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We continue to follow what's happening at PGL Wallachia Season 1, the $1,000,000 tournament where the play-offs are heating up. And we'll be talking about what's going on in the lower bracket of the championship.
BOOM and Gaimin Gladiators will play in the match of a lifetime. The winner of the match advances to the next round of the lower bracket, while the loser is eliminated from the championship, essentially left with nothing.
Let's try to figure out which team will be stronger and go through to the next round of play-offs, and who will have to leave the championship at the initial stages of the main stage.
Let's go.
Gaimin Gladiators uniforms
We open the match analysis with an analysis of the Gaimin Gladiators uniforms. In this match they will play as favourites with odds to win at around 1.2.
At the DPC 2023 Tour 1 WEU Division 1, the team took the top 2, which opened the way for them to The Lima Major 2023. The first Major season of the tournament was a trailblazing triumph for the Gladiators. Gaimin Gladiators won the tournament without losing a single map in the championship play-offs.
The next DPC cycle in the home league ended even worse than the previous one. Then GG lost to tiebreaker for the top 2, but more than compensated for the failure with a performance on the international stage. Even twice.
On the eve of Long Copega DPC 2023: Tour 3, GG took the championship in two international arenas. They won the $1,000,000 DreamLeague S19 and The Berlin Major 2023, defending their status.
In the third round of the domestic league, Gaimin Gladiators were expectedly one of the top contenders to win the league, but failed to get the regional championship. At the end of DPC 2023: WEU Tour 3 GG took 2nd place, but they made it to the Major, and that's the main thing.
- Gaimin Gladiators lineup: dyrachyo, Quinn, Ace, tOfu, Seleri.
There was also DreamLeague Season 20, where in the first group stage GG felt like they played half-heartedly. Nevertheless, they made it to the next stage and then won the grand final.
After winning DreamLeague Season 20, Gaimin Gladiators won another title. This time it was the Major a Champions Cup again. At Bali Major 2023, GG were once again beaten by Team Liquid in the grand finals.
GG had high chances to finish all the big tournaments of the year with victories, but at Riyadh Masters 2023 they were unlucky. In the first round of play-offs "gladiators" fell to the lower play-offs grid, where at the stage of TOP-4 Ledge or Talon Esports and left the championship.
Before The International 2023, GG visited DreamLeague Season 21. There they showed not the best performance, having played the championship at the TOP-8 stage. After The International 2023, GG performed well, despite losing the TI 2023 Grand Final against Team Spirit. Next, GG had a top-2 finish at ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023 and a top-6 finish at BB Dacha Dubai 2024.
Gaimin Gladiators made an appearance at DreamLeague Season 22, where they managed to finish in the top 5. Next up was the Elite League tournament, where they again finished in the top 6.
Before playing at PGL Wallachia Season 1, GG played at ESL One Birmingham 2024, where they finished in the top 12. At the Romanian tournament itself, GG entered the play-offs with a 3-1 record.
In the first round of the PGL Wallachia Season 1 playoffs, GG's opponent was Team Liquid. Despite having a nominal advantage, GG failed to take advantage of it and win: the result was 2-1 in favour of Liquid.
The most popular Gaimin Gladiators heroes
The most frequent pick was Rubick. The character has appeared in the GG peak 8 times and has an 87% win rate.
Next came Pangolier (6 matches, 83% wins), Doom (6 matches, 66% wins), Keeper of the Light (5 matches, 80% wins), Ember Spirit (5 matches, 80% wins).
We also took Ember Spirit (4 matches, 100% wins), Terrorblade (4 matches, 75% wins).
Form BOOM
We continue the match analysis with the analysis of BOOM's form. In this match they will play as favourites with odds to win at around 4.5.
The once top team in Southeast Asia has been struggling on the international stage for a long time, and things are not going well at home either.
BOOM played in several tournaments during the 2023 season, but their performances at major championships were unremarkable. They finished Top 2 at the M.Invitational 2023, Top 7 at DPC SEA 2023 Tour 1: Division 1, Top 6 BTS Pro Series Season 14: SEA. Of the wins, there were only The Arena Anthem and DPC SEA 2023 Tour 2: Division II. There was also a Top 20 at the Pinnacle: 25 Year Anniversary Show.
- BOOM lineup: Pakazs, SLATEM$, Sacred, n1ght, Panda.
2024 Long Season Long Season started with appearances at all sorts of qualifiers for big tournaments. Top 4 at BB Dacha Dubai Closed Qualifier, Top 2 at DL SA Closed Qualifier and Top 2 at ESL One Birmingham 2024: SA Closed Qualifier.
They later won the PGL Wallachia Season 1: SA Qualifier, as well as finishing Top-14 at Elite League and Top-6 at RES Regional Series: LATAM #2.
At the PGL Wallachia Season 1 itself, BOOM lost 0-2 to Xtreme, and went on to beat Heroic and Team Secret, but Ledgeili GG. Entered the play-offs after a solid win over Shopify Rebellion.
In the first round of the PGL Wallachia Season 1 play-offs they played against Falcons, where Ledgeili were 0-2.
BOOM Esports Heroes
The most selected heroes are Mars (9 games, 77% wins), Chen (8 games, 87% wins), Batrider (7 games, 85% wins), Kunkka (7 games, 57% wins), Dark Willow (6 games, 100% wins).
History of head-to-head meetings between BOOM and Gaimin Gladiators
BOOM and GG have played each other twice during the last season. One match ended in a draw, and the second match ended in a win for GG.
Predicted result of Gaimin Gladiators vs BOOM on PGL Wallachia Season 1
In this match, despite the solid difference between the teams on paper, I expect a spirited performance from both sides. As far as I'm concerned, BOOM are capable of taking the map from GG, as they did during the group stage.
Bottom line: +1.5 on BOOM.
