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Group A at the Bali Major 2023 continues. Next up is a betting tip on Shopify Rebellion vs Blacklist International.
The match is expected to be an interesting, but far from the status of the central confrontation of the tour. Interesting at least because they're playing Southeast Asia and North America, which is a rare occurrence in the 2023 season.
The standings are also of interest. The two clubs have started the Bali Major 2023 differently, with Shopify Rebellion having a hard fought battle as well as Blacklist.
Let's try to see which of the teams will show the best game in this match. We'll probably find a series winner, and that's very important at the Group Stage.
Let's go.
Shopify Rebellion form
Let's open the breakdown of the match with an analysis of Shopify Rebellion's playing form. In this match, the team will play in the status of favorites.
Shopify Rebellion's advantage is also indicated by the bookmakers. The odds on the team's victory are estimated at 2.1.
In the realities of the bo2 format - this figure points to a very solid advantage on Shopify Rebellion's side. It's hard to argue with that, as Shopify Rebellion do look like a team capable of finishing high in the group stage at least. Yes, and in the tournament fully.
The team has twice finished in the top 2 of the DPC domestic league, Ledgeiv TSM. In the third round of the DPC Shopify Rebellion finally picked up a well-deserved top-1 in DPC 2023: North America Upper Division.
Naturally, such a result can hardly be called an achievement, as the competition in the North American region is rather sparse. However, in the case of Shopify Rebellion, it's much more about playing on the international stage, where the results are much better.
At The Lima Major 2023, Shopify Rebellion made it to the top 4. Making it into the top three was prevented, unexpectedly, by Talon Esports.
In addition to the Lima Major 2023, the team was at the DreamLeague Season 19 and played even better than the Peruvian major. Cooler, because they played with a substitution (in the Abed performed inexperienced Mikey) and reached the top 3 of the tournament for 1,000,000 dollars.
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, with SR taking the top spot, guaranteeing themselves passage to The Bali Major 2023, and also actually qualifying for The International 2023.
- Shopify Rebellion: 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 pass the first DL group stage and, like Liquid, left the championship early.
On the first day of play, Shopify Rebellion played an "average" game. The team closed with two draws: against Liquid and against Beastcoast.
Shopify Rebellion's most popular heroes
Shopify Rebellion most often played Crystal Maiden (8 matches, 62% wins), Storm Spirit (7 matches, 57% wins), Doom (7 matches, 57% wins).
Also had Rubick (5 matches, 80% win rate), Terrorblade (4 matches, 75% win rate), Underlord (4 matches, 75% win rate).
Blacklist International Form
Continuing the analysis of the Blacklist International's form. The representative of South-East Asia will play in the status of the outsider.
Bookmakers do not particularly believe in the success of Blacklist International. Odds on the team's victory are around 5.8.
In the realities of a round-robin bo2 groupstage, this makes sense. Blacklist are behind, and all seriously, which makes sense. The team has nothing to brag about other than some results on the regional scene.
2023 was the debut year for Blacklist International on the professional stage. And they started it with a top-6 finish at the M. Invitational 2023. However, the main credit goes to the DPC league in Southeast Asia.
Blacklist International finished in the top 4 in the first round and was one step away from qualifying for the Lima Major 2023. That's still nothing, because it was worse in the second round.
At DPC 2023: SEA Tour 2 Blacklist International were already in the top 5. Obviously, there was never any talk of a Major.
In between very mediocre results at DPC 2023, the team participated in local events. It was BTS Pro Series Season 14 where BI finished in TOP 3. The key result was their final Top-2 in the third round of DPC and their final appearance in the Bali Major 2023.
- Blacklist International: Raven, Karl, kpii, TIMS, kuku.
The once top Filipinos made their debut match against Liquid. They lost that match as expected without too much resistance.
Blacklist International's most popular heroes
Among the most pickable Blacklist International heroes is Pangolier. Appeared in spades 9 times and has a 77% win rate.
Next in line are Rubick (8 matches, 62% wins), Doom (6 matches, 83% wins).
Techies (5 matches, 100% wins) and Enchantress (5 games, 60% wins) were also there.
History of head-to-head encounters
The teams have not previously crossed paths with each other. As for the Blacklist Bali Major 2023 was the debut championship of this level, and therefore also against teams of this level.
The outcome of the match
In this match I expect nothing from Blacklist International. Judging by what they showed on the first day - they are the first contender to be knocked out of the group stage. Shopify Rebellion, on the other hand, is a potential Play-Off contender.
Bottom line: victory for Shopify Rebellion.
