Passions at Lima Major 2023 are gaining momentum. We are at the stage of the group stages, where the 3rd day of games starts today.
Representatives of China and South America will open all the action. EHOME to face the Evil Geniuses.
Members of group A will meet in a full-time fight, but it seems the outcome of the fight is already a foregone conclusion. China is too weak.
Evil Geniuses after the second day of games have 2 out of 6 cards in their supply. The Peruvian five shares the fifth line of the standings with Execration.
EHOME following the results of two days of games suffer a total collapse. The team took 1 map out of 6 played and single-handedly takes the last line of group A.
The match is of high value for both clubs and this is the only thing that saves him from being completely passing. We are trying to figure out whether it makes sense to wait for revelations in this fight, or whether it will end as expected.
Evil Geniuses form
Let's start the review of the match with an analysis of the play form of Evil Geniuses, because as for me, they are the only team here in this match. Are in the status of a favorite.
The bookmakers give odds of around 1.45 to win Evil Geniuses. By the standards of bo2, the figure is strict and close to fatal for rivals.
Frankly, I expected to see a more serious game from EG. Before the start of the tournament, it seemed that from the first days the “evil geniuses” would be in the lead in their group, but so far they look faded.
Lineup EG
Fears involuntarily come to mind that for the EG five, the past The International has become a kind of “tournament of life” and we will not see such a game from them again. I really don't want to believe this, but in current games, I can't single out EG as a contender for a place in the TOP-4 of the group.
Evil Geniuses players
- Pakazs
- Chris Luck
- Wisper
- Matthew
- pandaboo
The Peruvian five have time to rethink their own game. Chris Luck and company have 5 games left, and it's time to score points today. EHOME is the perfect match for this.
Performance Lima Major 2023
EG made it to the Lima Major from second place at DPC 2023: SA - Upper Division. Above them were beastcoast - another favorite of the tournament.
EG played the regular season with a 6-1 record. The only defeat happened in the 3rd week match against beastcoast.
In the first match, Evil Geniuses played against PSG.LGD. In that duel, EG confidently won the first game, and then decided to take Venomancer, which led to a defeat.
Then there was a fight with Talon, where EG, having won a difficult first map, lost on the second one without a fight. As a result 1-1
In the third series we played with Team Spirit. The Dragons managed to outbid EG, preventing the strategy from working through Timbersaw, and then beat their favorite Chaos: 2-0 in favor of EG.
Heroes EG
EG has according to the canons of patch 7.32. However, there are some idiosyncratic choices. However, so far only the standard has worked.
The most picked character is Rubick. Appeared 11 times and won 9 matches.
Monkey King (8 games, 87% wins), Mars (8 matches, 62% wins), Timbersaw (7 games, 100% wins), Silencer (7 matches, 100% wins) are popular.
Form EHOME
On the opposite side of the game map will be EHOME. The Chinese team will approach this match as an outsider.
Bookies absolutely do not believe in EHOME. The team's chance of winning is estimated by a factor of around 10.
Fully agree with the opinion of beeches. This season, EHOME miraculously made it to Lima and, as we can see, it is clear why.
Composition of EHOME
Even before the start of the tournament, there were concerns regarding the viability of EHOME at the Major class tournaments. According to the results of two days of games, all of them are confirmed.
EHOME Players
- mks
- night
- xiaoyu
- Salad
- Lww
However, the team gets game experience and it's great. It's true that in case of failure at Lima Major 2023, EHOME will be reshuffled, but that's another story.
EHOME Performance
EHOME finished the season in 4th place in China. The team won 4 matches out of 7, but it was not easy.
After the regular season, EHOME remained in limbo and had to play replays. Tiebreakers played against Xtreme and surprisingly they won.
As part of Lima Major 2023, 3 matches have already been played. Only won 1 card.
The first day was a defeat against Tundra. After “butting” on the first map, without a chance they gave away another one, losing from 0-2.
Then there was a match with Gaimin Gladiators and an even more disastrous game from EHOME. The fight ended in 38 minutes: the first map lasted 24 minutes, and on the second map EHOME wrote GG at 14 minutes.
So far, EHOME's only points have come against Execration. The first Southeast Asian team won the map in 30 minutes and lost in 35.
Heroes of EHOME
In patch 7.32 EHOME, Disruptor and Pangolier are most commonly played. Both characters have 6 appearances, however, the first one won 66% of the matches, and Pangolier only 3 games.
Next come Mirana (4 games, 50% win rate), Tiny (4 games, 50% win rate). Lina, Tusk and Earth Spirit are also frequent guests with 3 appearances, but different win rates: the first two have 66%, ES has 33.
History of personal confrontations
Previously, the teams did not play each other in head-to-head confrontations. This match will be the debut face-to-face confrontation.
The outcome of the fight
Apparently, EHOME at this tournament will not be able to claim not only for high places, but for a banal exit from the group. Losing in 14 minutes is not what you expect from a resident of China, albeit the weakest one.
It's time to recruit Evil Geniuses: there are enough matches ahead to fight for the TOP-4 of the group and a place in the upper bracket of the playoffs of the home major.
Outcome: victory for Evil Geniuses.
