Match Prediction: Gaimin Gladiators - Team Liquid | Dota 2

The final chord of Lima Major 2023 is almost on our screens. In Peru, the final confrontation starts as part of the first major tournament of 2023.

The final confrontation of Lima Major 2023 will show us the Western European derby. In the fight for the right to be called the strongest team in the competitive world of Dota 2, Gaimin Gladiators and Team Liquid will meet.

The Gaimin Gladiators finished second in the Western European Regional League. Having advanced to Lima Major 2023, the team confidently closed their game and reached the grand final with the same confidence, without losing a single map in the playoffs.

Team Liquid, which took first place in the regional season, went through the group stage of Lima Major 2023 without any problems. In the playoffs, they reached the top line, where they lost to Gladiators.

We are trying to analyze which team will become the champion of Lima Major 2023, take $200,000 in prize money and 400 DPC points.

Gaimin Gladiators Uniform

We open the review of the match with an analysis of the Gaimin Gladiators game form. They got to the grand final first and will play the first number in it.

Disputing the status of GG's favorite is just stupid. At this tournament, the team showed that they will have to be reckoned with and that they are capable of winning.

Take a look at their flight through the playoffs, where the Gaimin Gladiators did not lose a single map. It's hard to remember such pressure. It only comes to mind that the onslaught of OG at ESL One Stockholm 2022 or the champion performance of Tundra at The International 2022.

Gaimin Gladiators line-up

It seems that soon Western Europe will get another TOP team. In principle, GG can already be attributed to this, however, for the final touch, there is not enough championship in the major.

Gaimin Gladiators Players

• DyrachYO
• Quinn
• Ace
• tOfu
• Celeri

When DyrachYO smashes opponents solo, it's a bad sign for Gladiators' opponents. In the playoffs, carry GG accelerated, and after all, much more stable performers stand behind him.

One can't help but praise Quinn for proving his worth, even though he doesn't do supernatural things. The support duo gets the job done without a hitch, and Ace is a rock of stability.

Performance Gaimin Gladiators

GG finished the first season of Western Europe in second place. The team won 5 matches out of 7, thus securing their position.

In addition to DPC, they played at third-party tournaments. One of these was the BB Xmas Show, where the “gladiators” tested the new line-up. They did it with taste, having won the same Team Spirit in the grand final.

Then the club played at BB Universe - Comics Zone. This time Xmas Show failed to repeat the successes: Team Spirit knocked out GG, leaving them on the 3rd line.

As part of the group stage of Lima Major 2023, Gaimin Gladiators are good, but they made mistakes in what seemed to be completely passing matches. They finished the group stage with a 4-3-1 record.

GG outplayed PSG.LGD, Team Spirit, Tundra Esports and EHOME. We played in a draw with Execration, Talon and TSM, and lost against EG.

Once in the upper bracket of Lima Major 2023, Gaimin Gladiators met with Team Aster. The pause in that game lasted longer than the match itself: the “gladiators” did not leave a trace of their Chinese competitors.

The next rival for GG was Entity. An approximately equal match was expected, but in fact the “gladiators” wiped their feet on the Entity, leaving their opponents no chance of success.

After Entity Gaimin, Gladiators faced Team Liquid. The emergency replacement of Boxi in the “liquid” line-up literally bled the latter, and it was not difficult for the “gladiators” to finish off the bleeding Liquid.

Heroes Gaimin Gladiators

GG is a team that plays as much as possible in the meta and shapes it. Most successful characters: Treant Protector and Rubick (7 matches each and 77% win rate).

Nature`s Prophet was also selected 9 times, but has “only” a 55% win rate. Other frequent Gaimin Gladiators picks include Lina (8 matches, 75% win rate), Undying (7 matches, 85% win rate), Broodmother, Puck and Batrider (6 matches each, 83% win rate).

Form Team Liquid

Team Liquid will stand on the other side of the barricades. They will play second in this match.

It's quite unusual to see Liquid in this position. However, circumstances dictate reality.

Boxi got sick and it looks like Liquid might get robbed. Before the start of the event, “liquid” single-handedly claimed the championship, but now this is a big question.

Team Liquid roster

It so happened that the Liquid roster was updated unexpectedly, right during the tournament. The disease is a terrible thing, and therefore Liquid was forced to resort to the help of their analyst.

Team Liquid Players

• miCKe
• Nisha
• zai
• Jabbz
• iNSaNiA

In his first game, Jabbz looked out of place, which is quite logical. He has no experience of playing at this level, however, already in the next series, Liquid already looked much more cheerful: miCKe and Nisha turned on, and also Zai. In general, they will butt heads.

Team Liquid performance

Team Liquid played the first season of the DPC almost perfectly. The team has won 7 matches in the home league.

At Lima Major 2023, they ended up in group B, which did not play any role in their case. Liquid in their current condition is capable of passing any group, which has been proven in practice.

Out of 8 matches, two were drawn, the rest were won. Gave away a BB card on the first day of games and a Geek Slate on the third day.

In the first playoff match, they played against Talon Esports. The third South East Asian team lost 0-2, but showed signs of life in places, especially on the second map, where Mikoto managed to make a couple of bright highlights.

The second competitor was Shopify Rebellion. Liquid ran them over in class, and in every sense of the word: they strangled them on the first map and cameback, it would seem, from a standstill on the second one.

In the small final, Liquid played against Talon Esports. The Southeast Asian challengers, who had shown top performance in the previous days, deflated and lost to Liquid with a 0-2 stand-in.

Heroes Team Liquid

In their picks, Liquid focuses on Death Prophet (4 matches, 75% wins), Mars (4 matches, 50% wins), Slark (3 matches, 66% wins), Vengeful Spirit (3 matches, 66% wins), Marci and Pudge (3 matches, 66% of wins).

History of personal confrontations

Previously, the teams have already managed to play with each other more than once. Previously, the teams managed to play against each other in DPC 2023: WEU - Upper Division. Then the victory with a score of 2-1 was taken by Liquid, and also in the upper final of the Lima Major. In the last game, GG got their revenge.

Match outcome

In this grand final, I want to see a bright fight, but I'm afraid we won't see it. The Gladiators look a little too confident in this playoff.

The team goes through their opponents with a skating rink, and besides, today they had time to prepare for their rivals, which will play in favor of the “gladiators”. I think Liquid gets caught, but they won't be able to win. Still, one series at the bottom against Talon, and even some sluggish ones, will not be enough.

Outcome: victory for Gaimin Gladiators.