Royal Never Give Up vs Quincy Crew Prediction: the Legendary Ana's Game is Unsteady

One of the most important international Dota 2 tournaments, the PGL Arlington Major 2022, will begin on Thursday, August 4. Royal Never Give Up and Quincy Crew 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.

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 uncertainly. 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. The first battle test was unsuccessful because the renewed RNG squad 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 participated. In the Grand Final, they beat BOOM Esports (2:0).

But the most important thing 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.

Quincy Crew is the winner of the first North American Regional this DPC cycle 2021/22. They were the most outraged about the cancellation of the first major, which was no surprise since they became the strongest team in North America and should have been preparing for the playoffs in the majors, but ended up with another four-team regional showdown. So the players did fail at was the regional finals, becoming only the third team in their region to receive no extra DPC points. Whether that was the result of a reluctance to play after the cancellation is possible, but in the second DPC league the guys blew the replay. With 6 wins and only 1 loss, the Quincy Crew was forced into replay, fell and missed a major.

In the new summer tour, the team was once again formed around the first and second playing position, Quinn and YawaR, joined from Alliance by Brazilian carry LESLÃO, with MSS and Fata as the supports. Quincy Crew is still a formidable force, the team was second in the summer tour, so the American squad will perform for the home audience. The main thing is to have something to show and not to fail miserably.

The Royal Never Give Up team is a formidable force, but the Quincy Crew can still beat the opponent playing with a replacement at the main carry position. Our suggestion is to bet on a draw.

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