Maç Tahmini: TSM - Tundra Esports | Dota 2

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The group stage of The International 2023 starts with 4 parallel bo2 matches in 4 groups. In each basket 5 teams fight for a place in the next stage of the main tournament of the year.

In one of the first matches we will see a clash between Tundra Esports and TSM from Group D. The duel between the residents of Western Europe and North America promises to be The International heresy.

Tundra, the reigning world champions of The International, came to the tournament with a new mid laner, the legendary Topson. TSM, who showed a very poor level of play at most of the events in the year, have a chance to cover all the failures of the season with a single performance.

Let's try to see if any of the teams will be able to find the key to victory and earn important points ahead of the new stage, or if we're in for a battling draw without a winner.

Let's go.

Tundra Esports uniforms

We open the match analysis with an analysis of Tundra Esports' form. In this match, they will be the number one.

In the first cycle of DPC 2023, Tundra entered the top 4 only through tiebreaker and finished the season in the top 3. This gave them the opportunity to play at The Lima Major 2023, which they failed, finishing in the Top 12.

Things got better in the second DPC cycle. Tundra had re-matches again and again they did well, except now it was a Top-2 division match. Things also got better on the international stage at ESL One Berlin Major 2023, where the reigning world champions from The International finished in the top 6.

In the third cycle, DPC Tundra returned to the top of the competitive dota. The reigning World Champions of The International finished in the top 1 in their home league.

• Tundra Esports lineup: skiter, Topson, 33, Nine, Sneyking.

Tundra visited DreamLeague Season 20, but they were not very eager to win there. The team didn't make it past the first group stage and finished in the top 9-10.

At Bali Major 2023, Tundra had a forced stand-in. Saksa left the squad due to illness, but it didn't stop Tundra from reaching the top 3 of the tournament.

In Riyadh, Tundra again resorted to Aui for the same reason. With him they were able to pass the group stage and survive in round-robin tiebreaks. As a result, they managed to reach the top-12 of the Riyadh Masters 2023, but were knocked out of the tournament by Gaimin Gladatiators.

Before The International 2023, Tundra visited DreamLeague Season 21. There, the team somehow made it to the top 6, where they were knocked out by OG.

The most popular Tundra Esports characters

Among the most popular characters in Tundra Esports is Techies. The character has been picked 9 times, and his winrate is at 66%.

Next is Bloodseeker, who has been picked 8 times. His win rate is 50%. Batrider (7 matches, 71% win rate), Doom (7 matches, 57% win rate), Timbersaw (6 matches, 66% win rate) were also picked.

TSM Form

We continue the match analysis with the analysis of TSM's form. The Americans are playing as the number two here.

The American club had a rather controversial season, but they achieved their main goal. They are at The International 2023.

Before making it to The International 2023 TSM made a good mark on the domestic scene. The club won two seasons of DPC 2023: NA Upper Division, but in the third and last season they showed a critically low performance: there TSM took the top 3, which in the current realities of the North American Dota 2 scene is not a good indicator.

There were some performances on the international scene as well, but again, very questionable. TSM attended 2 Major tournaments - Lima Major and Berlin Major - and both failed miserably. While Lima had a top-14 ranking, the German event saw the team ranked in the top-18.

In between ranking events, TSM attended commercial andVent events. Among them: DreamLeague Season 19 and DreamLeague Season 20, as well as Riyadh Masters 2023. TSM finished all three championships with essentially nothing: Top 8 at DL S19, Top 14 at DL S20 and Riyadh Masters 2023.

• TSM lineup: Timado, Bryle, Kasane, Ari, Whitemon.

Prior to the Long Sogpeg of The International 2023, TSM attended the BB Dacha LAN tournament, which became a kind of bootcamp for the participants of The International. Quite unexpectedly, the Americans managed to reach the grand finals, leaving behind such teams as 9Pandas, beastcoast and Team Secret.

In the grand finals TSM faced Gaimin Gladiators and lost. They lost 1-3, but they took the top 2, which is not bad.

The most popular TSM heroes

Natures Prophet and Rubick appeared most often in spades. Both characters were taken 4 times each and have 100% wins.

Vengeful Spirit, Beastmaster and Tusk have appeared a similar number of times. They have won 3 matches each out of 4 appearances.

Head-to-head history

The teams have crossed paths at least 5 times during the season. Game statistics: 3 wins for Tundra, 2 draws and 0 wins for TSM.

Predicted result of TSM vs Tundra at The International 2023

If we choose the winner by status, then everything is clear - Tundra should take it. Except that the reigning champions looked too raw at their last event, DreamLeague Season 21, unlike TSM who showed a very good and authentic Dota.

I'm still leaning towards Tundra's victory, but I'll take a chance on TSM.

Bottom line: +1.5 on TSM.