Match Prediction: Virtus.pro - Team Liquid | Dota 2

The Last Chance Qualifier is coming to an end. There are two teams left in the championship, which will compete for the last slot at The International 2022.

Both teams have come a long way to get here and both deserve to win in equal measure, but as always, there will be one winner, and we will try to determine which of the teams will become it.

Form Virtus.pro

Let's start with Virtus.pro to analyze the participants of the small finals of the Last Chance Qualifier. Not so much because of the odds, but because of the way of getting into the finals of the lower bracket.

The roster of the Armenian club reached the finals of the lower bracket of the Last Chance Qualifier after losing in the upper bracket. Looking ahead, there is a feeling that this defeat will be fatal for VP, but not before that.

Before playing first in the final of the upper bracket, and later here, in our match, VP had a very solid season and almost made it to The International 2022, bypassing additional ups and downs. In case you suddenly forgot, VP used to go to The International 2022 directly by DPC points, taking the 10th place there, after which, as a result of the recalculation, they dropped to 11th place.

The reality turned out to be a little more gloomy, and now VP is at risk of being completely left without The International. For the team, this will be a huge blow, and in order not to miss it, you need not to lose, just right?

Virtus.pro roster

• RAMZES
• gpk
• DM
• yamich
• Xakoda

The main problem of VP is the lack of a leader. No matter how experienced RAMZES is, it is impossible to call him a charismatic leader, and such an important role. However, this is not even the main problem of the current VP. It seems that at this tournament the strength of the Armenian club has dried up.

We saw a similar story at The International 2022 qualifiers in Eastern Europe. Then, having reached the final, VP lost to zero, which may indicate insufficient stress practice for the roster.

Heroes Virtus.pro

Virtus.pro's most picked character is still Disruptor (9 matches, 55% win rate). On the heels of the thunderer is Undying (8 matches, 50% of wins).

Also chosen by VP are Shadow Fiend (4 matches, 75% win rate), Silencer (4 matches, 50% win rate), Lina (4 matches, 50% win rate).

Virtus.pro results for the Last Chance Qualifier

• Lost to Team Liquid 0-2
• Draw with T1 1-1
• 2-1 victory over Vici Gaming
• 2-1 victory over Team Liquid
• Lost to Team Secret 0-2

The feeling of tightness from VP did not leave in almost every series. Virtus.pro's only bonus in the lower bracket final is the experience of playing against opponents.

Form Team Liquid

Virtus.pro will face Team Liquid in the slot match at The International 2022. Liquid reached the small finals of the Last Chance Qualifier in the lower bracket.

Frankly, I did not expect to see Liquid in this match. The team showed a rather mediocre season, losing all matches at LAN tournaments, but keeping the bar online.

In Singapore, I expected them to get into the TOP-6, maximum in the TOP-4, but after the very first matches of Team Liquid in the Last Chance Qualifier, it became clear that the “liquid” ones were not planning to retreat, and here they are.

Team Liquid latest match results

• Victory over Virtus.pro with a score of 2-0
• 2-1 victory over Polaris
• Lost to Virtus.pro with a score of 1-2
• 2-0 victory over Xtreme Gaming
• 2-1 victory over Vici Gaming

I would call the victory over Xtreme the central match. Having won 2 to 20, Team Liquid opened a second wind, boosting morale.

Team Liquid roster

• MATUMBAMAN
• miCKe
• zai
• Boxi
• iNSaNiA

At this tournament, the team woke up a second wind. MATU is playing its last tournament and this is noticeable - it has noticeably scored during the event and does not plan to miss its last The International 2022.

Heroes Team Liquid

Liquid's picks for this Last Chance Qualifier were Pudge (7 matches, 71% win rate), Snapfire (6 matches, 50% win rate) and Witch Doctor (5 matches, 80% win rate).

The most successful in the tournament for Liquid were Undying (4 matches, 100% wins), Clockwerk (4 matches, 100% wins) and Sniper (3 matches, 100% wins).

History of personal confrontations

Previously, the teams have already played in the playoffs of the upper bracket of the Last Chance Qualifier. Then the victory with a score of 2-1 was celebrated by Virtus.pro

Match outcome

In this fight, I will believe in the challenger from the lower bracket. I remain of the opinion that Virtus.pro got burned in the upper bracket and will not be able to recover from the defeat from Team Secret

Team Liquid, on the contrary, gained momentum in the lower bracket and now they look decent. They will be able to take the reshuffle essentially due to moral and strong-willed qualities, and not filigree DotA, but not without it.

In this game, there will obviously be a fight for Morph at the stage of pico-bans, and besides, you need to control supports: that the first, that the second ones are not averse to focusing on support characters, and if VP has more static heroes like Undying, Disrtuptor and others, then their counterparts are not averse to roaming on conditional Earthshaker, Earth Spirit and so on.

Liquid will take a reshuffle from VP and get even for the defeat in the upper bracket of the playoffs

Outcome: victory for Team Liquid.