Forutsigelse av kamp: Evil Geniuses - Beastcoast | Dota 2

We welcome you back to EGW, where we continue to follow the biggest esports event of the year. The International 2022 continues, ladies and gentlemen, ahead of the second game day of the main tournament.

We open today's most dramatic matchdays, namely the second round of the lower bracket. Evil Geniuses and Beastcoast will open the action, and this match should be hot.

Although the sign is not the loudest, as it might seem at first glance, do not rush to bury the duel. The storyline here is the most serious and about it a little lower.

Let's figure out which of the teams will be stronger in this fight and take another step towards the Aegis of Champions, and who will have to say goodbye to The International 2022 at the TOP-12 stage.

Evil Geniuses form

Evil Geniuses will be the favorite in this match. The chance of success for a club from North America is estimated by bookmakers at around 1.35.

Specialists in the field of betting give such impressive results for the North American giant for a reason. The team has earned the status of a favorite, but not everything is going smoothly with them.

Taking a quick look at the results for the season, we see that EG experienced difficulties for almost the entire year. Even in their home harbor as part of the DPC 2021/2022 North America Upper Division games, losing from time to time to teams like Wildcard.

International events went horribly for EG: TOP 13 at ESL One Stockholm 2022 and TOP 9-12 at PGL Arlington Major. Frankly, this is not the performance you expect from a team that aims for a direct pass to the group stage of The International 2022.

EG broke through here thanks to Beastcoast, who outplayed the Outsiders at Arlington. Now the "evil geniuses" will have a chance to "repay" their saviors.

Now about the specifics and what makes Evil Geniuses predict a confident victory based on the odds.

Evil Geniuses results at The International 2022

At The International 2022, EG, having fallen into Group A, seemed like an “average player”, having a chance to get into the TOP-4 and the upper bracket by the end, but there was no certainty about this.

Against all odds, Evil Geniuses smashed all doubts very confidently from the first day of the group stage. The Evil Geniuses went on to beat Group A 7-0-2 with only two clean sheets to top Group A and qualify for the upper bracket of the playoffs.

Miracles began there. EG's first opponent in the playoffs was Thunder Awaken, perhaps the most convenient counterpart for EG due to geography.

In the first playoff match, there was no trace of EG from the group stage. They were trampled on, and when on the first map EG butted for 47 minutes, but Pakazs on Bloodseeker and DarkMago on Zeus turned out to be stronger, the matchpoint was dictated by Thunder from and to.

In this match, EG is again confronted by representatives of South America. So you have a storyline for the match drawn.

Evil Geniuses line-up

Arteezy

Abed

nightfall

Cr1t-

Fly

I praised EG players as we progressed through the group stage of The International 2022, and I didn’t do it from scratch. Praise someone after the first match in the playoffs does not work, because there was a feeling that only one team played in that match.

Heroes Evil Geniuses

At The International EG is played meta, I would even say as the legislators of this very meta. They pick Primal Beast, Broodmother, Shadow Fiend, Sven, Undying, Marci. The Evil Geniuses do best with Primal Beast (5 games, 100% win rate) and Shadow Fiend (4 appearances, 100% win rate).

Evil Geniuses did not open anything radically new in the playoffs, but now it's time to show something extraordinary, if such strategies are available. This is considering that there may not be a second chance.

Form Beastcoast

Beastcoast will play as an underdog in this match. The chance of winning a club from South America by bookmakers is estimated by odds around 3.

Such an indicator for the Peruvians suggests that the team is clearly not in favor. I can agree with this, but it seems that the gap is not so big.

Yes, Beastcoast did not shine during the season, but only if we are talking about battles within the home region. There, the team did not take the championship, but received much more valuable prizes - tickets to majors and a chance to prove themselves on the international arena.

Beastcoast coped with the task of representing their region at international events. Beastcoast took the TOP-6 both in Sweden, at ESL One Stockholm 2022, and in neighboring North America, finishing in 5-6th place in the PGL Arlington Major.

Decent performances rightfully propelled Beastcoast into the group stage of The International. In addition, the Peruvians helped their colleagues from Evil Geniuses by beating their direct competitor for a place at The International represented by the Outsiders at Arlington.

Beastcoast results at The International 2022

At the eleventh The International, which became the second in the history of the club for the Beastcoast tag, BC got into Group B, where they faced the reigning world champions from Team Spirit, their regional rivals from Thunder, Secret and Aster.

The first stage of Beastcoast finished with a score of 8-10 on maps, hitting the lower bracket of the playoffs. Drama unfolded in the knockout match as BC were up against compatriots from Hokori, their kryptonite.

This year, and especially at this event, the stakes are too high, and therefore Beastcoast turned on to the maximum. Wisper alone on the Batrider was enough to send home the biggest discovery of the year.

Composition of Beastcoast

• K1
• Chris Luck
• Wisper
• Scofield
• Stinger

The Peruvians are now in their element and it was evident from the first match. Such Beastcoasts are hard to compete with, but they themselves can become hostages of their own courage, which has happened more than once.

Heroes of Beastcoast

Their playstyle has not changed over the years and the emphasis in the game is on K1. This can both help and play a cruel joke on the Peruvians. At times, other performers join in, taking the role of the first violin for themselves, as was the case with Wisper in the match against Hokori, but more often it is K1 that acts as a locomotive.

In spades they take Shadow Fiend, Snapfire, Marci, Tiny, Clockwerk, Engima, the same Batrider. In principle, nothing supernatural.

History of personal confrontations

Previously, the teams in these rosters did not play with each other. This match will be the debut.

The outcome of the fight

Based on what is happening within the framework of this The International, it is difficult to predict something based on sound logic. In this match, there will be even less of it, because the derbies of American teams always have their own, often atypical color.

Be that as it may, I do not see here an easy walk for one of the teams. Beastcoast are able to draw a card, yes, that's probably the bet.

Result: +1.5 on Beastcoast.