Outsiders vs Talon Esports Prediction: Whose Ambitious Carry to be Stronger?

One of the most important international Dota 2 tournaments, the PGL Arlington Major 2022, will begin on Friday, August 5. Outsiders and Talon Esports will play in the first round of the group stage.

PGL Arlington Major 2022 - an international cyber-sports tournament in Dota 2 with the status of the major. The contest in the U.S. will be the second and final major event of the 2021/22 DPC cycle. The top 17 teams from around the world will compete for $500,000 and 4,570 DPC points from August 04-14.

The long-suffering Bears are finally reaching their peak form. The Russian team's DPC spring tour was awful. In the first game, the carry Pure was disqualified for drawing on the map, and he was kicked out of the organization.

VP kept silent for a long time and announced their rescue plan at the beginning of the summer tour. The legendary RAMZES666 returned to his home team. Many no longer believed in Roman, but he proved that he was ready to break into the elite of the DOTA scene again. Outsiders sensationally won the Eastern European DPC League summer tour, beating NaVi and Team Spirit in the championship replay. Notably, the Bears only lost to NaVi in the regular season, but the VP players reported feeling sick.

The full roster of Outsiders must come to the United States. All of the Russian players received visas, which means that VPs will do their best. Towards the end of the summer tour, the guys made a crazy run. We hope they will carry that over to the majors.

The Russian team has a tough group, and Fnatic now looks like the opponent from whom the well-coordinated team has to take points. If Outsiders want to make the playoffs, winning this game is a must.

Outsiders is a tag created by Virtus.pro after the start of Russia's special operation in Ukraine since Virtus.pro's ownership group has ties to the sanctioned companies and individuals. Outsiders tag was created as a neutral name for the team and now gives it the right to participate in major cybersports tournaments.

Talon Esports, an Asian project, is finally paying off. 23savage, top carry, got the team out of the second division and immediately got himself and his teammates the first-ever major and vice-champion title in the elite division of the Asian Regional DPC League. Moreover, the guys played a re-match with BOOM Esports for first place, plus they are the only ones to beat the champions in Asia.

But not the full Talon Esports lineup made it to the U.S. majors. With the visa, the fourth position Q failed, which led to a replacement. Xepher from T1 came to the rescue. Worth noting that this is the former teammate of main star 23savage. Before the major, Talon Esports played a closed qualification for another international tournament in August, ESL One Malaysia 2022. The guys got a slot, thanks to the rejection of some team. So the Asian region received a second gift slot for the main event, but their playing leaves much to be desired. It's as if after the vice-championship in Asia, 23savage's star turned on again and became unbearable for his team, just like it was a year ago in T1. Major will show whether the Asian squad is ready and spirited now.

Talon Esports is a Hong Kong-based eSports organization that broke into the Dota 2 world in November 2021. It started ambitiously: the signing of Fly and Gabbi sounded formidable, but the star-studded lineup couldn't even make it out of the second division, which immediately forced the "stars" to leave this project. Not from the first time the team passed the open qualifications, in the first round, and even became the fifth in the lower leagues, but the organization did not immediately shut down the project. It just started to act differently, to form a different lineup, which gave the result.

The big move of the first position 23savage from T1 was an important aspect that helped the team take second place in the second division at the end of the second DPC league spring round and get a ticket to the elite, where the guys are going to show us their power if you can call it that. The roster after the spring and summer rounds has not changed. The team did not play anywhere else and systematically prepared for the American majors and qualified for TI11.

We expect Outsiders to win. Also, you can consider their frags handicap (-11.5) on map 1 and frags total over (45.5) on map 2.

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