This is a space where I put my predictions on upcoming matches. I predict based on my experience and the performance of Pro Teams — and I comment on every single one, with an aftermath added after each match.
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I want to go with Xtreme here. Aurora seems off in the PGL Wallachia Season 8. Xtreme looked spectacular against NAVI today, and they played fast. We're going with Ame to win.
XGBoth teams lost round 1. NAVI, on the other hand, actually looked good against XG before just losing a key teamfight. I'm going to NAVI here. The new Daze addition gives them better flexibility in support.
NAVIMaaan, such a hard match to predict. BetBoom is strong, but when they face Liquid, they look like a dog in the alley. I'm going with Team Liquid. Remember my words, though—they WILL make this harder than it needs to be.
LiquidWhat you get here
One pick per match. My honest read, written before the draft. No fluff, no hedging.
Prediction
Xtreme Gaming
My take
I want to go with Xtreme here. Aurora seems off in the PGL Wallachia Season 8. Xtreme looked spectacular against NAVI today, and they played fast. We're going with Ame to win.
Prediction
Natus Vincere
My take
Both teams lost round 1. NAVI, on the other hand, actually looked good against XG before just losing a key teamfight. I'm going to NAVI here. The new Daze addition gives them better flexibility in support.
Prediction
Team Liquid
My take
Maaan, such a hard match to predict. BetBoom is strong, but when they face Liquid, they look like a dog in the alley. I'm going with Team Liquid. Remember my words, though—they WILL make this harder than it needs to be.
MOUZ vs GamerLegion
Prediction
MOUZ
My take
Look, I love Ghost, but that Viper pick drives me insane. Why does this keep happening? MOUZ has that chaotic YOLO style that can work against a team that doesn't know what to do against it. GL with Ghost should be scary, but they need to stop forcing heroes that don't work. I'm going with MOUZ here. GL needs to figure out their draft identity before they can win a map against anyone serious.
Prediction
Team Falcons
My take
Spirit just beat Vici 2-1, which I got wrong—Yatoro went absolutely mad. But Falcons are a completely different beast. They suffocated Yandex in both maps and looked sharp. Spirit still doesn't have Collapse, and Batyuk just isn't on that level. I'm going with Falcons here. Spirit can't rely on Yatoro to 1v9 every single game.
Prediction
Team Yandex
My take
DM as a stand-in is a concern; I don't like this Aura type of offlaner. But SA rejects just don't have the firepower to punish them if they draft properly.
PARIVISION vs HEROIC
Prediction
PARIVISION
My take
PARI came in 2-0 against MOUZ and looked like they owned this patch. Heroic somehow beat Tundra 2-1 yesterday, which I did not expect. But boys, let's be real—Tundra without Pure are shells of themselves. PARI has been the most consistent team so far, and I fully believe this patch is made for them. I'm going to PARIVISION. Heroic got lucky yesterday, and PARI won't let them farm with 3 cores the way Tundra did.
Prediction
Virtus.pro
My take
Both 0-1. Tundra lost to Heroic, which is embarrassing—Largo got picked 3 times in a row, and they just didn't adjust. VP got 2-0'd by BetBoom, which is a 9-0 head-to-head now, so that tells you everything. I'm going to Tundra. Yes, Pure is missing, but VP is genuinely in a rough spot right now. They can't find any angle against basically anyone. Tundra will wake up here.
PGL Wallachia 2026 Season 818 Apr8Prediction
Xtreme Gaming
My take
A tough match to predict, boys… NAVI looked unstopable in the qualifiers for DreamLeague, but so did Xtreme Gaming. I am going to go with Ame and the boys, just because I believe that they are way more experienced, and NAVI has a tendency to lose the games in an important tournament.
✓ Aftermath
You see, NAVI plays a beautiful dota, right? They picked that Lycan offlane in map 1 and DESTROYED the mid-game, but what happened next? Well, Xtreme just stood there and farmed, and after that they won a team fight, and they won the game.
Prediction
Vici Gaming
My take
I don't believe AT ALL in Team Spirit. Collapse is missing from the squad, and based on what I saw in the PREMIER SERIES, they have some real issues to fix. Yatoro can't win 1v9, and I don't believe they are capable of beating Vici Gaming (which is the first time on a LAN in 7 years).
✗ Aftermath
Man, you can't doubt Yatoro, I swear to God. He won 1v9. As for Vici Gaming, that's what happens when you try to go late-game against a team that always goes to late-game. What did you think was going to happen?
Prediction
GamerLegion
My take
You can call me insane; you can say whatever you want. But I believe that GamerLegion will beat Team Liquid here. Boxi is out; they BARELY won the qualifier. On the other hand, we have GamerLegion with Ghost, which destroyed any competition that they had (didn't lose a single map in their qualifiers).
✗ Aftermath
That's what I don't like about GamerLegion. Why do they always pick this Viper carry for Ghost? It simply doesn't work, especially against a team like Team Liquid.
Prediction
Aurora Gaming
My take
It's a pity that Pain Gaming released its roster, but even with a tag, SA Rejects wouldn't have had a chance against Aurora Gaming. I believe that Aurora is just too good in the 5-man Dota, which SA Rejects clearly miss.
✓ Aftermath
It's actually insane that Aurora lost a map, to be honest. They wanted to try this tiny pick and got ragdolled by a fast push.
PARIVISION vs MOUZ
Prediction
PARIVISION
My take
PARIVISION looked unstoppable in the PREMIER SERIES. They didn't lose a single map and won in the grand finals 3:0. I believe they will ragdoll MOUZ and win easily just because they are way better at stopping this kind of YOLO style that MOUZ has.
✓ Aftermath
Clean game by PARIVISION. If you ask me, it looks like the patch really favors them. I like their playstyle, and I think they are one of the favorites to win the PGL Wallachia Season 8.
Prediction
BetBoom Team
My take
I'm going with BetBoom to win. BUT, remember my words, these guys will throw AT LEAST one map. I don't know why or how they do this, but they always seem to lose the unlosable games.
✓ Aftermath
Every time when BetBoom plays against VP, they win without any chances. Head-to-head matches are 9-0 for BetBoom. I don't know, somehow VP can't play against them. It's a pity that they played so many times and they never found any angle against them.
Prediction
Team Yandex
My take
I'm going with Team Yandex to win. Yes, I am upset that DM is playing as a stand-in again for them, but even with that, Yandex is just on another level when it comes to execution. I don't believe Falcons can drag these games into super late-game scenarios, but even there they can still lose.
✗ Aftermath
What a sad draft from Yandex… Why the hell do you pick this Alchemist 2 times? Who is going to carry the game? Chira_Junior on his invoker? Or maybe Pangolier? Props to Falcons for capitalizing on the game and just suffocating Yandex in both maps.
Prediction
Tundra Esports
My take
Even if Pure is not on the team, I believe Tundra is still stronger than Heroic. Man, Heroic has this weird style where ALL 3 cores just want to farm; Tundra will not let them do that.
✗ Aftermath
Wow…actually Heroic could've won the second game as well, but they threw as usual. I don't know, Tundra looks squishy without Pure, and this Largo picked 3 times in a row.
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