Virtus.pro and its kryptonite – five reasons to watch the final stage of the Parimatch League S3

“Chaos is not a failure. Chaos is a staircase “

Online “Dota” is a very controversial thing. On the one hand, during a pandemic, spectators received an endless stream of matches from their favorite teams. On the other hand, the same posters are already so tired – after all, we all know that the next tournament in any case will end in victory Team secret, right?

The domestic scene of Dota 2 in this regard, though not a breath of fresh air, but still a somewhat more intriguing sight than the competition in Europe. After all, here HellRaisers can confidently beat FlyToMoon and lose to her in a day.

If in previous seasons of the tournament Virtus.pro was a clear favorite, now all teams approach the Parimatch League in absolutely equal conditions: in an incomprehensible form, with unstable results and three months of an online meat grinder behind their backs.

And although this can hardly be written in the long run as a plus for the region, here and now the CIS promises us a very unpredictable playoff grid. So why not enjoy it? In the end, Littlefinger from Game of Thrones taught us that chaos is a ladder that leads us up.

Last Tournament Before Vacation

Immediately upon completion of the tournament, the teams will go on vacation, which will save us all from the dominance of online Dota 2, tentatively until the end of July. Of course, we all know that in the final days before the holidays or vacations we don’t want to work at all, but look at things differently: for all participants of the Parimatch League, this is the last chance to win something and recharge teammates with confidence before a long pause.

To be honest, not one of the tournament teams can now put a quarantine period into their assets: VP, HR, Unique, and FTM are sometimes openly stormy, and in the CIS they really like to solve stability problems with sudden rehash. Now one of them will be able to score a kind of “goal in the locker room”, going on a break, and this may well turn out to be a turning point for any of the teams.

Winners will be able to really relax on vacation and take time to relax, measured the study of a new patch (which is about to receive a second changelog) and team building. The rest, one way or another, will be pursued by the thought: “Or maybe it’s time to call in Andrey Ghostik Kadik? “

Dota 2 is changing – don’t miss it

The release of updates in Dota 2 is an event that is inferior in terms of hype level only to matches at The International. And before the start of Parimatch League S3, the developers just released the next patch – under the number 7.27. Apparently, the published changelog is only half the update, the second will be waiting for us already during the vacation of the players. But this does not mean that changes in objects can be underestimated!

According to the offliner Virtus.pro Romana Resolut1on Fominka [интервью с игроком будет опубликовано в ближайшее время — прим.ред.], in the meta they already discovered a frank imba: Lycan with the new Necronomicon became a hero who has every moral right to threaten everyone that “blood will sprinkle forest paths soon”. In addition, the killings began to bring more resources, and therefore the battle on the lines now probably will occur at times more often.

In a word, Dota 2 has really changed with the update – and to watch the Parimatch League S3 can be interesting even for practical reasons: perhaps the players will give you a couple of ideas on how to change your builds or playlist and start dragging in public while all opponents are still busy studying new version of the game.

Virtus.pro meeting with kryptonite

FlyToMoon is Virtus.pro’s new kryptonite, as Resolut1on put it. His team has recently experienced ups and downs, and consistently lost to the FTM roster: in June, VP lost four out of four cards to his opponent.

This means that at the tournament the spectators will face some kind of fundamental confrontation – sooner or later, you have to return the favor to your opponent, right? At least Resolut1on really hopes to meet with FlyToMoon in the finals and “take revenge” – perhaps this can give additional motivation to the team Andrey ALWAYSWANNAFLY Bondarenko.

HellRaisers were not seen in ideological confrontations, so dramatic storylines are not expected here. You can only mark Vladimir RodjER Nikoghosyan – He will once again meet with former teammates, whom he praised very recently. Well, the VANSKOR squad is the only one in the world that has managed to maintain a 50% win rate against Team Secret in recent months, is there anything else to say?

The draw drew Virtus.pro and FlyToMoon to different parts of the grid, thus making it possible to fulfill the desire of Resolut1on: on paper it seems that both teams are favorites in their pairs, which means they must reach the final. Bookmakers also prefer VP and FTM: they win almost equal odds at 1.20 and 1.25, while HellRaisers and Team Unique were rated at 3.75 and 4.20, respectively. However, Dota 2 saw more surprising upheavals contrary to the logic of bookmakers – there will definitely be a look at what.

Second chance for gpK ~

Half year ago Danil gpK ~ Skutin seemed the most coveted player on the transfer market in the CIS. According to rumors, NAVI and Virtus.pro, the largest clubs in the region, claimed it, and Gambit Esports valued its asset so much that it preferred to put the young talent on the bench, but not concede to competitors in the negotiations about the cost.

Since then, much has changed. Virtus.pro chased the Merc with Zaur Cooman Shakhmurzaev, and then found that he still has competitors – and took Igor iLTW Filatov. NAVI decided that Idan MagicaL Vardanyan ran out of credit, and replaced it with Nikita young G Barrel. The composition of Gambit, meanwhile, completely collapsed, and as a result, gpK ~ suddenly remained out of work. And it is not known how much more Skutin would vegetate in public if Arslan Ksani Shadjanov suddenly did not break his arm just before the start of the playoffs of the tournament.

I don’t want to dramatize, claiming that the Parimatch League is the last chance for gpK ~ to gain a foothold in the professional scene, but after a very bright debut, the hype and the glory of the young star began to tend down. Now Skutin has slightly lost his noble status: he went into inactive after the seven-match losstrike and did not appear on the professional stage for more than a month. In addition, the story of non-compliance with contractual obligations with Gambit is still fresh in the memory of the audience. Perhaps playing for HR will be the first step toward healing.

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The playoffs of the Parimatch League Season 3 will take place online from July 3 to 5. Virtus.pro, HellRaisers, FlyToMoon and Team Unique will play $ 100 thousand – participants in the final stage will also keep their places in the Premier League for next season. You can follow the championship schedule and game results on a special page.