Match Prediction: Entity - Evil Geniuses | Dota 2

The first round of the main stage of Lima Major 2023 continues. Evil Geniuses and Entity will be the second to enter the Arena 1 stadium.

Major hosts Evil Geniuses will play at home for the first time with the support of local fans. Entity will have a hard time resisting the onslaught of the crowd against the Peruvian team.

EG made it to the playoffs of Lima Major 2023, taking 3rd place in Group A, and before that, finishing in the TOP-2 DPC: SA - Upper Division. In the group stage, they managed to win 10 maps out of 16 played.

Entity, being the weakest representative of Europe in Peru following the results of the first DPC tour, managed to take the second place in Group B. The team finished the first stage of the tournament with the statistics 11-5.

We are trying to understand which team will be stronger in this match. Who will be able to go further along the upper part of the grid, and who will fall on the beastcoast in the lower grid.

Form Entity

Let's start the analysis of the match with the analysis of the game form of Entity. They are predicted to be the favorite in this match.

The chance of Entity to win is estimated by odds around 1.8. Looking ahead, it is worth noting that the gap between the teams is scanty.

Before the start of the duel in Lima, I would not call Entity a team equal to Evil Geniuses. With the start of the games in the group stage, it turned out that Fishman and co took the issue of preparing for the upcoming event seriously and managed to adapt to the local meta, despite mediocre play in DPC and third-party tournaments.

Entity Composition

Failures at the beginning of the season are directly related to the permutations that take place in Entity before the start of the major. A boon for the team and fans of the club, Entity managed to fix internal problems and now look very decent.

Entity Players

• watson
• Stormstormer
• Toby
• Kataomi`
• Fishman

Watson has revealed his potential and looks like one of the best carries in the Major in Lima. We also don't leave Stormstormer unattended, who pleases with his game for the second season in a row.

Entity Performance

Entity took 4th place at DPC 2023 from Western Europe. The team played in replays for 3 teams and ended up second there.

In addition to matches at DPC 2023: WEU Upper Division, Entity played at third-party events. These were tournaments from BB.

Entity played at the Xmas Show even before the start of the DPC and failed there. In the new composition, they took TOP-6.

Before going to Peru, Entity played BB Universe: Episode 1 - Comics Zone. There, the team took the TOP-4, losing to the finalists of Team Spirit.

On the first game day at Lima Major 2023, Entity played against the weakest teams in the group, Geek Slate and Knights. Both matches were won 2-0 without problems.

What followed was a bad cut. Lost against Team Liquid and tied with Shopify Rebellion.

Next came beastcoast and Team Aster. Both matches ended in a draw.

The last game day for Entity was February 25th. Then the team beat BB Team and HR.

Entity Heroes

In the new season, Entity ran into Treant Protector, which appeared in 8 matches and has a 62% win rate. Along with Treant, they play Rubick, who also appeared 8 times and has a similar win rate.

Undying feels a little worse with a 50% win rate in the same 8 matches. Almost the only team that performs Invoker. Stormstormer rolled out his signature 6 times and won 4.

E.G form

Let's move on to the review of Evil Geniuses. The hosts of the Peruvian Major will play in their first playoff match as outsiders.

Bookmakers give EG odds of around 1.9 to win. The gap is minimal, but it's there.

A similar situation with EG was caused by a slightly “chaotic” play in the group stage. EG lost where they shouldn't have, but also won under unrealistic conditions, as was the case with Tundra.

Lineup EG

As has been said many times, Evil Geniuses in the new season managed to create one of the most efficient squads in South America. A mix of former Thunder Awaken and beastcoast is working.

Evil Geniuses players

• Pakazs
• Chris Luck
• Wisper
• Matthew
• pandaboo

At the beginning of the tournament, they looked rather toothless, but by the middle of the group stage they cheered up. It is noteworthy that Pakazs is far from its peak form. The main star of Thunder Awaken last season and one of the brightest players of the past The International 2022 in Lima looks sluggish.

Performance Lima Major 2023

EG made it to the Lima Major from second place at DPC 2023: SA - Upper Division. Above them were beastcoast - another favorite of the tournament.

EG played the regular season with a 6-1 record. The only defeat happened in the 3rd week match against beastcoast.

In the first match, Evil Geniuses played against PSG.LGD. In that duel, EG confidently won the first game, and then decided to take Venomancer, which led to a defeat.

Then there was a fight with Talon, where EG, having won a difficult first map, lost on the second one without a fight. As a result 1-1

In the third series we played with Team Spirit. The Dragons managed to outbid EG, preventing the strategy from working through Timbersaw, and then beat their favorite Chaos: 2-0 in favor of EG.

After not the most successful matches, they took over their heads and beat Tundra. However, there was a completely unnecessary draw in the match with EHOME.

Towards the end of the group stage, they tied with Execration and beat GG and TSM, which eventually allowed them to reach the playoffs from the third place in the group.

Heroes EG

EG has according to the canons of patch 7.32. However, there are some idiosyncratic choices. However, so far only the standard has worked.

The most picked character is Rubick. Appeared 11 times and won 9 matches.

Monkey King (8 games, 87% wins), Mars (8 matches, 62% wins), Timbersaw (7 games, 100% wins), Silencer (7 matches, 100% wins) are popular.

History of personal confrontations

Previously, the teams did not play each other in head-to-head matches with updated rosters. This match will be the debut clash of the teams.

Outcome

In this duel, I see the most real result as a fully bo3. Speaking about the winner, I tend to the candidacy of Evil Geniuses.

“Evil Geniuses” managed to turn on in the middle of the group stage. I believe that in the playoffs we will see completely different EG, who will put pressure from the opening minutes.

Another critical argument in favor of EG is the live audience on stage. At the home major, a colorful company of “evil geniuses” will rock with the help of local fans.

Bottom line: EG wins.