by ESB brings you free Rainbow Six Siege picks for a pair of Japan Invitational 2022 bouts on Saturday, November 5. Here are our selections for DAMWON Gaming vs SCARZ and Team BDS vs Crest Gaming Lst, with top R6S betting odds courtesy of BetOnline.
DAMWON GAMING vs SCARZ R6S BETTING & MATCH DETAILS |
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| Best Odds: | DWG -151.52 at BetOnline | SCARZ +110 at BetOnline |
| When: | November 4, 2022 | 10:40 JST |
| Watch Live: | Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/rainbow6jp) |
DAMWON Gaming will kick off their Japan Invitational 2022 campaign on Saturday when they clash with SCARZ in the upper-bracket semifinals. The Korean powerhouse received a direct invite for the tournament as one of the region’s top Rainbow Six Siege teams; however, their current form is slightly concerning.
DAMWON are 3-4 across their last seven outings, with defeats against REJECT (4-7), FAV Gaming (8-7) and Talon Esports (2-3), who bested DAMWON in the finals of the Korean Open 2022 Autumn last week. A streak of shaky showings doesn’t take away from the fact that DAMWON Gaming is still a very strong team, but it suggests they’re beatable.
SCARZ are by far the most dominant Japanese R6S team of 2022. Across eight events they’ve attended in 2022, SCARZ have placed worse than second just once, when they finished the final season of the Japanese League in fifth place. Still, they claimed the overall season title with a 13-5-3-6 record and added another trophy just over a week ago when SCARZ won ROG Masters Asia-Pacific 2022.
According to the latest R6S betting odds, DAMWON Gaming should win, but we wouldn’t underestimate SCARZ. The local hopes are in phenomenal form, with just seven losses across their last 34 matches (27-7), and are talented enough to challenge the Korean powerhouse.
SCARZ to win
TEAM BDS vs CREST GAMING LST R6S BETTING & MATCH DETAILS |
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| Best Odds: | BDS -909.09 at BetOnline | CGL +500 at BetOnline |
| When: | November 4, 2022 | 13:50 JST |
| Watch Live: | Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/rainbow6jp) |
Like DAMWON Gaming, Team BDS received a direct invite for Japan Invitational 2022 and are the only European team competing for the lion’s share of the ¥15,000,000 (≃$102,680) prize pool. Naturally, since Team BDS hail from Europe, they instantly deserve more respect, but there’s more to BDS than just their status as an EU squad.
Team BDS are a very solid R6S team and arguably one of the top-10 squads in the world. They finished European League 2022 Stage 1 in second place, and in August they won Gamers8 2022. Moreover, Team BDS recently qualified for the R6S Winter Major with a runner-up finish at European League 2022 Stage 3.
In comparison, Crest Gaming Lst have not achieved anything even remotely as impressive as Team BDS. They were one of the most consistent teams throughout the year – and finished the Japan League season 2022 in fourth place, which is impressive. But even that isn’t enough to convince us that Crest Gaming can upset Team BDS or come even close to it
