PSG Talon Preview – LoL Worlds 2023

PSG Talon Preview showcases the strongest crew of the Play-In Stage – can they make it to the Fundamental Occasion as properly?

There’s solely someday left of the 2023 League of Legends World Championship’s first section, the Play-In Stage. 4 groups have already mentioned goodbye to the competitors, with Movistar R7 and DetonatioN FocusMe getting knocked out on October 13^th, and LOUD and CTBC Flying Oyster following them house on the day after. There are 4 groups nonetheless within the run for the Swiss Stage – and amongst them is PSG Talon, one of many strongest groups of the batch.

PSG Talon Preview

PSG Talon Staff Historical past

PSG Talon grew to become a family identify within the worldwide scene and a monster domestically after their 2020 inception. The crew which got here to be after Talon Esports and soccer crew Paris Saint-Germain entered a partnership has received each single PCS Playoff of the final 3 years bar from two: the 2020 Summer season Playoffs, which was the primary one they attended after becoming a member of the league; and the 2022 Summer season Playoffs, the place they failed to search out their footing after some roster adjustments.

In addition they attended nearly each worldwide occasion that the PCS bought an invited to. They have been there on the 2020, 2021 and now the 2023 World Championship, and competed within the final 3 Mid-Season Invitationals. Their largest achievement was in 2021, the place they managed to make it to the quarterfinals of the MSI – however couldn’t get by Royal By no means Give Up within the Playoffs.

This yr, they received each Common Seasons and Playoffs of their area however couldn’t get as far within the MSI as they did years in the past. They beat DFM and LOUD in Group B of the Playoffs, and confronted Golden Guardians within the Final Probability Qualifier, however may rating a single level towards them. Fortunately for PSG, GG by no means made it to Worlds after their 0-3 end within the Worlds Qualifying Sequence.

PSG Talon Roster

• Huang “Azhi” Shang-Jhih
• Yu “JunJia” Chun-Chia
• Huang “Maple” Yi-Tang
• Tsou “Wako” Wei-Yang
• Lin “Woody” Yu-En

PSG Talon Playstyle

PSG Talon has an extremely sturdy early recreation, the place they excel at all the pieces. They will get leads by macro performs and turret platings, get the primary Drake and Herald, however they’re additionally not afraid to battle their opponents – and beat them, as their excessive Okay/D earlier than 14 minutes present.

They’ve the second-best early Gold Lead quantity within the Worlds simply behind G2 Esports, whereas additionally the second-best Okay/D@14, solely overwhelmed by their compatriots CTBC Flying Oyster (who’re out of the competitors). All 5 of their gamers have good early video games, getting farm and plating leads usually to snowball into the midgame. Their jungle, JunJia is probably the most excellent on this regard, who has the best GD@14 out of all junglers attending Worlds.

Along with their sturdy early recreation, their late recreation can also be good, as they have a tendency to focus Drakes onerous – despite the fact that the crew hardly ever performs round Wako. In addition they die the least quantity of any Worlds crew, however are inclined to decelerate within the later recreation, solely selecting fights when wanted. This may typically flip right into a weak point, as they’re liable to play a bit slower than they need to in comparison with their gold leads.

Whereas JunJia, Maple and Wako are distinctive gamers, there’s no true standout among the many members of PSG Talon. Woody has the best KP of all Worlds 2023 helps, and Azhi had some unbelievable video games on Rumble thus far, so anybody could possibly be a participant to observe for this crew. One issues for positive, after JunJia or Woody engages, the crew makes nice collapses onto their opponents, getting deciding victories out of most engagements.

JunJia additionally has a signature decide: Zac. The Secret Weapon was picked by the Taiwanese jungler 2 instances within the Summer season PCS Cut up, nevertheless it’s at all times there if PSG Talon needs to shock their opponents. They did so towards Past Gaming within the Summer season Semifinals, after they picked it in recreation 1 and 4, going 1-1.

Wako deserves a point out, as he’s not the standard AD Carry. He’s fairly self-reliant, because the crew tends to depart him alone within the early recreation to scale whereas they discover different methods to get leads. This relieves strain from Wako, who can scale till some extent the place his picks turn out to be unstoppable, turning into a real carry for the crew.

PSG Talon have already proved to be among the many better of one of the best within the Play-Ins. They beat Movistar R7 and LOUD 2-0 in Bracket A, leaving no room for counterplay. Their subsequent opponent might be none aside from LEC’s 4^th seed, Team BDS, who had their ups and downs even within the brief time the Worlds has been marching on. Can the calm and picked up PSG beat ChAdam and BDS, and be a part of the greats within the Swiss Stage?