JDG lucky asf they get BLG for their knockout round 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 GO JDG KNOCK THOSE FRAUDS OUT! EZ 2-0 for yall 🤣🤣🤣
it's still possible for DRG to qualify since they have 6 championship points while BLG, AG, and JDG have 5. If JDG beats BLG and AG loses to Trace that would eliminate BLG and AG while putting JDG tied with DRG at 6 points. If JDG proceed to lose out the playoffs, then it would come down to the championship tiebreaker rules format which prioritize HTH and DRG have the HTH over JDG
championship points tiebreaker: 2-way:
Head-to-head record year long (series, map diff, round diff)
Stage 2 regular split standings
3-way: Head-to-head record for ILs (series, map diff, round diff) ILs Map diff ILs Round diff
I don’t rate the BLG team. They’ve won some games and done a bit of this and that when it comes to nice plays but overall I think they’re still a mid team. I don’t think BLG has what it takes to be a top 4 team and their players aren’t the best anyways. Despite all that, BLG remains a competitive team that can put up a fight against any other team in the region, especially with their new additions of Flex1n and Nephh.
JDG on the other hand looks interesting, partly due to their miraculous journey into playoffs after looking like one of the bottom feeders in Kickoff and Stage 1. While star duelist stew hasn’t looked like his past RA self, players such as jkuro and YHchen have looked to have improved greatly. Viva is still a CN goat, and Z1yan seems to be a good addition to the team.
I think JDG can win this game to solidify their stature in the region and show everyone that they’re here to stay and that their playoff run is not a fluke
JDG 2-1 BLG
JDG 2-1 BLG
On paper JDG holds the edge alongside their momentum coming into this series, BLG trails behind though despite their track record seem a little shaky. However, if we observe their previous series you'll notice that BLG were well favored to win each map (Save for Icebox) if we account for WR%.
Now, if the ban phase goes better for JDG (i.e. Fracture/Pearl, to test BLG's adaptability this current season) they could stand to win this otherwise even if picking their preferred map(s) they'll just get dogged on by BLG forcing them to go "Ultra Instinct" (<insert whatever hype phrase here>) to secure the final neutral map (Probably Ascent...)
But even then, the other players in JDG aside from Viva should definitely step it up (especially since they replaced MarT1n who was playing weakside or at most inting that series in terms of KDA)
In the end, JDG "can" sweep with a 2-0 though my hope is that they bring their "A" game instead of getting folded. I will say at least quoting from @geospliced
"Z1yan's a good addition to the team."
Purely. Because. He. Ain't. Feeding. Hard.
I will put Z1yan on the best fresh player in vctcn`s stage 2,even higher than Simon,maybe equal with nephh,after he join in JDG,JDG only lose one match,and as a pre duelist player,he can play omen,KO,and other agents when team need him.but maybe the reason is Viva turn to IGL,look like learn a lot from Yoman,last time he say he want become another Yoman for team.