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The competitive season in Dota 2 is heating up. We're talking about DreamLeague Season 25.
At DreamLeague Season 25 we have the second group stage. The International is interested in the match between Tundra Esports and Team Liquid, where Tundra are the clear favourites to win the whole tournament.
We will see who of the pair Liquid - Tundra will be stronger, whether Liquid will be able to wash out the score in the second group stage or if everything will end as expected.
Let's go.
Tundra's form
We open the Tundra vs Liquid match with an analysis of Tundra's form. The same Tundra, who after the arrival of 33 in the squad became one of the strongest teams in Europe, and therefore the world. In the match against Liquid at DreamLeague Season 25 they play in the status of clear favourite with odds to win at around 1.2.
In the first cycle of DPC 2023, Tundra only made it into the top 4 via tiebreaker, finishing in the top 3 at the end of the season. This gave them an opportunity to play at The Lima Major 2023, which they failed, finishing in the Top 12.
Things got better in the second DPC cycle. Tundra had re-matches again and again they did well, except now it was a Top-2 division match. Things also got better on the international stage at ESL One Berlin Major 2023, where the reigning world champions from The International finished in the top 6.
In the third cycle, DPC Tundra returned to the top of the competitive dota. The reigning World Champions of The International finished in the top 1 in their home league.
Tundra visited DreamLeague Season 20, but they didn't have much zeal to win there. The team failed to make it past the first group stage, finishing in the top 9-10.
At Bali Major 2023, Tundra had a forced stand-in. Saksa left the squad due to illness, but it didn't stop Tundra from reaching the top 3 of the tournament.
In Riyadh, Tundra again resorted to Aui for the same reason. With him they were able to get through the group stage and survive the round robin tiebreaks. All in all, there's an OG vibe of 2022 in Tundra. However, they failed to reach the top-12.
After the not so successful Riyadh, Tundra also failed at The International 2023, finishing in the top 16. After that, they finished in the top 7 at ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023.
- Tundra Esports roster: dyrachyo, bzm, 33, Saksa, Whitemon.
In the 2024 season, Tundra played all sorts of qualifiers, for which they spent the first half of the year. The European based club went on to finish top 10 at DL Season 22 and top 8 at Elite League.
Tundra's partial rise came at ESL One Birmingham 2024, where the team managed to finish in the top 3. The peak of the 2024 season was TI 24, where Tundra reached the Top 3 and were close to reaching the Grand Final, but failed to do so. Later, with a revamped roster, they reached the top 3 at PGL Wallachia Season 2.
At DreamLeague S24 Tundra Esports tested their new roster and finished top-5. Next, they played at BLAST Slam 1, where they finished in the Top 2.
In the 2025 season, Tundra are showing the top level. First, the team qualified for DL S25, and then won the qualification for ESL One Raleigh 2025: WEU. This was followed by a championship at Fissure PLAYGROUND #1 and BLAST Slam II.
At DreamLeague Season 25, won the first group stage, going undefeated. Before the Long Sogpeg match against Liquid, Tundra have 3 wins in 4 matches already in the second group stage of DL S25.
Most Popular Tundra Esports Characters
Among the most popular characters in Tundra picks is Techies. The character has been picked 9 times, and his winrate is at 66%.
Next is Bloodseeker, who has been picked 8 times. His win rate is 50%. Batrider (7 matches, 71% win rate), Doom (7 matches, 57% win rate), Timbersaw (6 matches, 66% win rate) were also picked.
Liquid's form
We continue our breakdown of the Liquid vs Tundra match with an analysis of Liquid's match form. In this match they play as an outsider with odds to win at around 4.6.
At DPC 2023: WEU Division 1 Tour 1 Liquid didn't lose a single match and then took the top 2 at The Lima Major 2023 while playing with substitutes. More than decent.
The second round of the DPC was as similar to the previous round as possible. Liquid again took the Top 1, but now with only one loss in the table. On the international stage, Liquid shone again, but were still overshadowed by Gaimin Gladiators, who took their second Major a Champions Cup of the season.
In their third season, Liquid were no longer able to cement their supremacy. "Liquid" fell to fourth place, but it was good enough to pass at Bali Major 2023, which in the case of the past at The International 2023 Team Liquid does not play any role.
