Rogue
Rogue team became one of the most pleasant surprises of the summer season, finishing the regular stage by climbing to the first position in the last week. Although the team's lineup remained the same compared to the spring season, the evident progress of the players and their synergy led to such good results. Hans Sama and Vander in the bot lane 2v2 are the driving force of this team, and Larssen is proving his worth as one of the best mid-lane players in Europe. Top lane player Finn is a stable pillar of the team, although he is not considered one of the best players in his position. Inspired (jungle) chooses the right moments for ganks and practically gives an advantage to his lane players in every match.
Rogue is a team that demonstrates versatile gameplay, making it quite difficult to predict in a long series. They can play well with champions strong in the early game as well as with choices oriented towards the later stages of the game. Overall, it is a strong and aggressively playing team that exploits given advantages, and once they gain an early game advantage, they rarely give opponents a chance to come back in the match this season.
The main aspect to prevent Rogue from letting Fnatic get ahead and to prove that they deservedly won the regular season is to maintain their demonstrated playstyle and not lose their composure against more experienced and well-known opponents in Europe. Often, it is the lack of experience and poor psychological state that leads to the defeats of potentially stronger but less confident teams in crucial stages, so it is to be hoped that Rogue will prepare properly for the series and show their worth.
Fnatic
One of the most titled European League of Legends teams, which is still trying to find its game this season. The start of the season was very difficult for Fnatic, and although many expected this team to dominate, that was certainly not seen. Sometimes too aggressive and overconfident playstyle led to significant deficits in the early stages of the game, from which the team simply could not recover. However, as the season progressed, Fnatic's gameplay improved, and the team's potential leader, mid-lane player Nemesis, began to show his potential.
It is hard to say what to expect from Fnatic in the playoffs, where even if they lose, there would still be one more chance to advance to the next stages. There is no doubt that this team, with its current lineup, can dominate Europe, but it is a big question whether that will happen this season. Much will depend on the champions the team can pick during the selection stage. In several matches, a poor selection stage led to Fnatic letting their opponents get ahead in the early stages and being unable to come back into the game.
Prediction
This series should be competitive, and a 3-2 result in either direction would not be surprising. Based on the regular season, the Rogue team demonstrated much more confident gameplay and should dominate this series, but considering how experienced and individually capable Fnatic players are, it would be hard to expect such Rogue dominance in the playoffs. Nevertheless, Rogue is the favorite to win the series today, and given the equal odds, betting on Rogue to win has more value than betting on Fnatic.
Rogue will win the series, 2.00 odds. Unibet
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