March 3 champion The International 2015 Peter ppd Daguerre stated, what Team Secret will win ONE Esports Singapore Major 2023 according to Dota 2. There is only one team, he assured, which can stop Clement’s lineup Puppey Ivanova, – Nigma… On March 27, the KuroKy roster lost three starting matches in the Wild Card and lost the chance to get into the group stage.
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It is difficult to imagine a more unfortunate start to the Major for the CIS and Europe: Natus Vincere didn’t make it to the tournament, and Nigma, apparently, would have been better off not coming. AS Monaco Gambit and Team Liquid We started well, but naturally they gave the first two places in the Wild Card to the Chinese. As a result, the teams fought among themselves for the last slot in the group. By the way, it shouldn’t have been there at all – an additional place in the group stage was played in the absence of NAVI.
AS Monaco Gambit lost to Team Liquid in replays.
Source: AS Monaco Gambit
The first matches in the group show that Europe was not ready for either the Chinese or the Peruvians from Thunder Predatorwho finished dry with Team Liquid and Alliance… Analysts have warned of China’s strength, but now it seems fans have seen it with their own eyes. Questions arise: are the CIS and Europe far from the level of the North American game and is it worth starting to worry about Virtus.pro and Team Secretwho, in fact, were considered the favorites of the major? Cybersport.ru asked Vladimir about this Maelstorm Kuzminov and Dmitry LighTofHeaveN Kupriyanov.
What is the weakness of Europe and the CIS
It is unlikely that ppd knew that instead of Ivan MinD_ContRoL Borislavova to the Major will go Roman rmN- Paley. The result of Nigma is expected – the replacement of the offlaneer with the support undermined the team’s game. The commentator Vladimir is of the same opinion. Maelstorm Kuzminov.
“Any team with a substitution becomes much weaker. Even a top player will weaken the team, because he will do something unusual for teammates. In the case of Nigma, the team changes the key player MinD_ContRoL to not the strongest rmN-. Therefore, the result at the tournament is logical. At the same time, it remains a mystery to me why Team Aster plays so well with the substitution. ”
On the first day of the Wild Card, the CIS and Europe showed a strong game, except for the Kuro team KuroKy Salehi Takhasomi. Team Liquid has three clean victories in three matches, and the team even got rid of PSG.LGD. In the first game, Dark Willow and Sand King played by Tommy Taiga Le and Samuel Boxi Swann was not allowed to go to Van’s farm Ame Chunyuya at Morphling. Until the fifth minute, they sent him to the tavern twice, as a result – Sand King bypassed Ame in total value for almost the entire match, and Mike miCKe At the end of the game, Wu took out Morphling in just two hits. On the next map, PSG.LGD itself took Dark Willow and Sand King, but this did not help the Chinese roster either. Ame on Wraith King went to farm in the forest, and his allies did not have enough damage to kill enemies. The return of the king did not change anything.
Max qojqva Broker
Source: Team Liquid
After a successful first day, Team Liquid unexpectedly lost the lead, losing to ASM.Gambit and Vici Gaming. Dmitry LighTofHeaveN Kupriyanov believes that the team’s unstable play is related to its adaptation, and admits that PSG.LGD could have helped Vici Gaming defeat the opponent.
“Team Liquid, our guys are unstable, they need time to adapt. China usually works together. The teams, judging by The International, constantly exchange information and replays with each other. Due to the fact that the Chinese are friends with each other, they quickly understand how to play against opponents. On the first day, they usually check their blanks and fix the shortcomings. We saw what worked and what didn’t, we looked at the drafts of our opponents. “
At the same time, Maelstorm does not consider the performance of the European team unsuccessful, however, emphasizes that the team’s game has flaws that can lead to defeats.
