Fnatic vs Royal Never Give Up Prediction: RNG with ana to Claim the Crucial Victory

One of the most important international Dota 2 tournaments, the PGL Arlington Major 2022, will begin on Friday, August 5. Fnatic and RNG will play in the first round of the group stage.

PGL Arlington Major 2022 - an international cyber-sports tournament in Dota 2 with the status of the major. The contest in the U.S. will be the second and final major event of the 2021/22 DPC cycle. The top 17 teams from around the world will compete for $500,000 and 4,570 DPC points from August 04-14.

Does it make sense to consider Fnatic as one of the fighters at this majors? Three players did not receive visas to the U.S., but the Asians did not give up the idea to participate, although their chances of success are not impressive.

After TI10 there were changes at Fnatic: Armel, an experienced player from TNC Predator, sat on the mid, while Jaunuel from OB Esports x Neon got the hard-support. In January the team was completely re-synchronized and Fnatic became an powerful once again.

At the end of the first DPC they managed to make a comeback and reach the Majors, which was canceled at the last minute. In the second DPC league there were no such problems, they quietly occupied the top-3 preparing for the majors.

In Sweden, as part of the group stage, the magic of numbers followed the team, the entire first stage they finished with the statistics 2-2-2, which did not allow them to start in the winners. In the first match of the playoffs the guys received a familiar opponent - T1, overcoming them with a score of 2-1. And then there was the game with OG (1:2), which was also supposed to end with a victory, but on the third map the Europeans made a comeback. After that OG couldn't be stopped. Fnatic finished the majors in 7th-8th place, which is not bad overall.

Dota 2 fans will finally get a chance to see first-hand what the Chinese teams can do in the international arena in 2022. At the major will be the second appearance in the global Chinese, and lifted the veil of mystery players RNG and PSG.LGD at the end of July on Arab soil in the Riyadh Masters 2022, where the latter won. RNG and made the playoffs but failed to cope in the quarterfinals with Team Spirit (1:2).

In the U.S., the Royal Never Give Up team didn't make it as an entire squad. Ghost, the main Malaysian carry, couldn't get a visa, and the organization asked the legendary Australian ana to play in the majors as a substitute. The two-time IT champion is no longer in the form to be admired as he was in 2018-2019, but the four Chinese RNG players can adjust to a specific carry. Let's be honest, Ghost is still a ruin, so the replacement is appropriate.

In the 2021 offseason, the organization strengthened the roster and the results came. The RNG players finished third in the Winter Regional League and second in the Regional Finals (mini-tournament instead of the majors). The RNG squad qualified for the majors in the DPC Spring round, but they did so in an uncertain manner. First of all, they blew the end of the championship and all the matches failed 2:0 - to PSG LGD, Aster and Xtreme Gaming. The management of the Royals could not watch as their brainchild, just beginning to show something in 2022, is crumbling before their eyes and after the regional league made replacements.

The RNG now has kaka in 4th position, and former SAG player Ghost in 1st position. The first battle test was unsuccessful, because the renewed RNG squad totally failed the second regional final, giving matches to PSG LGD (0:2) and Xtreme Gaming (1:2), thus settling for only the fourth position. But there were positive moments in the offseason. Royal Never Give Up won the tournament Gamers Without Borders, where the Chinese and Asian teams perticipated. In the Grand Final they beat BOOM Esports (2:0).

But the most important thing that happened this summer for Royal Never Give Up was winning the third summer tourney championship. The team lost only to PSG LGD (0:2) and Dandelion Esport Club (0:2), but good for the team it did not mean anything.

We believe that the second team will win. Also, we offer the following options: the frags H2 (-12.5) and the frags TO (46.5).

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