Dota 2 International 2019 Bracket Predictions

• Dota 2 International 2019 Schedule
• Dota 2 International 2019 Bracket Predictions For March Madness
• Dota 2 International Predictions

The Knockout Stage was Bo5 and the #1 vs #2 teams from each group would face each other in the bracket. The total prize pool was US$6,700,000 and it was spread among the teams. The first place (SK Telecom T1) took $2,680,000, the second team (Samsung Galaxy) took $1,005,000, the third place (ROX Tigers) took $502,500.

Dota 2 International 2019 Schedule

A win (2-0) provides 2 points. A draw (1-1) provides 1 point. A loss (0-2) provides 0 points. Top four teams in each group advance to the Upper Bracket of the Main Event. The 1st place team in each group of Group Stage picks their opponent from either the 3rd or 4th place finish in the opposite group at the start of the Main Event. Dota 2’s TI9 Predictions: Winners, Targets, Underdogs and More Hotspawn Team. Share With the group stage of The International 2019, Hotspawn staff sat down to discuss predictions for the event. While we’re all eager to see how the first China-hosted TI will turn out, we don’t always see eye-to-eye when it comes to which teams are. TI9 Bracket Predictions - EGB Special Offer. 200 Winners, $10,000 in Dota 2 Gear and $2,500 prize pool. Join in the special event by EGB.com, submit your predictions, compete with other participants and turn the odds in your favor. You simply receive a prediction token when you make a. The fifth and final Major of the 2018-2019 Dota Pro Circuit is now complete, and the final point standings of the competitive season are set. Congratulations to the twelve teams that have shown the consistent performance needed to earn direct invitations to The International 2019 in Shanghai.

The fifth and final Major of the 2018-2019 Dota Pro Circuit is now complete, and the final point standings of the competitive season are set. Congratulations to the twelve teams that have shown the consistent performance needed to earn direct invitations to The International 2019 in Shanghai:

Team Secret
Virtus.pro
Vici Gaming
Evil Geniuses
Team Liquid
PSG.LGD
Fnatic
Ninjas in Pyjamas
TNC Predator
OG
Alliance
Keen Gaming

The International Qualifiers

With twelve teams decided, six more teams must battle through one last competitive gauntlet for the right to join the top DPC contenders at The International.

The final chance begins when Open Qualifiers kick off on July 3rd across the six regions—Europe, North America, South America, Southeast Asia, China, and CIS—to determine which squads will make the cut to clash against the teams awaiting in the Regional Qualifiers.

To set the stage, the direct invites to participate in the Regional Qualifiers are now available in the Compendium section of the Battle Pass, and fans are welcome to enter predictions for who will earn the right to stand alongside the best Dota teams in the world this summer in Shanghai.

The second part of our predictions will concentrate on the “teams” tab. Just like the last time, we would like to remind everyone that this isn’t exact science and the thought process and reasoning behind our choices is perhaps more important than the choices themselves.

It is more or less impossible to be confident in this selection. Team Secret underperformed in the Epicenter, Virtus.Pro is known for their poor TI showings, PSG.LGD doesn’t look as crisp as they did last year etc.

From recent results and overall DPC performance, our vote goes to Vici Gaming as they were the last team to win a Major and had a very strong season, but it is possible to justify most picks in this category.

Alternatively, you could go with the team you want to win the least, so in a worst case scenario you at least get some BP points.

Dota 2 International 2019 Bracket Predictions For March Madness

There are three main choices in this category, as we are looking for a brawling team that doesn’t mind or is frequently forced to take the game late. PSG.LGD, TNC and Virtus.Pro are all teams that feature higher than average levels of aggression and frequently have prolonged games.

Of those, Virtus.Pro is probably the most objective-oriented, so their games are often cleaner in their execution, hence lead to the lower amount of kills. TNC is hyper aggressive but they are in the middle of the pack in terms of tournament expectations and PSG.LGD probably outclasses them slightly in overall performance.

That means in a potential LGD vs. TNC match we expect a bloodbath, but we expect it to be won by PSG.LGD, hence our choice.

This one is kind of easy. TNC Predator had the highest kill average throughout the season, have an aggressive playstyle and are not underdogs in this TI by any means. There is a risky alternative in Infamous, who in their qualifiers run exclusively drafted brawling lineups, but it really depends on how much you believe Infamous to be outclassed by everyone else in this tournament.

We think that the EU trio of Team Liquid, Team Secret and NiP are all decent choices. All three teams are known for a surgical approach to the game, with less blunt force and more precise attacks and that generally leads to them dying less and winning games earlier. They also have some of the strongest captains in the scene.

Dota 2 International Predictions

While this type of drafts are generally harder to execute correctly and it can sometimes backfire, there is going to be at least a game, where the opponent will be completely outdrafted, out-tempoed and will lose the game with one or two kills at most. Team Secret is probably the strongest of the bunch, so we are going to go with them in this category.

TNC Predator, OG, Team Secret and Vici Gaming are all good picks here. Their averages are around the same this season, so the question is what team we expect to go far in the tournament and play more grouped up Dota.

The most reasonable answers are going to be either Vici Gaming or Team Secret, since they are the clear favorites this tournament, but we will go with OG. They showed that they should not be underestimated last year, but we feel like many teams might ignore the memo.

They also play a lot more grouped up and rotate their cores earlier than other teams, potentially leading to more assists not through higher kill count, but through more players contributing to every single kill.

TNC Predator has the longest game average and them being neither favorites, nor underdogs makes for a good case. They can win a long, brutal game against top tier teams against all odds and they can similarly have problems closing games against the underdogs. That effectively doubles the chances of them having a really long game, so this choice makes sense, with Alliance being a decent alternative.

Chaos Esports and Keen Gaming both have pretty low average game durations in games they win, but they are also an unknown. Sure, Chaos won EU qualifiers, but there weren’t many notable teams left in them after the DPC season. Sure, Keen Gaming got directly invited to TI, but their only notable achievement was top6 in DreamLeague Major. There is a high chance they will find it harder to maintain their lower averages against tougher competition.

It might be rational to go back to our aforementioned EU trio and simply pick the team with the lowest average game duration in games they win. It is Team Liquid and it is going to be our choice.

It is hard to justify any other choice given the average game time of TNC Predator is more than three minutes longer than the next competitor, Alliance.

This should be more or less self-explanatory. Team Secret is likely to go far in the tournament and have one of the widest hero pools in the game. The other real alternatives are Virtus.Pro, who are hard to bet on during TI, Team Liquid, who with the addition of w33 have added quite a lot of niche heroes to their pool and Ninjas in Pyjamas, who had the highest hero variety this season, but also the most amount of games played.

All teams are guaranteed at least 16 games during the group stage, provided the International keeps the same format. That means we are looking for the team that gets eliminated in the group stage without showing much and that means making this prediction automatically belittles the team, potentially influencing their morale in a negative way.

We really don’t want to do that, so just privately pick whatever team you think is the weakest in this TI.