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We continue to analyse what is happening in Riyadh. The Riyadh Masters 2023 - the biggest commercial tournament in Dota 2 history - is heating up.
Play-offs are heating up at the 15,000,000 championship. Let's take a look at the second round of the championship's lower grid.
Aster and 9 Pandas will play in a match for life. The confrontation between Eastern Europe and China gets a new branch of development, and the winner of the match goes to the next stage and guarantees himself the top 6.
Let's find out who it will be and how the match will end.
Form 9 Pandas
Let's start the analysis of the match by analysing the 9 Pandas form. In this match, the team will play as favourites.
The odds for a Pandas victory are at 1.7. Judging by the numbers, we are in for a very close match, which is easy to believe.
9 Pandas started the year in third place in DPC 2023: EEU Division 1 Tour 1. However, at the first international tournament of the year - The Lima Major 2023 - while still under the banners of HellRaisers, playing with stand-ins, they managed to get out of the group. \
In the second season of DPC, 9Pandas made it to the top 1, beating all direct competitors, namely Team Spirit and BB Team. In addition, 9Pandas surprised everyone at The Berlin Major 2023. In Germany, the Pandas made it to the Top 3, which was the best result for the region in a year.
The third DPC cycle of 9Pandas ended with qualification to the last Major of the season - The Bali Major 2023 - with a third-place finish in the home league. Next up was the DreamLeague S20
- 9Pandas roster: RAMZES, kiyotaka, MieRo, Antares, Solo .
All year long the team has been gaining in performance and this applies primarily to the international scene. At DreamLeague S20 it was top 7, and at Bali Major 2023 it was top 6.
Riyadh Masters 2023 started for 9 Pandas at the Play-In stage and almost ended with it. "Pandas" played for third place in the Play-In and had to make their way here through Decider.
In the group stage 9 Pandas took the top 4 and went to the upper play-offs, but there they lost to BB with the score 1-2 in the first match and fell to the lower part of the net.
In the loѕeers, the Pandas closed Secret easily in the first match.
Most popular characters of 9 Pandas
The most peaked character of 9 Pandas is Skywrath Mage. He has appeared in Pandas games 6 times and has 3 wins.
He is followed by Bounty Hunter (4 matches, 50% wins), Tiny (3 matches, 66% wins), Bloodseeker (3 matches, 33% wins). Also glimpsed in the pool are Chen and Doom (2 matches each, 100% wins), and Enchantress (2 matches, 50% wins).
Aster Form
We continue the match analysis with the analysis of Aster's form. In this match, the team from China will play as an outsider.
The odds for Aster's success are at 1.9. As said, we have parity in this match.
In the first round of DPC 2023 Team Aster "gave" the championship in the region, Ledgeiv on the tiebreakers PSG.LGD. Following the top 2 at DPC 2023: China Upper Division, Team Aster travelled to Peru, where they played "average": Monet and company took the top 8.
In the second round of DPC 2023: China Upper Division, Team Aster finished in the top 4, which was noticeably worse than last time. However, it was enough to qualify for The Berlin Major 2023. SumaiL, the main current star of the club, made his debut for Aster at the Berlin tournament. To tell the truth, the debut was not the most successful (TOP-8), but it was excellent for the new mid laner.
Before that Aster played at DreamLeague S19. In DreamLeague S19 Aster played at the top 9-10. Then after offensive tiebreaks failed to get out of the group.
After that it was DPC 2023: China Tour 3. At the home league everything ended with the third place for Aster, which can hardly be called a successful result.
- Team Aster lineup: Monet, SumaiL, Xxs, KaKa, Siamese C.
However, showing at least some performance on the international stage was not always possible. DreamLeague Season 20 is a prime example, which was completely failed by Aster. At the 1,000,000 tournament, the Chinese top club dropped out of the second group stage early, which, however, was still better than Liquid's result.
Later was The Bali Major 2023, where Aster failed again, finishing in the top 12. So far at the Riyadh Masters 2023, things are going pretty tough as well.
After reaching the top set, Aster lost to Spirit 0-2 without any chances, but in the bottom set they also easily beat EG.
Aster's most popular heroes
Rubick appeared most often in the picks - 6 matches, 50% wins. Keeper of The Light, Storm Spirit (5 matches each, 80% wins) were also peaked.
There was Monkey King, Underlord, Terrorblade, Pugna (4 matches each, 75% wins).
Head-to-head history
The teams have played each other 4 times in the season. Twice 9 Pandas and twice Aster won.
Predicted result of the match Team Aster - 9 Pandas
In this match I expect a close game, which is hinted at by the match odds. I'm sure the teams will take their maps, which is what I'm betting on.
Bottom line: total +2.5.
