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We continue to follow the action at DreamLeague Season 24. The tournament, which has already become a classic, has gathered 16 teams in one place to compete for $1,000,000.
Among the contenders for the $300,000 top prize are Falcons and Talon Esports. The teams will start their journey to the top in Group B.
Let's try to see how the Falcons vs Talon Bo2 match will end and if either team will be able to earn extra points here.
Let's go.
Falcons shape
Let's open our analysis of the Falcons vs Talon Esports match with an analysis of the Falcons' form. In this match, the highest scoring team of the 2024 season plays as favourites with odds to win at 1.7.
The tag is not a new one, but they have not been able to achieve much fame since coming to Dota 2 a few years ago. All they did was to play in the local Saudi eLeague. They played there in 2020, with the top 6 and in 2021, with the top 3 and top 1 respectively.
After a pause of a year, decided to return to the professional scene after Valve cancelled the DPC system. Breaking in with a leg.
- Falcons roster: skiter, Malr1ne, ATF, Cr1t, Sneyking.
The roster was assembled according to the "golden roster" principle. We managed to get two players from Tundra Esports, and at the same time champions of The International 2023 Skiter and Sneyking, Cr1t, who previously played for Shopify Rebellion and previously for EG, ATF, who showed a good performance last season in PSG Quest and before that in Nigma with OG, and closed everything with a promising mid laner Marl1ne.
In the MENA region, where Falcons are based, this squad has no competition even at the skill level. As it happens, the Falcons have already secured their ticket to Kuala Lumpur 2023.
First, they passed the open qualification without any difficulty, and then, again without much trouble, slammed the closed part of the qualifiers. In the final, by the way, they beat PSG Quest by a score of 3-1. What one and two are doing in the MENA region is not entirely clear, but come on.
At Pinnacle: 25 Year Anniversary Show Falcons look very confident so far, which is to be expected. They have already earned their place in the play-offs by coming out of Group B in first place without losing a single game in three matches.
The Falcons started their appearance in the Pinnacle play-offs: 25 Year Anniversary Show with a first round match against Level Up. An easy win took the Falcons to The dudley boys and there the Falcons got their first and only loss of the tournament. They were beaten by The dudley boys, who were given a rematch by the Falcons in the grand final.
In the end, the Pinnacle: 25 Year Anniversary Show Falcons took first place and earned $50,000. The triumph at the local championship was the Falcons' first win in the discipline. But not the last.
After winning at Pinnacle, Falcons finished top 6 at ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023 and then started to dominate. In 2024, they won 3 qualifiers: at BB Dacha, at DreamLeague Season 22 and ESL One Birmingham at their home in the MENA region.
Just before competing at DL Season 22, Falcons became BB Dacha champions, earning $400,000.
After the Falcons played at DreamLeague Season 22. They showed the highest level of play and pocketed another trophy by beating BB 3-0 in the grand finals. They made it to the Elite League finals, but couldn't win there: Xtreme Gaming proved to be stronger and won the final with a score of 3-1.
In the group stage of ESL One Birmingham 2024 Falcons played at the TOP-1 of Group A. However, the Falcons lost to Tundra 1-2 in the first round of the play-offs. In the bottom set of the play-offs, Falcons defeated Team Liquid by a 0-1 margin. Subsequently, the club from Saudi Arabia managed to win the tournament, running over BB Team in the grand finals.
Falcons went on to continue their winning streak as they won DreamLeague Season 23, FISSURE Universe: Ep. 3 and Dacha 2024, but fell short at The International 2024, finishing in the top 4. One of the few top teams that kept their roster after The International 2024.
DL Season 24 started with a draw against Tundra, and then beat Spirit and Heroic.
Falcons' most popular heroes
Mars (6 matches, 66% wins), Pango (5 matches, 60% wins), Hoodwink (5 matches, 60% wins), Doom (4 matches, 75% wins), Shadow Demon (4 matches, 75% wins) appeared most often in spades.
Talon Esports uniforms
We continue our breakdown of the Talon vs Falcons match with an analysis of Talon's match form. In this match, the club from Southeast Asia is the number two team with odds to win at 2.3.
The team has made it to the top 1 of the region, and also reached the heights at Lima Major 2023: in the first round of SEA the team took 3rd place, at The Lima Major 2023 the same top 3, and in the next round they won the home league.
However, what followed was chaos. The first signs of Talon's fickleness were at DreamLeague S19, when after a solid The Lima Major 2023, the team finished top-12 at a major international event.
At the next Major, The Bali Major 2023, Talon finished in the top 8 before a very mediocre performance at DPC SEA 2023 Tour 3: Division 1, finishing in 4th place in their home league.
The last tournament before the Riyadh Masters 2023 was DreamLeague Season 20. There the team finished in the top 4.
- Talon Esports roster: Akashi, Mikoto, Ws, Jhocam, Kuku.
At the Riyadh Masters 2023 Talon Esports got straight into the group stage, and all thanks to ESL rankings. They did well in the group stage: they finished in the top 4 and made it to the top play-offs.
In the first match Talon Esports played against Quest Esports. In a very difficult match, being an outsider on paper, Talon Esports managed to win with a score of 2-1.
In the second round of the top set, Talon played the same game against Liquid when Zai ate them ancient during a seemingly victorious trip to Liquid's base. However, Talon didn't get confused at all and in the lower grid first defeated 9 Pandas, and then defeated Gaimin Gladiators, the storm of international dota.
In the match for the exit to the grand final Talon again ran into Liquid and again lost. Thus - top 3 at the Riyadh Masters to add to Talon's prizes for the year.
Before the Long Convergence The International 2023 they visited DreamLeague Season 21, where for some reason they decided to play at half strength. Otherwise I can't explain the team from the top 3 of Riyadh Masters not getting out of the group.
However, apparently the result of DreamLeague S21 was not a coincidence. Talon played disgustingly on the first day, losing to both Tundra and TSM without much chance. Then they managed to comeback by winning the remaining two matches against Keyd Stars and PSG Quest.
In the play-offs seeding match, they faced none other than Gaimin Gladiators. After losing the first map, they cameback on the second and third maps, thus sending the main contender for the Aegis of Champions to the lower grid. However, they didn't manage to move very far, because in play-offs they met BB and, having lost, took TOP-12.
Later there were all kinds of qualifications for all tournaments. The new routine of the renewed competitive scene after TI 2023. From the main achievements - TOP-10 ESL One Birmingham 2024, as well as getting to The International 2024, where they managed to get only to TOP-16.
DreamLeague S24 team started well: they beat Azure Ray and Palianytsia, but Ledge and Tundra Esports.
The most popular Talon Esports characters
The most popular Talon Esports character is Tiny. The team swaps his positions, but most often he goes to position 4. The character has 8 matches and 87% wins.
Next are Natures Phophet (7 games, 100% wins) and Io with Leshrac, who was also picked 7 times and won 6 matches.
Clockwerk (100% wins) and Morphing (60% wins) appeared 5 times each.
History of head-to-head meetings between Talon Esports and Falcons
In the season 2024 the teams played each other once and then Falcons celebrated the victory with the score 2-0.
Predicted result of Falcons - Talon Esports at DreamLeague S24
In this match I expect a confident victory for Falcons. Despite Talon's excellent position in the group after the opening games, it should be realised that they outplayed the weakest teams in their basket, while Falcons are a different matter.
Bottom line: Falcons win.
