Dota Pro Circuit 2021 Season 1 is scheduled to start on January 19th in the North American region. A total of 8 teams will participate in its Upper Division and at least 5 of them have real chances of qualifying to the first DPC Major. Of course, Evil Geniuses and Quincy Crew are the big favorites, but we shouldn't neglect the others: Sadboys, 4 Zoomers, and Undying. Dota Pro Circuit 2021 Season 1 NA Details The league takes place between January 19th – February 28th. The winner qualifies for the Major Playoffs. The runner-up qualifies for the Major Group Stage. The bottom 2 teams are relegated to the Lower Division. Everyone else remains in the Upper Division for the second season of DPC 2021 NA. Rewards A total of $205,000 and 1,150 Pro Circuit Points will be offered. The money will get distributed almost evenly, with the winner getting $30,000 and the 8th place team getting $22,000. But the DPC points is another matter. All of them will go to the top 5 competitors: 1st place: 500 2nd place: 300 3rd place: 200 4th place: 100 5th place: 50 Teams The 8 competitors that will take part in the tournament are the following: Evil Geniuses Quincy Crew 4 Zoomers Sadboys Undying Black N Yellow A-Team 5ManMidas Favorites Here's a brief analysis of the 5 favorites that will play in the Upper Division of Dota Pro Circuit 2021 Season 1 North America. Evil Geniuses Fly
After 6 months of absence from North American tournaments, Evil Geniuses is finally back. Since we last saw them, they made one roster change. RAMZES is gone and iceiceice has been brought in to replace him. This move will likely result in better teamplay because RAMZES was a carry player competing in the offlane position while iceiceice is a pure offlaner who knows exactly how to play that role. The other 4 players are all world-class, so I fully expect Evil Geniuses to dominate the league. Their only real rival is Quincy Crew. Quincy Crew MSS
Quincy Crew was the best team in North America last year, but we need to keep in mind one thing: this happened in the absence of Evil Geniuses. That tiny detail aside, QC played in 12 Grand Finals in 2020 and won 8 of them. Two of those losses came against EG, while Fly's team was still competing. Both of them happened in April.