“I would not call Team Liquid’s performance weak. Rather, she did not show any progress – she started cheerfully, but did not finish very well. Although, maybe the opponents just started badly. On the other hand, Liquid almost lost to the Quincy Crew on the first map. In fact, the Quincy Crew won this bout, but were unable to pull down the megacreep throne due to silly mistakes. But at the same time, she still took the second map against Team Liquid. This suggests the conclusion that Team Liquid is doing something wrong. “
As for ASM.Gambit, the result is obvious. Many did not expect the team to enter the group stage, but it managed to resist the favorites. The second map against Vici Gaming, which lasted 67 minutes, gave hope that SoNNeikO and his teammates will eventually be able to defeat PSG.LGD. However, the team showed two unprincipled games of 23 and 27 minutes each, and then an incomprehensible tie-break performance against Team Liquid.
“The game, in addition to execution, is decided by the drafts. In a tie-break with Team Liquid, ASM.Gambit lost the draft and the game. The team picked Kunkka mid with a win rate of 17%, took this hero to their best player No[o]ne which cannot show anything on it. The team also gave carry to Io, which cannot be done. This hero wins a bunch of games, just like Wraith King. But WK is the imba of the patch, and everyone understands that, and Wisp is the hidden imba. “
What is the strength of Peru and China
Even before the start of the Major, Alliance support Artem Fng Barshak noted that China should be feared. The player explained this by the fact that teams from this country more often than others come up with new tactics and chips, and also move around the map better. Barshak turned to Virtus.pro, but in the very first game in the tournament he suffered from Team Aster… Alliance was simply not ready for the drafts of the Chinese, who have always strived for strong team fights.
“I don’t understand Alliance. Many still cannot say for sure whether this is a strong team that continues to accelerate, or whether it is now in peak form and will not show anything further. I expect the team to play well, but so far it looks like the whole of Europe has problems. “
At the same time, Maelstorm does not believe that Chinese teams are much stronger than teams from other regions.
“PSG.LGD played poorly against Liquid. Inmate wrote that the team had strange builds. It is unclear who Morphling collected Linken’s Sphere against in the first game. Apparently against the first skill Bristleback.
At the same time, the Chinese teams have already improved. They have the only eternal problem – LAN offlaners. I just watched the game ELeVeN, which in general could not do anything on Mars. “
Where exactly Europe did not expect trouble, it is from Peru – the team Thunder Predator unexpectedly defeated Alliance and Team Liquid. In addition, the Peruvians took away glasses from Team Aster and Quincy Crew, who also finished well the first day of the group stage. but LighTofHeaveN assures that the Peruvians will soon begin to lose. Maelstorm agrees with him.
“It was a shock to me that Thunder Predator beat Alliance and Team Liquid. However, the Peruvians are given the heroes they are used to playing. Thunder Predator players are good at lane, after which they look for weak spots of opponents and hit them. However, they often hit a weak point, not realizing that they themselves are vulnerable. But this is not the case at this tournament yet. A small out-farm is enough for Peruvians to push further. Not to say that the team is acting in a stereotyped manner, but it will be difficult for them further against strong lineups.
What should Virtus.pro and Team Secret do?
It is not clear how the favorites of the major, Virtus.pro and Team Secret, will react to such a game from Peru and China. Maelstorm believes that they should definitely study the play of their opponents, but the teams have nothing to fear. The analyst assures that the teams from the group stage are a cut below the favorites of the tournament.
“If Virtus.pro and Team Secret don’t start to worry, they can fly off. If they react to the play of the teams in the group and the Wild Card, start analyzing it, they will be ready. I think Team Secret will definitely study the Thunder Predator game. It seems to me that VP’s style of play is one-on-one with Peruvian. However, Virtus.pro and Team Secret are so much stronger that they will not feel the teams from the group stage. The only thing is China. I think the only ones who can fight the giants are the Chinese teams. “
Kupriyanov also singled out teams that can surprise the favorites of the competition.
“If I were Team Secret and Virtus.pro, I would be afraid of Team Liquid, who might start playing. Still nominally dangerous are PSG.LGD and Vici Gaming. In the playoffs, Thunder Predator may surprise you in the first bo3, but in the second it will most likely end. “
