Welcome back to EGamersWorld 2023.
We continue our review of the main Spring League of Legends event, the Mid-Season Invitational 2023. As part of the first round of Play-In, we have prepared a betting tip on the Golden Guardians vs GAM Esports match.
The confrontation between North America and Vietnam in the first round of Play-In of the main tournament of the spring The International is interesting because not the most predictable, in fact, although North America is nominally stronger as a region, the representatives of Vietnam from GAM Esports can show grin. We, on the other hand, after analyzing the position of the teams and their home league results, will tell you what to expect from the game and who will advance further in the table after the first leg.
Let's go.
Golden Guardians uniforms
We open the analysis of the match GG - Gam Esports with an analysis of the game form of the Americans Golden Guardians. The LCS representatives will play this match as favourites, due to their residency in the North American region.
Golden Guardians, as a member of the LCS, have had something of a sensation this season. "The Guardians have always played a middle-of-the-road role, but that all changed in the spring of 2023.
In the LCS group stage, the Golden Guardians played to a tonneau as the team finished 9-9 and jumped to the last slot of the play-offs. Reaching the main stage from 6th place meant Long Corner play-offs from the first round of the lower net, i.e. games with no margin for error.
Golden Guardians Long started off with a tough match against 100 Thieves, the 3rd ranked team in the group stage and a clear winner of the tournament. The game ended on the 5th card with 3-2 in favour of GG.
The Guardians then played against EG, shutting out the "evil geniuses" with a score of 3-0. In the next Grand Final, Golden Guardians sensationally defeated FlyQuest 3-2 to advance to the MSI Grand Final 2023, where GG met C9.
Mana was not enough for the grand final. Cloud9 finished the game confidently with a 3-1 score.
- Golden Guardians: Licorice, River, Gori, Stixxay, huhi.
We can single out Gori and huhi, South Korean internationals with a high level of play-offs in the LCS Spring 2023. Also worth noting is the Canadian Licorice, who performs at the top line in a fairly stable league with a very unique pool of champions.
Golden Guardians' most popular champions
- Top Line: Gwen (3 matches, 100% wins), Fiora (3 matches, 66% wins).
- Jungle: Wukong (5 games, 80% wins).
- Centre Line: KSante (4 games. 75% win rate).
- Shooter: Zeri (4 games, 50% win rate).
- Sappers: Nami (3 games, 100% wins).
Ready to believe in the ability of American residents LCS Golden Guardians - bet on the victory of GG in the match against Gam Esports.
Believe in Vietnam's success at MSI 2023 - read about GAM Esports' playing form in the text below.
Gam Esports uniforms
Let's move on to a breakdown of the playing form of the VCS residents, Gam Esports. In this match, they will have to play number two in underdog status, for which there is an explanation.
The main argument not in Gam's favour is the geographical location of the team on the map of the professional League of Legends scene. Vietnam is one of the developing regions, but still falls short of the level of the same North America, although the latter is the weakest of the Major regions of the world.
If we talk about Gam Esports in isolation, they are fine. Since 2022 the team has been in the top VCS, and 2023 was no exception.
Since the start of the season, the team has made virtually no replacements. The only personnel change was the joining of the ѕurport squad to the roster.
- GAM Esports: Kiaya, Levi, Kati, Sty1e, Zin.
The newcomer of the team became a 24-year-old Zin, who previously played for teams such as OverPower Esports and AS Esports. In general, did not grab the stars from the sky.
Returning to the performance of GAM in the VCS, it is worth once again note the dominant position of GAM in the Vietnamese scene. It was first evident in the group stage of VCS Spring 2023, where GAM Esports went 14-0.
The tournament play-offs were much tougher than the group stage, but GAM were successful there as well. They first outlasted CERBERUS Esports 3-1 and then twice defeated SBTC Esports (3-2 in the upper net final and 3-1 in the grand final of VCS Spring 2023).
GAM Esports' most popular champions
- Top Line: Fiora (3 matches, 100% wins), Jax (3 matches, 66% wins).
- Jungle: Wukong (3 matches, 100% win rate), Lee Sin (3 matches, 66% win rate).
- Centre Line: Lissandra (7 games, 85% wins).
- Shooter: Zeri (6 games, 50% wins).
- Support: Nautilus (8 games, 75% wins).
Ready to believe in a representative of the Minor Region - bet on GAM Esports to win this match. If you are not yet ready to decide, perhaps our opinion will help you do so.
Predicted results for GAM Esports vs Golden Guardians
Here, unlike the Bilibili Gaming vs Rainbow7 match, I expect a bright fight and a brisk League of Legends. I don't think the Golden Guardians will be an insurmountable obstacle for the representatives of Vietnam and they will be able to push the card away. In turn, GG will be able to respond in kind, which will lead to a full-fledged Bo3.
Bottom line: +1.5 on GAM Esports.
