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The battles within the North American region are heating up. And we are still watching what is happening at LCS Summer 2024, where 5 teams are left in the fight for the championship title and 3 tickets to Worlds 2024.
Among them are Liquid and FlyQuest, which is true that they have a different situation from the position, 100 Thieves, C9 and Dignitas. Both Liquid and FlyQuest have already secured their passage to Worlds 2024, but now it's a matter of principles - to become the champion of the home league.
We're trying to figure out who of the Liquid - FlyQuest pairing will be the stronger and advance to the next stage, the LCS Summer 2024 Grand Final.
Let's go.
Liquid's form
Let's open the breakdown of Liquid vs FlyQuest with an analysis of Liquid's form. In this match, they play the number one with odds to win around 1.24.
While in 2022 the team was consistently in the top of the local league, finishing top 1 at LCS Lock In 2022 and then top 3 and top 4 at LCS Spring 2022 and LCS Summer 2022 respectively, the situation has changed in 2023. At LCS Spring 2023, the team finished Top 8, which is clearly not the level of a top club.
- Team Liquid lineup: Impact, UmTi, APA, Yeon, CoreJJ.
After the unsuccessful LCS Spring, the team changed the player of the central league. The newcomer was APA, who previously played for Team Liquid Challengers.
Liquid managed to qualify for the LCS Summer 2023 play-offs. They won the group with a score of 10-8, thus securing their place in the top play-offs.
However, they didn't last long there. In the first match Liquid lost to NRG, who are surprising this season. In the first match of the lower play-offs Liquid outplayed 100 Thieves 3-1 and here they are.
Liquid's next opponent in the play-offs was Dignitas. The latter were no competition for Liquid and the match ended 3-0 in favour of Liquid.
Next was a match against Golden Guardians. Being an outsider on paper, Liquid managed to overcome themselves and closed the series with a score of 3-2. A very nervous series, where after two taken cards Liquid gave up 2, but in the end they still finished what they started.
In the match for the grand final Team Liquid played with NRG. Quite unexpectedly, Liquid lost, and NRG subsequently became LCS Summer 2023 champions.
TL later attended Worlds 2023, where they failed to make it to the group stages, eventually finishing in the top 16. After failing at Worlds 2023, Liquid returned to their home harbour and confidently finished top-1 at LCS Spring 2024. In the first round of the Bracket Stage they played against Top Esports and expectedly Ledgeili 0-3 without any competition.
At MSI 2024 Liquid took the top 6, which is a good result for a team from LCS.
At Esports World Cup 2024, Liquid debuted with a surprisingly easy win over Fnatic, thus strengthening their advantage in head-to-head meetings against Orange. However, Liquid were further challenged by T1, who closed out the series with a 3-1 win, thus knocking Liquid out of the tournament. As a result, Liquid finished in the top 6 at Esports World Cup 2024.
At LCS Summer 2024, the team had no trouble getting through the regular season with a 7-0 win, thus guaranteeing themselves a spot in the second round of the playoffs. Already in the play-offs, Liquid made a successful debut with a 3-0 win against 100 Thieves.
Team Liquid's most popular champions
Kenen (3 matches, 100% wins), Gnar (3 matches, 33% wins), Jax (2 matches, 100% wins), Rumble (2 matches, 100% wins) are the most frequently sent to the top line.
Foresters pick Vi (4 matches, 50% wins), Wukong (4 matches, 75% wins), Sejuani (2 matches, 50% wins), Lee Sin (2 matches, 50% wins).
In the mid are Ziggs (2 matches, 100% wins), Tristana (1 match, 100% wins), Cassiopeia (1 match, 0 wins), Neeko (1 match, 1 win).
On Shooters Aphelios (6 matches, 66% wins), Ashe (3 matches, 33% wins), Lucia (1 match, 1 win), Samira (1 match, 1 win), Xayah (1 match, 0 wins).
On supporting champions Rakan (4 games, 50% wins), Milio (3 matches, 66% wins), Rell (3 matches, 33% wins).
FlyQuest Form
We continue the analysis of FlyQuest vs Liquid match with the analysis of FlyQuest form. In this match they will play as an outsider with odds to win at around 3.8.
FlyQuest have been on the professional scene since 2017. Back then, they were hanging around somewhere in the middle, ranking from top 7 to top 7.
The following years were also unsuccessful: in 2018 the peak was TOP-6 at LCS Summer 2018, then TOP-4 at LCS Spring already in 2019. The turning point was the 2020 season, when FlyQuest made it to the Worlds 2020 after twice making Top 2 at home. However, it wasn't too bad to take special heights there, though: TOP-12 for a FlyQuest ranked team can be considered a success.
In the season 2021 and 2022 the team played "standard" for themselves. The average was top-6.
At LCS Spring 2023, the team finished second in the group stage, losing to Cloud9. The team won the group stage with a score of 14-4.
- FlyQuest lineup: Bwipo, Inspired, Quad, Massu, Busio.
The team lost to the leaders of the standings Cloud9, Evil Geniuses, Team Liquid and TSM. However, having played each of the teams twice, FlyQuest took one match each.
The team had no net defeats in the group stage. The team did not participate in any third-party events.
In the first match of the play-offs FlyQuest played with 100 Thieves. The opponent, who nominally could compete with FQ, was unable to take even a map: the match ended with a 3-0 defeat in favour of FlyQuest. After a successful Long Sogpeg, FlyQuest made it to the Top 3 before losing to Golden Guardians 2-3 in the finals match, thus being left out of Worlds 2023.
In 2024, FlyQuest made it to the LCS Top 2 and eventually made it to MSI 2024. Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) 2024 started off with a very surprising 2-1 win over PSG Talon. In the match to qualify for the Bracket Stage FlyQuest expectedly Ledge or T1 with a score of 0-2. And then there was a rematch of PSG Talon and FlyQuest left MSI 2024 on the 10th line.
At LCS Summer 2024 the team took the top 3 with the score 5-2. In the play-offs FlyQuest defeated NRG 3-1 and then very unexpectedly beat C9 3-1. By reaching the final of the top set, they guaranteed themselves a spot at Worlds 2024.
The most popular FlyQuest champions
The top FlyQuest champions are KSante (9 matches, 66% wins), Sion (4 matches, 50% wins), Jax (2 games, 100% wins) and Renekton (2 matches, 100% wins).
The forest picks are Maokai (5 matches, 80% wins), Sejuani (4 games, 25% wins), Vi (4 matches, 100% wins), and Amumu (3 matches, 100% wins).
The centre line has the most variety. Sylas (4 matches, 75% wins), Azir (2 matches, 100% wins), Akali (2 matches, 50% wins), Annie (2 matches, 100% wins), Ahri (2 matches, 100% wins).
Zeri (4 games, 75% wins), Aphelios (3 matches, 33% wins), Lucian (2 games, 50% wins), Caitly (2 matches, 100% wins), Kaisa (2 matches, 100% wins) take the ADC position.
Lulu (3 games, 33% wins), Rakan (2 games, 100% wins), Soraka (1 game, 100% wins), Nami (1 game, 0 wins) appeared on the roster.
History of head-to-head meetings between FlyQuest and Liquid
In the season 2024 FlyQuest and Liquid played each other 5 times. The score is 3-2 in favour of Liquid.
Predicted result of Liquid vs FlyQuest at LCS Summer 2024
I'm expecting a pretty chippy League of Legends from this matchup. In my opinion, FlyQuest being the underdogs have a chance to clinch the victory, because FlyQuest look very cheerful in this play-offs. I think, they will definitely get the card.
Bottom line: 3-1 win for Liquid.
