LoL: Anyone's Legend vs ThunderTalk Gaming (BO3) - LPL Group Ascend

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Market context

Anyone’s Legend meet ThunderTalk Gaming in an LPL Group Ascend best-of-three, with the market already pricing a near-certain win for AL. That is consistent with the recent matchup record: Anyone’s Legend beat ThunderTalk 2-0 in May 2025, and aggregated head-to-head figures across recent meetings favour AL, with one source putting them 7-3 overall and another noting an 83% win rate in the 2024–25 meetings.[1][2][10]

Recent form also points the same way. Anyone’s Legend have been compiling strong series results in the current split, including a comeback 2-1 over JD Gaming and a 2-0 sweep of Top Esports in late July, while ThunderTalk were pushed to three games by Bilibili Gaming in their opening Group Ascend action.[8][16][17] Pre-match modelling on current esports odds boards also frames AL as a clear favourite, with one market page citing an 8-2 series record and a seven-game win streak for Anyone’s Legend against an 0-6 group mark for ThunderTalk.[5]

For traders, the main catalysts are lineup confirmation and whether the scheduled start holds. Both teams were listed with full starting rosters on pre-match pages, including Tarzan, Shanks, Hope, Flandre and Kael for Anyone’s Legend, versus Junhao, Feather, Ahn, Lqh and Heru for ThunderTalk Gaming, so any late substitution would be the most direct line-moving development.[2] The settlement rules also matter: if the series is not played, is tied, or slips more than seven days beyond schedule, the market resolves 50-50 rather than to either side.[Market description]

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Methodology

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Resolution & payout

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