Dota 2: Favorites of The International 2019

#3 Virtus.pro

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Virtus.pro have been at the top of their game for the last few months and continue to assert their dominance as a Russian side in the Dota 2 professional scene. They are a very strong side who have managed to defeat Team Secret in The Kuala Lumpur Major and are a thriving side.

Their roster consists of leader RAMZES666 (Roman Kushnarev) as position one, No[o]ne (Vladimir Minenko) as position two, 9pasha (Pavel Khvastunov) as position three, RodjER (Vladimir Nikogosyan) as position four and Solo (Alexei Berezin) as position five.

Virtus.pro have been improving as a team year by year, and their performances have been sharp. However, the team has not managed to bring the Aegis home. This year it looks like VP will try to defeat all odds to win the tournament.

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#2 Vici Gaming

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Vici Gaming are probably the most in-form team in the entire list. They have won DreamLeague Season 11 after defeating VP 3-2 in the finals, and they have also managed to crush one of the best teams in Dota, Team.Liquid in the recent EPICENTER Major of 2019. Irrespective of their achievements, Vici Gaming are second on this list because of their previous records in big tournaments.

Their ability to handle intense pressure at key moments has let them down at times.

On the positive side, Vici are also the most disciplined team in this entire list. They play textbook Dota but at a very high level.

Their dedication and concentration is unparalleled and one cannot question their ability to close off games very early by taking all the objectives. Their roster consists of leader Fade (Pan Yi) as position four, Paparazi (Zhang Chengjun) as position one/two, Ori (Zeng Jiaoyang) as position one/two, Yang (Zhou Haiyang) as position three and Dy (Ding Cong) as position five.