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We continue to follow the action at LEC Spring 2025, where the Group Stage is in full swing. We've reached the second week of games, where the battles for regular season points continue.
Among the teams that intend to get to the playoffs and take high places are BDS and SK Gaming. At the same time, both teams have already backed up their intentions with good results in the first round.
We are trying to figure out which of the BDS – SK Gaming pair will be stronger in this match.
Let's go.
BDS Form
We open the analysis of the match BDS – SK Gaming with an analysis of the game form of BDS. In this match they play as favorites with a coefficient of victory in the region of 1.4.
At LEC Winter 2023, BDS made it to the group stage, but quickly dropped out, finishing last in their quartet. The result is TOP-7.
Next up is LEC Spring 2023 and BDS' moment of glory. They unexpectedly reached the grand final, but lost to MAD Lions, who were on a roll in the spring.
- BDS composition: Irrelevant, 113, Nuc, Ice, Parus.
Before LEC Finals 2023, BDS played LEC Summer 2023. They were one map short of making it to the playoffs. They finished the championship in 5th place.
Thanks to near-top places and TOP-2 at LEC Spring 2023, BDS were able to get to LEC Finals 2023, and also to the upper bracket, where they got to G2 Esports in the first round. The face-to-face meeting did not end with anything interesting and G2 closed the match without any problems with a score of 3-1.
After losing to the main favorites of the LEC Finals 2023 – G2 Esports – BDS played against SK Gaming. The German club could not do anything against the French and fell with a score of 0-3.
However, the match with SK ended BDS's path to the LEC Finals 2023. The team lost to Fnatic with a score of 2-3 in the next round of the lower bracket, thus not reaching the TOP-3 of the tournament for direct participation in the main tournament.
BDS have already started Worlds 2023 on a positive note. They outclassed Golden Guardians in the Worlds Qualifying Series, thereby snatching a slot for themselves in this same Play-In.
After a confident victory over GG at the Worlds Qualifying Series, BDS unexpectedly failed their first match at Worlds 2023. They lost to the second number Vietnam, thus becoming the main losers of the World Championship so far.
They managed to partially rehabilitate themselves in the match against DFM. The Japanese club did not put up the necessary resistance and BDS easily closed the series with a score of 2-0.
In the match for entry here, BDS played against CTBC. The French outplayed their opponents with class, closing the series with a score of 2-0.
BDS fought PSG Talon for the group stage. The French were one map away from elimination, but on the third map Adam and his Olaf gave his team a chance to cling to a comeback and BDS used it: a reverse sweep in the match for the group stage actually allowed BDS to get into the group stage.
In the group stage of Worlds 2023, BDS first encountered JD Gaming. Obviously, the world's number one team was too much for the French and they lost without much of a chance. Next came the match against MAD Lions and again an ironclad defeat. BDS's final at Worlds 2023 was as inglorious as their entire stay at the tournament - they lost to Dplus with a score of 0-2.
BDS will debut at LEC Winter 2024 against G2 Esports. Power to them! Later there will be a duel with GIANTX, it will be easier, but far from easy.
BDS had almost no equals in the regular season of LEC Winter 2024. The French club lost only 2 matches: the first of the year against G2 Esports and the last in the regular season against Karmine Corp.
In the LEC Winter 2024 playoffs, they met Team Heretics. There, the French team outclassed the “heretics” with a score of 2-0. The quarterfinals were not much more difficult for BDS: again a confident victory with a score of 2-0, but this time against Vitality. They fell to the lower bracket after a hopeless defeat to G2 Esports in the small final of the upper bracket. And there they lost to MAD Lions.
LEC Spring 2024 was a good year, but they couldn't make it to MSI 2024. Fnatic got in the way, knocking out BDS in the match for the Grand Final.
BDS advanced to the LEC Summer 2024 playoffs with great confidence, sharing the regular season TOP-1 with SK Gaming. The championship playoffs started with a 2-1 victory over MAD Lions KOI. Then they met G2 Esports and the outcome was more than obvious - 0-2 in favor of G2. Having fallen to the lower bracket, BSD beat GiantX, closing the series with a score of 2-1. Before this match, BDS played against Karmine Corp and that was a pretty tough match, but still ended in a 3-2 victory for BDS. But in the match for reaching the grand final, they were unlucky to meet G2: 1-3 and were eliminated in the TOP-3.
The LEC Finals 2024 started with a hopeless loss against Fnatic. Then came an equally hopeless win against SK Gaming in the first round of the lower bracket. Then came a match against G2 Esports for the TOP-3 of the LEC Finals, but BDS literally lacked one map to win and left the tournament with a score of 2-3.
