StarCraft II King of Battles 2 betting tips – Saturday, November 20

ESB’s free StarCraft II betting tips for Saturday, November 20, focus on three matches from King of Battles 2. Here are our selections for Lee “Rogue” Yeol vs Gabriel Raffaele “HeRoMaRinE” Segat, Shin “RagnaroK” Hee-bum vs Joo “Zest” Sung-wook, and Riccardo “Reynor” Romiti vs Byun “ByuN” Hyun-woo, with odds courtesy of the top-rated esports betting sites for gamblers in BetOnline.


The current no.2 on the Korean ESL Pro Tour ladder, Lee “Rogue” Yeol, will take on Europe’s no.4, Raffaele “HeRoMaRinE” Segat for the first time since October 2020, when Rogue won 3-1. That might explain the latest StarCraft II betting odds, but we feel like HeRoMaRinE is underrated.

At +333, the esports bookmakers imply HeRoMaRinE has only about a 23% chance of winning, which is very low considering his past performances. The German SCII pro enters this tournament with a 8-2 record and four back-to-back top-four finishes at ESL Ope Cups, including a gold medal from the ESL Open Cup #97 Europe.

Even though Zergs are HeRoMaRinE’s worst match-up (63.50%), his win percentage against the race is still higher than Rogue’s against Terran (57.92%). Thus, Rogue should be favoured, but not by that much. HeRoMaRinE with a map handicap is a safer option, but we’re taking a shot with the outsider.


Shin “RagnaroK” Hee-bum will clash with Joo “Zest” Sung-wook for the ninth time of 2021 and the 34th time since 2015. Zest has a slight edge over the 33 meetings (24-19); however, their head-to-head record on the year shows a tie at 4-4.

They last met during the Korean King od Battles 2 qualifier in October, when RagnaroK won 2-0, avenging his 0-2 loss from two days prior. Looking further back, Zest won 2-0 in August but lost 3-4 in July, further proving that there isn’t much to separate them.

Regardless, the esports bookmaker have Zest priced as a -227.27 favourite, likely due to his solid performance at ESL Open Cup #97 Europe (2nd). However, we can’t ignore RagnaroK’s success at ESL Open Cup #94 Korea (1st) at the end of October.

There is a chance RagnaroK wins a tightly contested match, but we like the safer option on over 2.5 maps at -111.11.

Riccardo “Reynor” Romiti enters King of Battles 2 off a runner-up finish at ESL Open Cup #94 Europe, where he eliminated Byun “ByuN” Hyun-woo from the quarter-finals with 2-1. It marked his third all-time head-to-head victory and his second consecutive of 2021.

Their previous meeting happened in October when the Italian StarCraft II pro won 3-0 in the semi-finals of the 92nd European ESL Open Cup. ByuN has since played 75 games and lost 15. Meanwhile, Reynor has played seven and lost just one – against Clément “Clem” Desplanches.

ByuN has done well over the last few weeks, so he might win one map, but there’s an equal chance that Reynor wins in two straight. The plus money on the latter outcome makes it easy to pick a bet.