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We're talking about the group stage of The Berlin Major 2023 with a betting tee on Team Liquid vs BB Team. The duel could prove to be The International heresy, however, that probability is very low.
We have studied the first group stage matches of the Berlin Major, the DPC Regional Leagues and other international events such as The Lima Major 2023 and DreamLeague S19. We will tell you what to expect and which team is going to perform better here. Spoiler: Team Liquid.
Here we go.
Team Liquid uniforms
We'll start our predictions with a look at Team Liquid's form. The team will play this game as the clear favorite.
That's easy to explain - the bookmakers are chiming in with Team Liquid's performance.
Western Europe is the strongest region in modern Dota. Team Liquid are the best team in Western Europe, not on paper, but in practice.
"The Liquid have won DPC 2023 twice, which is the equivalent of winning a major tournament in the past. Here's the truth, there's no luck on the international scene at The International.
Lima Major 2023 Team Liquid finished in second place, Ledge and Gaimin Gladiators. Nothing critical, a player got ill, played with a substitute. A working situation.
Second place also took DreamLeague S19. Then played at full strength, the whole squad and the new patch. Again Gaimin Gladiators and again lost in the finals, but this time not as devastating loss - 0-3.
- Team Liquid line-up: miCKe, Nisha, Zai, Boxi, Insania .
The new patch definitely plays into the Liquid's hands, as they are quick to adapt to the rapidly changing match-ups. On top of that, the Liquid have a wide pool of heroes, which is a big plus for them.
Team Liquid's most popular heroes
Liquid quickly adapted to the Patch 7.33 meta, taking Chen (75% win rate) on 4 occasions. Enchantress and Disruptor have a perfect win rate with 3 appearances, and Pangolier, Underlord and Shadow Fiend are slightly worse, winning 2 matches out of 3.
The successful characters include Necrophos, Beastmaster, Undying, Monkey King, Rubick, Sven and Ember. They all appeared in spades 2 times each and won both matches.
Ready to believe in Liquid's dominance - bet on the Liquid's victory in this bout. We'll see if the BB Team can surprise.
BB Team form
We continue with our analysis of the form of the BB Team, who will play as the underdog in this match. There are other factors pointing to the underdogs in the bookmakers' opinion.
Firstly, BB Team have slumped after the first round of the DPC. After winning the opening season, the team quickly lost their lead on the regional stage, culminating in BB's "fall" to the top-12 at the Pinnacle Cup: Malta Vibes #1.
Secondly, the BB Team failed on the international stage. The team failed to make it out of the group at Lima Major 2023, finishing in the top-16 at the end of the championship, and due to the top-3 in the second cycle of DPC 2023, they lost the opportunity to play at DreamLeague Season 19, where Liquid gained experience playing on patch 7.33.
Finally, BB Team is having problems in the line-up. The team is playing in Berlin with replacements.
- The BB Team line-up: gpk, Resolut1ion, Nightfall, Save, TORONTOTOKYO .
To be fair, even in such a condition BB managed to squeeze the map from Aster at the Long Run of the tournament. Quite good, however you shouldn't compare Aster to Liquid, the teams are different in modern dota at different poles.
The most popular BB Team heroes
The most used BB Team character is still Storm Spirit (5 games, 60% wins). In addition the team plays Primal Beast and Pugna in position 4, and both heroes have 4 matches and 100% wins each.
In spades was Enchantress (4 matches, 25% wins), Beastmaster (4 games, 0% wins).
Ready to believe in the success of the Eastern European representatives - bet on a BB Team victory.
History of head-to-head encounters between Team Liquid and BB Team
The teams have previously played each other in the group stage of The Lima Major 2023. Then they ended in a draw, but now BB have less of a chance.
Predicted Team Liquid - BB Team result
In all likelihood, Liquid should outlast BB Team without too much trouble. They've played their way through the new patch, they've got a stable squad and their players aren't too shabby. I don't see any problems.
Bottom line: victory for Team Liquid.
