OGA Dota PIT Season 3: China – Playoffs Preview

OGA Dota PIT Season 3: China is about to enter its Playoffs Stage. Only 6 of the initial 10 teams are left in the race and in this article I will take a brief look at their chances and how they got here.

Group Stage Results

OGA Dota PIT Season 3: China had a Group Stage that went pretty much according to plan. What’s strange is that PSG.LGD and Vici Gaming were placed in the same group. But even under these conditions, the two teams managed to qualify for the Playoffs by finishing in the 1^st and 2^nd place respectively.

The complete results were the following:

Group A

• 1^st place: PSG.LGD: 3 W – 0 L
• 2^nd place: Vici Gaming: 2 W – 1 L
• 3^rd place: Royal Never Give Up: 1 W – 2 L
• 4^th place: Sparking Arrow Gaming: 0 W – 3 L

Group B

• 1^st place: Team Aster: 3 W – 0 L
• 2^nd place: EHOME: 2 W – 1 L
• 3^rd place: Team MagMa: 1 W – 2 L
• 4^th place: Invictus Gaming: 0 W – 3 L

In Group A, PSG.LGD, Vici Gaming, and Royal Never Give Up advanced to the Playoffs Stage. In Group B, the qualified teams are Team Aster, EHOME, and Team MagMa. It’s quite strange that Invictus Gaming missed the boat, but it seems that they are no longer the strong competitor they used to be just 6 – 12 months ago.

Playoffs Preview

Based on the results of the Group Stage, we will see PSG.LGD and Team Aster in the Upper Bracket Round 2 and the other 4 qualified teams in the Upper Bracket Round 1.

Favorites

The big teams to watch during the rest of OGA Dota PIT Season 3: China are PSG.LGD, EHOME, and Vici Gaming. In Vici’s case, they will probably face serious issues in the Upper Bracket Round 2, assuming they will win against MagMa.

The big favorite of the tournament is PSG.LGD. This team now has a powerful roster, with which they won the title at China Dota2 Pro Cup Season 1. And they did it without losing a single game during the Playoffs. In particular, they defeated EHOME in the Grand Final, with a score of 3 – 0. In the same tournament, Vici Gaming finished 3^rd. This is a clear sign that the team’s new roster is not bad at all. But it’s definitely not as strong as the old roster. Eurus is really hard to replace. Even 23savage, who is 11,000 MMR, will have a hard time achieving better results with VG than Eurus did.

 

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