Royal Never Give Up vs SK Telecom T1

SK Telecom T1 barely made it through to the semi-finals as the surprise effort by Misfits almost saw them pull a huge upset against the Korean powerhouse. Their surprising off-meta picks seemed to put SKT on the back heels and nabbed them a couple of early map wins. Only two poor in game decisions was the deciding factor for the final maps which saw SKT barely make it out with 3-2 win.

Next they are facing off against the Chinese team Royal Never Give Up (RNG). RNG played an almost perfect series against the EU opponent Fnatic and looked to be in control throughout the quarter-finals. Although RNG is a very strong team, it looked more like Fnatic beat themselves rather than getting outplayed (they were that as well).

When RNG is meeting SKT at the end of the week there will be a whole other story as to how this match will play out. SKT has shown their in-game decision making is at the highest level of this game, and if RNG is to have any hope of advancing to the next round here they cannot make blunders as they did in the series against Fnatic. Routinely they were down in gold and generally outplayed in the lanes, but Fnatic was meek and didn't always pounce on their advantages which led to RNG getting back in it. If they aren't able to challenge SKT from the get go, expect this to end really badly.

I will propose a bigger bet on SKT to take the match outright at 1.50, but if you like to a handicap bet is possible to if you want to tack on some more risk. If SKT gets back to form they should be unstoppable, but Misfits proved they can be tamed if you attack them the right way.