Dplus KIA vs BNK FearX Tips & Picks – LCK 2024 Summer Playoffs

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Dplus KIA vs BNK FearX League of Legends betting predictions for Friday, August 23, 2024, in the first round of LCK 2024 Summer Playoffs (17:00 KST)
Dplus KIA are expected to win
BNK FearX have shown good things this split

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Dplus KIA vs BNK FearX Predictions

Dplus KIA and BNK FearX are set to clash on Friday, August 23, in the first round of League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) 2024 Summer Playoffs. The winner will advance to round 2, where they'll face either Gen.G or Hanwha Life Esports for a spot in the semifinals and a guaranteed top-three finish.

Dplus KIA vs BNK FearX Predictions
Head to Head
Dplus KIA Form
Dplus KIA Squad & Team News
BNK FearX Form
BKN FearX Squad & Team News

League of Legends bookmakers have Dplus KIA priced as 1.17 favourites to defeat BNK FearX, who are priced as 4.80 underdogs. At this number, BNK FearX are expected to win in just over 20% of scenarios, which is a fairly low but perhaps a fair number.

Dplus KIA ended the regular season in third place
BNK FearX placed sixth in LCK 2024 Summer with a 8-10 record
Dplus KIA are 2-0 up in the head-to-head.

Head to Head

Dplus KIA and BNK FearX met twice during the regular season, and both games ended in Dplus KIA's favour.

Dplus KIA 2-1 BNK FearX – August 8, 2024
Dplus KIA 2-0 BNK FearX – June 22, 2024

Dplus KIA Form

Dplus KIA will have side choice for this match, which only adds to their status as favourites. Still, we have to consider that Dplus KIA have had a very up-and-down run through the regular season.

As it's evident, Dplus KIA tend to play to the level of their opposition, which isn't the best characteristic to have as favoured team. They are still the better squad, as Dplus have proven in their last two meetings with BNK FearX, and they're unquestionably the higher-tier team of the two.

Another advantage Dplus KIA have here is that they're far more versatile, which is a huge thing for best-of-five series, where more linear teams tend to struggle more.

Dplus KIA Squad & Team News

No changes for Dplus KIA.

Hwang "Kingen" Seong-hoon – top lane
Choi "Lucid" Yong-hyeok – jungle
Heo "ShowMaker" Su – mid lane
Kim "Aiming" Ha-ram – ADC
Kim "Kellin" Hyeong-gyu - support

BNK FearX Form

BNK FearX placed sixth in the LCK 2024 Summer regular season, yet despite not finishing higher, they've proven to be a very competitive LoL esports team. This might not be as obvious due to their close closing of the regular season, but they had to endure a very tough schedule.

They're also up against a team that can get a bit sloppy at times, particularly when playing a non-elite team, so there could be openings for BNK FearX to do some damage. Whether that will be enough to actually win the series or collect more than a map is up to debate.

The last meeting between the two teams was very competitive, which should give BNK FearX some hope they can do well on Friday. On the other side, their lack of adaptability could be their downfall.

BKN FearX Squad & Team News

No roster changes for BNK FearX.

Song "Clear" Hyeon-min – top lane
Jeon "Raptor" Eo-jin – jungle
Lee "Clozer" Ju-hyeon – mid lane
Park "Hena" Jeung-hwan – ADC
Lee "Execute" Jeong-hoon – support

Verdict

Dplus KIA v BNK FearX

Dplus KIA are the superior team here, and it's hard to argue with it. At their best, Dplus KIA also deserve to be billed as one of the top-three squads in the league and easily one of the top sides in the world.

The problem is we haven't seen this side of Dplu KIA that often, mainly because they tend to play ot the level of their opponents. Nevertheless, Dplus KIA historically step up in the knockout stage and being one of the most adaptable sides in the league, they should get it done on Friday without too many issues.

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