Maç Tahmini: Xtreme Gaming - EHOME | Dota 2

The short pause in the Chinese region is coming to an end. Already on January 10, games within the elite Chinese division will resume.

Extreme and EHOME will open the confrontations of the second week. Teams that were considered teams of different caliber before the start of the season showed rather unpredictable results in the first week.

EHOME are in the top of the standings, sharing first place with Team Aster and PSG.LGD. The club won both meetings within the opening week.

In turn, Xtreme are on the fourth line of the table, sharing it with the Knights. The team is 1-1 on the scoring chart.

Let's figure out how the performance of the teams will change after the face-to-face meeting. Will EHOME be able to continue to increase the gap or Xtreme will catch up with their counterparts.

Extreme shape

We begin the review of the match with an analysis of the game form of Xtreme Gaming. In this match, they are predicted to be the favorite.

The bookmaker highly appreciates the chances of Xtreme in the upcoming match. The coefficient for their victory is at around 1.3.

Despite EHOME's better position on the leaderboard, there is still more faith in Xtreme. All thanks to the status of an all-star team and strong names in the lineup, and also because Xtreme had a slightly more complicated calendar at the start.

Composition Xtreme

The star cast of Xtreme is not empty words. The top-s of Chinese DotA play for the team, but so far you expect a little more from their game.

• Ghost
• Paparazzi
• JT
• Pyw
• Dy

Like it or not, Extreme is still going through an acclimatization period. Here you can appeal to the fact that virtually all teams were affected by the permutations, but there is a counterargument to this. For example, PSG.LGD, having changed the lion's share of the composition, look menacing, which cannot be said about Xtreme.

This is partly due to the opponents in the first week, but completely pushing failures onto a difficult calendar is stupid.

Xtreme Gaming Performance

Starting last season from 2nd place at Intel World Open Beijing, the team caught up with OGA Dota PIT Season 6: China, where they won against MagMag in the final.

Then there was a performance in the first round of DPC China 2021/2022, followed by a second place and access to the regional finals. At the regional finals, Xtreme took 3rd place, behind PSG.LGD and Team Aster.

Xtreme also played at DPC CN 2021/2022 Tour 3: Division 1, where they took 3rd place. After “average” performances within the first division, Xtreme Gaming got to the closed qualifiers for The International 2022 from China.

The team took 2nd place there, went to the Last Chance Qualifier and, it would seem, should have gone to The International itself, but this did not happen.

Having taken TOP-6 on LCQ, Xtreme Gaming dropped out of the race for Aegis and changed their roster.

In the first match of DPC 2023, they met Aster.Aries. Team Aster's junior team caused problems for the stars, but after the first card was handed over to Xtreme, they got together and closed the series. Shone, by the way, JT: the newcomer of the club filigree played on Magnus in the third map.

The main line-up of Aster became the second opponent. Although the game ended on three maps, it cannot be said that it was equal: only at the matchpoint was the struggle visible, but there Aster turned out to be stronger than their counterparts.

Xtreme Gaming Heroes

In patch 7.32 Xtreme Gaming liked to use Death Prophet (13 games, 76% win rate), Shadow Fiend (8 matches, 50% win rate), Earth Spirit (8 matches, 50% win rate), Nyx Assassin (7 matches, 57% win rate)).

Form EHOME

We continue the analysis of the fight with a review of the EHOME uniform. They are in this match in the status of an underdog.

The bookmakers don't really believe in EHOME's bo3 victory. Teams are given a coefficient of 3 for success.

This figure is very categorical and one can agree with it. It will be difficult to take the whole series of EHOME, even though they started better than their rivals. The point here is the aforementioned game graphics, which EHOME had easier in the early days.

Composition of EHOME

However, it is not worth taking away the merits of EHOME players. The updated composition looks fresh, although not without problems.

EHOME Players

• mks
• night
• xiaoyu
• Salad
• Lww

I would not single out specific performers here, but praise the team synergy. It was especially noticeable on the second map in the match against Invictus Gaming, where EHOME took advantage of IG's weakness and ended the series with a clean sheet.

EHOME Performance

After the qualifiers for The International, where EHOME took the TOP-12, the team played at the local BTS Pro Series Season 13: SEA, where they took the TOP-6. A series of unsatisfactory results led to drastic changes to the roster.

As part of the top division of DPC 2023 in China, EHOME played against IG in the first match. The team was in the status of an outsider, but managed to quite simply close the first map and impose their own rules of the game in the second, which led them to a 2-0 victory.

After debuting with Invictus Gaming, EHOME played against DAWN. Worst team in the first week of DPC 2023: China Upper Division failed to oppose anything to a more title rival. The match ended with an unconditional victory for EHOME.

Heroes of EHOME

In patch 7.32 EHOME, Disruptor and Pangolier are most commonly played. Both characters have 6 appearances, however, the first one won 66% of the matches, and Pangolier only 3 games.

Next come Mirana (4 games, 50% win rate), Tiny (4 games, 50% win rate). Lina, Tusk and Earth Spirit are also frequent guests with 3 appearances, but different win rates: the first two have 66%, ES has 33.

History of personal confrontations

Previously, the teams in the updated lineups did not play with each other. The fight within the second week of DPC 2023 China Upper Division will be the first of its kind.

Match outcome

Despite not believing in the success of EHOME on the part of the bookmakers, I would allow the implementation of not the most expected scenario. For a team like EHOME in the 2023 season, it's important to start on a good note, but it's more important to keep playing your DotA without too much pressure.

The thought of a possible win against Xtreme and going 3-0 in the overall standings can play an evil trick on EHOME. However, I believe in one card taken from Lww and company.

Result: +1.5 on EHOME.