NaVi Will win
One of the most interesting matches on March 9, 2026, at PGL Wallachia Season 7 promises to be Natus Vincere vs Vici Gaming. Both teams have a 1–1 record, so a victory will help strengthen their position in the tournament standings. In this Dota 2 Match Preview, we will look at the best odds for the NAVI vs Vici Gaming match, the form and lineups of both teams, performances at Tier-1 tournaments, and head-to-head matchups to determine who has the better chances of winning.
Bookmakers Offers For The Match NAVI vs Vici Gaming
Bookmakers consider NAVI the favorites with average odds of 1.55 against 2.40. Thus, Vici Gaming are the underdogs in this match.
NAVI vs Vici Gaming Line-Ups
The current NAVI roster consists of former NAVI Junior players who started playing for the main squad in the middle of 2025 season thanks to successful tournament results.
The current Vici Gaming roster was formed at the end of the 2025 season and includes star players such as Xm and y`. At the beginning of the 2026 season, Bach joined the team. With this lineup, Vici Gaming have every chance to establish themselves as a top Tier-1 team.
NAVI Form & Performance
NAVI are one of the most well-known Dota 2 organizations, but for several seasons the team has not been performing at a very high level. The situation started to improve in the middle of last season after NAVI Junior was promoted to the main roster.
The team’s first major tournament was the Esports World Cup 2025, where NAVI performed at the expected level. In the group stage, the team managed to secure 2nd place in their group, but in the Elimination Stage they lost to Team Falcons and were eliminated from the tournament, finishing in 9th–12th place.
At the biggest Dota 2 tournament of the year, The International 2025, NAVI disappointed their fans. The team managed to secure only one victory — a 2–0 win over HEROIC — while the rest of the matches, although played decently, ended in defeats, resulting in a 14th–15th place finish.
A new stage for NAVI began in the autumn season when the team changed their coach — Cy- from Gaimin Gladiators took over the role.
NAVI performed successfully at DreamLeague Season 27: Western Europe Closed Qualifier and RES Unchained: BLAST Slam IV Europe Closed Qualifier, winning both events and securing slots at the main tournaments.
The next major tournament for NAVI was BLAST Slam IV, where the first improvements in gameplay became noticeable. In the Group Stage, the team finished with a 6–5 record and even managed to defeat Team Liquid. However, they lost in the Play-In and were eliminated from the tournament, finishing in 7th–8th place.
At PGL Wallachia Season 6, NAVI performed slightly below expectations. In the Group Stage, the team finished with a 2–3 record and were eliminated from the tournament, finishing in 9th–11th place.
BLAST Slam V became NAVI’s best tournament of the 2025 season. Although the team showed mixed results in the Group Stage, they defeated Tidebound in the Play-In and advanced to the playoffs. In the playoff quarterfinals, NAVI lost to MOUZ and were eliminated from the tournament, finishing in 5th–6th place.
At DreamLeague Season 27, NAVI performed slightly worse. The team finished the Group Stage with a 3–3 record and were eliminated from the tournament, finishing in 9th–16th place.
NAVI started the 2026 season with a victory at RES Unchained 3: BLAST Slam VI Europe Closed Qualifier and secured a slot at the main event.
NAVI also participated in DreamLeague Season 28: Western Europe Closed Qualifier and played against stronger opponents, finishing in the top 4 and earning a place at the main event.
Thanks to their improved level of play, NAVI have started to be perceived as a solid mid-tier team at the professional Dota 2 level. However, the team is still young and not consistent enough, so they still need to work on many aspects to progress even further.
At BLAST Slam VI, NAVI became the main sensation of the tournament. The team unexpectedly won the Group Stage with a 7–4 record, advanced to the Grand Final, and became the silver medalists of the tournament.
At DreamLeague Season 28, NAVI underperformed. Although the team demonstrated a fairly high level of play in Group Stage 1, they failed to accumulate enough points to advance to the next stage and were eliminated, finishing in the top 10.
