Прогноз на матч: Gaimin Gladiators - Team Liquid | Dota 2

Lima Major 2023 is entering the final phase. Soon, our screens will see the fight for getting into the grand final of the Peruvian tournament.

In the fight for a place in the grand finals, Team Liquid and Gaimin Gladiators will meet. The Western European derby promises to be an intense duel, because there are enough prerequisites for this.

Both clubs are the champions of their groups at Lima Major 2023. Both clubs have not lost a single map in the playoffs.

Team Liquid are the champions of Western Europe. Having advanced to Lima Major 2023, Team Liquid won Group B without any problems.

Gaimin Gladiators are the second team in Western Europe. With the entry to Lima Major 2023, GG took the first line in group A.

We figure out how the derby of the top teams will end this season. Which of the European giants will reach the grand final.

Form Team Liquid

Let's start the analysis of the match with an analysis of the game form of Team Liquid. In this match they will play as a favorite.

It is easy to agree with this state of affairs. Liqud look unscrupulous in the 2023 season and seem ready to take the trophy at Lima Major 2023.

The chance of winning the "liquid" is estimated by the coefficient in the region of 1.4. This figure looks more than logical.

Team Liquid roster

One of the most combat-ready rosters of the past years allows reaching heights in the new season. The backbone of Insania, Boxi, miCKe and Zai + Nisha worked wonders, and we are their witnesses.

Team Liquid Players

• miCKe
• Nisha
• zai
• Boxi
• iNSaNiA

As part of the Lima Major 2023, the main headliner Nisha sags in some places, but teammates sharply join in: miCKe and zai are ready to play the first fiddle if necessary, and the support duo Insania + Boxi rarely drops out and almost always makes an impact.

Team Liquid performance

Team Liquid played the first season of the DPC almost perfectly. The team has won 7 matches in the home league.

At Lima Major 2023, they ended up in group B, which did not play any role in their case. Liquid in their current condition is capable of passing any group, which has been proven in practice.

Out of 8 matches, two were drawn, the rest were won. Gave away a BB card on the first day of games and a Geek Slate on the third day.

In the first playoff match, they played against Talon Esports. The third South East Asian team lost 0-2, but showed signs of life in places, especially on the second map, where Mikoto managed to make a couple of bright highlights.

The second competitor was Shopify Rebellion. Liquid ran them over in class, and in every sense of the word: they strangled them on the first map and cameback, it would seem, from a standstill on the second one.

Heroes Team Liquid

In their picks, Liquid focuses on Death Prophet (4 matches, 75% wins), Mars (4 matches, 50% wins), Slark (3 matches, 66% wins), Vengeful Spirit (3 matches, 66% wins), Marci and Pudge (3 matches, 66% of wins).

Gaimin Gladiators Uniform

Let's move on to the analysis of the Gaimin Gladiators game form. The team will play as an outsider.

The chance of GG winning is estimated by the odds around 2.5. Quite a working situation when your opponent is Liquid.

At this tournament, GG prove that it is not in vain that they are considered one of the best teams in Western Europe. From the very first matches within the DPC and beyond, it was clear that the updated roster was capable of claiming high places.

Gaimin Gladiators line-up

Sometimes you wonder how the arrival of one player can "reboot" the team. In the case of GG, this is exactly what happened.

Roster Gaimin Gladiators

• DyrachYO
• Quinn
• Ace
• tOfu
• Celeri

Not by one Quinn alone. GG's success is based on DyrachYO (although he sags more often than others) and on Ace.

The Danish offlaner holds one of the best tournaments of his career. Possibly the best, and his Broodmother will be a nightmare for rivals for a long time.

Performance Gaimin Gladiators

GG finished the first season of Western Europe in second place. The team won 5 matches out of 7, thus securing their position.

In addition to DPC, they played at third-party tournaments. One of these was the BB Xmas Show, where the “gladiators” tested the new line-up. They did it with taste, having won the same Team Spirit in the grand final.

Then the club played at BB Universe - Comics Zone. This time Xmas Show failed to repeat the successes: Team Spirit knocked out GG, leaving them on the 3rd line.

As part of the group stage of Lima Major 2023, Gaimin Gladiators are good, but they made mistakes in what seemed to be completely passing matches. They finished the group stage with a 4-3-1 record.

GG outplayed PSG.LGD, Team Spirit, Tundra Esports and EHOME. We played in a draw with Execration, Talon and TSM, and lost against EG.

Once in the upper bracket of Lima Major 2023, Gaimin Gladiators met with Team Aster. The pause in that game lasted longer than the match itself: the “gladiators” did not leave a trace of their Chinese competitors.

The next rival for GG was Entity. An approximately equal match was expected, but in fact the “gladiators” wiped their feet on the Entity, leaving their opponents no chance of success.

Heroes Gaimin Gladiators

The most picked character for Gaimin Gladiators in the Lima Major 2023 group stage was Treant Protector. The hero has appeared in GG games 9 times and has a 77% win rate.

Another favorite choice was Rubick and Lina. Both characters picked 8 times and won 6 games each.

Puck and Undying round out the top five most popular GG characters in the group stage. Heroes were chosen 7 times, and they won 85% of the time.

History of personal confrontations

Previously, the teams managed to play against each other in DPC 2023: WEU - Upper Division. Then the victory with a score of 2-1 was taken by Liquid.

Match outcome

I see the only winner in this confrontation. This is Team Liquid and it's not up for discussion.

Another thing is whether Gaimin Gladiators will be able to take the card. While it seems that the team is capable of this, this is also indicated by the result of the only face-to-face meeting that took place at the beginning of the season as part of DPC 2023: WEU - Upper Division.

In general, I would venture to suggest that GG will take the card.

Result: +1.5 on Gaimin Gladiators.