{"id":35968,"date":"2024-05-27T00:36:40","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T04:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=35968"},"modified":"2024-05-27T00:36:40","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T04:36:40","slug":"team-falcons-claim-back-to-back-dreamleague-titles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/team-falcons-claim-back-to-back-dreamleague-titles\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Falcons claim back-to-back DreamLeague titles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Team Falcons claimed a resounding victory at <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/dota-2\/dreamhack-dreamleague\/\" title=\"DreamLeague betting guide\">DreamLeague Season 23<\/a>, sweeping Gaimin Gladiators 3-0 in the grand final.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being relegated to the lower bracket earlier in the tournament, Falcons battled back and showcased their dominance with a flawless <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/dota-2\/\" title=\"Dota 2 betting guide\">Dota 2<\/a> performance.<\/p>\n<p>Their journey to the top began with a decisive win over BetBoom Team in the lower bracket.<\/p>\n<p>Although BetBoom had quickly adapted to the significant new patch released during the event, Falcons muscled through to a 2-1 victory.<\/p>\n<p>The grand final started explosively, with Falcons dominating the first match.<\/p>\n<p>Andreas &#8220;Cr1t-&#8221; Nielsen&#8217;s performance on his signature Hoodwink was pivotal, helping the team secure a swift 25-minute victory.<\/p>\n<p>In game two, the Gladiators tried an unconventional strategy with a Wraith King carry.<\/p>\n<p>While initially promising, this tactic faltered against Falcons&#8217; crowd control-heavy composition, leading to a slow loss for the Gladiators.<\/p>\n<p>Game three was the Gladiators last hope for redemption.<\/p>\n<p>The team, struggling to replicate their success from 2023, once again opted for a perplexing draft reliant on dying cores.<\/p>\n<p>Falcons capitalized on this, securing a clean 3-0 sweep to win the championship.<\/p>\n<p>Falcons&#8217; victory at DreamLeague Season 23 earned them $300,000 and a guaranteed invite to the Riyadh Masters 2024.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A big Congratulations to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FalconsEsport?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FalconsEsport<\/a>, our <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DreamLeague?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DreamLeague<\/a> Season 23 powered by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IntelGaming?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@IntelGaming<\/a> Champions!! \ud83c\udfc6<\/p>\n<p>They&#39;ve just earned themselves $300,000! \ud83d\udcb0 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xMRavB5sey\">pic.twitter.com\/xMRavB5sey<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ESL Dota2 (@ESLDota2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESLDota2\/status\/1794784769357553962?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Their dominant performance, including an undefeated upper bracket run, underscored their supremacy in the current Dota 2 season.<\/p>\n<p>Had they not drawn their group series against Shopify Rebellion, Falcons would have achieved a complete event sweep.<\/p>\n<p>Support star Jingjun &#8220;Sneyking&#8221; Wu attributed their success to focusing on the fundamentals of Dota.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA big reason why I think we\u2019re a strong team is because we focus on the fundamentals,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Cr1t- emphasized the importance of simplicity in adapting to the mid-tournament Patch 7.36.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost of the stuff in this patch is just yolo\u2019ing it and [using] what you think is good as long as there\u2019s some logic,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>Falcons mid-laner Stanislav &#8220;Malr1ne&#8221; Potorak was a standout, amassing 46 kills and just five deaths over the three games.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Gaimin Gladiators&#8217; efforts, they could not match Falcons&#8217; relentless aggression and strategic prowess.<\/p>\n<p>With this victory, Falcons secured back-to-back DreamLeague titles and their fourth tier-one tournament win in 2024, adding to their triumphs at BetBoom Dacha Dubai and <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/dota-2\/esl-one-birmingham\/\" title=\"ESL One Birmingham betting guide\">ESL One Birmingham<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The conclusion of DreamLeague Season 23 confirmed the eight invited teams for the Riyadh Masters: Falcons, BetBoom, Gaimin Gladiators, Xtreme Gaming, Tundra Esports, OG, Team Liquid, and Team Spirit, with the remaining play-in squads to be determined by ESL Pro Tour rankings.<\/p>\n<p>As the Dota 2 community looks ahead to the <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/gamers8\/riyadh-masters\/\" title=\"Riyadh Masters betting guide\">Riyadh Masters<\/a> in July and TI 2024, Falcons&#8217; impeccable form positions them as the favourites to lift the Aegis.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/news\/\" class=\"contentLinkBtn\">More esports news<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Team Falcons claimed a resounding victory at DreamLeague Season 23, sweeping Gaimin Gladiators 3-0 in the grand final.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":34324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17,3139,2401,2426],"class_list":["post-35968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-dota-2","tag-dreamhack-dreamleague","tag-gaimin-gladiators","tag-team-falcons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35968"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35968"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35973,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35968\/revisions\/35973"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}