On the eve of Worlds 2022, the competitive League of Legends hosts the European EU Masters Summer 2022. In the Old World, 28 teams fought for the title and $150,000.
Now there are 4 teams left in the fight and two of them will be discussed today. We are talking about LDLC OL and Team Heretics.
This pair in a b5 fight will determine the second participant in the grand final, who will play in the final match for the right to call himself the champion of EU Masters Summer 2022 and earn $40,000.
We are trying to figure out which of the clubs will be able to take another step towards the championship, and which will remain out of work.
Form LDLC OL
LDLC OL will play as a favorite in this match. The chance of a French victory is estimated by a factor of around 1.2.
Such confidence of bookmakers is not clear to me personally. Such a difference between the teams suggests that the French club is too strong compared to its opponents.
Yes, LDLC OL is good this season: the team has won the local LFL league twice. She won the LFL Spring 2022 and LFL Summer 2022, securing the absolute leadership in the French League of Legends.
In addition, LDCL had a decent performance at the last European Masters, which took place this spring. The club managed to reach the final, but in the decisive confrontation they failed to cope with Karmine Corp, who are aiming for a slot in the title LEC.
As part of this EU Masters, LDLC OL were assigned to group B, where they easily took 1st place with a score of 5-1. In the main stage, LDCL defeated Dusty (2-3) in a very competitive fight, which is rather strange. given the status of the Icelanders.
Composition of LDLC OL
- Ragner
- Yike
- Eika
- Ecakick
- Doss
The team has been playing in this roster for a little less than a year. LDLC reformatted their line-up in January of this year.
Heroes LDLC OL
During the tournament, LDLC OL most often chose Ornn to the top lane (4 matches, 75% wins), Viego to the jungle (3 matches, 100% wins), Ahri to the mid (6 games, 66% wins), Aphelios and Rakan to the bot. The last two rarely worked in a combination, since adk lost 2 matches out of 4 played, but Rakan won 3 matches out of 3.
Team Heretics Uniform
In the status of catching up in this match, the bookmaker sees Team Heretic. On the victory of the Spaniards give a coefficient in the amount of around 4.
Okay, outside of the EU Masters, heretics don't really have a great track record. Behind them is the victory at the local Superliga DIvision 1 Summer 2022, and basically everything.
But already at EU Masters Summer 2022, the team showed that it can compete with the best TIR-2 teams in Europe.
In group C, Team Heretics lost 2 matches out of 6, but this was enough to get into the playoffs. The first round of the main stage almost became the last for the "heretics", but UOL did not become a fatal obstacle for the Spaniards.
Team Heretics line-up
- iBo
- bluerzor
- Zwyroo
- Nixerino
- Jackspektra
- whiteinn
Even though 6 players of the main team are involved in the roster, Jackspektra plays at the EU Masters Summer 2022. We will focus on him when considering the heroes.
Heroes of Team Heretics
Aatrox appears most often in the TOP line (3 matches, 100% of wins). Also there are Ornn, Sejuani (2 matches, 50% of wins), Gnar (2 matches, 50% of wins).
Forester most often with Team Heretics Wukong (5 matches, 60% win rate). Xin Zhao, Nocturne and Poppy are also in the forest, but much more often Wukong (1 game each, except for Xin Zhao - 2 matches).
Viktor dominates the mid lane (3 matches, 100% win rate). Ahri also made three appearances. but only won once.
On Adc, Zari flickers most often, with a win rate of 66% of wins.
Support - Lulu. She won 2 matches in 4 fights.
History of personal confrontations
Previously, the teams did not play each other in official matches. The fight in the semi-finals of EU Masters Summer 2022 will be the debut.
Match outcome
In this confrontation, my eyes will be fixed on mid. For LDLC OL, it is important to remove Viktor from the pool, as Heretics do not hesitate to pick this character. Looking at the match from the perspective of Heretics, we will get an obvious Viego ban.
Moving away from pico-bans, which will be handled by lineup coaches, I see an equal fight here. LDLC in the first round hardly outplayed the opponent, nominally weaker. Heretics, in turn, closed peppy UOL.
I'm definitely waiting for 4 cards, with quite a big reserve for a full-fledged bo5. I would venture to suggest the victory of Heretics.
Outcome: victory for Heretics.
