іToday there will be a match for the third place in the ESL One CIS DPC league and an almost guaranteed place in the WildCard of the first Major. By the way, the official announcement took place today. He will be in Singapore.
Live to Win and Team Empire each have 1 win and 1 loss. LtW defeated NoTechies 2: 0, but lost to Virtus.pro 0: 2. The Imperials turned out to be weaker than Virtus.pro, but unexpectedly outplayed Team Spirit 2: 1.
What about drafts:
Team empire
- Have a good performer centered on Void Spirit, his pool also has Storm Spirit and Broodmother
- Medusa/Wraith King is rated for carry, Keeper of the Light/Ancient Apparation is rated for five
- In a complex interesting strategy with Death Prophet for three and Earth Spirit for four. Bloodseeker/Nature`s Prophet is also taken offlane, and Phoenix/Clockwerk
- Team Empire is unpleasant to play against Puck, Batrider, Morphling, Viper
- Team Empire rivals try to ban Nyx Assasin, Keeper of the Light, Timbersaw, Beastmaster
Live to win
- In the center, fn showed us so far only Invoker and Void Spirit, and in one game he played Ember Spirit in the easy one.
- Pool of their carries: Wraith King/Ursa/Juggernaut, top five rates Keeper of the Light
- In a difficult stratum they have with Legion Commander + Tusk, and also do not forget about the Immersion signature - Earth Spirit.
- Live to Win bans: OD, Monkey King, Troll Warlord, Puck
- Live to Win rivals try to ban: IO, Nyx Assasin, Nature`s Prophet, Timbersaw
Forecast for the match Live to Win vs Team Empire:
Based only on the latest results, we can unequivocally say that the coolest match between Empire and Live to Win awaits us. Bookmakers give a coefficient of 1.208 for the victory of LTW, and for the success of the Imperials - 4.66. This is probably due to the fact that Team Empire is simultaneously playing on Snow Sweet Snow # 1 and the results there are very unstable. The teams have the same situation at ESL One CIS DPC 2021.
Individually, Live to Win is much stronger in my opinion. The Imperials reveal their cards, since they are still playing in the tournament and show their strategies, but in the current reality they have to do this in order to somehow exist.
By the way, there are insights that Gambit Esports are actively interested in the Live to Win roster and some negotiations are underway to sign them. So it seems like LtW looks like a regular mix, they have the motivation to win and prove.
In this match, it makes no sense to bet simply on the victory of Live to Win, I would believe in the Empire on one map, they have Broodmother, Monkey King in the pool there. There will also definitely be a fight for Medusa and Void Spirit. I think that Duzu should be banned by LtW, and Team Empire should be wary of Live to Win - Earth Spirit and Legion Commander.
Afterlife (offlane Live to Win on one of the streams said that something very, very interesting in the game awaits us, this is due to drafts or some kind of game mechanics that many do not know about.
Prediction: Live to Win will win Team Empire at ESL One CIS DPC 2021 with an accurate 2: 1 card score (odds - 3.5)