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The big Dota 2 action continues with the ESL Kuala Lumpur 2023 matches. At the first ranked tournament of the new season, the play-offs stage continues.
We're talking about the lower grid of the main stage, where the second round of matches is getting ready to be finalised. G2.IG and BB Team will play in the fight for the semi-finals of the lower grid.
We are trying to figure out who will be stronger in this confrontation and will compete with the winner of the pair of Falcons and Team Liquid in the next series. Let's go.
G2.IG Form.
Let's open the match with an analysis of G2.IG's form. In this match, the Chinese club plays the number one and the odds for their victory are at around 1.6.
In the first round of DPC 2023 Invictus Gaming took the top 6, almost losing their place in the top division, but they got through. Naturally, Major e was out of the question.
In the second round of DPC 2023: China Upper Division there was no talk about Major e either, but somehow Invictus Gaming got there. The team made it to the top-3 in the home league, only to fall to the ground: Invictus Gaming finished in the top-18 at Berlin Major 2023.
The third season of DPC gave hope for an IG comeback. IG went to Bali with a top-2 DPC in their pocket, but the curtain came down. The team finished top-18, thus failing to confirm their status as the top-2 team in China.
- IG lineup: Monet, NothingToSay, JT-, BoBoKa, xNova.
After a series of failures, which can be attributed to the failure at the qualifiers for The International 2023, IG completely rebuilt the roster, inviting all the top players from the region. Now the team has a lot of potential to fulfil.
The renewed G2.IG squad showed great results in the group stage of ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023. The Chinese took the top 1 in Group B, Ledgeiv only on one map. In the first play-offs match, G2.IG faced Gaimin Gladiators. In an intense match, one of the best teams from last season, GG, proved to be stronger and closed the series with a score of 2-1.
Invictus Gaming's most popular heroes
The most sought-after IG pic is Timbersaw. The character has appeared in the team's games 5 times and has a 60% win rate.
Other picks include Spirit Breaker (4 matches, 75% wins), Medusa (4 matches, 75% wins), Silencer (4 matches, 50% wins).
There was also Void Spirit (3 matches, 100% wins), Brewmaster (3 matches, 100% wins), Monkey King (3 matches, 66% wins).
BB Team uniforms
We continue our dissection of the match of a lifetime with a breakdown of BB's match form. They play the number two side in this match and the odds on them winning are at around 2.4.
In their first season in the regional league, BB Team made it to the top 1, very confidently running over their main opponents Spirit and HR. However, this success was quickly overshadowed by their performance at Lima Major 2023, where BB failed to make it out of the group.
A few inconclusive events later, BB Team began play in the second division of the DPC. This time the situation changed dramatically, from top 1 to top 3, but on the international stage everything was stable: another failure to get out of the group at the Major e.
The third season of DPC was held under the slogan "it's time to get back", but somehow it didn't work out, something didn't go well and in the end - TOP-2. Again, kind of significant, but if we compare Western and Eastern Europe, TOP-2 in the first case is much more prestigious than BB's achievement.
- BB Team line-up: Nightfall, gpk, Pure, Save, TORONTOTOKYO.
BB Team's moment of glory was DreamLeague Season 20. Having got to the tournament quite by chance (they replaced Execration), the Eastern European residents managed to make it to the grand final of the tournament, where they beat Gladiators, but eventually lost with the score 2-3.
After a solid group stage at The Bali Major 2023 with a 4-2-2 from BB, Eastern European Resident made it to the top set of play-offs. There the team outplayed Tundra Esports, but due to a tournament rules violation that result was cancelled. As a result, Bali Major 2023 ended for BB Team in the top 12.
After the last Major tournament of the season BB Team attended a number of other events. Among them is the Riyadh Masters 2023. At the biggest commercial tournament of the season, BB Team made it to the top 6, which is pretty good.
In addition to the Riyadh Masters 2023 BB Team also made an appearance at the BB Dacha. The tournament from the main sponsor BB Club finished without having started: BB Team failed to get out of the group and as a result finished in the top 8.
In the group stage of DreamLeague Season 21 BB Team played in Group B. They managed to take the 2nd place, passing only Team Spirit.
BB visited The International 2023. Then the team managed to reach the top 6, but they were knocked out of the tournament by Azure Ray.
The most popular BB Team characters
The most used BB Team character is Storm Spirit (5 matches, 60% wins). The team also plays Primal Beast and Pugna at 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).
History of head-to-head meetings G2.IG - BB Team
Previously, the teams have not played each other in these lineups.
Predicted result of the match G2.IG - BB Team at ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023
I am definitely in favour of G2.IG in this match. They showed themselves well in the group stage and looked decent in the match against GG, and BB today is not the level of "gladiators". Even in the series against Tundra BB looked confused, although they closed the series with 2-0.
Result: G2.IG victory.
