RNG vs LGD Gaming – LPL Spring Split 2019

LPL is one of the most prestigious leagues of LoL. The League host the World champions of 2018, Invictus Gaming. The 2019 season kicked off earlier this week. Let’s have a look at the match one of the strongest teams of the 2018 season, RNG.

RNG vs LGD Gaming

The reason we have picked this game since it is one of the initial games of the LPL reigning champions, RNG. Since they are yet to play professional games with their new recruits, we will comprehensively look at the changes to the roster of the team.

 

RNG

Uzi takes a break for a couple of weeks

Jiang Uzi Cihao will take a break from playing on the professional League of Legends stage. The Royal Never Give Up player will be out for about a month and will miss the first official matches of the spring split LPL 2019. Zhang Wink Rui, who joined the RNG in December 2018, will temporarily take his place.

The leadership of the Chinese club did not say why Uzi would miss the start of the season. Last year, Cihao several times went into inactivating due to a wrist injury and shoulder problems. Then the club doctors insisted that he should take a break from performances.

Uzi began playing tournaments in 2012 and spent most of his career in the various compositions of the Royal Never Give Up. In 2013–2014, he reached the World Cup finals. In 2018, he won the LPL Spring 2018, 2018 Mid-Season Invitational and 2018 Rift Rivals LCK-LPL-LMS. He also became the champion of the Asian Games in the Chinese team.

Zz1tai leaves the game for good

Apart from Uzi, RNG will be without another star. Earlier in January, Liu ‘Zz1tai’ Zhi-Hao left the competitive landscape of League of Legends and retired at only 21 years of age. It’s a very interesting decision at a very blooming age to leave the professional field in which the top laner competed for seven years. Apart from the shocking performance at Worlds, the 21-years-old had a very successful 2018 with Royal Never Give Up.

The Chinese player has given the news in the celebration of the sixth anniversary of Royal Never Give Up. The exit of Zz1tai confirms that two top laners of RNG will not be competing in 2019, since in the last week of December 2018, it was Letme who took a break from the competitive side.

Letme Goes inactive

Yan ‘Letme’ Jun-Ze made one of the most shocking decisions during the transfer break of League of Legends at international level and is that after dozens of signings and changes of equipment, the 23-years-old top laner has decided to put a pause to his career three weeks from the start of the LCK.

In a decision that the club has made official on social networks and that has been accompanied by a letter of farewell to the player, the renowned player of Royal Never Give Up left the top lane to take time and rest from the MOBA of Riot Games and the competitive.

In his farewell letter, the Chinese top laner thanked all those who have helped him during all this time and says goodbye despite having a contract until 2020, without clarifying what he will do in the future. Of course, Royal Never Give Up will continue to fight for the world throne and in fact, AmazingJ sounds to take his place in the LPL champion.

RNG signs AmazingJ

RNG’s new player AmazingJ comes from Hong Kong. He played for the BLG team. AmazingJ has also previously played for IM and has helped IM enter the S6 World Series. He has been in the LPL competition for many years in China. Moreover, he has also competed in the team of EDward Gaming. AmazingJ is good at using fighters and assassins to make a break on the Summoners Rift, while also having strong capabilities to lead the team. His individual stats are quite good, as he is often able to kill his opponents in 1v1 confrontations. Even with the recruitment of AmazingJ RNG is not stopping its activity in the transfer market.

RNG continues to be active in the transfer market

The RNG team will add new players, in the hopes of returning to the top league. The Royal Club of the League of Legend officially announced that the original RYL youth training player, Tianci, was officially transferred to the RNG team and will be with other members of the team. The RYL team is a team that competes in the League of Legends Development League (Secondary League). The 19-year-old Ying Tianci has been in the RYL team for two years, and it is not the first time to enter the RNG team. In the spring of last year, Tianchi was in the RNG’s official lineup and occasionally rotated with Letme. So, it will be an exciting opportunity for him to make a big impact on the big stage with one of the biggest LoL teams in the world.

In December 2018, the RNG team was eliminated early in the Demacia Cup.  The departure of Yan “Letme” Junze and Liu “Zz1tai” Zhihao meant that the only two top laners in the RNG team chose to leave the game. Less than a month before the start of the Spring League of the League of Legends in 2019, the RNG team quickly earned the veteran AmazingJ Yan Junze as the new player of the RNG team. On the starting list of the spring game, Letme has been included in the active roster. However, when he can adjust himself to play with the RNG team is not known. Therefore, the team chooses to continue to find new players.

Therefore, without Uzi, Zz1tai, and Letme it will a tough game for the reigning champions. But to our understanding, that won’t stop them from making a big impact in their initial games.

Final Verdict

RNG 2 – 1 LGD Gaming

Odds on bookmakers

Bookmakers	RNG Odds		LGD Gaming Odds
	European	American	European	American
GG.bet	1.35	-285.71	2.93	+193.00
Loot.bet	1.41	-243.90	2.85	+185.00
Bet365	1.53	-188.68	2.37	+137.00
Betway	1.40	-250.00	2.75	+175.00