We continue to watch what is happening in the first division of Western Europe. Next up is a showdown involving Into the Breach and Entity.
A match with a rather inconspicuous, at first glance, sign can be a hot topic for discussion. All thanks to the teams, of course.
In this fight, we'll take a look at Into The Breach, who not only make their debut in the new season, but also play in the first division for the first time. Entity, in turn, has already gained experience during the season of games in the elite division and has already started the new year as part of the DPC.
We figure out which team will be stronger. Will newcomers from ITB be able to show their best game and prove that it was not in vain that they got into the major league of Western European Dota 2.
Form Entity
We begin the review of the duel by considering the shape of the favorite. They will be Entity in this match.
Bookmakers are quite categorical in their opinion. The chance of the club winning is equated to a coefficient in the region of 1.3.
It is pointless to dispute this state of affairs. On paper, Entity is several goals higher than Into The Breach in all respects: from the declared roster to the personal level of the game.
Entity Composition
Before the start of DPC 2023, Entity made a spot replacement. It is not yet clear how globally it will affect the game, but it looks good. The roster looks like this:
- watson
- Stormstormer
- Toby
- Kataomi`
- Fishman
Watson became the newcomer to Entity. The former carry of HellRaisers and other Eastern European teams has already passed a test drive at the BB Xmas Show, and he also made his almost successful debut in the Western European division.
Entity Performance
In the first round of the DPC WEU – Division II Entity, they easily took first place, which opened the way for them to the big leagues. The club played two rounds there and retained its place: at DPC WEU 2021/2022 Tour 2: Division 1 Entity took 6th place, and at DPC WEU 2021/2022 Tour 3: Division 1 - 4th.
The performance in the third round opened the way for Entity to PGL Arlington Major 2022. The first major in the club's history ended quite well: Entity finished in the TOP-6, but this was not enough for a direct ticket to Stockholm.
After PGL Arlington Major 2022, there was ESL One Malaysia 2022, where the team also took TOP-6. The closed qualifiers for TI22 in Western Europe followed, where Entity looked head and shoulders above the rest.
The victory in the qualifiers led Entity to The International 2022. At the main championship of the year, the team took TOP-9-12, which is still a very solid result.
In the new season, Entity tried their hand at the BB Xmas Show, where they played against big teams like the same Gladiators and Team Spirit. The team failed there, losing to VP in the second round of the playoff lower bracket and finishing in the TOP-6 at the end of the tournament.
The debut match at DPC 2023 turned out to be hot. The team, in their style, took the first map, using Lina from watson for this, but then they themselves lost the second map and ran into the same ill-fated Lin at the matchpoint.
Entity Heroes
The most frequent guest in the team is Batrider: he appeared 7 times and won 6 matches. Followed by Visage (7 games, 71% win rate), Nyx Assassin (6 matches, 100% win rate), Undying (5 matches, 100% win rate), Earthshaker (4 matches, 100% win rate).
As part of DPC 2023, they do not disdain meta characters like Lina for the first position and or Treant Protector. The latter actually appeared in the pick in every game against Gaimin Gladiators.
Form Into The Breach
Let's continue the review with the Into The Breach form. In this duel, they are destined for the role of catching up.
The bookmakers do not really believe in the success of the newcomers of the first division of the DPC in Western Europe. Their chance of winning is estimated at around 3.
An absolutely logical assessment, given the fact that ITB was recently promoted to the level of the first league. If we talk about the number, then the quotes at level 3 still look good, considering that they will play the ITB debut match.
Line-up Into The Breach
Into The Breach will come to the new season in a rather interesting roster. The hodgepodge of the British club has come a very interesting way on the way to the new season. The team includes:
- Otaker
- Supream^
- xibbe
- Immersion
- Kidaro
All team members have been members of the club since mid-December last year, however, this is not entirely true. In fact, the backbone of Into The Breach, namely Otaker, Supream^, Xibbe and Kidaro have been playing together since last June.
In November 2022, ITB abandoned the roster in order to reorganize and re-sign it in December. Quite an interesting story, but so be it, their business.
The newcomer was Immersion. Previously, the budding position 4 support played for Pari Parni, NaVi, Gambit and other clubs in Eastern Europe.
ITB Performance
Into The Breach can be described as a "working" team. They sweated all last season to get into the first division.
We started last season from 6th place in the DPC WEU 2021/2022 Tour 1: Division II, which almost put an end to the team's performance in the DPC ecosystem. Then there were performances at local events, including the TOP-17 at D2CL Season 7.
In April, DPC WE 2021/2022 Tour 2: Division II took place, where ITB took 5th place, after which they signed the current roster, in almost identical form, with the exception of the fourth position player.
In July, the team played at DPC WEU 2021/2022 Tour 3: Division II. The updated roster immediately flew into the TOP-2, which allowed them to be here at DPC 2023.
Before the start of the rating league, ITB played qualifiers for ESL and The International, as well as a couple of local tournaments (TOP-2 1x Series, TOP-3 Last-Last Chance). Qualifiers for the main championship of the year ended for ITB in fourth place.
Heroes Into The Breach
Into The Breach's favorite character in patch 7.32 is the meta Crystal Maiden. The character has peaked 26 times and has a win rate of around 61%.
In addition to CM, Tiny (19 matches, 52% wins), Enigma (13 matches, 53% wins), Pangolier (10 games, 60% wins), Pudge (9 matches, 77% wins),
History of personal confrontations
In fact, the teams played each other in the ELS qualifiers. There, the teams had slightly different players (without watson in Entity and Immersion in ITB) and Entity won with a score of 2-0.
The outcome of the fight
In this match, I expect a rather cheerful and authentic DotA. Entity will definitely play their playstyle, but apparently, with the new carry, the team will move to more meta picks, unlike last season.
Into The Breach is nothing special to surprise Entity. This is just a solid team that can catch on for one map at most, and even that is questionable.
Given Entity's performance in the first game against the rejuvenated Gladiators, I'm confident they'll do well in this matchup. I bet 2-0 in favor of Fishman and co.
Bottom line: 2-0 in favor of Entity.