- Liquid line-up: miCKe, Nisha, SaberLight, Boxi, Insania.
After the disappointing result at DreamLeague Season 20, where Team Liquid fell out of the first group stage, there was a feeling that Bali Major 2023 would be held for "Liquid" on the "liquid" on miponnyh notes. However, Liquid decided to switch on and play to the full.
And they almost succeeded: they took the top 2, losing in the grand finals to Gaimin Glaidators! Again. Third time at a Major tournament in a year.
Riyadh Masters 2023 Team Liquid started at the Play-In stage, as they surprisingly didn't collect enough ESL ranking points. They finished the Play-In with a 3-1-1 score and second place in Basket A, and then played the group stage with a 3-3-1 statistic, advancing to the top set of play-offs.
At the end of the biggest tournament of the year, Team Liquid finished in the top 2, which can't be called a bad result. Unlike the top-10 at DreamLeague Season 21, which was after the Riyadh Masters 2023 and before Longsong The International 2023.
Team Liquid made it to the next round of the group stage pretty confidently from Group B. "Liquid" took the top 1 by taking a 3-1-0 lead in the series.
In the play-offs seeding match, Liquid faced Evil Geniuses. The Peruvians are not happy at this The International 2023, from which they expectedly lost 0-2 against Liquid.
In the first round of play-offs LIquid met Talon Esports. They won on class, taking two maps. What is true, further went not according to plan: a loss from Spirit and then Gaimin Gladiators, already at the bottom of the table. At the end of the main event of the year Team Liquid took the top 6.
The new season began with a performance at Kuala Lumpur 2023, where they reached TOP-2. In 2024 they played everywhere they could. They also went to BB Dacha and made it to the TOP-2 (lost in the final to Falcons), played on DL Season 22. DreamLeague Season 22 was definitely not a priority, as Liquid were so out of shape that they didn't make it out of the group stage.
There was the 1win series tournament, where Ledge or Spirit went 1-2 in the grand finals and Elite League, where they finished top 4.
At ESL One Birmingham 2024, Team Liquid finished in the top 6, with Ledge beating future champions Falcons. PGL Wallachia Season 1 the team started with a win over G2.IG, then lost 2 series to Xtreme and Shopify Rebellion before beating MOUZ. Finally, they defeated their counterparts from Secret, thus advancing to the play-offs with a score of 3-2.
Next, Liquid played at DreamLeague S23, where they finished in the top 10. In July of the 2024 season, Liquid made it to the grand finals of the Riyadh Masters 2024 and then Top 1 at Elite League Season 2. However, Liquid's main triumph was The International 2024, where Liquid had a spectacular showing, reaching the grand finals and then beating Gaimin Gladiators 3-0.
After being crowned champions at The International, Team Liquid played well in the first round of the group stage of DL Season 24, where they played 3-3-1 and finished in the top 2 of the group stage. However, they failed to make it to the second group stage, and Liquid finished in the Top 6 of the tournament. It was no better: Top 6 at BLAST Slam 1, but Top 2 at ESL One Bangkok 2024.
In Season 2025, Liquid finished in the top 8 at Fissure Playground #1 and BLAST Slam II. At DreamLeague Season 25, things are going very difficult for Liquid. Back in the first group stage, Liquid had a lot of trouble getting through it, playing re-matches and all that. And in the second group stage Liquid lost all 4 matches before playing Tundra.
Team Liquid's most popular heroes
In the top picks for Team Liquid is Crystal Maiden with 7 games and 6 wins.
In addition to Crystal Maiden picks Doom (4 matches, 100% wins), Sven (4 matches, 75% wins), Skywrath Mage (4 matches, 75% wins).
Rubick (4 matches, 25% wins), Void Spirit (3 matches, 100% wins) appear in spades, Underlord, Pangolier, Storm Spirit have 3 matches each and all have 2 wins.
History of head-to-head meetings between Tundra and Liquid
This is not the first time Tundra and Liquid play each other on the professional scene. Over the last 5 games, Liquid have won three times. They also won at BLAST Slam II.
Predicted result of Liquid vs Tundra at DreamLeague Season 25
In this match I expect a vibrant Dota 2. Both teams are able to execute, but Tundra look much better than their Liquid counterparts and as far as I'm concerned better adapted to the recent patch 7.38.
Bottom line: Tundra wins.
