The third series of DOTA 2 tournaments of the DPC season 2019-2020

The third series of DOTA 2 DPC tournament that is going to be held in Los Angeles and Kyiv correspondingly will not count up to TOP teams in the world. The European regional qualifier alone kindled more interest than minors — 7-8 teams out of 10 aspired to the desirable trip to America but there were only three slots.

Chinese qualifiers were remembered with another PSG.LGD’s fiasco at the open elimination round. At the same qualifiers, the bronze finalists of TI 2019 lost against the team with the female hardliner. We should also mention TNC’s performance — the winners of the first Major and leaders of the DPC rating showed bleak matches and were not able to make it to the minor in Kyiv.

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Despite the high status of the tournament, we can define a clear favorite even now — this is Team Secret. Puppey provided himself with a trip to TI easily, but, even being relaxed while playing, Secrets have a chance to win.

The main Chinese power of the current season, Vici Gaming, is going to skip the event due to coronavirus and PSG.LGD will not go to California, but the players risk to get nowhere this year.

Nigma still cannot stabilize their game and at the decisive moments even Miracle- contrived to fail the team. Even getting to TOP 3 seems to be castles in the air for VP and Na’Vi now.

Only EG and OG can provide competition for Clement. If the former is expected to get high positions traditionally but to leave by the end of the tournament, the twice TI champions’ roster is difficult to get an impression about. Now the most serious N0tail’s opponents are Liquid, Alliance, and NiP — the teams that are closer to Tier-2 than Tier-1. On the one hand, OG will have a double motivation — to prove the power of the new roster and to obtain a trip to Stockholm — who knows, maybe Nigma and PSG.LGD will get in pace closer to Epicenter, and then the point situation will definitely be hot!

As for the expectations from the CIS region, some fans want high positions for NaVi and VP, and the others secretly long to see their knockout match. If we judge by the qualifiers, the black-yellow were more stable and Bears let themselves fail not only on some separate maps but also at the most important matches causing a lot of headaches for their fans. Only the absence of TOP teams imposes optimism and hope that the CIS representatives will be able to surpass the results in Leipzig.

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The third Minor will be held in Ukraine again but this time without Nigma. The former Team Liquid’s rosters contrived to let slip the victory through fingers at the final bo5 against Alliance. As a result, the Swedish got an amazing chance to go to Los Angeles — the opponents in Kyiv will be equal to Nicobaby and the team.

One might wonder, Gambit also has good chances to win the minor, but there is one problem — gpk~’s absence who was sent to reverse due to ‘non-game reasons’. It is possible that Danil Skutin’s brilliant performance may lack at the match against Aster or Alliance, for example. EternaLEnVy is also going to Kyiv — Fighting PandaS is again qualified for the DPC tournament but the results at the events might be really better.

Team Aster is also expected to have a top position — the Chinese team can boast about their roster with the biggest stars at the tournament and NewBee’s defeat at the final bo5 with a great clean score. Finally, the second strong CIS team at the minor, forZe Esports, is going to have a real test at the competition and getting to TOP-3 will be treated as success and a great beginning for the future of the roster.