BDS passed the regular season of LEC Winter 2025, as they say, “on the thinnest of legs”. The French club, after changes in the roster, took 7 places in the group table of LEC Winter 2025. The LEC Winter 2025 playoffs started with a match against KOI, where, being an outsider, they expectedly lost with a score of 0-2. In the lower bracket, BSD had enough for a victory against Vitality, and then a loss to Fnatic and the final TOP-6.
LEC Spring 2025 kicked off with a win over Rogue.
Most Popular BDS Champions
The most common picks for the top lane are K'Sante (4 matches, 50% win rate), Gnar (3 matches, 100% win rate).
From the junglers, they choose Wukong (4 matches, 50% wins), Vi (2 matches, 50% wins), Nocturne (2 matches, 50% wins), Viego (2 matches, 0% wins).
In the mid lane Gragas (4 matches, 50% wins), Annie (4 matches, 50% wins).
On marksmen, everything is stable and according to the meta: Aphelios (6 matches, 33% wins), Jinx (3 matches, 66% wins), Zeri (2 matches, 100% wins).
On supports, everything is also stable: Lulu (3 matches, 66% wins), Rakan (3 games, 0% wins), Nautilus (2 matches, 50% wins).
SK Gaming Uniform
We continue our analysis of the SK Gaming – BDS match with an analysis of SK Gaming’s game form. In this match, they are playing as underdogs with a win odds of around 2.6.
SK Gaming's main achievement for the season before last was the debut LEC winter split. The team, being among the outsiders and previously occupying the TOP-8 in LEC Spring and LEC Summer, managed not only to get to the playoffs, but also to impose a serious fight on MAD Lions in the match for the TOP-3.
Things got much worse later. At LEC Spring 2023, SK Gaming were no longer so confident. This time, they managed to get through the regular season and bo1 matches, but not the group stage. SK dropped out in the TOP-7.
- SK Gaming lineup: JNX, Isma, Reeker, Rahel, Loopy.
At LEC Summer 2023, SK Gaming almost repeated the spring result, with a slight improvement. They took TOP-6, but thanks to TOP-4 at LEC Winter 2023, they still reached the regional finals.
However, SK Gaming's achievements ended with reaching the LEC 2023 finals. There, they played their only match against BDS and lost it without a chance, losing with a score of 0-3.
SK Gaming had a pretty good run through the LEC Winter 2024 group stage. The team finished the regular season with a score of 5-4.
In the first round of the playoffs, SK Gaming met Vitality. After a terrible start to the season, Vitality came back, and managed to get to the second round of the upper bracket, and SK Gaming went to the lower bracket. There, in the first round, they met Team Heretics and turned out to be stronger, and this despite the fact that they were nominal outsiders. However, the path to the LEC Winter 2024 playoffs ended for SK Gaming with a match in the second round of the playoffs against Fnatic.
They got to the LEC Spring 2024 playoffs by chance and character. To get to the main stage, they had to win tiebreakers against Rogue. In the first match of the playoffs, SK gave a good fight to Vitality, taking a map from them, but unfortunately for them, this did not help them win. A similar situation was in the match against Heretics, which ultimately led SK Gaming to the TOP-8.
SK Gaming finished the LEC Summer 2024 regular season in 1st place with a score of 8-1. At the start of the LEC Summer 2024 playoffs, they dealt with Heretics with class, winning with a score of 2-0. Next was a match against Fnatic, where SK Gaming lost with a score of 0-2. And in the next game, they unexpectedly lost to Karmine Corp with a score of 1-2.
They started from the lower bracket at the 2024 LEC Regional Finals. They didn't get very far, finishing in the top 6.
The 2025 season started with a performance at LEC Winter 2025. And they played the winter season terribly, missing the playoffs.
At the start of LEC Spring 2025, SK Gaming unexpectedly swatted Fnatic with a score of 2-0.
SK Gaming's Most Popular Champions
For the top SK Gaming picks were Gnar (2 games, 1 win), KSante (1 game, 0 wins), Camile (1 game, 1 win), Sion (1 game, 1 win), Renekton (1 game, 1 win).
The jungle honors Sejuani and Eliza. Both champions have appeared twice and won both matches, but Vi and Kindred lost their games.
The mid lane is played by Sylas (2 matches, 50% wins), Kassadin (1 time, 0 wins), Azir, Syndra and Akali (1 game each and 100% wins).
From the shooters - Zeri. The character appeared 3 times and won 2 matches, and also picked Varus (who lost the only match), Sivir and Lucian.
On the supports, Karma, who had already become boring, as well as Renata Glasc and Lulu. Yummi won two out of three matches, Karma lost the only game, and Renata Glasc and Lulu won.
BDS vs SK Gaming Head-to-Head History
The teams played each other 4 times last year. SK won only 1 match.
Predicted SK Gaming vs BDS match result at LEC Spring 2025
I wouldn't expect an easy game for BDS in this match. After SK's performance against Fnatic, they inspire confidence and will take at least one map.
Result: handicap +1.5 on SK.
