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Congratulations, we've made it to the main event of the regional League of Legends. The LPL Summer 2023 play-offs are about to begin in China.
At stake, in addition to an impressive prize pool of ~$600,000, are two trips to Worlds 2023. And it is for the slots to the South Korean World Championship will be the most fierce struggle.
Opening the main stage of LPL Summer 2023 will be EDward Gaming and Team WE. The match promises to be hot for several reasons.
The first and most obvious is the opening of the play-offs of the largest regional league. The second is the presence of the EDward Gaming tag on the match signage. Last season the team was ranked in the top 3 on the LPL, but now they will start from the very bottom.
Let's try to figure out which team will be stronger in this clash. The winner will move on to the LPL Summer 2023 play-offs where they will play against Oh My God, while the loser will finish in the top 10.
Let's go.
EDG Form
Let's open the match breakdown by analysing EDward Gaming's form. In this match they will have to play the first number one.
Bookmakers confirm the advantage of Edward Gaming. The odds for their victory is at 1.4.
For bo5 match, such a figure indicates a fairly serious advantage on the side of EDward Gaming. We should not be surprised by this, because this is a team with a clearly higher class than their future opponents.
In 2021, EDG triumphed at Worlds 2021, writing their name in the annals of history as the best team in the world. Then something went wrong and EDG started to lose strength, but not critically.
In 2022 EDG again made their way to Worlds, but managed to be ranked "only" in the top 8. For some people this is a strong indicator, but not for EDG.
The last result of EDG was the top 3 at LPL Spring 2023. Then it was not enough to win one series to qualify for the Mid-Season Invitational 2023.
- EDG roster: Ale, Jiejie, FoFo, Uzi, Meiko.
LPL Summer 2023 is going poorly for EDG so far. The team made it to the play-offs by finishing in the top 10, but after finishing 8th place in the group stage they will start their performance in the main stage from the first round, which adds a lot of headaches on their way to the top 2 and the Worlds 2023.
EDward Gaming's most popular champions
Edward Gaming has a pretty extensive pool of champions in the top line up. Fiora, Sion, Kenen and Renekton have appeared 3 times each, of which the first two won 2 matches each, but Kenen and Renekton took all their games. Jayce, KSante, Camile, Jax and Gnar appeared 2 times each (Jax won both matches, the others 1-1).
Things are much less varied in the forest by meta dictation. The most pickable character is Maokai (7 games, 100% wins). Next are Vi (5 games, 80% wins) and Sejuani and Wukong (4 games each, 50% wins).
The centre line doesn't shine with variety either. The same popular Azir (6 games, 50% wins), Jayce (6 games, 83% wins), Akali (5 games, 80% wins).
In bot - Zeri (7 matches, 100% wins), Lucian (4 matches, 50% wins), Caitlyn (100% wins in 3 matches), Jhin (3 games, 66% wins).
The situation is as follows: Nami, Ashe, Yummi have 4 games each with 2 wins for the first, 3 for the second and perfect winrate for the third. Next are Heim (3 games, 66% wins) and Annie (3 games, 100% wins).
Team WE uniforms
Let's continue the match analysis with Team WE's form. In this match they will be playing the second number.
Bookmakers do not really believe in the success of WE. The odds for their victory are at around 2.7.
However, Team WE's situation is not too bad. Such odds, and even in Bo5, is quite a working situation.
Last season Team WE was a failure. The team took 15th place at LPL Spring 2022 and 17th at LPL Summer 2022. However, it was possible to improve a bit during the LPL Spring 2023.
Getting into the play-offs of LPL Spring 2023 is already an indicator. Team WE won 8 matches out of 16 played to advance to the main stage. However, they failed to move further into the top 10.
- Team WE roster: Cube, Heng, Shanks, Hope, lwandy.
LPL Summer 2023 is already a success for Team WE. The team repeated the result of the last season, that is, reached the play-offs. But with the passage further will be big problems.
Team WE's most popular champions
Team WE has no revelations on the top line. The team 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.
Head-to-head history
Previously, the teams have played each other twice. EDward Gaming won twice.
Match outcome
It is hard to imagine how Team WE can win this match. I admit a takeover, but not more than that.
EDward Gaming has to get involved. They are a good opponent for the first round of play-offs, so they will have a place to warm up before Oh My God.
Bottom line: 3-1 win for EDG.
