The group stage of Lima Major 2023 is gaining momentum in Peru. We are moving to the 4th day of confrontations within the first major of the season.
In the first line of matches, as before, we will have 4 matches. One of these will be the match Evil Geniuses - Gaimin Gladiators, which should be the central event of the tour.
Representatives of Western Europe, as of the third game day, GG were on the first line of the standings. The team held the championship with 7 cards taken and 1 lost.
Evil Geniuses occupied a “middle position”: the team was in 5th place with 2-4 in the result column.
We figure out which team will be stronger in the Bo2 confrontation. More precisely, will someone be able to pick up a clear victory and improve their performance.
Gaimin Gladiators Uniform
Let's start the review of the duel with an analysis of the Gaimin Gladiators uniform. The representative of Western Europe will play in this match as a favorite.
This state of affairs is quite logical: the team shows a good game during the tournament and will deservedly be the first number. Otherwise, it doesn't work yet.
Frankly speaking, Gaimin Gladiators became a revelation at Lima Major 2023. I did not expect such a level of play from them, and therefore the impressions from the performance are high.
Gaimin Gladiators line-up
GG's level of play has grown significantly since the transfer period. Quinn, who came to replace BOOM, perfectly fit into the line-up, adding to it and strengthening it.
Gaimin Gladiators Players
- DyrachYO
- Quinn
- Ace
- tOfu
- Celeri
In addition, the coaching staff of Gaimin Gladiators should be noted. Before the start of Lima Major 2023, GG played at local commercial events in Europe, where they looked good, but “passable”. Now they look good.
Performance Gaimin Gladiators
GG finished the first season of Western Europe in second place. The team won 5 matches out of 7, thus securing their position.
Lost to GG OG and Team Liquid. Given the fact that Liquid dominated last season, there is nothing to be ashamed of. And the loss at OG did not become something decisive, and therefore the season went well.
In addition to DPC, they played at third-party tournaments. One of these was the BB Xmas Show, where the “gladiators” tested the new line-up. They did it with taste, having won the same Team Spirit in the grand final.
Then the club played at BB Universe - Comics Zone. This time Xmas Show failed to repeat the successes: Team Spirit knocked out GG, leaving them on the 3rd line.
Gaimin Gladiator made their debut with a match against Talon Esports. In that game, the residents of Southeast Asia took the card, which was quite a surprise.
The next game was against Team Spirit. The Dragons failed to beat their usual opponent and lost the game with a score of 0-2.
After defeating the Spirit Gaimin Gladiators have seriously gained momentum. Gladiators took turns beating EHOME, with a score of 2-0, and then Tundra Esports, with a similar score.
Heroes Gaimin Gladiators
The most popular characters for the couple are Pudge and Crystal Maiden. Both characters have spawned 7 times and both have a 42% win rate.
Another popular guest is Natures Prophet. He is used both in position 1 and 3, and the win rate of the hero is 50% of wins,
Evil Geniuses Form
On the opposite side of the river on the battlefield of the Ancients will be Evil Geniuses. The team from South America will perform as an outsider.
Before the start of the tournament, it looked like EG would look much stronger than how they played in the early days. As of day 3, this is indeed the case.
Although EG managed to gather some of the best South American artists in one place, but this is only half the battle, as they say. You need to build team relationships, and this is much more difficult.
Evil Geniuses line-up
In the early days of the Lima Major 2023 games, the Evil Geniuses roster stood out, but in a bad way. The curry stands out in particular.
Evil Geniuses players
- Pakazs
- Chris Luck
- Wisper
- Matthew
- pandaboo
Pakazs plays surprisingly poorly. It seems that the star of the past The International and Peru is out of place. Perhaps he is uncomfortable with the reshuffle and the departure of two, as it turned out, key people of Thunder Awaken.
Performance Lima Major 2023
EG made it to the Lima Major from second place at DPC 2023: SA - Upper Division. Above them were beastcoast - another favorite of the tournament.
EG played the regular season with a 6-1 record. The only defeat happened in the 3rd week match against beastcoast.
In the first match, Evil Geniuses played against PSG.LGD. In that duel, EG confidently won the first game, and then decided to take Venomancer, which led to a defeat.
Then there was a fight with Talon, where EG, having won a difficult first map, lost on the second one without a fight. As a result 1-1
In the third series we played with Team Spirit. The Dragons managed to outbid EG, preventing the strategy from working through Timbersaw, and then beat their favorite Chaos: 2-0 in favor of EG.
Before the match with Gaimin Gladiators, Evil Geniuses will play against EHOME and Tundra Esports. In the match against EHOME we expect 2-0 in favor of the Peruvians, but with Tundra it will be much more difficult.
Heroes EG
EG has according to the canons of patch 7.32. However, there are some idiosyncratic choices. However, so far only the standard has worked.
The most picked character is Rubick. Appeared 11 times and won 9 matches.
Monkey King (8 games, 87% wins), Mars (8 matches, 62% wins), Timbersaw (7 games, 100% wins), Silencer (7 matches, 100% wins) are popular.
History of personal confrontations
Prior to this match, the teams did not have the opportunity to play face-to-face meetings. This fight will be the debut face-to-face confrontation between the teams.
Match outcome
In this fight, I'm waiting for the "awakening" of Evil Geniuses. I believe that they can take the card from Gaimin Gladiators and I am sure that they will.
Evil Geniuses know how to play DotA, which we have seen throughout the season and at major tournaments before that. Lima has not yet gone, but it is clearly not worth burying the team.
Result: +1.5 on Evil Geniuses.
