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We are continuing our coverage of DreamLeague Season 22: Western Closed Qualifier. In case anyone forgot, at stake are two tickets to the main tournament DreamLeague Season 22. And this is the first official ranking championship of the renewed professional season of Dota 2.
We're talking about what's happening in the Western European closed qualifications. We will discuss the second stream of games, which will start with Entity vs Team wkwkwk.
Entity is one of the notable participants of the qualifiers, which, let's face it, are not that many. However, this is only on paper, until the matches start.
Let's find out who of the pair Entity - Team wkwkwkwk will be stronger and win their debut match at DreamLeague Season 22: Western Closed Qualifier, and who will have to continue their way through the lower grid of the tournament.
Let's go.
Form Entity
Initiate the match analysis by scrutinizing Entity's current form. In this upcoming match, the team is poised to play as favorites, boasting odds of around 1.3 for a potential win, as highlighted by the Dota 2 betting site.
In the first round DPC Fishman and company played "average", but saved the re-matches for three teams, following which Entity went to the top 4 and as a result went to The Lima Major 2023. At the first Major event of the season - The Lima Major 2023 - the team reached TOP-6, which was a good result, but it got worse.
At DPC 2023 WEU Division 1 Tour 2 Entity looked even better. Played on the top-6, but it's good, they kept the slot and that's enough.
In the break between the end of the previous cycle and the end of the new cycle Entity visited DreamLeague S19, but it was, to put it mildly, so-so. Entity could not win a single game and as a consequence left the tournament at the TOP-16 stage.
The third DPC season ended woefully again. The victory against D1 Hustlers on tiebreaks saved them from dropping out of the first division.
At DreamLeague S20 the team repeated the "success" of the 19th season. The final place was the usual TOP-16, but it was worse from there.
After the failure at DL S20 Entity also looked toothless at Riyadh Masters 2023. At the end of the biggest commercial tournament of the year Entity finished in the top 20.
A breakthrough came at The International 2023 - Western Europe Qualifier, where Entity managed to finish in the top 1 and thus guarantee themselves a place at the main event of the year.
At DreamLeague Season 21 Entity did well in the group stage, playing with substitutes (ATF plays for the team instead of Gabbi). The team took the top 3 in Group A, missing one map to the upper grid. As a result, it played a cruel joke, because Entity finished the tournament on the 5-6 line, and could have got even higher.
The main tournament of the last season for Entity was The International 2023, where the team reached after winning the qualifiers. Entity made it through the group stage and the first round of the lower bracket, but lost to VP and finished in the top 12.
- Entity roster: watson, None, DM, Kataomi, Fishman.
The "average" performance at TI 2023 led to changes in the roster. The mid laner and the top three were changed: None and DM replaced Stormstormer and ATF, and I doubt that this is a reinforcement.
Before playing at the closed qualifiers for DreamLeague Season 22 Entity attended the qualifiers for Kuala Lumpur. There, Entity finished in the top 3 without making it to the first ranked tournament of the season.
Entity's most popular heroes
Entity took Mirana (5 matches, 20% wins), Pangolier (3 games, 33% wins), Rubick (3 matches, 33% wins), Bane (2 games 50% wins).
Dark Seer, Pugna, Storm Spirit and Anti-Mage also appeared in the picks. All were picked twice, but none won once.
Team wkwkwkwk
We continue the match analysis with Team wkwkwkwk's uniforms. In this match they will have to play as a number two, with odds to win at around 3.1.
Team wkwkwkwk is a typical collective image of a mixed team. Rather not even a team, but a full-fledged mix.
They appeared on the professional scene on the eve of the Long Cognega qualifiers for DreamLeague Season 22. Apparently, they were assembled at random and there is no faith in their "long term". However, perhaps I'm wrong.
One of the achievements of wkwkwk is getting to the closed qualifiers for DreamLeague Season 22. They did it by playing at the open qualifiers. And immediately on their first attempt.
They beat Ninja Penguins, Team Hryvnia, and Navi Junior on their way to the closed qualifiers. Truth be told, they were lucky they didn't end up on the same grid as Tundra Esports, because they would have had to play a second qualifier. With a high probability.
- Team wkwkwk: Knight, Stojkov, s4, Xepher, Handsken.
Wkwkwkwk is an attempt to experience a second youth for the established Swedes. In addition to them, Xepher - one of the most famous players in Southeast Asia - plays in wkwkwk. In general, there is someone to perform, but the question of chemistry and teamwork remains open.
Most popular Team wkwkwkwk champions
Natures Prophet and Rubick appeared most often in spades. Both characters have been 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 out of 4 appearances each.
Head-to-head history of Entity - Team wkwkwkwk
The teams have not previously played each other in official matches. This match is the debut face-to-face match between the teams.
Predicted result of Team wkwkwkwk vs Entity at DreamLeague Season 22: WEU Closed Qualifier
In this match I definitely believe in the victory of Entity. I think they have managed to create an intra-team climate that will allow them to outplay opponents like Wkwkwkwk. The latter, of course, can put up a fight, because they also have minimal experience, but the teams opposing them in the closed qualifications are not equal to Entity level teams.
The result: victory Entity.
