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We're still watching the action at Dota 2 International 2023 - SEA Qualifiers, where the final matches are taking place. There are 4 teams left in the race for the only slot for the main tournament of the year, which will be held in October 2023 in Seattle, USA.
Blacklist, SMG, Execration and Geek Slate remain in the fight for a slot at The International 2023. We will talk about the last two in more detail. They will play each other to get into the top 3 qualifiers.
The teams will play in the small final of the lower grid. The winner will take on the loser of the Team SMG/Blacklist pair, where they will compete for a slot in the Grand Final. The loser will leave the qualifiers and say goodbye to the prospect of representing their region at the main event of the year.
We are trying to figure out which team will be stronger in this Bo3 confrontation and will be able to move one step closer to a slot at The International, and who will say goodbye to the season on a positive note.
Let's go.
Form Execration
Let's open the match with an analysis of Execration's form. In this match, the team plays the first number one.
Bookmakers are confident in the success of Execration. The odds for their victory is at around 1.6.
Once, in my review of the qualifications for The International 2023, I called Southeast Asia one of the strongest regions. The performance of this match is proof of that, as Execration were the clear leader before the Long Segment of the tournament, and now 1.6 in a match against an outsider. It doesn't look too promising.
In the first round of DPC 2023: SEA Upper Division Execration took the first place in the home league. The team played 7 matches and won 6 of them. This gave Execration the opportunity to qualify for the first Major of the season - The Lima Major 2023, which, however, ended badly for them. In Lima, the top 1 team from their region finished in the top 16.
Later, they finished second place at the DPC 2023: SEA Upper Division and again made it to the Major. Then Execration "repeated" the success of Lima and finished in TOP-16 at The Berlin Major 2023.
The team also tried to play at DreamLeague Season 19 and partially succeeded: in the 19th DL season the team finished in the top 10.
- Execration roster: Palos, Bob, Tino, Shanks, Carlo .
The third DPC tour Execration finished on the mark of top-3 and again went to the Major . And again they had nothing to do there, because in the group the team played 5 matches in the draw and 3 lost, which did not allow them to enter the play-offs. In general - TOP-16.
Before the qualifiers for The International was the performance at the biggest commercial event of the year - Riyadh Masters 2023. In Riyadh, the team "surpassed" the indicators of their own international results - this time it all ended at the TOP-20.
In the first match, Execration played against Neon Esports. The match ended 2-0 in favour of Execration, in fairness to Neon they pulled to 38 and 40 minutes on the first and second map respectively.
In the match for the top grid final, Execration played against Team SMG. Quite unexpectedly, Execration lost their game, though with a 1-2 score.
In the match to get here Execration fought with BOOM. After the first game of that series it seemed that Execration's song on these qualifiers was sung, but on the second and third Bob got his act together and the team still pulled out a 2-1 score in their favour.
Execration's most popular heroes
The most picked hero of Execration was Tiny (10 matches, 50% wins).
Mirana (6 matches, 83% wins), Visage (6 matches, 83% wins), Beastmaster (6 games, 50% wins), Batrider (6 matches, 33% wins) were also picked up.
Geek Slate uniforms
We continue our match breakdown with an analysis of Geek Slate's match performance. They are the number two man to play in this match.
Bookmakers are still not ready to give Geek Slate the lead. The odds for their victory are at around 2.3.
Geek Slate is the real dark horse of the tournament. They have already proved their worth by beating one of the favourites in the qualifiers, and now they are a force to be reckoned with.
Geek Slate had a pretty good season by Southeast Asian standards. Geek Slate looked especially quality early in the year, at DPC 2023: SEA Upper Division Tour 1.
In the first DPC Tour, Geek Slate unexpectedly finished in the top 2 of the league. Thanks to this performance, the team made it to the Major for the first time in the club's history.
To go to Lima Major 2023 they went, but did not manage to rock there. But the failure of the performance at Lima Major 2023 can not be called a failure: Geek Slate played the group with the score 2-3-3 and left the tournament at the stage of group stages.
Then there was a clear decline. Geek Slate finished top 7 in the second round of the DPC, followed by a drop to the lower division. In the break between the second and third rounds of the DPC, the team took part in 1XPLORE #1, where they took the first place.
- Geek Slate line-up: Ulnit, Kokz, Force, NARMAN, skem .
The last tournament before the Long Copeg qualifiers for The International 2023 was the third round of DPC, but in the second division. There Geek Slate had no equal and closed the tourney quite easily with a score of 7-0.
In the first match Geek Slate played against Team SMG, one of the 4 contender teams to qualify for The International through the Southeast Asian qualifiers. Geek Slate lost, but in a struggle, with a score of 1-2.
Next up for skem and company was a match against UD Vessuwan. Geek Slate were a head and shoulders above their counterparts, beating them 2-0.
In the previous round of the lower grid Geek Slate played against Neon Esports. The match was a tough one for the skem team, but after winning the series 2-1 they continue their march through the lower grid, where they fell after losing to SMG.
In the previous match they played against Bleed - the clear favourite and a contender for the win overall. Nervousness on the first won map turned into defeat on the second, but the match ended with Bleed's luckless flight on the third map.
The most popular Geek Slate characters
The most popular character Geek Slate remains Undying. The character has been piked 9 times, of which he won 7 matches.
Lina has appeared in 8 matches and has 75% wins. Also picked DOOM in 8 games, winning half of their games.
Enigma has appeared in 7 matches in spades with 71% wins, while Mirana, with a similar number of matches, has a crushing winrate of 28%.
Head-to-head history
In the 2023 season, the teams have parity in head-to-head matches. Geek Slate has been defeated 2-0 once and Execration once.
Predicted result of the match Geek Slate - Execration
Considering what is happening at The International 2023 - SEA Qualifiers, I am sure that this match will be a serious fight. And the struggle is hinted at by the +1.5 handicap bet on Geek Slate. In the tournament skem and company look good, they can play well, and they once beat Execration, so I am confident in the card from them.
Bottom line: +1.5 on Geek Slate.
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