The preview of DreamLeague Season 12

The general information

DreamLeague Season 12 will take place at Rotterdam Ahoy, which includes 16,000 people, in the Netherlands on October 18-20. Six teams will fight for the prize pool in the sum of $250,000, however, the championship is not part of the rating system, so DPC points will not be up for grabs.

The importance of the championship

Due to the championship is not part of the rating system - it is not important in the season and is an entertaining tournament for visitors of the esports festival. Besides Dota 2, there will be CS:GO and Super Smash Bros competitions.

The format

Six teams will compete in the competition, four of which received direct invitations and two of them were the strongest in qualifiers in America and Europe.

The full list of participants:

• Alliance
• NiP
• J.Storm
• Liquid
• FlyToMoon
• Demon Slayers

The format of the LAN final has not been announced yet. The championship will be covered at the venue by an English-speaking team of talents and the full list of participants can be found below:

• Jorien “Sheever” van der Heijden
• Owen “ODPixel” Davies
• Ioannis “Fogged” Loucas
• Dominik “Lacoste” Stipić
• Michelle “States Moxxi” Song
• Admir “LizZard” Salkanović
• Grant “GranDGranT” Harris

The teams’ chances:

Team Liquid - odds on a victory are 2.75

Bookmakers consider the guys from Team Liquid who have recently represented the interests of Alliance to be the favorite to win and it is not surprising because the team was showing a decent play in the previous season and managed to make it to The International, after which didn’t change the roster. The team has advanced to the first Major of the season in this gaming season.

Alliance - odds on a victory are 3.4

The team was formed right before the start of the season and was signed by the organization Alliance and their gaming level appeared to be higher than expected - FATA and the company won a qualifying stage to MDL Chengu Major 2019 in Europe without special efforts where the guys didn’t lose a match. By the way, Alliance defeated Team Liquid in the final match for a slot.

J.Storm - odds on a victory are equal to 6

Bookmakers almost don’t believe in the victory of J.Storm because a new player came to the team and the team’s gaming level didn’t become better for sure. After the reshuffle period, the team prevailed at the show-tournament Midas Mode 2 America, was one step away from advancement to ESL One Hamburg 2019 and made it to MDL Chengdu Major from the third place.

Generally, the team looks not very confident and makes mistakes very often and losses to the new roster of Fighting Pepegas at all championships reflect a weak individual performance because EnVy and the company haven’t created synergy and win only due to individual skills.

FlyToMoon - odds on a victory are equal to 7.5

The team FlyToMoon consists of pretty experienced players who appeared to needless during the reshuffle period. The guys play with an unstable success and are probably the most unpredictable team at the event because they might beat everyone and lose at any moment. The guys made it to DreamLeague Season 12 due to a victory in the European qualifiers where defeated Ascomanni and were stronger than Singularity twice.

NiP - odds on a victory are equal to 7.5

The new roster of NiP was created during mid-season and around PPD, however, the team hasn’t created a team play yet because the team showed itself not from the best side in the Major qualifiers and placed third. Gunnar and the company looked stronger in the Minor qualifiers and guaranteed themselves a spot in the LAN finals without an effort, however, their opponents were weaker there. The guys from NiP will definitely beat a few strong teams but it will be impossibly difficult for them to win the championship

Demon Slayers - odds on a victory are equal to 7.5

The North American team Demon Slayers comes to the event as an obvious outsider because it has advanced to the championship through the North American qualifiers where there was no competition. By the way, not all players of the main roster have an experience of playing on the professional stage and a play on the stage in front of viewers might become a real challenge for new players. Bookmakers don’t believe in the victory of “Demons” and we think that a victory in any match will be a pretty big achievement for the roster.