Match forudsigelse: Team Liquid - Team Secret | Dota 2

As part of the Western European league DPC 2023, we are waiting for a lot of top matches with cool storylines, but hardly any can be compared with the second match of the first game day. Team Liquid and Team Secret will start the season with a face-to-face meeting.

Both teams are the absolute TOP of DotA. Both European and global. No additional introduction is needed.

The match was dramatic even before the start of DPC 2023, and now it has found another ball of charm: Nisha left Team Secret after 4 years of playing under the leadership of Puppey. Now the gifted Pole will play against his former captain.

We figure out which of the teams will be stronger and win their first major victory of the season, even if only within the framework of a single match. Bo3 meeting format.

Form Team Liquid

Let's start the analysis of the match with the analysis of the form of Team Liquid. In this fight, the bookmaker singles them out as the favorite.

Teams are given a coefficient of 1.6 to win. I cannot but agree with this.

Although at the last The International 2022 Team Liquid turned out to be weaker than Secret at the decisive moment, during the tournament there was a feeling of parity between the clubs. After the autumn reshuffle, it disappeared: Liquid obviously did not weaken.

Team Liquid roster

In the offseason, Liquid made a spot change, but what a change. One of the most stable players in the region, Nisha, has joined the team. The composition looks like this:

• miCKe
• Nisha
• zai
• Boxi
• iNSaNiA

After the arrival of Nisha, who will replace the retired MATUMBAMAN, the team was forced to reshuffle positions. MiCKe left mid, giving way to a newly arrived Pole.

This state of affairs could be a lump in the throat, but not in the case of Liquid. The team is able to juggle players in positions and has repeatedly demonstrated this.

Team Liquid Performance

Team Liquid was stormy last competitive season, which is not surprising. At the start of the year, the team made a large-scale reshuffle, not only updating the roster, but also changing the positions of players in some roles.

Such confusion was not evident in the perspective of the regional league, however, it resonated strongly at international events where Liquid played.

If in Western Europe the glory of the “kings of online” was fixed for Liquid, then on LANs their game drove them into sadness. The team entered the TOP-12 of the major twice, which did not allow them to get directly to The International.

Fortunately for Liquid, the qualifiers for the main event of the year were held online, where the current Liquid felt at ease.

The Last Chance Qualifier was held directly in Singapore, which, however, did not prevent the team from taking the TOP-2 there and getting to The International.

At The International 2022, the team held almost a “miracle run”. “Liquid” reached the TOP-3, although there were no prerequisites for this.

Heroes Team Liquid

In their picks, Liquid focuses on Death Prophet (4 matches, 75% wins), Mars (4 matches, 50% wins), Slark (3 matches, 66% wins), Vengeful Spirit (3 matches, 66% wins), Marci and Pudge (3 matches, 66% of wins).

The arrival of Nisha to the team will not greatly affect the gameplay of the team. The player is a generalist and can perform many functions, from creating a space on the map to playing the first number. We are waiting for various Leshracs and other meta characters.

Team Secret uniform

Let's continue the analysis of the match with a review of the form of Team Secret. They will play here in the status of catching up.

Bookmakers give odds around 2.2 to win Secret. In general, it looks logical.

As mentioned above, Secret and Liquid are teams of about the same caliber, if we take the past season as the truth. In fact, Secret made it to the grand finals of The International, while Liquid did not. This is already an argument, it would seem, in favor of Secret, but it breaks down about the transfer window that took place in the fall.

Team Secret roster

Like Team Liquid, Secret made a spot change, which is obvious. The team was forced to replace Nisha, who, I'm sure, left the club of his own accord.

• crystallis
• BOOM
• Resolut1on
• Zayac
• Puppey

With the arrival of BOOM to the Secret team, they will definitely weaken. Here the difference in the class of players is too noticeable. In general, it seems that the team will sag very strongly and now Crystallis, who is not used to playing in the forefront, will have to take responsibility.

Team Secret Performance

The state of Secret in the last competitive year can be summed up in one word – chaos. He reigned in the Secret camp after the end of The International 10, until the Western European qualifiers for the main tournament in 2022.

Secret on the wave of reshuffles this season were on the 31st line of the DPC table. The team took 5th place three times in the regional league and did not play in the major tournaments.

Secret got a break after joining Zayac and Resolut1on. The team had a good Riyadh Master and ESL One Malaysia, after which they took 2nd place in the Western European qualifiers for The International 2022.

At The International 2022, Team Secret revived and it paid off. The team reached the final of the upper bracket of the playoffs, after which they flew down, but not for long.

Having beaten Liquid in the small final with a score of 2-1, the team made it to the grand final. The last match of the last season ended sadly for Secret: 0-3 from Tundra Esports.

Team Secret Heroes

Their most common spawns were Tusk (7 matches, 85% wins), Witch Doctor (5 matches, 80; wins), Monkey King (5 matches, 60% wins), Pangolier (4 matches, 50% wins), Death Prophet (4 matches, 50% win rate).

It is not clear if BOOM can compete in the mid lane against Nisha. The former Gaimin Gladiatora player has a poorer hero pool than the Pole.

History of personal confrontations

The teams have repeatedly clashed head-on in the course of various competitions, and especially within the DPC leagues, however, it will play for the first time in the updated rosters. Substitutions in clubs are too global, and therefore we will not mention the merits of the past.

The outcome of the match Team Liquid – Team Secret

In this duel we are waiting for a dramatic game, not otherwise. The confrontation between former teammates is always a reason to watch the match, and often it serves as additional fuel for excitement.

The strongest must win, and Liquid will be the strongest. They stepped up in the transfer window, thus weakening Secret themselves. As for the Puppey team, I think the 2023 season will be very difficult for them.

Outcome: victory for Team Liquid.