Thunder Awaken vs Royal Never Give Up Prediction: Everything Isn't Decided for RNG

One of the most important international Dota 2 tournaments, the PGL Arlington Major 2022, will continue on Friday, August 5. Thunder Awaken and RNG will play in the third round.

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.

What bad luck for the Peruvians. Darkmago was denied a U.S. visa. He will try again but won't make it to the start. The team profile has no information about his participation or replacement, but it's a disadvantage for his team. Moreover, the team gets a technical defeat in the game with Talon on the first day of the group stage, as two players and the coach will get their visas only on August 4 and will arrive in the U.S. only on that day.

All of the regional leagues have been good for Thunder Awaken. The guys won the South American Regional League three times. They went to the majors in Sweden and performed well there, finishing in 5th-6th place but losing in the playoffs to OG. Such results satisfied the management, and they didn't change the lineup. Thunder Awaken is still the main favorite of the South American region. The other day the team won the closed qualifications for ESL One Malaysia 2022, so the preparation for TI11 in Peru is in full swing.

Thunder Awaken (formerly known as Thunder Predator) is a South American eSports organization. Their former name was due to their sponsorship of Acer's Predator brand.

The Thunders, after the failure at TI10, completely changed their lineup. Instead, they took a full NoPing e-sports lineup. Though they performed well in the region in 2021, they failed to qualify for TI10. To be honest, the team was lucky to be sponsored by an even more top-ranked organization, getting a second chance. The Peruvians have taken advantage of this chance so far, winning the first, second, and third DPC leagues in South America without giving a chance to their competitors.

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 position. 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.

Bookmakers call Royal Never Give Up the favorite, but we think that the Peruvians can take away at least one card from the Chinese, so we suggest betting on the double chance for Thunder Awaken. Also, you can consider a draw and the frags total over (48.5) on map 1.

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