Debjoy Basu
Dec, 01.2023
European Pro League, organized EPL World Series: Southeast Asia Season 1, is a Dota 2 tournament that commenced on 23rd November. It is a part of the ELP World Series boasting a prize pool of $10,000 USD. It is an online tournament with a total of 10 teams competing against each other. Eight teams are seeded into Group Stage while two teams are directly seeded into the playoffs. The Group Stage fixtures will end tomorrow 2nd December and the Playoffs will commence from 4th December. The prize pool will be split among the Top 4 teams.
Teams and current tournament scenes
As mentioned above, the 10 teams which are currently competing are -
Group Stage Seeds
Playoffs Seeds
Currently, the tournament has reached Matchday 9 with matches ongoing. Yesterday, 30th November, Matchday 8 featured a total of 3 matches with best of 3 game series. Let us move towards the match recaps.
Match 1: InterActive Philippines vs Team Tough
Game 1: InterActive Philippines picked a draft of Primal Beast, Dark Willow, Ancient Apparition, Faceless Void and Dawnbreaker. Team Tough’s draft included Brewmaster, Phoenix, Clockwerk, Puck and Medusa. The game went on for 34 minutes and 40 seconds with Team Tough securing the victory.
Game 2: Draft for InterActive Philippines this time had Grimstroke, Clockwerk, Weaver, Puck and Doom. Team Tough had Pugna, Wraith King, Phoenix, Faceless Void and Void Spirit. It was Team Tough who won the game after 35 minutes and 44 seconds.
Match 2: KAI vs Team Tough
Game 1: KAI picked a draft that included Nature’s Prophet, Tusk, Muerta, Pangolier and Ogre Magi. Team Tough’s draft had Pugna, Magnus, Faceless Void, Tiny and Storm Spirit. The game went on for 41 minutes and 29 seconds and Team Tough made it a win.
Game 2: KAI this time began with Primal Beast, Gyrocopter, Silencer, Chaos Knight and Lone Druid. Team Tough’s draft included Pugna, Magnus, Spectre, Lion and Pangolier. After 33 minutes and 3 seconds of fight, it was Team Tough who secured the win.
Match 3: Made in Philippines (MIPH) vs Neon Esports
Game 1: MIPH began with a draft of Grimstroke, Gyrocoptor, Luna, Slardar and Pangolier. Neon Esports picked Primal Beast, Oracle, Tusk, Morphling and Night Stalker. It was a quick game as the match ended in 27 minutes and MIPH made it a win.
Game 2: MIPH’s draft for this match was Dazzle, Tusk, Enchantress, Spectre and Legion Commander. Neon Esports selected Ancient Appraition, Rubick, Magnus, Ember Spirit and Troll Warlord. Neon Esports managed to level the series with a win after 31 minutes and 26 seconds of gameplay.
Game 3: MIPH this time picked Gyrocoptor, Rubick, Centaur Warrunner, Faceless Void and Batrider. Neon Esports’ draft included Primal Beast, Magnus, Phoenix, Templar Assasin and Chen. After a game of 33 minutes and 33 seconds, Neon Esports secured their victory.
With these matches, the Matchday 8 ended. After Matchday 11, the Group Stage actions will be over and 6 teams will make it to the Playoffs.