Team Aster vs. EHOME Preview & Prediction - Free Dota 2 Betting Picks 7/25

Team Aster and EHOME will face each other in the upper bracket final of the DPL-CDA Professional League Season 2. The DPL-CDA Professional League Season 2 is one of the premier Dota 2 tournaments featuring the best Chinese Dota 2 teams. The tournament has a total prize pool of ¥1,300,000 CNY with ¥600,000 CNY reserved for the first-placed team. Team Aster and EHOME are undefeated in the playoffs and the winner of this series will advance to the Grand Final.

Team Aster Preview

Team Aster had a strong start to the tournament, finishing in the fourth place of the group stage. Team Aster won six matches and lost three to finish behind Vici Gaming, PSG.LGD and CDEC Gaming.

So far in the tournament playoffs, Team Aster is yet to lose a single game. The team won its series against Sparking Arrow Gaming and Vici Gaming with a 2-0 score.

Sccc and ChYuan are experienced players on the roster and the team has a very diverse pool of heroes. This diversity gives the team a massive advantage in the drafting phase. So far in the playoffs, Team Aster has used heroes like Phoenix, Enigma, Kunka and Elder Titan to name a few.

Team Aster is showing signs of improvement and its recent matches indicate a thorough understanding of the 7.27c gameplay meta. With the diversity in the players’ hero pool and the team’s momentum, Team Aster could emerge as a dark horse in the DPL-CDA Professional League Season 2.

EHOME Preview

EHOME barely scraped past to the playoffs. The team won four matches and lost five to complete the group stage just ahead of Invictus Gaming. EHOME ‘s roster includes players like Faith_bian, Sylar and NothingToSay. These players have been together on the squad for a long time. Some of the players such as Faith_bian and y` have been on EHOME since 2017. The duo define the team’s playstyle and are crucial to the players’ performance.

Despite the slow start to the team’s group stage run, EHOME has quickly bounced back in the latter stages of tournament. EHOME defeated Team ASter in its final match of the tournament. The team won against PSG.LGD and CDEC in the upper bracket despite off-meta picks like Techies.

Pick: Team Aster ML (+115 @ Bovada)

I am taking Team Aster to upset EHOME in the playoffs. While EHOME’s recent success has been noteworthy, the team is very inconsistent in its results. Aster’s stability and the team’s flexibility with the deep hero pools gives it a huge advantage. EHOME’s wins are sometimes based on off-meta and gimmicky hero picks such as Techies. These picks will not always work once their opponents figure out their playstyle.