Professional Dota 2 player Yegor ".Ark" Zhabotinskii shared his predictions for the final day of The International 12 (2023) exclusively for Telecomasia.net.
Ark believes that Gaimin Gladiators can beat LGD Gaming:
It's pretty clear that Gladiators are slightly stronger than LGD, I want to believe that Gladiators will win. I predict three intense maps with a lot of content and Gladiators will win 2:1.
In the finals, Zhabotinskii favored Team Spirit, which he initially considered the favorite to win:
Spirit have already proven that they are way better than anyone they have ever played with at this tournament. I don't believe in five maps, Spirit will win. I said it at the beginning of the tournament and I'm saying it now, I'm absolutely sure I'm right. The final score will be somewhere between 3:0 and 3:1.
In the lower bracket of the playoffs, Gaimin Gladiators defeated Azure Ray to advance to the loser's bracket finals. Spirit defeated LGD. Gladiators will face LGD on October 29 at 20:00 GMT+3, and then the winner will take on Spirit.
The International 12 takes place from October 12 to October 29 in a LAN format in Seattle, USA. The top 20 teams of the world take part in the event. The prize pool of the tournament reaches $3.1 million.
