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]]>EXTREMUM were last seen competing in the Dota 2 esports scene in April, when they finished as runners-up at the SIGUL Pro League with a Kazakhstani-Russian squad consisting of Vladislav “BLACKARXANGEL” Ivaschenko, Fedor “velheor” Rusikhin, Abdimalik “Malik” Sajlau, Sergey Alexandrovich “G” Bragin (also known as “God”) and Egor “.Ark” Zhabotinskii.
Shortly after, EXTREMUM quietly benched their entire roster without providing any further information about the move. While none of the players actively searched for a new club following the benching, the team’s former captain, BLACKARXANGEL, joined Khan on loan at the start of June.
EXTREMUM remained quiet about their plans for the future until Sunday, when they unveiled their new Dota2 roster. The team also revealed they had parted ways with one of the five inaugural members, .Ark.
The new EXTREMUM Dota2 team will feature two inaugural members in G and velheor, who will join forces with ex-Nemiga members Maxim “mellojul” Pnyov and Dimitry “Nefrit” Tarasich as well as Russian veteran Vasily “AfterLife” Shishkin.
This marks the first major roster rebuild for EXTREMUM since the team’s establishment in December 2019. They have achieved a handful of solid Tier 3 results in their short history, including a gold medal at the Kyivstar Autumn Cup, silver at SECTOR: MOSTBET DOTA 2 Season 1, a top-three finish at Epic Challenger League Season 1 and the aforementioned second placing at the SIGUL Pro League.
It remains to be seen how the freshened-up roster will perform, but there is no denying EXTREMUM have built a much more competitive team this time out with velheor, G and AfterLife as three veterans in the scene. It is not yet known who will take over as captain, but it’s highly likely that either AfterLife or G will take on the role.
AfterLife started his Dota2 career in September 2013 and has since played for over a dozen teams, including Team Spirit, Vega Squadron, Gambit Esports and Winstrike. G has over 10 years of experience playing Dota esports and has featured for some of the strongest teams in the scene, such as Moscow Five, Darer, LGD.Int, Virtus.pro, Team Empire, Vega Squadron and Team Spirit.
G also appeared at the first five iterations of The International. His best placements came in 2011 with Moscow Five and 2015 with Virtus.pro, finishing in fifth-sixth place on both occasions.
EXTREMUM have yet to unveil what will happen with Abdimalik “Malik” Sajlau, who is currently an inactive member of the team. It’s likely EXTREMUM will either cut him from the team or look to transfer him elsewhere.
Throughout the rebuilding process, EXTREMUM kept ahold of their head coach, Anatoly “boo1k” Ivanov, who will remain with the team as they open a new chapter.
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]]>Rocketlauncher$ ($2.33) have had an uphill battle in the CS:GO GG.Bet Winter Cup group stage, where they struggled to make much noise, yet still edged past EXTREMUM in the decider match to earn the second seed and a meeting with Ambush Esports. The team consists of two former Team Questo players Peter “Shhhack” Belej and Michal “Emenk” Belej, who joined forces with
Pere “sausol” Solsona Saumell and two former Movistar Riders members Aitor “SOKER” Fernández and Raúl “DeathZz” Jordán.
So far this tournament, Rocketlauncher$ have had a bumpy road, with some inconsistent results, considering they lost to EXTREMUM (1-2) in the opening match of the group stage and barely made it past Team Brute (2-1), but then they followed that up with an impressive win against EXTREMUM (16-14 and 16-5) and close bout with FATE Esports (2-3).
Just like their Thursday’s opponents, Ambush Esports ($1.51) struggled to shine in the group stage, where they started strong with a 2-0 win against SJ Gaming but fell flat against Phoenix (1-2) and SKADE (1-2) to finish with a 1-2 record, which sat them at an underwhelming third place.
While not all too promising record, Ambush had their moments of greatness, as they got extremely close to defeating SKADE and even put up a solid fight against Phoenix. However, it’s easy to spot Ambush can be very inconsistent with their performances.
Out of their last 20 matches, Ambush on average lost 10 rounds in their losses, meaning they win barely 5-6 rounds in fixtures they end up losing. On the other side, in matches they win, Ambush on average lose 10.81 rounds, which suggests they are a hit-or-miss team when it comes to predicting their results.
Comparing them to Rocketlauncher$, we have one big concern for the favourites. Their best map is Inferno, where Ambush won eight out of their last 16 fixtures (50% win rate). On the other side, Rocketlauncher$ played only two fixtures on Inferno but won them both.
Furthermore, Ambush are playing with a stand-ins Danni “smF” Dyg and Sebastian “larsen” Larsen both of whom have been struggling with their performance with their new team.
All things considered, we believe this match will be much closer than what the odds suggest. Rocketlauncher$ had some iffy displays in the group stage, but the inconsistency of Ambush and their map pool leads us to believe Rocketlauncher$ have a solid chance at winning here. We believe Rocketlauncher$ can win at least one map, but with generous odds on the outright market, we will take our chances and predict Rocketlauncher$ to triumph.
EXTREMUM ($2.31) are entering their bout with SKADE ($1.52) as heavy underdogs which is not all too surprising, considering they have struggled with their performance throughout the group stage. Looking back, EXTREMUM defeated Rocketlauncher$ (2-1) but fell flat against FATE (1-2) and against Rocketlauncher$ (0-2) in their second meeting. While their 1-2 defeat against FATE would make it seem like EXTREMUM did a good job fighting off the first seeded team, we can’t look past the fact EXTREMUM lost map two and three 7-16 and 4-16 respectively.
SKADE on the other side had a slightly better run in their group stage venture, where they started with a 0-2 loss to Phoenix, but later found their rhythm as they defeated Ambush (2-1), SJ Gaming (2-1) and put up a solid fight in a rematch against Phoenix (2-3). While SKADE had their moments, we are a bit concerned with their tendency to drop at least one map, however, we have to consider that 28.6% of their last 35 matches ended in 2-0 win.
Based on the map pool of the two teams we predict SKADE will pick Overpass, where EXTREMUM hold onto a disastrous 17% win rate and are on a five-game losing streak. EXTREMUM on the other side will most likely pick Mirage where they are holding a 57% win rate, however, it’s worth noting SKADE won 62% of their matches on Mirage. The map pool clearly points towards a dominant win for SKADE as they simply don’t have a weak map EXTREMUM could exploit. As we see it SKADE should win and a clean sweep is a very likely outcome.
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