Fnatic vs Gaimin Gladiators Prediction: Choosing the Asian Team

The International 2022 playoffs begin on Thursday, October 20, and will take place on the Singapore stage. Fnatic and Gaimin Gladiators will face each other in the lower bracket match.

The International 2022 is the year's main event in the cybersports discipline of Dota 2. This year's top 20 teams will battle it out in Singapore from October 15-30, 2022. The prize fund of the eleventh tournament in the tournament's history is more than 14 million dollars.

Fnatic: the Favorite of the Meeting

For a team from Southeast Asia, going to The International could claim to be a documentary. After the major in Arlington, Fnatic was 0.05 points behind in the DPC rankings, but due to recalculations from Valve, it moved up to 12th place and received the last ticket to TI11. The manager of the organization probably still can't believe such a scenario.

Many analysts admitted they did not believe in the team's triumphant performance at The International 11. The season's results did not inspire confidence. The team made misfires even in local tournaments in Southeast Asia and did not rank high there. The only stability was in the regional DPC leagues, but Fnatic dominated the players' experience. Almost all players, except Jaunuel, had been playing at the highest level for a long time, and Dj, Armel, and Jabz even had "major champions" status on their resumes. However, the grand victories happened before the coronavirus pandemic, and since then, none of the players has been able to repeat the success.

At The International 11, the team from Southeast Asia played evenly, but until the last series, they had every chance to reach the top net. On the fourth game day of the group stage, Fnatic was defeated by outsider Talon Esports but had they managed to grab at least a point in the regional derby, the Jabz team could have played a re-match for fourth place in the group. Notably, Fnatic won the series against Team Aster in Group B matches and fought on equal terms against Team Secret and Team Spirit. Raven is in good shape: his tournament average is 8.45 KDA (fourth in this indicator), 642 GPM (ninth in this indicator), and his signature Terrorblade has only lost on one map out of five. Armel is backing up the experienced curry with 9.6 kills per map (sixth in the rankings).

Fnatic's drafts are built with an emphasis on getting into the late. Predominantly meta characters are picked. The team is stable in the laning phase but occasionally has problems in the mid-game. Throughout the tournament, Fnatic has never once been able to cumulate a map from a large gap. In the group stage, the team from Southeast Asia lost the first meetings of the series more often than they won (4-6). But there is no margin for error in BO1, and Fnatic looks significantly stronger than their opponent in terms of their game form.

Gaimin Gladiators: Chances of Winning are Slim

The European team, played by Russian carry DyrachYO, has been impressive in the first half of 2022. Due to interesting strategies and poor playing form of the opponents, the team achieved the fourth place at the ESL One Stockholm Major, and before that in February they managed to win the regional final of the DPC league. However, already in summer Gaimin Gladiators couldn't even make it to the D2CL Season 13 finals, and nobody predicted victory for the Gladiators at the event in Singapore.

In the group stage of The International 11 the team could only defeat the clear outsiders BetBoom Esports and Soniqs. Throughout all of their matches in Group A, the team remained in the middle of the table, safe from relegation matches. However, the statistics show that the play of the team did not actually differ from the relegated opponents.

DyrachYO alternates good performance with a sharp failure, and the entire responsibility falls on the shoulders of the BOOM midfielder. He tries his best to create space for the whole team on the stable pool of Pangolier, Primal Beast and Ember Spirit, but in fact he makes fewer mistakes than others. On average, Gaimin Gladiators die 27 times per map, which is enough to explain his imperfect button-pushing and macro decision-making.

However, anything can happen in BO1 roulette. In the series against BetBoom Team, the European team twice managed to win back more than 10,000 in gold and turn the maps in their favor. But the team's main problem is its utter inability to exaggerate its own advantage after the lines. Therefore, even after a good liner, there is no guarantee that the Gladiators will not find a moment for their own ruin.

Expert Betting Tips

Fnatic is preferable to Gaimin Gladiators in many statistical respects and the Jabz team will have an advantage in fractions. Also, the Fnatic players will take the first Roshan.