent in their first match at Worlds 2023. Yagao and company played against South Korea's top 3, KT Rolster, and in a 45 minute battle they were stronger.
Next up was JD Gaming and there was no way to win. However, Ledge and the first team of China, BLG got a "free" round against Fnatic, thus making the score 2-1.
BLG ran into T1 in a 2-1 basket and it didn't bode well for the Chinese club. T1 won and went on to advance, while Bilibili Gaming travelled to the net 2-2.
In the final Swiss clash, they met G2 Esports. Bilibili won 2-1, sending the first team in Europe home.
In the first round of play-offs Bilibili Gaming met Gen.G. After a rather easy 2-0, the Korean Grand equalised at 2-2, and everything was decided on the 5th map. It was decided in favour of BLG, who caught Chovy a few times on Akali, and eventually sent Gen.G home empty-handed.
However, after defeating Gen.G, Bilibili Gaming failed to beat their compatriots from WBG in the match to qualify for the Worlds 2023 Grand Final.
Most popular BLG characters
The most popular characters in the TOP remain: Gnar (3 matches, 66% wins), Gwen (2 matches, 0% wins), Camile (2 fights, 50% wins), Renekton (2 games, 0% wins), KSante (2 matches, 0% wins).
Jungle is dominated by VI with 6 matches and 66% wins. Also peaking are Wukong (4 games, 0% wins), Nidalee (3 games, 33% wins).
Azir (3 matches, 0% wins), Ahri (2 games, 0 wins), Galio (2 matches, 2 wins), Sylas (2 matches, 50% wins) appear in the mid.
Lucian (7 matches, 57% wins), Varus (3 matches, 33% wins), Zeri (2 matches, 0 wins) pick on shooters.
The most popular support in combination with Lucian is Nami (7 matches, 57% wins), Karma (2 games, 50% wins).
Royal Never Give Up
We continue the match analysis with the analysis of the RNG form. Here the Kings are playing as number two, which is also very predictable given their poor performance over the course of the year.
Last year, RNG won the LPL Spring 2022, then triumphed in the MSI 2022 final, and also qualified for the Worlds 2022, where they finished in the top 8.
In the new season, however, Long Corner was worse than before. In the first regional round of the LPL - LPL Spring 2023 - RNG finished top-8.
- RNG's lineup: Breathe, Wei. Tangyuan, Lwx, Ming.
So far, RNG are moving towards repeating the history of six months ago. We need to step up and improve their performance in the standings, then we can automatically avoid the top 8.
In the group stage of LPL Summer 2023, Royal Never Give Up finished in the top 7. They fell one position short of making it to the second round of the main stage and now need to play more matches.
In the first round of play-offs LPL Summer 2023 RNG played against NiP. Being the favourite of the series, the title Chinese club Ledgeil their vis-a-vis, and Ledgeil with the score 1-3. As a result - the top 10 of the tournament.
Apparently, the absolutely failed last season affected the mood of RNG in the new one. They seriously approached the game at NEST 2023 and did not know any defeats in the group stage: they beat Bilibili, Anyone's Legend and Invictus Gaming. In the play-offs Royal Never Give Up continued their triumphal march, which eventually resulted in the championship at the local tournament.
RNG looked good at Demacia Cup 2023 as well. At least they managed to get out of their group by winning all their matches, which is nothing.
The most popular Royal Never Give Up champions
The top line picks are KSante (4 matches, 25% wins), Renekton (3 matches, 66% wins), Jayce (2 games, 0% wins).
Foresters: Maokai (3 games, 33% wins), Sejuani (3 games, 0% wins), Graves (2 games, 50% wins), Poppy (2 games, 0 wins) and Wukong (2 games, 50% winrate).
In the mid, the classic situation is Azir (2 matches, 50% wins), Akali (1 game, 0 wins), Ryze (1 game, 100% wins).
On arrows is also pretty usual, except for ignoring Lucian-a. The most selectable champion is Zeri (4 games, 75% wins). There was Caitlyn (3 games, 33% wins), Ziggs (2 games, 0% wins) and Varus (2 games, 0% wins).
There were Heimerdinger (2 matches, 50% wins), Yuumi (2 games, 50% wins).
History of head-to-head meetings Royal Never Give Up - Bilibili Gaming
The teams have played each other 4 times. BLG won three times, but the last match at NEST 2023 was taken by NiP.
Predicted result of the match Royal Never Give Up - Bilibili Gaming at Demacia Cup 2023
I expect a fight in this match. Nominally BLG is much stronger, but RNG are well on their way to the Long Run of the season. I think they will be able to impose their rules on at least one map, but I can see them being able to take two. However, in the end, I'm betting on a 3-2 victory for BLG.
Bottom line: BLG win with the score 3-2.
