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We continue to watch the confrontations at The International 2023 - South America Qualifier. In South America, the qualifiers for the main tournament of the year are reaching their end.
Today is the culmination of The International 2023 - South America Qualifier. The first slot at the TI 12 from the region has already been taken by Keyd Stars, but the fight for the second and the last one continues. There are 3 teams left in the race for the slot, including Thunder Awaken and Mad Kings.
Thunder and Mad Kings will play in the lower grid semi-finals. The winner of the match will go to the small final or the final of the losers' grid, where he will win a ticket to The International in a Bo3 match against AcatSuki.
Let's find out which team will be stronger in the small final of the lower grid of The International 2023 - South America Qualifier and in the next round will play against AcatSuki directly for a slot at the October TI.
Let's go.
Thunder Awaken Form.
Let's open the match analysis with an analysis of Thunder Awaken's match form. In this match, the team plays the first number one.
Bookmakers are confident in the success of Thunder Awaken. The odds for Thunder Awaken to win this match are at around 1.2.
Thunder are the unqualified favourites. They were like that all the way through qualifying, and before the Long Island Championship they were generally seen as the winner of the tournament, but Thunder Awaken have a lot of problems during the course of The International 2023 - South America Qualifier.
In their first season, Thunder Awaken played worse than expected. Then the club took only 3 maps out of 7, which did not allow them to rise above the top 5.
However, in the case of Thunder Awaken this result is not bad. The team kept their place in the top division, which is already great.
Further, they improved their performance. In the second cycle of DPC 2023: SA Upper Division, Thunder Awaken climbed to the third line, Ledge only to the main competitors for the victory in general - beastcoast and Evil Geniuses. Basically, they are now close to repeating the result.
- Thunder Awaken roster: Knight, SLATEM$, ILICH, n1ght, Mjz .
In addition to the DPC ranking ecosystem, the team has played outside of its format, but local tournaments in the 1XPLORE LATAM series, where they won twice, but the main focus is still on the league.
At DPC 2023: SA Division 1 Tour 3 Thunder Awaken Thunder Awaken made it to the top 3, which, however, was not enough to advance to Bali Major 2023.
After the third round, DPC won 1XPLORE LATAM #4, EPL World Series: America Season 5, and Phygital Gamers 2023 Season 2.
Thunder Awaken's opening match was against Balrogs. The warm-up was successful as Thunder Awaken shut out Balrogs 2-0.
In the match to advance to the finals of The International 2023 - South America, Thunder Awaken played against Keyd Stars. Being the favourites in the encounter, Thunder lost rather unexpectedly, thus putting themselves away from the promised pre-Long Sogpeg qualifying slot for The International 2023.
Thunder Awaken played against Qhali in a match to qualify here, the semi-finals of the lower grid. In that match TA should have had no problems with their teammates, but they lost on the first map, which is not a very good indicator if they intend to go to TI.
The most popular heroes of Thunder Awaken
The most frequent guest in Thunder Awaken spades is Crystal Maiden. The character appeared 15 times, while having a winrate of 60%.
In addition to CM honours Dawnbreaker (11 games, 81% win rate), Zeus (9 matches, 44% win rate), Marci (9 matches, 33% win rate), Nyx Assassin (8 matches, 62% win rate).
Mad Kings uniforms
We continue the match analysis with the analysis of Mad Kings form. In this match, the team is playing as a number two.
Bookmakers do not believe in the success of the Mad Kings. The odds for a Mad Kings victory are at around 3.
The score gap is serious, but not as big as it could be. Still, the Thunder are not as monumental at this tournament as they were painted before the Long Sogpeg Championship.
The Mad Kings' modest success in the 2023 season has been influenced by the team's vast playing experience. In addition to the DPC, the team played in a dozen third-party events. At the DPC itself, Mad Kings finished in the top 4 in the first round.
In between DPC Mad Kings played on the EPL where they won their first, but not the last victory of the season. They earned a much more important title a month later during DPC SA 2023: Tour 2: Division II.
In the third round, Mad Kings made it to the top of the league for the first time in a year. They looked good there, considering the very strong competition amongst the teams here. The Mad Kings finished in the top 5, which is even better than Infinity.
- Mad Kings line-up: Adrian, PiPi, Oscar, Genek, RedMonster .
Before the Long Sogpeg qualifiers for The International 2023, Mad Kings played two more EPL seasons. Unlike Season 4, EPL Season 5 and EPL Season 6 ended in a fiasco for Mad Kings: the team finished Top 6 and Top 9 respectively, which cannot be called a good result.
The qualifiers themselves started with the top net, where Ledgeili Keyd Stars went 0-2 in the first round. They then dropped the first round of the lower grid and went on to beat Lava 2-1.
In the match to get here, Mad Kings played against Infinity Esports. Similar to the Thunder/Qhali match, the Mad Kings match ended on the third map in their favour.
The most popular heroes for MAD Kings
Ember Spirit (12 matches, 66% wins) remains the most favoured hero for MAD Kings. Next comes Monkey King (7 matches, 28% wins).
Doom (6 matches, 66% wins), Crystal Maiden (6 matches, 50% wins), Keeper of the Light (5 matches, 60% wins) were also picked.
Alchemist (5 matches, 40% wins), Bloodseeker (4 matches, 75% wins) are also peaking.
History of head-to-head meetings
Previously, the teams have played each other three times during the season. All matches were won by TA, while Mad Kings took only 1 card.
Predicted result of Thunder Awaken vs Mad Kings at The International 2023 SA Qualifier
Given what's happening at The International 2023: South America Qualifier I'm expecting a full-fledged Bo3 from this match. The Thunder can't seem to win without problems, and Mad Kings is a top-3 team. If the Thunder give the card to a Qhali team, what can we say about the Mad Kings?
I'm sure Mad Kings will take the map at least. It's a bit early to talk about a win, but there is definitely a chance with these TAs.
Bottom line: +1.5 on Mad Kings.
