Match Prediction: Talon Esports - Team Spirit | Dota 2

We continue to review what is happening within the framework of the Peruvian Major. In Lima there are matches right through.

The second pair in the knockout games will be Team Spirit and Talon Esports. Both teams have come a long way, but only one will go far, and it seems that his name is already known.

Team Spirit advanced to the tournament from the second place of the regional DPC 2023: EEU - Upper Division. In Lima, the team made it to the playoffs from the second line of the group, but fell into the lower bracket after the first round.

Talon Esports took 3rd place in Southeast Asia. In their group at Lima Major 2023, the team finished 4th, advanced to the playoffs, where they fell to the lower bracket in the first round.

We figure out who will be stronger in this confrontation and move further along the losers bracket.

Team Spirit Uniform

Let's start the review of the match with an analysis of Team Spirit's game form. "Dragons" will perform here in the status of a favorite.

The bookmakers in this match decided in advance on the winner. Team Spirit's chance of winning is estimated by odds around 1.5.

There is no doubt about the level of Spirit's game. At this tournament, they proved their capacity, although they were on the verge of relegation.

Team Spirit roster

I'm afraid to croak, but it seems that Spirit woke up the same champion and now they will pose a clear threat to their counterparts. Before that, they also represented, but still there was not enough confidence in their actions.

Team Spirit Players

• Yatoro
• Larl
• collapse
• Mira
• Miposhka

There are no notable drawdowns, but, as mentioned above, there were reasons to think otherwise. They appeared both in the match against Shopify Rebellion and in the duel against PSG.LGD.

Team Spirit Performance

Team Spirit made it to Lima Major 2023 taking second place in DPC 2023: EEU - Upper Division. In the home league, the team won 6 matches, losing only 1.

Spirit played at third party tournaments like BB Xmas Show and BB Universe - Comics Zone. Both of Spirit's commercial championships finished in second place.

In the group stage of Lima Major 2023, the Dragons lost only 1 series. Gaimin Gladiators lost on the first day of games.

In 8 matches, they drew three times: with PSG.LGD, Talon and EHOME. Matches against Execration, TSM, EG and Tundra ended in favor of Spirit.

In the first round of the playoffs, Team Spirit played against Shopify Rebellion. Despite the pre-match favor, the “dragons” lost, not least because of the performance of Arteezy.

In the next match, Spirit faced PSG.LGD. The Dragons went through the tour with a score of 2-1, although on the first map they lost to PSG.LGD rather than won to Team Spirit.

Heroes Team Spirit

Spirit's approach to drafting hasn't changed much since the end of DPC 2023: WEU - Upper Division. The Dragons are still happy to use Tusk (9 matches, 77% wins), Snapfire (9 matches, 77% wins), Rubick (8 games, 75% wins).

Mirana is chosen a little less often (6 matches, 50% of wins). Even rarer are Natures Prophet, Sniper (6 games each, 60% win rate) and Tiny (6 matches, 40% win rate).

Talon Esports Uniform

We continue the analysis of the match with the analysis of the game form of Talon Esports. In this match, they will play the role of an outsider.

The chance of Talon Esports winning the match against Team Spirit is estimated at around 2.6. The gap is small, although at first glance it seems that there is an abyss between the teams.

Talon at Lima Major 2023 have already proven their ability and will definitely not become an infamous participant in the event. Fulfilled both the minimum and the maximum plan.

Talon Esports roster

In general, there are no complaints against Talon Esports players and cannot be. As for the 3 teams of Southeast Asia, they look very cheerful.

Talon Esports Players

• 23savage
• Mikoto
• Jabz
• Q
• Oli

The players are high-level, but in some places they catch brainlags. This is especially noticeable on the example of 23savage, sometimes performing crazy things in a bad sense of the word. In this way, he resembles Dyrachyo, but he is already in the TOP-3.

Who is definitely worth highlighting is Mikoto. The whole Talon game, whatever one may say, is based on this performers. Close Mikoto, win the match.

Talon Esports Performance

Talon Esports played the regional league with a score of 4-3. This result allowed them to take the last 3rd place for the passage to Lima.

The team also played at the M.Invitational championship, where Talon managed to get into the TOP-4, which can not be called a good result. Things went much better at BTS Pro Series Season 14, and in the end, Talon won the championship there.

As part of the group stage, they took 4th place in Pot A. They won against Execration, TSM and EHOME, tied with Gaimin Gladiators, PSG.LGD, EG and Team Spirit and lost against Tundra Esports.

In the first game of the playoffs, Talon Esports played against Team Liquid. The match, surprisingly, turned out to be quite long: while the first map lasted 31 minutes, all 49 minutes were kept on the second Talon. At the matchpoint, Liquid beat Talon with Drow Ranger and Doom by Zai.

In the next game, Talon Esports played against HellRaisers. Residents of Eastern Europe did not oppose Talon, gave Lin and deservedly went home.

Talon Esports Heroes

The team uses the meta Rubick (10 matches, 9 wins), Tusk (9 games, 77% wins), however, apart from them, it picks Elder Titan, unique for the tournament (8 matches, 100% wins), and the forgotten Templar Assassin in the first position (8 games)., 100% wins).

In the first match of the playoffs, there were also Naga in 3rd position and Lina with Undying, as well as the unpopular Omniknight, Faceless Void and Ember. None of them won, of course.

It went much better with Lina at position 1 (no doubt), and also with Sniper and Natures Prophet.

History of personal confrontations

The teams had time to play with each other. The teams played in Group A, and there the match ended with a score of 1-1.

The outcome of the fight

Given the history of head-to-head meetings, we can say that Talon Esports can pick up at least 1 card.

Spirit play is not filigree, though not bad. The teams deserve each other and here I expect an approximately equal fight. If we talk about the winner, then most likely it will be Spirit. They have simpler conditions, block Mikoto in the mid lane, which is doable.

Result: +1.5 on Talon Esports.