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The Riyadh Masters 2023, the biggest commercial tournament of the year, continues in Riyadh. The championship sees the top 20 teams battle it out for a prize pool of $15,000,000.
We've already watched a huge number of matches and there are just as many ahead. We are watching the group stage of the championship where the 3rd day of games is already starting.
Quest Esports and Evil Geniuses will open it up. The pair will play their Bo2 in Group A.
Both teams look very good in the tournament, and therefore their head-to-head match can be quite a worthwhile spectacle. Let's try to see if it will be so or vice versa. At the same time, let's discuss whether one of the sides can close the Bo2 match in their favour.
Let's go.
Quest Esports uniforms
Let's start the analysis of the match by analysing the Quest Esports form. In this match, the team will play as favourites.
Quest Esports advantage is very easy to explain. Firstly, the team has performed well on the home stage, which is Western Europe, where the competition is higher than in other regions. Secondly, Quest have become a serious force on the international scene, joining the ranks of some of the most successful clubs.
Quest Esports have become one of the major revelations of the season. It was hard to imagine them in the Top 4 Major, but they are here.
They started their rise to the top of Major a with a top-5 finish at DPC 2023: WEU. Then the team was one map short of reaching the Berlin Major 2023, but not enough.
In the third round of DPC 2023: WEU Tour 3 the team again showed a top game and that time they had enough. It was enough for the top 3 of the tournament, and as a result, they made it to The Bali Major 2023.
- Quest Esports roster: TA2000, No!ob, Malik, OmaR, kaori.
During the Bali Major 2023 Quest Esports showed from the very beginning of the tournament that they did not come there to rest. The team finished top-1 in their group and then went to play in the top set of play-offs. In the end, Quest's jaunt through The Bali Major 2023 ended with them in 4th place.
Having travelled to the Riyadh Masters 2023 with a replacement in the lineup, Quest Esports did not lose their team scilll. In their Play-In group the team took a confident first place, losing only 1 match out of 5. By the way, they lost only to Xtreme Gaming.
After a confident Play-In Quest Esports showed themselves well on the first day of the group stage. Playing in a lineup with a new Herdlanger, Quest had two draws (against Xtreme and 9 Pandas).
The most popular Quest Esports characters
Among the most popular Quest characters are Shadow Demon (14 matches, 71% wins), Snapfire (14 matches, 64% wins), Techies (12 matches, 83% wins).
Also playing with Undying (9 games, 77% wins), Templar Assassin (8 matches, 50% wins).
There's also Silencer (7 games, 100% wins), Medusa (7 games, 100% wins), Doom (7 matches, 85% wins), Enchantress (7 matches, 71% wins).
Evil Geniuses uniforms
We continue our match analysis with an analysis of Evil Geniuses' match form. In this match, they will have to play as the number two.
EG is one of the most chaotic teams of the season, which is why they are number two here. It's hard to know what to expect from the Peruvians, and the results point directly to that.
In the first round of the DPC 2023 SA Division 1 Evil Geniuses came in second place. A win over Beastcoast was not enough. Later they visited The Lima Major 2023, where they more than made up for the loss in their home league by finishing top 6 in the Peruvian tournament.
Then play the second round of the DPC in South America and again top 2, and again Beastcoast are ahead. However, the international scene helps again, where EG are already top 4 at ESL One Berlin Major 2023, making them the highest performing team from the region in history.
In the third DPC cycle, Evil Geniuses finally clawed their way back to the top of the regional scene. Evil Geniuses won DPC 2023: SA Division 1. And after such a good streak of high scores, EG fell face down in the mud, finishing in the top 18 at Bali Major 2023.
- Evil Geniuses line-up: Pakazs, Chris Luck, Wisper, Matthew, Pandaboo.
Evil Geniuses made it to the Riyadh Masters 2023 thanks to ESL rankings and the merits of the past. I don't know if Bali Major 2023 was a mental breakdown or if EG really started playing so badly.
After failing at Bali Major 2023, I didn't expect anything good from EG, but EG turned it on. Evil Geniuses closed out the first game day with a 3-1 score, outplaying 9 Pandas and ending in a draw against Team Spirit.
Evil Geniuses' most popular heroes
The top most popular Evil Geniuses heroes were Beastmaster and Death Prophet. Both heroes were taken 8 times each and had 75% wins.
Following DP and Primal Beast was Leshrac, and he was most often played in the third position. He appeared 6 times and had a 66% winrate.
In addition, Marci (5 matches, 60% wins), Templar Assassin (4 matches, 100% wins), Jakiro (4 matches, 100% lunch) were picks.
History of head-to-head meetings
Previously, the teams managed to play each other once. The match took place in the group stage of Bali Major 2023 and ended with Quest winning.
Game outcome
By the looks of it, we are in for a very even clash. Both teams are looking good at Riyadh Masters 2023 and I think they will not let their opponents go. In this case, I recommend EG. It is the safest option for a bo2 match.
Bottom line: +1.5 on Evil Geniuses.
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