Shopify Rebellion vs Team SoloMid Prediction: Battle for North America's Top 1

On January 28, Shopify Rebellion and Team SoloMid will play their next match in Dota Pro Circuit 2023 for North America. We'll find out which team will be stronger soon enough.

Team Arteezy made it to the majors in Lima without much difficulty. Six series wins, not a single lost map, and total dominance in every series.

Statistically, this is the most dominant team in all the top divisions of the DPC leagues. Shopify Rebellion makes 33.5 kills and 80 assists per map, averages under 30 minutes, and players die less than 13 times. All players rank in the top 10 for KDA, support leads in assists and wards are taken/placed, and main role characters lead in kills, gold production, and experience.

Shopify Rebellion does not adhere to a single style and is willing to play any strategy. SaberLight plays both summoners and initiators. Arteezy originally played on greedy characters without the ability to connect in fights, but each new series takes characters with the ability to connect. Cr1t shows simply phenomenal numbers: he engages in an average of 80% of team kills while dying 2.17 times per map. His average KDA is 11.

But you must realize that Shopify Rebellion had been dealing with tier-3 teams before this day. The meeting with Team SoloMid will be central in this region, for it is the only opponent capable of giving battle to the Fly team.

After the reshuffle, Team SoloMid was left with only Timado, Bryle, and MoonMeander in the trainer slot. Newcomers kasane on the offlane and Ari and Whitemon on the support have integrated well into the new team and have already won their way to the majors in Peru. Six wins, winning 12 out of 13 maps.

SaberLight's former Team SoloMid line-up favored offlane characters with the option of going into third bark. This is not a summoner with push-potential, not an initiator, but specifically a third core character like Night Stalker, Dawnbreaker, Nature's Prophet, Doom or Mars. The strategy worked if the Czech won his line and could keep the tempo on the snowball. On the other hand, Kasane prefers a quick flush of builds through summoners. This gives fewer options in the league, but Team SoloMid is more likely to dominate the laning and easier to control Roshan and the important targets.

The team plays the usual draft picks through active snappers, a mid, a self-sufficient offlaner and a greedy carry. Team SoloMid feels good against local teams at default moments, but the battle against Shopify Rebellion will be special.

The encounter is certainly central to North America. The two teams playing in the majors will be competing for the region's top 1. They have no history of head-to-head encounters in their current line-ups, so it remains a matter of judging by circumstantial evidence. Team SoloMid was already one step away from winning the BTS Pro Series Americas: Season 13. Shopify Rebellion is rumored to be training with top teams from Europe and the CIS. Both teams have dominated their region. The Arteezy team tried to finish quicker and did a lot of effective fighting, and the Timado squad was more focused on its own space and control of facilities. But the current form of Shopify Rebellion's players is simply astounding, so it makes sense to believe in this team.