Match Prediction: Team Secret - Gaimin Gladiators | Dota 2

In Western Europe, the first competitive week is coming to an end. Before we can draw the first conclusions regarding the teams, we have to watch 3 matches, one of which will be Team Secret and Gaimin Gladiators.

The clubs will open on the last day of the first week of DPC 2023 in Western Europe, and this opening risks becoming quite an entertaining spectacle. There is a lot at stake.

Team Secret will approach this match with 0-2 statistics. Puppey and company run the risk of ending the game week with zero wins, and this, in turn, actually puts an end to the possibility of getting into the major and greatly increases the chances of leaving the division at the end of the winter draw.

Gaimin Gladiators, on the other hand, approach the game with a single victory in the first match. “Gladiators” started with a tough b3 series against Entity, where they still managed to take the victory and now have very real chances to significantly improve their performance in the standings.

We figure out which of the teams will be stronger and go on a three-day pause with a victory in his pocket.

Gaimin Gladiators Uniform

Let's start the analysis of the match with a review of the Gaimin Gladiators kit. The team in this match is in the status of a favorite.

The bookmakers are cautiously giving the advantage to Gaimin Gladiators. Bookmakers estimate the chance of GG to win odds around 1.7.

It is quite easy to believe in such a figure, however, it does not fully reflect reality. Gaimin Gladiators look cheerful in the new season, and this is not only about the only series within the DPC so far: the team managed to win a local event and it seems their newcomer fits harmoniously into the roster.

Gaimin Gladiators line-up

Having mentioned the newly arrived performer Gaimin Gladiators, it is rational to take a full look at the roster. Structurally, it has not changed since last season.

Gaimin Gladiators Players

• dyrachyo
• Quinn
• Ace
• tOfu
• Celeri

Quinn fit in, the rest do not fall out, he looks confident. By the way, before the start of the DPC, the team won a local event, playing without dyrachyo in the final. Having returned as a carry, GG is doing everything in his power for the success of the team.

Performance Gaimin Gladiators

We started last season with an unexpected TOP-1 in the Western European DPC WEU 2021/2022 Tour 1: Regional Final. Then there was a good TOP-3 at D2CL Season 7 and second place in the second round of the DPC.

Their first major of the season, ESL One Stockholm 2022, the team finished in 4th place. Very good, as for a debut, but then there was a decline.

The team failed the 3rd round of the DPC, taking 6th place, but retained a slot for the next season. Then there was TOP-6 at Dota 2 Champions League Season 13.

At The International 2022, the team took TOP-9-12, which can be considered an acceptable result.

In the new season, Gaimin Gladiators were baptized by fighting as part of the BB Xmas Show. Despite the problems with the roster and the absence of dyrachyo at the final of the tournament, Gladiators outplayed Team Spirit, taking the championship and getting a big boost at the start of the season.

He showed up in the league's first series when the Gladiators faced Entity. An exhausting streak of 3 maps brought Gaimin Gladiators their first victory at DPC 2023.

Heroes Gaimin Gladiators

Gaimin Gladiators, in the best traditions of competitive Western European dota, play their own way, preferring non-typical heroes like Brewmasters. He appeared 7 times and won 4 matches.

The rest is more standard, with a slight correction for Enchantress, which Seleri loves and, for example, the Chinese often use it within the top division in their region. She appeared in 7 matches but won 3 of them.

Also chosen are Shadow Fiend (5 matches, 60% win rate), Silencer (5 matches, 60% win rate), Morphling (5 matches, 60% win rate). They don’t forget about the ultimate characters today like Lina (2 appearances, 100% wins), and they also use the previously popular and signature character for Quinn Leshrac (3 games, 66% wins).

Team Secret uniform

Let's move on to the review of the Team Secret form. They will play as an outsider in this fight.

The bookmakers do not really believe in the success of Secret, but they are not going to bury the Puppey team either. For the success of Secret, they give a coefficient in the region of 2.

Perhaps, one can agree with the prematureness of the funeral of the TOP-2 team of the past The International 2022, but Puppey and the company are really bad. The pre-match situation is in danger of turning into a disaster for Secret, and all, it would seem, is due to the departure of just one player.

Team Secret roster

Before the start of the DPC, Team Secret, like the Gaimin Gladiators, made the only substitution. Like GG, the mid player left, but if in the case of a counterpart, the arrival of Quinn rather strengthened GG, then the departure of Nisha and Secret killed the latter as much as possible.

Team Secret players

• crystallis
• BOOM
• Resolut1on
• Zayac
• Puppey

Secret's midlaner problem remains, but the main problem is that it is far from being on a personal level. Without Nisha, the whole team does not work and Secret's performance is deplorable, not only because of BOOM.

Team Secret Performance

Secret on the wave of reshuffles last season were on the 31st line of the DPC table. The team took 5th place three times in the regional league and did not play in the major tournaments.

Secret got a break after joining Zayac and Resolut1on. The team had a good Riyadh Master and ESL One Malaysia, after which they took 2nd place in the Western European qualifiers for The International 2022.

At The International 2022, Team Secret revived and it paid off. The team reached the final of the upper bracket of the playoffs, after which they flew down, but not for long.

Having beaten Liquid in the small final with a score of 2-1, the team made it to the grand final. The last match of the last season ended sadly for Secret: 0-3 from Tundra Esports.

The start of the DPC was quite a dramatic event for the Puppey team. The team played against Team Liquid with the Pole Nisha in the roster. As a result of the first series, Secret were declassed and lost with a score of 0-2.

The second series did not have a similar storyline, but had an identical result. Secret were crushed by OG, which was especially noticeable on the second map.

Team Secret Heroes

Their most common spawns were Tusk (7 matches, 85% wins), Witch Doctor (5 matches, 80; wins), Monkey King (5 matches, 60% wins), Pangolier (4 matches, 50% wins), Death Prophet (4 matches, 50% win rate).

History of personal confrontations

Previously, the teams in these rosters did not play with each other, however, they crossed paths until the change of players in the central line in both clubs. Over the past gaming year, 2 series were played: GG won one with a score of 2-0, the second was taken by Secret with a 2-1 score.

Match outcome

There is a little pre-match history hidden in this fight. The fact is that BOOM will play against the former team and it seems like such a fact gives the match a spice.

In addition, I expect the final collapse of Secret from the match. Based on the previous two series, I don't see how the latter can snatch victory against charged and peppy Gaimin Gladiators.

Outcome: victory for Gaimin Gladiators.