We continue to review what is happening in the Chinese top division at DPC 2023. Day 7 is ahead of us, which will turn out to be short.
Two matches are expected on January 14, and looking ahead it is worth noting that both of them will be of dubious quality. However, on the DPC, even the most ordinary situations carry a lot of weight.
The game day will be opened by Team Aster and DAWN. Both teams have already played 3 games each and are in diametrically opposed positions.
Team Aster will approach the match with 3-0 statistics on the scoreboard. So far, monet and the company look uncompromising and it is unlikely that anything will change in this match.
DAWN will start this fight with a score of 0-3 overall. Absolutely opposite situation in relation to the future opponent with zero chance of success in the future.
Let's see if DAWN can last longer than an hour in a series against Aster, or even somehow get hooked on the map.
Form Aster
Let's start the review of the duel with the analysis of Team Aster uniform. They are in this match in the status of an absolute favorite.
The bookmakers unanimously proclaim Aster the winner of the match. To win in the series, they give a ridiculous coefficient in the region from 1.08 to 1.09.
This number should not be surprising. Aster this season looks no worse than the previous one, and after all, in the last DPC tour, Aster got to the TOP-4 of The International.
Team Aster roster
The obvious reason for this belief in Team Aster is the permanence of the Chinese team. Team Aster managed to keep virtually their entire roster this off-season, and the only replacement so far has not shown itself from a bad side. In the Aster roster:
- Monet
- xwy
- xxs
- BoBoKa
- Siamese.C
The backbone of Aster from The International 2022 is in place: Monet, Xxs, BoBoka and Siamese.C will continue to represent the top club. Rookie Xwy is still undergoing adaptation. Slowly but very surely.
Team Aster Performance
Aster started the season with a victory at the Intel WOrld Open Beijing, after which they immediately rushed into the cycle of DPC DotA. In the first round of the DPC 2021/2022, Team Aster took 2nd place in the regular league, and then finished in 3rd place in the regional finals, held instead of the first major of the season.
Then Aster played OGA Dota PIT China, where they also took 3rd place and started playing in the second round of the DPC. The final picture has not changed: Aster is in third place again, but this time they reached the TOP-2 at the regional finals.
Later, the most stable team in China plays the third round and again gets into the TOP-3, in third place, of course. The only Major of the season, the PGL Arlington Major, ends for the club in 3rd place.
Before the main events of last season, Team Aster play at ESL One Malaysia 2022, where they reach the grand final, but lose to OG with a score of 0-3.
At The International 2022, the team confirmed the status of the most stable team in the region, reaching the TOP-4, leaving behind PSG.LGD and other equally famous clubs along the way.
Aster's first opponent in the new season was the Knights. A vigorous Chinese-Malaysian team brought problems to Aster, but BoBoKa on Keeper of The Light helped Aster to secure the first victory.
Then there was another serious opponent - Xtreme Gaming. Paparazi and the company are one of the main competitors of Aster, but the latter won in a rather tense bo3 series.
Aster managed to relax a little in the third series against his youth team. However, on the second map the Aries were leading and looked promising, but no one gave way to the young: Aster was closed with a score of 2-0.
Heroes Team Aster
In patch 7.32, Aster didn't invent the wheel: they played as far as possible, which brought results. Of the three most chosen among which are Marci, Mars, Tiny, the first two have won 6 out of 10 matches each, but Tiny has won only four fights.
Like all teams, before the letter patch, they played on Puck (9 matches, 55% wins), Leshrac (8 matches, 75% wins), Snapfire (8 matches, 62% wins).
Form DAWN
Let's continue the review of the match with the analysis of the form of DAWN. At least there's nothing special to disassemble.
DAWN approach this fight in the status of an outsider and an absolute. Bookmakers give them a coefficient of around 7 to win.
Frankly, it's hard to return to DAWN every time. I would like to say goodbye to them as soon as possible and wait for the return to the first division of Vici Gaming in the next round.
Line-up DAWN
China is quite developed in terms of the youth scene. Periodically, new stars are lit here, but not in the case of DAWN. The roster includes:
- idc
- ex
- Son Goku
- Docres
- Ms
Watching DAWN games, you can't really single out anyone from the team. There is simply no game, but there is a strong feeling that they will not finish the tour until the end. This has already happened, it can happen with DAWN, because here there is complete hopelessness.
DAWN Performance
Appearing virtually out of nowhere (we'll omit MOON Studio level tournaments for now), DAWN managed to play only one series as part of DPC 2023. It was held against PSG.LGD and ended accordingly.
In the second match, DAWN met EHOME. The team fought, it's worth paying tribute, but the result was the same - 2-0 not in favor of DAWN.
It seems like all of DAWN's mana went into fighting EHOME. Already in the third series, the young Chinese team played against the sluggish Invictus Gaming this season, which even in this state were several goals higher than their rivals and outplayed DAWN with a score of 2-0.
Heroes DAWN
DAWN tried to take opponents as a standard, though not without some interesting things. Most often in patch 7.32, the team chooses Mirana (16 games, 50% wins), Lich (11 matches, 36% wins), Tusk (11 matches, 36% wins), Marci (10 games, 30% wins).
History of personal confrontations
The duel within the 7th game day of DPC 2023: China Upper Division will be the first face-to-face confrontation between the clubs. Before that, the teams did not play each other.
The outcome of the fight
I don’t see the point in further deliberating something with regards to this match. The outcome is clear even without it.
Aster will close out DAWN 2-0. Any other outcome would be just fantastic. In theory, I would try to catch total kills, as I am sure that DAWN will not last longer than 25 minutes in each map.
Result: easy victory for Aster with a score of 2-0.
