Dota 2 TI3 Qualifiers: RGN's Predictions

 

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Valve has announced 13 direct invitations for this year's segment of The International 3 which will once again be held at Seattle, from August 7 - 11. With only 3 more slots up for grabs, 16 teams from both the Eastern & Western sides of the world will be battling out for the coveted spots.

 

Western Qualifiers:

The Western Qualifiers will be hosted by TheGDStudio, running from 13th May - 19th May 2013. 8 Western teams will be invited to battle it out. The winner will get a direct invitation while the runners-up will need to vie against the runners-up from the Eastern Qualifiers (in Seattle) for the 'Wildcard' slot. Here are RGN's predictions (in no particular order of merit):

 

Evil Geniuses

Empire

RoX.KIS

Mousesports

QPad Red Pandas

Kaipi

Absolute Legends

DD.Dota

 

Should Valve announce a similar list of teams for the Western Qualifiers, the likelihood is that either RoX.KIS or Evil Geniuses will take the top spot. However, with Empire recently announcing LightOfHeaven's addition to their roster, their gameplay is still unknown & could surprise all of their opponents in this qualifier.

 

Eastern Qualifiers:

The Eastern Qualifiers will be hosted by BeyondTheSummit, commencing on 20th May and it will end on the 26th May. 8 Eastern teams will be invited to battle it out. The winner will get a direct invitation while the runners-up will need to vie against the runners-up from the Western Qualifiers (in Seattle) for the 'Wildcard' slot. Here are RGN's predictions (in no particular order of merit):

 

Vici Gaming

TongFu

Rattlesnake

Risingstars

MitH-Trust

Neolution.International

First Departure

Mineski

 

If Valve announces a similar list of invited teams, Vici Gaming seems to be the hot favourites to come on top of this qualifier with their recent victories in the Netolic Pro League. TongFu (last year's Eastern Qualifiers winners) & Rattlesnake could prove to be a threat too.

 

In a nutshell, we'll definitely see a myriad of fantastic games from both qualifiers. These 16 teams will have their last throw of the dice & battle it out fervently for the 3 remaining spots. Stay tuned to RGN as we'll be giving you the latest updates regarding the qualifiers.