Most popular NAVI heroes
Here are the most picked and highest winrate heroes for NAVI over the last 6 months:
- Warlock — 33 games — 60.61% winrat
- Disruptor — 27 games — 59.26% winrate
- Jakiro — 24 games — 54.17% winrate
- Centaur Warrunner — 24 games — 50.00% winrate
- Bane — 22 games — 77.27% winrate
- Snapfire — 20 games — 65.00% winrate
- Dragon Knight — 20 games — 55.00% winrate
- Mars — 20 games — 50.00% winrate
- Queen of Pain — 20 games — 50.00% winrate
- Underlord — 19 games — 73.68% winrate
NAVI are showing good progress this season and have proven that they can play at the highest level.
Vici Gaming Form & Performance
Vici Gaming is one of the most legendary esports organizations. The last few seasons, Vici Gaming did not have a Dota 2 roster, but in 2025 they decided to assemble a team again. The roster included former Xtreme Gaming midlaner Xm and several Tidebound players.
Vici Gaming started their season at The International 2025: China Open Qualifier #1, where they took 3rd place and advanced to the closed qualifier. At The International 2025: China Closed Qualifier, Vici Gaming did not show anything extraordinary and were eliminated, finishing in the top 6.
The next tournament was RES Unchained 2: BLAST Slam V Southeast Asia Open Qualifier 2, where Vici Gaming easily defeated local teams and advanced to the closed qualifier. At RES Unchained 2: BLAST Slam V Southeast Asia Closed Qualifier, the opponents were tougher. Vici Gaming reached the Lower Bracket Semifinal and were eliminated, finishing in the top 4.
The 2026 season started for Vici Gaming with BLAST Slam VI: China Closed Qualifier, where they reached the grand final but lost 1-2 to Xtreme Gaming.
At a similar level, the team competed at PGL Wallachia Season 7: Asia Closed Qualifier. Vici Gaming reached the grand final but narrowly lost 2-3 to Nemesis.
At ESL Challenger China, they confirmed their status as one of the strongest teams in their region, finishing in 3rd place.
Although Vici Gaming have experienced players, they lack synergy and tactical mastery. By improving these points, the team has a chance to reach Tier-1 level.
Most popular Vici Gaming heroes
Here are the most picked and highest winrate heroes for Vici Gaming over the last 6 months:
- Mars — 13 games — 76.92% winrate
- Disruptor — 10 games — 70.00% winrate
- Sand King — 10 games — 60.00% winrate
- Ursa — 10 games — 50.00% winrate
- Puck — 9 games — 77.78% winrate
- Faceless Void — 9 games — 66.67% winrate
- Gyrocopter — 9 games — 55.56% winrate
- Warlock — 8 games — 75.00% winrate
- Marci — 8 games — 75.00% winrate
- Shadow Fiend — 8 games — 62.50% winrate
Vici Gaming prefer reliable heroes and have a good winrate.
NAVI vs Vici Gaming Head-To-Head
The teams have played against each other 5 times, with 2 draws and Vici Gaming winning 3 times. The last time the teams played was at The International 2022: Last Chance Qualifier, where they drew 1–1.
Best Pick For Match NAVI vs Vici Gaming
NAVI are considered the favorites in the match against Vici Gaming at PGL Wallachia Season 7. Analyzing the current rosters of both teams, although Vici Gaming have more experienced players, NAVI have better results at Tier-1 tournaments as a team. In addition, at this tournament NAVI are showing more confident gameplay. In our opinion, Natus Vincere will win this match.
Betting Prediction: NAVI win.
Dima Ostapchuk
Ostapchuk Dmytro – writer at EGamersWorld, ESports & Gaming Specialist
Dmytro started working at EGamersWorld in 2024 as a writer and later became a blog editor. His main focus is on esports disciplines Dota 2 and CS2. His tasks include finding topics that interest EGamersWorld readers and covering game updates, their features, and major esports tournaments.
Dmytro has recently begun working in this field, so he is learning a lot and making noticeable progress in this direction.
All bookmakers have agreed that NaVi is the favorite. This can be noticed because odds on them are 1.517. This number in the favor of Vici Gaming amounts 2.433. Respectively, the last ones are the underdogs of the upcoming match.
How did the participants perform in the last matches
| Last Matches | NaVi | Vici Gaming |
| 5 matches (wins) | 3 | 3 |
| 10 matches (wins) | 6 | 4 |
We will also remind you of the statistics of matches that the teams played with each other. The participants in the battle before the meeting played 5 matches with each other. In these matches NaVi won 0 times, Vici Gaming active consisits of 3 wins.
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