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Big Dota 2 is heating up with the group stage matches of PGL Wallachia Season 1. The $1,000,000 major tournament has almost decided all play-offs participants.
It remains to find out the names of the last 3 participants of the main stage. BOOM and Shopify Rebellion are among the contenders.
Let's find out which of the teams will be stronger and will pass to the next stage, and who will be one step away from the main stage of PGL Wallachia Season 1.
Let's go.
Shopify Rebellion Form
Let's open the match analysis with an analysis of Shopify Rebellion's form. In this match, they will play as favourites with odds to win at around 1.6.
On the home stage, Shopify Rebellion have finished in the top 2 twice. In the third round, Arteezy and company finally snatched the championship.
At The Lima Major 2023, Shopify Rebellion made it all the way to the top 4. Getting into the top three was prevented, unexpectedly, by Aurora.
In addition to The Lima Major 2023, the team played at DreamLeague Season 19, and they played even better than the Peruvian major. Cooler because they played with substitutes (the inexperienced Mikey played as a substitute for Abed) and reached the top 3 of the tournament for $1,000,000.
Then there was The Berlin Major 2023 with a dismal top-12, and then the third round of DPC 2023: NA Division 1. The latter went better: SR took the top spot, guaranteeing themselves passage to The Bali Major 2023, and actually made it to The International 2023.
- Shopify Rebellion roster: Arteezy, SumaiL SabeRLight, GH, Kitrak.
At DreamLeague Season 20 SR again played with substitutes, but this time they failed to repeat the success of the DL S19 period: Shopify Rebellion failed to qualify for the first DL group stage and, like Liquid, left the championship early.
After the 20th season of DreamLeague Shopify Rebellion played two major events: Bali Major 2023 and Riyadh Masters 2023. Both championships ended miserably: TOP-12 and TOP-16 respectively.
The International is more interesting than Shopify's position at DreamLeague Season 21. Having fallen into Group A to such serious opponents as Liquid and Aurora. Nevertheless, Shopify Rebellion took the first place in their basket, thereby advancing to the top set of play-offs.
In the first play-offs match of DreamLeague Season 21 Shopify Rebellion had to mobilise all the knowledge and all the skill to defeat the Eastern European residents from BB Team. The match ended with the score 2-1 in favour of Shopify, and Arteezy for the first time in a long time gave not a meme highlite, but a game-changing moment.
In the match to advance to the DL S21 SR Ledge and Team Spirit, but later again outplayed BB in the lower grid match. However, it was not possible to take revenge from Spirit in the grand finals: the Dragons easily slammed Shopify Rebellion with a score of 3-0, and Arteezy and company took the top 2.
Shopify Rebellion showed a very questionable performance in the group stage. They barely managed to claw their way into the top 4 in Basket B, finishing with a score of 2-7.
In the seeding match for the play-offs of The International 2023, Arteezy and company played against one of the main favourites of the tournament, Team Spirit. I don't know why, with a huge advantage on the first map, SR couldn't do anything against the Dragons and rather mediocrely Ledgeyli in the series with a score of 0-2. Next it was even more pitiful, as SR lost to their compatriots from TSM and left the main tournament of the year in 13-16th place.
In 2024, Shopify Rebellion won the qualifiers for DL Season 22 and ESL Birmingham 2024, and finished in the top 3 at Dacha.
At DreamLeague Season 22, Shopify Rebellion finished in the top 8, which is a normal result. Later they won the qualifiers for DreamLeague Season 23, finally securing their status as the strongest team in America.
Shopify Rebellion played at ESL One Birmingham 2024, where the American team failed to make it out of the group stage and finished in the top 12.
At the PGL Wallachia Season 1 SR Long Season they played very well and after losing the first match against BB they defeated vp and Liquid, but then Ledge and Aurora with the score 0-2.
Shopify Rebellion's most popular heroes
Shopify Rebellion is most often played by Crystal Maiden (8 matches, 62% wins), Storm Spirit (7 matches, 57% wins), Doom (7 matches, 57% wins).
There was also Rubick (5 matches, 80% win rate), Terrorblade (4 matches, 75% wins), Underlord (4 matches, 75% wins).
Form BOOM.
We continue our match analysis with a look at BOOM's match form. In this match, they are playing as the number two side with odds to win at around 2.3.
The once top team in Southeast Asia has been struggling on the international stage for a long time, and things are not going well at home either.
BOOM played in several tournaments during the 2023 season, but their performances at major championships were unremarkable. They finished Top 2 at the M.Invitational 2023, Top 7 at DPC SEA 2023 Tour 1: Division 1, Top 6 BTS Pro Series Season 14: SEA. Of the wins, there were only The Arena Anthem and DPC SEA 2023 Tour 2: Division II. There was also a Top 20 at the Pinnacle: 25 Year Anniversary Show.
- BOOM lineup: Pakazs, SLATEM$, Sacred, n1ght, Panda.
2024 Long Season Long Season started with appearances at all sorts of qualifiers for big tournaments. Top 4 at BB Dacha Dubai Closed Qualifier, Top 2 at DL SA Closed Qualifier and Top 2 at ESL One Birmingham 2024: SA Closed Qualifier.
They later won the PGL Wallachia Season 1: SA Qualifier, as well as finishing Top-14 at Elite League and Top-6 at RES Regional Series: LATAM #2.
At the PGL Wallachia Season 1 itself, BOOM lost 0-2 to Xtreme, and went on to beat Heroic and Team Secret, but Ledgeili GG.
BOOM Esports Heroes
The most chosen heroes are Mars (9 games, 77% wins), Chen (8 games, 87% wins), Batrider (7 games, 85% wins), Kunkka (7 games, 57% wins), Dark Willow (6 games, 100% wins).
History of head-to-head meetings BOOM - Shopify Rebellion
The teams crossed each other at BB Dacha Dubai 2024 Closed Qualifier and SR won then.
Predicted result of BOOM - Shopify Rebellion at PGL Wallachia Season 1
In this match I will bet on a full-fledged bo3. As far as I'm concerned, both teams are quite erratic in their play and that's why they won't be able to identify a clear winner here.
Bottom line: total +2.5.
