MAD Lions vs Saigon Buffalo League of Legends Worlds 2022 Play-In Knockouts: Head-to-Head, livestream details, and more

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MAD Lions and Saigon Buffalo will face off in the first game of the Play-In Knockouts stage at League of Legends Worlds 2022 on October 3. This is a game many might expect to be one-sided, although there is always a chance of an upset.

MAD Lions have been chaotic and disorganized as a team in the tournament so far. Apart from Elyoya, none of the other players have been able to perform. The only reason the Spanish team is still alive at Worlds 2022 is that the rest of the teams in the Play-Ins have been poor.

Saigon Buffalo, on the other hand, is a bloodthirsty team that can cause upsets at any moment. The Vietnamese pros might lack experience, but they are pretty robust and love to fight as a team of five, which can catch even the most seasoned teams off-guard.

The MAD Lions have had quite a run in the League of Legends Worlds 2022 Play-In stage. The team managed to win against every opponent it was supposed to but lost to RNG and DRX.

The match against RNG was a stomp, and the MAD Lions stood no chance. However, the game against DRX was quite unfortunate, as, despite the best efforts from Elyoya, he could not help his team win.

The clash against DRX was extremely close, and MAD Lions were poised to take the victory. However, a few mistakes from MAD Lions' toplaner Armut, and through the sheer luck of DRX, the match ended in a very different way.

In any case, the MAD Lions have not shown any form of variation in terms of gameplay. It is more or less the same, with Nisqy being the facilitator while the team tries to play around the sidelanes and win games through snowballing.

Unfortunately, MAD Lions' ADC and toplaner have been relatively poor, and the games mostly hinge on the performances of Elyoya and Nisqy. Even then, the