In the first division of DreamLeague Season 15 DPC (Europe), Team Liquid and Nigma will play against each other.
Nigma outplayed Team Secret in the first week with a score of 2: 0 on maps, and Team Liquid lost to Alliance 1: 2 on maps.
Nigma will play with the following lineup in the new season: iLTW, Miracle, Kuroky, Mind_ControL and GH. Team Liquid roster unchanged: miCKe, qojqva, Boxi, Taiga, iNSaNiA.
Frankly speaking, both teams don't like it at all, but the situation is such that in the first division there are also Hellbear Smashers, Tundra Esports, Brame and Alliance, which are many times weaker. You have to choose between two evils, and Team Liquid and Nigma don't like it, but objectively, Nigma played very cool with the arrival of iLTW.
On the other hand, Puppey himself gave two cards to Nigma, in the first he took against them: Venomancer in the forest, Bounty Hunter for three, but still Team Secret could win, they were leading 15 thousand in gold, but a couple of unsuccessful fights and that's it. On the second map, the Secrets gave Nigma IO + Gyrocopter and flew off in 27 minutes.
Team Nigma Drafts
- Carry: Juggernaut, Gyrocopter, top five: IO, Grimstroke
- Hard on three: Dark Seer, Razor, on four: Tusk, Elder Titan
- Mid: Puck, Sand King
- Banned Nigma: Viper, Puck, Beastmaster, Mars, Pugna, Queen of Pain
- Ban against Nigma: Beastmaster, Phantom Lancer, Timbersaw, Oracle, Leshrac
Team Liquid Drafts
- Carry: Juggernaut, Drow Ranger, top five: Oracle, Elder Titan, Grimstroke
- Hard on three: Void Spirit, Sand King, on four: Enchantress, Dark Willow
- Mid: Queen of Pain, Grimstroke, Viper
- Team Liquid bans: Puck, Tiny, Phantom Assasin, Faceless Void, Lifestealer, Razor
- Ban against Team Liquid: Broodmother, Oracle, Earth Spirit, Enchantress, Anti-Mage
Match prediction: Team Liquid vs Nigma in the first division of DreamLeague S15 DPC (Europe)
Team Liquid was pleased with the moment that they continue to swap lanes if they see a bad match-up for their hero. For example, on the first map with Alliance, they took Queen of Pain, and against her they got Mars, they sent Kwapa to the easy one, and Juggernaut came to the mid lane. This shows the flexibility of Liquids and their understanding of match-ups.
Regarding Nigma, they really played with new colors with iLTW, even losing to Team Secret significantly in gold, they were able to successfully fight and, accordingly, win. Interesting things from them: Sand King in the mid and Razor in a difficult three.
Bookmakers, based on the first matches, give odds of 1.532 for Nigma and 2.45 for Team Liquid. Of course, this is not entirely justified, I am sure that Team Secret themselves gave two cards to Nigma. Such an emphasis on this match, since only due to it on Nigma 1.5. Team Liquid is not inferior in skill to Nigma so clearly, and therefore 2.45 looks like an overestimated coefficient on them.
The game promises to be interesting, both teams are about the same level. I'm pretty sure there will be three maps, but Nigma will win.
Prediction: Nigma will win Team Liquid at DreamLeague Season 15 DPC (Europe) - coefficient 1.532; with a risk of 2: 1 - ratio 3.2
