Dota 2 DPC Recap: Week 2 Upper Division

Week 2 of Dota Pro Circuit (DPC) is over. This week we started to witness some heated games versus some fan favorite teams. In this article, we will recap Week 2 of DPC and see where teams stand. You can find our week 1 recap here. For the format and the rules of the tournament check here.

Europe (EU)

This week in European region fans witnessed an epic game between Alliance and OG. OG was sure to get the victory with mega creeps on their side, however, Artsiom “fng” Barshak’s Nature Prophet constantly split push the lanes to prevent that. At the end, Alliance won that game. Other than that it was business as usual with some good teams plays from teams such as Team Secret which managed to climb to the first spot.

Games	Results
Liquid vs HCE	2-0
OG vs Tundra	2-1
HCE vs Tundra	0-2
Viking.gg vs Secret	0-2
[A] vs OG	2-0

Standing	Team Name	Series (W-L)	Rounds (W-L)
1.	Team Secret	2-0	4-1
2.	Team Nigma	2-0	4-2
3.	Team Liquid	2-0	5-2
4.	OG	2-1	4-4
5.	Alliance	1-1	3-2
6.	Tundra Esports	1-2	4-4
7.	Viking.gg	0-2	0-4
8.	High Coast Esports	0-3	1-6

China

Vici Gaming has the first spot which isn’t surprising while Team Aster getting 2 series wins still baffles some people. In the weeks to come, I expect these regions standings to shuffle quite a lot.

Games	Results
VG vs MagMa	2-0
Elephant vs Aster	0-2
Elephant vs LBZS	2-0
EHOME vs iG	1-2
PSG.LGD vs MagMa	2-0

Standing	Team Name	Series (W-L)	Rounds (W-L)
1.	Vici Gaming	2-0	4-0
2.	Team Aster	2-0	4-1
3.	Invictus Gaming	2-0	4-2
4.	PSG.LGD	2-1	5-2
5.	EHOME	1-1	3-2
6.	Elephant	1-2	3-4
7.	LBZS	0-3	0-6
7.	Team MagMa	0-3	0-6

North America (NA)

All of the series played in this region ended with a 2-0 dominance of one side. Evil Geniuses still hold the top spot and I won’t be surprised if this lasts throughout the week. 4 Zoomers, the team that was seen as one of the best of the region has the 6th spot.

Games	Results
4Z vs A-Team	2-0
UND vs 5MM	2-0
EG vs BNY	2-0
QC vs 4Z	2-0
SAD vs A-Team	2-0

Standing	Team Name	Series (W-L)	Rounds (W-L)
1.	Evil Geniuses	3-0	6-2
2.	Quincy Crew	2-0	4-0
2.	Undying	2-0	4-0
4.	SADBOYS	1-1	3-2
5.	Black N Yellow	1-1	2-3
6.	4 Zoomers	1-2	3-4
7.	5ManMidas	0-3	1-6
8.	A-Team	0-3	0-6

Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)

NAVI and Virtus.pro, the two top dogs of this region occupy the first and the second spots respectively. I don’t think this will change at all, however except a heated series between these two teams for the top spot.

Games	Results
EXTR vs Unique	2-1
VP vs LtW	2-0
Empire vs TSpirit	2-1
NAVI vs EXTR	2-1
TSpirit vs NT	1-2

Standing	Team Name	Series (W-L)	Rounds (W-L)
1.	Natus Vincere	3-0	6-1
2.	Virtus.pro	2-0	4-0
3.	Live to Win	1-1	2-2
4.	Team Empire	1-1	2-3
5.	Team Spirit	1-2	4-4
6.	EXTREMUM	1-2	35
7.	NoTechies	1-2	2-5
8.	Team Unique	0-2	1-4

Southeast Asia (SEA)

Neon Esports still has the first spot while Fnatic managed to snag the second spot. Competition in this region is fierce and I expect the standing spots to shuffle a lot in the coming weeks.

Games	Results
Vice vs TNC	0-2
XctN vs Fnatic	0-2
496 vs BOOM	1-2
TNC vs Neon	1-2
496 vs T1	1-2

Standing	Team Name	Series (W-L)	Rounds (W-L)
1.	Neon Esports	3-0	6-2
2.	Fnatic	2-0	4-0
3.	Execration	1-1	2-2
4.	BOOM Esports	1-1	2-3
4.	T1	1-1	2-3
6.	TNC Predator	1-2	3-4
7.	496 Gaming	1-3	5-6
8.	Vice Esports	0-2	0-4

South America (SA)

Fan favorite Beastcoast team still holds the top spot and I doubt that will change. Thunder Predator bounced from the backseats to the second spot.

Games	Results
UNK vs TP	0-2
EGB vs NoPing	0-2
INF vs UNK	1-2
bc vs DEF	1-2
SG vs TP	1-2

Standing	Team Name	Series (W-L)	Rounds (W-L)
1.	Beastcoast	3-0	6-0
2.	Thunder Predator	2-1	4-3
3.	Infamous	1-1	2-2
4.	Latam Defenders	1-1	2-3
4.	SG e-sports	1-1	2-3
6.	Team Unknown	1-2	3-4
7.	EgoBoys	1-2	3-5
8.	NoPing e-sports	0-2	2-4

Things are starting to heat in DPC 2021. Although some regions have clear top dogs that probably won’t lose their spot, other regions have fierce competition. Thanks for reading our week 2 recap of DPC and come back next week for our week 3 recap.