We continue to review the League of Legends World Championship. On the agenda we have a confrontation in the Group B Play-In stage between RNG and Isurus.
I'd be lying if I said this match would be interesting. The teams are on opposite sides of the food chain, and therefore you should not expect an equal game even close.
It is unacceptable for a Chinese grand to miss out on such free points. However, in the case of RNG, this situation is not new: in their group, they can only be hindered by DRX.
We figure out how and how RNG will beat Isurus, and whether the club from South America has something that will help them cling to victory.
RNG form
RNG will play as the absolute favorite in this match. The club's chance of winning is estimated by a coefficient around 1.1.
I repeat, this is the situation with RNG almost everywhere and everywhere. It is not surprising.
In the first half of the season, Royal Never Give Up showed their best side. The championship at MSI is the peak event in the career of most professionals in the League of Legends, which not everyone will reach.
RNG overcame this milestone and now they can rightly be considered a TIR-1 team with a “wish” for the world championship. The only thing that spoils the picture for RNG is their indistinct performance during the LEC Summer 2022, where the team somehow held the group stage, finishing in the TOP-6, after ingloriously relegated to the playoffs. Fortunately for RNG, at the LPL Regional Final 2022 RNG returned to their roots and settled in 2nd place, thus securing a passage to the Play-In Worlds 2022.
Royal Never Give Up line-up
- Xiaohu
- Gala
- Wei
- Ming
- Breathe
We could not return to the RNG roster, but there were changes in it, moreover, cardinal ones. After the triumph at MSI 2022, headliner Bin left the team, whose place was taken by Breathe. As we can see from the performance in the LPL Summer 2022, such a reshuffle caused damage to the team.
However, RNG had plenty of time to prepare for Worlds 2022. Knowing the ecosystem of the competitive League of Legends, especially in China, the problem of adapting Breathe, if not already solved, then at the final stage of the solution.
Heroes RNG
RNG play in the “eastern meta”. Gwen with Gnar for the top lane (12 matches for the first and 10 for the second). Jungle heroes look a little atypical, where Viego and Vi are preferred (the first, quite typical choice is 11 matches, 63% win rate, the second appeared in picks 9 times, 7 of them wins).
On the mid lane, RNGs are favored by Talliyah (9 matches, 8 wins) and Lissandra (9 games, 7 wins).
The best combination in the bot is Aphelios and Nautilus. ADK has 11 matches and 80% win rate, while the support has 13 games with 61% win rate.
Isurus form
Isurus will play as an outsider in this match. The chance of their success is estimated by a coefficient in the region of 7.
As mentioned above, this is not so much a problem with Isurus as high and reasonable expectations from Royal Never GIve Up. Obviously, the South American club has little to oppose to the representative of the title region, and even the current MSI champion.
En route to Worlds 2022, the team played both LLA splits. At LLA Opening 2022, the club took 2nd place, but at the summer LLA Closing 2022, it finished first, which allowed it to take a slot in the Play-In.
Composition of Isurus
- ADD
- Grell
- Seiya
- Gavotto
- Jelly
The last changes in the team took place back in May of this year, right before the start of LLA Closing. Then Grell joined the team, taking the place of the main jungler, who used to be Froststrike.
The point reshuffle has paid off and now the nominal Argentines with 3 Mexicans and 2 legionnaires from South Korea will fight within the Play-In Worlds 2022.
Heroes of Isurus
Isurus, by the way, has a playstyle similar to RNG. This is if we are talking about specific roles, whether it be Forest, Top or Bot.
In the top lane Isurus prefer Gnar (4 matches, 75% win rate), in the jungle they have Viego (5 matches, 5 wins).
Azir and Swain most often flash in the center, but the number of games leaves much to be desired. The first appeared 3 times and won only 1 match, the second is better - 2 games, 100 wins.
In the bot, like RNG, Aphelios, but his win rate is not the most pleasant - 3 matches, 1 win.
If possible, they take Yuumi as a support. In some places, the broken hero gave them 2 wins in 2 matches.
History of personal confrontations
Previously, the teams played did not play with each other. This match will be the debut.
The outcome of the fight
In such a confrontation, it is difficult to parse something. In a good way, RNG should take out 18 minutes and harvest from other clubs.
If you figure out the choice of heroes and other things, then in place of RNG, I would “pump” Isurus Aphelios. The Chinese themselves love this character and know exactly how to deal with it. RNG will also make a minimal emphasis on the top lane in order to protect themselves from incidents from Breathe.
Outcome: an easy victory for RNG.
