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The big Dota 2 is back on our screens. The International 2023, the biggest commercial tournament before Longsong, is kicking off its main stage.
It will be opened by BB Team and Shopify Rebellion. The match promises to be hot: firstly, it is a regional battle of distant leagues, and secondly - a match between the participants of The International 2023. And of course, both teams have shown very solid play during the 21st DreamLeague season.
Let's see which team will be one step closer to the DreamLeague Season 21 championship cup and make it to the second round of the top flight, and which team will have to go to the last chance grid.
Let's go.
BB Team Form.
Let's open the match with an analysis of BB Team's form. In this match the team plays the first number one.
This is indicated by the best esports betting sites. The odds for the victory of BB Team are at around 1.48.
As far as I am concerned, the figure is too critical. I agree, BB looked better towards the end of the season and showed a good Long Corner at this tournament, but the team has problems.
In the first season of the regional league BB Team finished in the top 1, very confidently running over their main opponents Spirit and HR. However, this success was quickly overshadowed by their performance at Lima Major 2023, where BB failed to make it out of the group.
A few inconclusive events later, BB Team began play in the second division of the DPC. This time the situation changed dramatically, from top 1 to top 3, but on the international stage everything was stable: another failure to get out of the group at the Major e.
The third season of DPC was held under the slogan "it's time to get back", but somehow it didn't work out, something didn't go well and in the end - TOP-2. Again, kind of significant, but if we compare Western and Eastern Europe, TOP-2 in the first case is much more prestigious than BB's achievement.
- BB Team line-up: Nightfall, gpk, Pure, Save, TORONTOTOKYO.
BB Team's moment of glory was DreamLeague Season 20. Having got to the tournament quite by chance (they replaced Execration), the Eastern European residents managed to make it to the grand final of the tournament, where they beat Gladiators, but eventually lost with the score 2-3.
After a solid group stage at The Bali Major 2023 with a 4-2-2 from BB, Eastern European Resident made it to the top set of play-offs. There the team outplayed Tundra Esports, but due to a tournament rules violation that result was cancelled. As a result, Bali Major 2023 ended for BB Team in the top 12.
After the last Major tournament of the season BB Team attended a number of other events. Among them is the Riyadh Masters 2023. At the biggest commercial tournament of the season, BB Team made it to the top 6, which is pretty good.
In addition to the Riyadh Masters 2023 BB Team also made an appearance at the BB Dacha. The tournament from the main sponsor BB Club finished without having started: BB Team failed to get out of the group and as a result finished in the top 8.
In the group stage of DreamLeague Season 21 BB Team played in Group B. They managed to take the 2nd place, passing only Team Spirit.
The most popular BB Team characters
The most used BB Team character is Storm Spirit (5 matches, 60% wins). The team also plays with Primal Beast and Pugna at position 4, and both heroes have 4 matches and 100% wins each. In spades was Enchantress (4 matches, 25% wins), Beastmaster (4 games, 0% wins).
Shopify Rebellion Form
We continue our match breakdown with an analysis of Shopify Rebellion's match form. In this match, the Americans play the second number.
This is indicated by the bookmakers. The odds for SR's victory are at around 2.8.
Shopify Rebellion have always been about a top team, but over the last year they show a very questionable performance. At DreamLeague Season 21, however, the Americans turned on the heat.
On Shopify Rebellion's home stage, they finished in the top 2 twice. In the third round, Arteezy and company finally snatched the championship.
At The Lima Major 2023, Shopify Rebellion made it to the top 4. The top three were prevented, unexpectedly, by Talon Esports.
In addition to The Lima Major 2023, the team played at DreamLeague Season 19, and they played even better than the Peruvian major. Cooler because they played with substitutes (the inexperienced Mikey played as a substitute for Abed) and reached the top 3 of the tournament for $1,000,000.
Then there was The Berlin Major 2023 with a dismal top-12, and then the third round of DPC 2023: NA Division 1. The latter went better: SR took the top spot, guaranteeing themselves passage to The Bali Major 2023, and actually made it to The International 2023.
- Shopify Rebellion roster: Arteezy, Abed, SaberLight, Cr1t, Fly .
At DreamLeague Season 20 SR again played with substitutes, but this time they failed to repeat the success of the DL S19 period: Shopify Rebellion failed to qualify for the first group stage of the DL and, like Liquid, left the championship early.
After the 20th season of DreamLeague Shopify Rebellion played two major events: Bali Major 2023 and Riyadh Masters 2023. Both championships ended miserably: TOP-12 and TOP-16 respectively.
The International is more interesting than Shopify's position at DreamLeague Season 21. Having fallen into Group A to such serious opponents as Liquid and Talon. Nevertheless Shopify Rebellion took the first place in their basket, thus entering the top set of play-offs.
Shopify Rebellion's most popular heroes
Shopify Rebellion was most often played by Crystal Maiden (8 matches, 62% wins), Storm Spirit (7 matches, 57% wins), Doom (7 matches, 57% wins).
There was also Rubick (5 matches, 80% win rate), Terrorblade (4 matches, 75% wins), Underlord (4 matches, 75% wins).
History of head-to-head matches
Previously the teams have played each other 3 times during the season. The score is 2-1 in favour of BB Team.
Predicted result of the match Shopify Rebellion - BB Team at DreamLeague Season 21
Considering Shopify Rebellion's recent performance on the international stage, it's hard to believe in their success in this tournament. And yet, the Americans showed themselves as good as possible in the group stage and definitely do not intend to lay down their arms. In general, I believe in the success of Shopify Rebellion on at least one of the cards.
Bottom line: +1.5 on Shopify Rebellion.
