Talon Esports vs Blacklist International Prediction: the Clash of the Main Favorites

Prediction for the Dota DPC SEA 2023 Tour 1: Division I match, which will take place on January 16th. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Talon Esports is still a team from the Asian region to participate in the major. Still, they started with a creaky start: they lost to their rivals from Execration (0:2). They won with a comeback over BOOM Esports (2:0), while the latter were bookmakers' favorites in a clash with the team 23savage.

Talon Esports failed to qualify for the TI11 playoffs, dropping out at the end of the group stage. The team needed to be replaced, and the organization looked for reinforcements. The team's new leader will be Jabz, who moved here from Fnatic. The second newcomer is the player in the fifth position from China - Oli. Although Malaysian, the Majors winner has spent four years playing for Invictus Gaming in China, he returned to his native Asia after seeing what the Chinese scene state is.

Undoubtedly, Talon Esports improved, but a few days before the season's start needed to be more confident held the Mansion Invitational tournament. Their playing isn't stable, but it's too early to bury the team. They have the potential to show with each round.

The main favorites of the Asian region started with a forced but still victory over the Bleed Esports team (2:1). The most important win, especially considering that the opponent looks very strong in the game right now. Fnatic is a principled opponent ahead, but the legendary team now looks awful, no matter how we observe a repeat of the fate of TNC, although Fnatic does not have the weakest composition.

Blacklist International is a new team in the Asian region that has signed a stellar Filipino roster of players: Raven, Karl, Kuku, TIMS, and eyyou. TIMS became the team leader, so Kuku could safely do his performance and not fly out on a personal performance.

All the players last season played for different top teams: Fnatic, T1, and BOOM Esports. The five of you coached and played for Polaris Esports all last year, and in 2019 with TIMS and Kuku played for TNC Predator, that lineup was the flagship of the Asian scene.

Many experts are already predicting this team almost a championship. Still, this team has shown middling results at the Mansion Invitational secondary tournament. Still, everyone understands that all leaders have priority for the DPC league, and no one reveals strategies. They got a slot in the elite, thanks to the purchase from the RSG team.

The match is exciting in the Asian region as it's almost a fight for the championship in the first round, although in SEA begins only the second game week.

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