Match Prediction: Nigma Galaxy - Hellbear Smashers | Dota 2

We continue to prepare for the upcoming and final qualifiers for The International from Europe. As in almost all regions, here we should expect a bright duel with interesting results.

However, not all of them will be. Most likely, there will be a couple of very prosaic meetings where the outcome of the match will be predetermined even before the start of the match.

It seems that one of these will be the confrontation between the Nigma and the Hellbear Smashers. And we can agree with this.

We will face a duel between the clear favorite and the clear outsider of the qualifiers. The outcome, in which Nigma is losing, seems virtually unrealistic to me.

But, as they say, what the hell is not joking with. Let's figure out what to expect from the meeting of the first round of the qualifying playoffs and whether the Hellbear Smashers can shock.

Nigma shape

Let's start our debriefing with the form of an absolute favorite and a potential winner, although there are many such qualifications in Europe. This is Nigma.

With confidence in Nigma, everything is very simple: even during the second season, and especially on WePlay, AniMajor Nigma showed their effectiveness. This can be seen in the performance in Kiev, which deteriorated during ESL One Summer 2021

Nigma Latest Results

• Defeat from PSG.LGD with a score of 1-2
• Lost to EG 0-2
• Lost at ViKin.gg with a score of 0-2
• Win over Secret 2-1
• Lost to OG with a score of 1-2

You might think that Nigma has dropped a lot in terms of the level of play, but here it is more about the priority of the tournament. At ESL One Summer 2021, Nigma, roughly speaking, did not play at all.

Hellbear Smashers uniform

There is really nothing to say about the Hellbear Smashers. As for me, this is a team for several seasons at most, and after the qualifiers, we will not see them in this composition again.

The Hellbear Smashers made it through the lower division in the first season, but in the second season they were eliminated from the big league. So far, teams like Nigma are beyond their power, and I think this will not change.

Hellbear Smashers Latest Results

• Defeat Chicken Fighters 1-0
• Defeat Into The Breach 1-0
• Lost at ViKin.gg with a score of 0-2
• Defeat EXTREMUM 2-0
• Lose at Spirit 1-2

As we can see, today's maximum of the Hellbear Shamshers is a game on a level with TIR-2/3 teams. It is unlikely that it will be possible to fix this before the qualifications.

Personal meeting history

Previously, Nigma and the Hellbear Smashers met for the second DPC season in Europe. Then the victory with a score of 2-0 was celebrated by Nigma.

Match outcome

I don't see any sense in going around and around. In this match Nigma should win with a score of 2-0, and a different result will be regarded by me as Nigma's unwillingness to win the qualifiers.

Bottom line: Nigma wins 2-0.