Maç Tahmini: B8 Esports - Team Tickles | Dota 2

The penultimate day of Pinnacle Cup: Malta Vibes #4 opens the first semi-final of the play-offs, where Dendi and team will try to defeat the silver medallists of the previous tournament in the series, Team Tickles. The winner will advance to the Grand Finals of the online championship and secure at least $10,000, while the loser will take 3-4th place in the standings and earn $5,000 in prize money. The format of the match is bo3. Will Team Tickles repeat their previous achievement? We will find out very soon.

In this betting thread you will find out how the participants of this match are performing this year, how they did in their previous professional tournament and how this match will end.

B8's form

The B8s have not shone with activity outside of the DPC season. Having changed their home base from Eastern Europe to North America, the Ukrainian squad made their debut in the new region at DPC NA 2023 Tour 1: Division I, where they finished sixth in the standings and earned $24,000 in prize money. At DPC NA 2023 Tour 2: Division I, the Ukrainian team finished in fifth place with a 3-4 statistic. Dendi and his teammates outplayed such teams as Wildcard Gaming, Team DogChamp and felt. With this result B8 got into the tiebreaker for 4th-6th place in the standings. The prize money for the performance was $25,000 and the retention of a slot in the North American First Division. Between the second and third rounds of the ranking season, B8 tried their hand at the Pinnacle Cup: Malta Vibes #2, where they finished in 25th-40th place. At the DPC NA 2023 Tour 3: Division I, the Ukrainian squad finished sixth in the standings, earning a $24,000 consolation prize.

The previous professional tournament for B8 was the regional qualification for the Dota 2 World Championship in North America. The Ukrainian team with a renewed squad started its performance in The International 2023 - North America Qualifier with a confrontation with Wildcard Gaming. The 1:2 defeat forced Dendi and his teammates to drop to the bottom of the qualifier. B8 easily defeated TiltedBoys 2:0 to advance to the third round of the grid. A convincing win over Sand King Gomez on two maps in a row ensured the Ukrainian team a place in the quarter-finals of the gridiron. After gaining form, B8 defeated Sand King Gomez 2-0 and advanced to the semi-finals. Dendi and the team managed to win the rematch against Wildcard Gaming with the result 2:1. In the match of the Ukrainian team outplayed Team DogChamp with the score 2:0 and entered the grand final of the qualifiers. There B8 defeated Ledgeili nouns on three consecutive maps and did not qualify for The International 2023.

At Pinnacle Cup: Malta Vibes #4, B8 made it to the play-offs thanks to a direct invitation from the organisers of the online championship. In the first match of the final stage of the Pinnacle Cup, B8 defeated NAVI Junior on two consecutive maps to advance to the quarter-finals. Their next opponent was SIBE Team, who successfully completed the group stage. The 2-0 win secured Dendi and his teammates a place in the semi-finals of the tournament.

Statistics of the latest B8 results:

• Victory over SIBE Team with a score of 2:0
• Victory over NAVI Junior 2:0
• Defeat by nouns 0:3
• 2:0 win over Team DogChamp
• 2:1 win over Wildcard Gaming

Team Tickles uniform

The last time Team Tickles was heard of on the professional Dota 2 scene was on the 8th of February 2022, when the team was signed by the esports organisation Gaimin Gladiators. The reason for this was the successful Long Corner of the DPC 2021/2022 ranking season in Western Europe. A year and a half later BOOM has assembled a new Team Tickles line-up to participate in the play-offs of Pinnacle Cup: Malta Vibes #3, where the team was invited by the tournament organisers, FISSURE. It is worth considering the new lineup of the team. Notable in it are three players from Luna Galaxy, a team that is also among the participants of the play-offs. We are talking about Shad, Adzantick and Dukalis. BOOM's last team was Team Secret, where he spent half a year. A representative of Mongolia, NARMAN previously played for such teams as Geek Fam, Army Geniuses and Neon Esports.

The first and only championship for the new squad was Pinnacle Cup: Malta Vibes #3. Team Tickles started their journey in the play-offs thanks to a direct invitation from the tournament organisers. In the first game they easily outplayed NAVI Junior on two maps in a row. Then BOOM and team defeated SIBE Team with a score of 2:0. In the semi-finals the North American mix fought against StoRm team. A 2-1 victory put Team Tickles into the championship grand final. In the final game, the European mix played against Luna Galaxy in a bo5 confrontation. After losing 1:3, Team Tickles won the silver medal and $10,000 in prize money.

Team Tickles' European mix debut at Pinnacle Cup: Malta Vibes #4 occurred in Group B in a match against Level UP. BOOM and his teammates came away with a 2-1 victory. Team Tickles then defeated StoRm with the same result and Yellow Submarine on two maps in a row. The game against Nemiga Gaming ended with a 0:2 defeat for TT. Team Tickles also defeated NAVI Junior 2-0. The 4-1 result puts BOOM and the team in second place in the group. In the quarter-finals of the tournament Team Tickles defeated Keyd Stars, a Brazilian team that will soon go to The International 2023, in a full bo3 series.

Statistics of Team Tickles latest result:

• 2-1 win over Keyd Stars
• 2:0 win over NAVI Junior
• 0:2 defeat to Nemiga Gaming
• 2:0 win over Yellow Submarine
• 2:1 win over StoRm

Match history of B8 vs Team Tickles

The participants of this match have not played against each other on the professional Dota 2 scene before.

Predicted result of the match B8 vs Team Tickles

The renewed B8 roster looks good, but they are clearly playing worse than the five players who made it to the Grand Final of the North American qualification for The International 2023. Team Tickles, on the other hand, have enough practice and look decent at the last two tournaments. Let's bet on the total of cards over 2.5.