Dota Professional Circuit Division 2 groups have been usually poorly regarded and thought of amateurs in DPC. This may sound a bit unusual contemplating that they’re technically within the high 16 groups of their respective areas. For instance Nigma Galaxy, a staple within the Division 2 bracket throughout this DPC (2021-22) season, however a powerhouse in their very own proper.
Nigma is arguably probably the most highly-anticipated crew to make their re-entry into Division 1 subsequent season. They’re the previous Worldwide 7 Champions in any case and with the latest recruitment of Syed Sumail “SumaiL” Hassan. Now this crew is absolutely stacked with profitable champions .
Excessive-profile gamers apart, maybe what makes Nigma such a controversial crew is their efficiency. For one, it’s evident that Nigma doesn’t belong in Division 2 after they made it out twice. Nonetheless, they nonetheless wrestle to remain afloat in Division 1, which is a trigger for concern since that’s seven groups they misplaced to. Alongside Nigma, is Into The Breach, which deserves larger applause because it’s their first debut in Division 1. They’ve fallen brief twice in two excursions, however third time’s the appeal. DPC apart, ITB’s subsequent purpose could be to qualify for the Worldwide 11 (TI11) through regional qualifiers, that are hoarded by many formidable powerhouses for certain.
One other crew with related aspirations is Invictus Gaming, whereby they’re an old-school roster with a formidable efficiency final 12 months. Nonetheless, they fell off large time after TI10 and even struggled to make it again into Division 1 in the course of the second Tour. Whereas it’s a sight for sore eyes to see IG return to the larger stage, the competitors in Division 1 has been relentless. In the course of the DPC China Tour 3, there was a possible four-way tiebreaker for the 2nd-4th place, which is a testomony to how aggressive Chinese language groups are. At IG’s present state, they probably gained’t stand an opportunity in opposition to the large gamers, resembling PSG.LGD, Workforce Aster, Aster.Aries, and just lately Xtreme Gaming.
The truth is, IG needs to be very involved as they didn’t safe first place, and was second to CDEC Gaming. CDEC made their debut this tour as an open qualifier crew, which makes it much more spectacular that they qualify for Division 1 this rapidly. Now, we could have been harsh to start with, nevertheless it’s true to a sure extent. As DPC Tour 3 Division 2 involves an finish, let these unimpressive titles wash away. These groups deserve the popularity as Division 1 groups heading into DPC 2022-23.
It might be extremely shocking if any of those 2 groups finally ends up going again to division 2 within the following excursions, simply by the caliber of their gamers. Nigma, particularly, has heavy expectations for them to remain afloat after choosing up SumaiL. After the entire debacle concerning ESL One Malaysia 2022’s unreasonable alternative of crew invitations, Nigma has quite a bit to show that they’re well worth the invite. Alternatively, Invictus Gaming’s schedule is totally free for a few months as they’ve to attend till the following tour to compete within the first division.
