Matchförutsägelse: Team Liquid - Talon Esports | Dota 2
The Lima Major 2023Lima is getting ready to say goodbye to the first major of the season. There are 3 teams left in the battle for the champion title and cash reward.
Today we will find out the name of the first champion of the 2023 season. Team Liquid and Talon Esports will open the final day of the playoffs.
Team Liquid is playing in this match as the best team in Western Europe according to the results of the regular season. Once in Lima, Liquid won their group and moved confidently through the upper bracket of the playoffs until the winners' final.
Talon Esports is approaching the match as the third team in Southeast Asia following the results of the regular season. At this tournament, the playoffs started from the upper bracket, but having fallen after the first round, they continue to march on the losers.
We figure out which of the teams will be stronger in this, as it turned out at the last moment, non-obvious match.
Talon Esports Uniform
Let's start the analysis of the fight with an analysis of the form of Talon Esports. I didn’t think I would say this, but they are predicted to be the favorite in this match.
Bookmakers are actually confident in the imminent success of Talon Esports. And you can't argue with them.
Talon Esports gives odds around 1.5 to win. For such a stage and against such an opponent, this is more than a lot.
Talon Esports roster
Representatives of Southeast Asia at this event retained the honor of the whole region. Before the start of Lima Major 2023, it seemed that the teams from there would be patient, however, Talon were not going to and are not going to give in to their more eminent competitors.
Talon Esports Players
- 23savage
- Mikoto
- Jabz
- Q
- Oli
It's a joy to watch the Talon roster during Lima Major 2023. The team evolved from match to match, gaining strength after defeating each next opponent. It is impossible to mark one of the players from the negative side, just the opposite: Mikoto is still on the hype and brings the lion's share of the impact to the team's victories.
The support duo is also worth mentioning. Q and Oli, for example, won the match against Entity together.
Summing up, Talon Esports grew during the tournament. And this is enough to beat such Liquid.
Talon Esports performance
Talon Esports played the regional league with a score of 4-3. This result allowed them to take the last 3rd place for the passage to Lima.
The team also played at the M.Invitational championship, where Talon managed to get into the TOP-4, which can not be called a good result. Things went much better at BTS Pro Series Season 14, and in the end, Talon won the championship there.
As part of the group stage, they took 4th place in Pot A. They won against Execration, TSM and EHOME, tied with Gaimin Gladiators, PSG.LGD, EG and Team Spirit and lost against Tundra Esports.
In the first game of the playoffs, Talon Esports played against Team Liquid. The match, surprisingly, turned out to be quite long: while the first map lasted 31 minutes, all 49 minutes were kept on the second Talon. At the matchpoint, Liquid beat Talon with Drow Ranger and Doom by Zai.
In the next game, Talon Esports played against HellRaisers. Residents of Eastern Europe did not oppose Talon, gave Lin and deservedly went home.
After HellRaisers, Talon Esports were waiting for Entity. The European club was not there: 2-0 in favor of Talon.
In the semi-finals of the lower bracket, the residents of Southeast Asia played against Shopify Rebellion. According to Talon themselves in inter-match interviews, they wanted to play against the American team and they played: they won with a score of 2-1, and the last map was notable for an easy ride.
Talon Esports Heroes
At Lima Major 2023 Talon Esports play the most unique DotA. At the same time, they perform well in the meta.
The most picked hero remains the super-metal Tusk. The character has appeared 17 times and has a win rate of 70%.
Next comes the author's Elder Titan. He was played 13 times and won in 69% of cases, however, in the playoffs of Lima Major 2023, they decided to stop using this hero.
Here's who continues to enjoy success in the playoffs, so it's Natures Prophet. The character appeared in the peak 12 times and has a 91% win rate.
Other heroes popular with Talon are Puck (11 matches, 81% win rate), Templar Assassin (11 matches, 90% win rate), Templar Assassin (10 matches, 90% win rate).
Form Team Liquid
We continue the analysis of the tournament with the analysis of the game form of Team Liquid. In this match, they, unexpectedly, will have to play as an outsider.
The European team, the first contender for victory in Lima Major 2023, failed. Bookmakers give Liquid odds around 2.5 to win.
I'm afraid Liquid finished playing at Lima Major 2023 two days ago. When the announcement came that Boxi was forced to return home due to a serious illness, it became clear that Liquid would lose a lot. And so it happened.
Team Liquid roster
With Boxi on the roster, the team played exemplary. She was able to win both from a position of strength and playing second number.
Team Liquid Players
- miCKe
- Nisha
- zai
- Jabbz
- iNSaNiA
I'm ready to believe in the strength of Gaimin Gladiators, who swept Liquid in the last match, but I'm more confident in Jabbz's unpreparedness to replace one of the best four of the competitive scene at the level. Here the essence is not even just a replacement, but a simulated combination of Boxi + Zai, the impact of which with a new face cannot be returned to its former level in a few days.
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.
Then came Boxi's illness and the game against the Gaimin Gladiators. European colleagues are certainly strong and worthy of high places, but as for me, with Boxi in good health, Liquid would not have been demolished without a chance on two maps.
Heroes Team Liquid
Liquid's most popular character at the Lima Major is Treant Protector (11 games, 90% win rate).
Next up are Tiny and Tusk with 6 matches. The first one won all 6, and the second - 5.
Liquid also enjoys success with Nature's Prophet, Snapfire, Enigma and Rubick. All have 5 matches, the first two have 100% wins, Enigma has 80%, and Rubick has 60%.
History of personal confrontation
The teams have already played each other in the first round of the playoffs. Then Liquid in full strength turned out to be stronger than Talon, and closed the first round of the playoffs with a 2-0 score without any problems.
Match outcome
We are waiting for a full-fledged revenge of Talon Esports. The team lost to Liquid in the first round of the upper bracket, and now they are preparing to remember the grievances.
Without Boxi, Team Liquid has little chance. The team will try to ride on the personal performance of Nisha and miCKe, but from yesterday's Talon Esports games, there is a feeling that the latter do not allow this. Talon started playing without unnecessary quirks and very disciplined, and therefore they will defeat the bloodless Liquid.
Outcome: victory for Talon Esports.
Bookmakers & Statistics
För tillfället ser majoriteten av bookmakers enhälligt laget Team Liquid som spelets favorit med genomsnittliga odds på en seger i summan av 2.014. Talon Esports chanser att vinna utvärderas med genomsnittliga odds 3.062 av bookmakers.
Vilka är framgångarna för lagen i de senaste matcherna
Senaste matcherna | Team Liquid | Talon Esports |
5 matcher (vinster) | 4 | 4 |
10 matcher (vinster) | 7 | 8 |
Det är också vettigt att komma ihåg statistiken för matcherna mellan lagen. Deltagarna i striden före mötet spelade 2 matcher med varandra. I dessa matcher vann Team Liquid 1 gånger, Talon Esports aktiva sammansättningar av 0 vinster.