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As part of our review of the third round of the DPC, we get to week three of South America with a betting tee on Thunder Awaken vs MAD Kings.
Both teams went through the first week of games in different ways. For Thunder Awaken it was a great success, but no one will be relaxing prematurely.
Mad Kings, in their turn, being the underdogs of the tournament and coming from the bottom division, managed to secure the middle place in the standings, which in their case can be called a success.
Let's look at how the game will end and which club will earn the points needed for a possible passage to the last Major of the season.
Thunder Awaken Form
Let's start the breakdown of the match with an overview of Thunder Awaken's uniforms. In this match, they are playing as favourites.
Bookmakers give odds of around 1.3 for Thunder Awaken to win. Quite a solid lead for the third team in the region in relation to their rival.
And it is quite understandable, because Thunder are constant chasers of the top local teams, Evil Geniuses and Beastcoast. This is indicated by Thunder Awaken's performance.
In the first round of DPC 2023: SA Division 1 South America, Thunder Awaken only finished 5th. The club then came up 3-4 and in tie-breaks for 4 teams could not keep up with competition from Alliance.LATAM and Keyd Stars, thereby leading them to higher places.
Next was a local BTS Pro Series: Americas where the same Alliance.LATAM got in the way. The Swedish club's South American division, which had ceased to exist before the third round of the DPC, knocked Thunder out at the top-8 stage.
Significant improvement began in the second round when Thunder Awaken took the top 3. The team played 5-2 and got two losses from EG and Beastcoast.
- Thunder Awaken line-up: Knight, SLATEM$, ILICH, n1ght, Mjz .
The new member of the squad was n1ght, who joined the team in April of this year. The new arrival secured 1XPLORE LATAM #2 victory, while the previous season they had only managed to reach TOP-3.
In the first week of DPC 2023: Tour 3 itself, Thunder Awaken won 2 matches with 1 loss. They lost to EG (0-2) and won against Balrogs and Infamous (2-0 each).
Thunder Awaken's most popular heroes
The most frequent guest in the Thunder Awaken spades is Crystal Maiden. The character has appeared 15 times with a 60% win rate.
In addition to CM, Dawnbreaker (11 games, 81% wins), Zeus (9 games, 44% wins), Marci (9 games, 33% wins), Nyx Assassin (8 games, 62% wins).
Thunder, although they didn't make the Major this year, have more experience than their future opponent. Mad Kings will be difficult to beat, but not unrealistic.
Mad Kings form
Continuing our review of the Mad Kings - Thunder Awaken match with a breakdown of Mad Kings game form. In this match they will be playing in underdog status.
Bookmakers put the odds on Mad Kings to win at around 3.2. Quite a climbing situation for a team of Mad Kings' level.
Mad Kings is a typical TIR-2 club, but now they've reached the first division. However, even without it, they have managed to play a lot.
For example, Mad Kings finished top 4 at DPC SA 2023 Tour 1: Division II, and before that they took the same position at EPL World Series: America Season 3.
In the next season of the local championship under the auspices of the EPL, Mad Kings marked their first, but not their last win of the season. They earned a much more important title a month later during DPC SA 2023: Tour 2: Division II.
Mad Kings looked brilliant in the lower division last tour. You can see how experience at tournaments with a similar level of competitors helped them outgrow Division II: Mad Kings didn't lose a single series in League Two, thus securing a place in Division I for the third round.
- Mad Kings: DaaD, PiPi, ArzenT, Genek, RedMonster .
Mad Kings had a good first week, considering their Underpassdog status. They played two games, where they won one and lost the other.
They won 2-1 against Infinity and lost 0-2 to Infamous. There's a lot of challenges ahead, but the potential seems to be there.
The most popular MAD Kings heroes
The most chosen hero for MAD Kings remains Ember Spirit (12 matches, 66% wins). Next comes Monkey King (7 games, 28% win rate).
Another picks are Doom (6 matches, 66% wins), Crystal Maiden (6 matches, 50% wins), Keeper of the Light (5 matches, 60% wins).
Also picking Alchemist (5 matches, 40% wins), Bloodseeker (4 matches, 75% wins).
By the way, they play quite meticulously, as can be seen by the chosen heroes. Let's see how they will cope with their title rival.
History of head-to-head encounters
This season, the teams have played each other twice. Both times Thunder Awaken have won: once with a 2-0 win, the other with a 2-1 win.
Match Outcome
There is a chance to see a colourful dota in this encounter, but the winner, as far as I'm concerned, is known. Thunder Awaken will pick up the match, but I wouldn't risk betting a clean win.
In general, for matches in this region, it's better to catch the live odds. So more secure.
Bottom line: victory for Thunder Awaken.
