The Best Dota 2 Teams at TI10 Qualifiers

Unfortunately, even though a lot of China's best Dota 2 teams have already received a direct invite to TI10, Elephant still has a tough road ahead of them. Royal Never Give Up and EHOME are both perennial contenders that could peak at just the right time. Western Europe If OG can rally and qualify for TI10, their chances of winning a third straight TI will be high. Team Nigma OG Team Liquid If China has a lot of talented Dota 2 teams, then Europe has two lineups that are literally championship caliber.

OG, even with Anathan "ana" Pham and Jesse "JerAx" Vainikka, are still a pretty scary bunch. Even though the team was never able to pull it together the entire year, OG is just as good as they've ever been. You could even argue that they're better now skill-wise. Syed Sumail "SumaiL" Hassan is a TI winner and is now OG's carry. Meanwhile, Martin "Saksa" Sazdov is one of the few supports to ever reach 8K MMR in 2015 and 10K MMR in 2020.

Even so, OG has a tough road ahead of them at the TI10 qualifiers in Europe. Kuro "KuroKy" Salehi Takhasomi is definitely gunning for his 10th straight TI appearance with Team Nigma and Team Liquid will want to make its second straight TI with the same lineup.

Regardless of who ends up walking away from Europe with a ticket to play in Stockholm in August, you can expect the TI10 qualifiers in Europe to be a bloodbath. North America Jonathan Bryle Santos De Guia is one of the youngest professional Dota 2 players on an active roster. Undying No offense to the other Dota 2 teams in North America. Undying has no competition there. sadboys just lost Clinton "Fear" Loomis and Danylo "Kingrd" Nascimento while 4 Zoomers is a glorified pub stack.

We'd definitely be surprised if Undying doesn't join Evil Geniuses in August. South America South America's TI10 spot at the regional qualifiers is as good as NoPing e-sports'. NoPing e-sports Similar to North America, NoPing e-sports has no competition in South America. Both SG e-sports and Infamous could get NoPing e-sports a run for its money, but we highly doubt it. NoPing e-sports was just one win away from booking their spot at The International 10. Had it not had to face off against Evil Geniuses, NoPing e-sports would definitely have had enough points to secure a direct TI10 invite. Southeast Asia TNC Predator will need to reign themselves in to qualify for TI10 and make a deep run there. Talent can only get you so far. TNC Predator Fnatic It took the team a while to build chemistry, but once they did, T1 quickly established itself as one of the best Dota 2 teams in the world. The runner-ups of the WePlay AniMajor left Fnatic and TNC Predator in the proverbial dust, leaving the two Southeast Asian powerhouses to have to claw their way for a spot at The International 10.

Of these two Dota 2 teams, our bet is on Fnatic to make it to TI10. For all the talent on the roster of TNC Predator, the team just isn't the same without a steady captain at its helm. Eastern Europe A 4-time Major winner, RAMZES666 will want to qualify for TI10 for a chance to hoist the Aegis of Champions. Team Spirit If we're being honest, the only reason why we picked Team Spirit is that it had the most DPC points in the CIS region outside of Virtus.pro. However, this doesn't mean the team has the best chances out of all CIS teams to make it to TI10. Lest we forget, Natus Vincere boasts the services of the trio of Vladimir "RodjER" Nikogosian, Roman "RAMZES666" Kushnarev, and Vladimir "No[o]ne" Minenko, which won at least four Majors while part of Virtus.pro from 2017 until 2019.

Both of these two Dota 2 teams will also have to worry about AS Monaco Gambit, Team Unique, HellRaisers, and NoTechies, all of which are pretty stacked with talent despite the relative lack of success this season.

Next to Western Europe, Eastern Europe should be the most competitive TI10 regional qualifiers.