Match Prediction: Vici Gaming - Polaris Esports | Dota 2

We continue to review the future at The International. The Last Chance Qualifier stage is coming to a climax. We are talking about the final match of the second day of the last chance tournament.

We have a signboard worthy for the game. The closing match should be good.

Both teams will play 4 matches before that and anything can happen there. It is possible that one of the teams will approach the fight in the status of a member of the upper bracket, and the second. Pre-match, I see a duel of equal teams.

Regardless of home league games, don't guess on coffee grounds “how they will play the rest” games, for me on paper they are equal teams. Why so - I will try to explain below.

We figure out who from the team can win the match, and whether there is a winner in this meeting.

Vici Gaming Uniform

Let's start the review with Vici Gaming kit. Something tells me that this team will act as a favorite.

Historically, Vici has done well with bands. While writing the text, I remembered the performance of the club in groups at WePlay AniMajor. At that time, few people predicted such a confident game for Vici during the group stage, but in reality it turned out not bad.

However, remembering those Vici, it is impossible not to note the players of that period. Then Dy, Pyw, Ori, old_Eleven played for the Chinese Tigers. Such DotA mastodons know exactly how to behave during the group stage, but whether their heirs know what's what is already a question.

The new line-up of Vici looks flimsy on paper. I won't stop talking about it until I'm convinced otherwise.

Reshuffle after The International broke the idea of VG as one of the top teams in China. We saw the aftermath of the reshuffle in DPC Season 3 when Vici were relegated from China's top division. When else did the team fall so low?

Let's move on to more substantive things. Before the match with Polaris, Vici will shoot all matches, namely: Secret, Navi, Nouns and Tempest. No matter how skeptical I would be about the new Vici, such a quartet should be within their power. Before the match with Polaris, I predict at least 5 maps for them, most likely 6.

Composition Vici

• Erika
• xm
• baby
• Frisk
• Yang

The unflattering statements above don't make Vici performers bad or anything like that. This is just the perception of the team as a whole, which Vici lacked before the start of Vici Gaming. However, the updated roster proved to be healthy during the qualifiers in China, and therefore we can expect similar discoveries from them at the LCQ.

Heroes of Vici Gaming

The most common picks for Vici are Marci (5 matches, 80% win rate), Queen of Pain (5 matches, 80% win rate), Primal Beast (4 matches, 75% win rate), Timbersaw (4 matches, 50% win rate).

Polaris Esports Uniform

Polaris Esports will stand on the other side of the river. The team from Southeast Asia will most likely be in the status of an outsider.

Why is that? Yes, it's not really clear, it's just a guess.

Look, Polaris is a kind of Vici from the world of Southeast Asia. Not as titular and “deserved” as their counterparts, but their storyline is fantastically similar, with only one excellence.

Polaris made their way to the first division of Southeast Asia through all the delights of the second league, after which they fell back to where they came from so stubbornly. Vici Gaming has passed this fate, but they will still play in the second division.

Speaking of differences, the first thing that comes to mind is the path to the Last Chance Qualifier. Polaris became the discovery of not just Southeast Asian qualifiers. They can easily compete for this title with all the participants in the selections.

The run in the South-Eastern qualifiers almost transformed into a kind of Cinderella story, but one card was missing in the final. At the very least, the performance made me understand that Southeast Asia is not a passerby, and therefore we can expect a good game from Polaris and we hope we will wait for it.

Before the match with Vici, the team will play with the same Navi, Secret, Nouns and Tempest. So is Vici. they will come into this match with 5 points in their pocket. Another plus in the piggy bank to the arguments about the similarity of the teams this season.

Polaris Esports Roster

• Natsumi
• Lelouch-
• force
• xavius
• eyyou

The players here are also worthy and very skillful. They proved it even before they made a splash in the qualifiers.

Heroes Polaris Esports

Most used Polaris Esports characters: Marci (8 matches, 75% wins), Undying (7 matches, 71% wins), Primal Beast (7 matches, 57% wins), Lina (5 matches, 100% wins), Pangolier (5 matches, 100% wins).

History of personal confrontations

Previously, the teams did not play each other in official matches. This fight will be the debut face-to-face meeting between the teams.

The outcome of the fight

Too much can happen before the start of the confrontation. I can be completely wrong about the Polaris conditions and definitely overhype them. I can be too biased towards Vici Gaming, but before the start of the match, I can’t find any other introductory ones.

These are two equal teams BEFORE Last Chance Qualifiers. Naturally, the tournament will change the balance of power, and those who seemed to be the favorite easily turn into underdogs and vice versa. While I do not see, due to what, then one will win, that the second.

Vici can turn on at the end of the holiday, Polaris run out of steam at the end of the race. In general, here I will believe at least in the card from Polaris.

Result: +1.5. on Polaris.