Royal Never Give Up vs Evil Geniuses Prediction: The final stop for Evil Geniuses

The first semifinal game of the international LoL tournament, the Mid-Season Invitational 2022, will take place on Friday, May 27. The tournament's knockout rounds will pit the tournament favorite, China's Royal Never Give Up, against fellow American Evil Geniuses.

The Mid-Season Invitational 2022 is a LAN tournament in the cybersports discipline of League of Legends, featuring the winners of the spring splits of 11 separate Riot leagues, with LCL not sending a representative this spring due to the cancellation of the LCL Spring Split. It was also announced on April 21 that the LPL representative would compete online from China due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and all teams will compete at 35ms to level the playing field. The tournament prize money is $250,000.

The Chinese are playing this MSI by remote control, and they even increased the ping for all participants in this international tournament. The Chinese team had no problems against PSG Talon, RED Canids, and İstanbul Wildcats in the group.

In the second stage of the tournament, the Chinese had their first problems, first with Spain's G2 and then with T1. The Spaniards got their revenge, while the Koreans lost in a match that was of no use to the RNGs as they had already secured the top spot one day before the end of the Rumble stage and the option to play their opponent in the semifinals.

Looking ahead to the 2022 season, the RNG lineup hasn't changed much. Xiaohu has returned to the mid again, with the player's wishes. Accordingly, the RNG squad has been abandoned by former mid Yuekai, who now plays for Invictus Gaming. Bin, who played well for Suning and was vice-champion of the 2020 World Championship, was signed for the vacant top spot. Another young mid, Cryin, has returned to the club's system from Ultra Prim.

The Royal Never Give Up team was the winner of the LPL Spring Split. The team has certainly not weakened, and they have shown a good game, so if they don't fool around - they should secure the championship on this MSI. It will be difficult to repeat the success of 2021, but their performance so far hints strongly at that.

We can safely sum up the Evil Geniuses team's performance in this international tournament. The debut for the Americans was successful; TOP 4 is a good result, it will only be important to show themselves well in the LCS in the summer to get to the final World Championship. Still, it will not be so easy for them the Americans to get to the semifinals there.

When we look back at the tournament, EG got through the group by beating ORDER from Australia, but there was no chance for the representatives of the Ocean. In the Rumble stage, they had no such opponents, so every game was extremely important for the Americans, and they managed to perform better than the experienced international fighter PSG Talon and took the fourth line in the table at the Rumble stage, which gave them the right to play in the semifinals. But RNG, as the winner of the last event, had to choose their opponent, and of course, EG was chosen, and it was a verdict for the Americans.

The Evil Geniuses team appeared in League of Legends in 2013. The organization played 2 splits in the EU LCS before moving to North America in 2014. After facing difficulties in North America, Evil Geniuses announced their departure from League of Legends and sold their place in the league to team Winterfox. EG returned to the NA LCS in 2019, acquiring the Echo Fox franchise seat, bringing the brand back after a 5-year hiatus.

Back in the big LoL, Evil Geniuses were only happy with the 2020 Spring Split bronze, and all of 2021 could just be forgotten... But! In the off-season, the EG organization strengthened the roster. Inspired came from Rogue right after the World Cup, and Jojopyun, an EG Academy graduate, strengthened the mid position. Vulcan came from Cloud9.

The replacements brought immediate results. Evil Geniuses won the LCS Spring Split, defeating 100 Thieves 3-0 in the final. For the first time since 2013, EG will be represented in an international LoL tournament, and the North Americans have a good chance of showing their worth.

The RNG team will win the first map with a handicap (-10.5); the odds on it are 1.60.

On the second map, the teams will hit Total Over 27.5 frags; the odds on it are 1.71.

The third map will be over 28.5 minutes; the odds on that are 1.83.

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