Gladiators Struggle at ESL One Birmingham 2024: Team’s Performance Causes Concerns

Before the final round of the group stage ESL One Birmingham 2024 on dot 2 Gladiators take last place. In four rounds, Anton’s schedule dyrachyo Shkredova won only two points, that is, out of eight maps, only two were won. Yes, the Gladiators didn’t shine at previous tournaments, but it’s one thing to not shine and be in the top 5, but it’s another thing to be the most worse in the competition. We will talk about the problems of the team in the Cybersport.ru article.

Of the six maps given to Gladiators at the tournament, only one made it into the deep late game (50+ minutes). In most cases, the team conceded defeat in general around the 35th minute, which means that it was already crushed on the lines and in the middle game

In addition, it is strange that scales were sometimes played where, in theory, they should not be. Let’s take the first map against Xtreme, which is not in the best shape right now. How, with a peak on the right hand, could you first give up so much? We will now explain:

• The Gladiators light line with the powerful Io + CK combination did not live up to its potential. Moreover, in a special case, questions should be sent to Seleri, who brought the first blood out of nowhere.
• Quinn played passively, unlike his opponent on Keeper of the Light.
• Ace dominated his lane for a while, but Xtreme threw everything there and killed Ax several times.
• The Gladiators played slower and did not have time to catch the opponent’s draw. In one of the early fights in the bot series, the entire Gladiators roster went to Ax’s aid, but they arrived when the shooter was already dead. As a result, the Chinese, having gathered in good time, took away the gift of dyrachyo.
• Xtreme increased the pressure on Ax, putting off his time and getting a good start. Without their launcher, the Gladiators could not fight and just scattered across the map, dying from time to time.

There is a complete mix of individual and team errors. Basically, early game Gladiators should be built around a solid strong lane and a rich ax that can quickly get the items they need and advance the team. However, the European roster could not give Ace this move to the middle of the early game, selling the “three” several times without exchange. And without a strong ax, the Gladiators had no Plan B at all.

Here, the Gladiators to some extent put themselves into a trap even in the version: Seleri played a character who is connected to the series and cannot help, and Quinn played Zeus, who, of course, can helped with his final draws, but early. because it is full of your lord. In addition, the middle player of Gladiators does not play very confidently on Zeus himself. And here the problem of the narrowness of his pool appears.

• On all eight maps of the tournament, opponents banned Pangolier.
• Quinn won the only two maps of the tournament on his other mark, Leshrac.
• Now Leshrac is always banned.

Gladiators tried to play with the Keeper of Light – one of the biggest meta-laners in the tournament, who can be an early stage player. But Quinn has only two games with the character in his entire career, and the second one was just at this tournament – as you can see, KotL was not the most successful.

But the Gladiators may have held the series well and entered the mid-game with an advantage, what could go wrong? And here the second map against Xtreme can be a good picture.

A 6 mile advantage in the 13th minute against Chaos Knight and Slardar is a good basis for a confident victory by the 30th minute. That’s just…

• Gladiators, with Io, for some reason performed poorly in macro: the team’s first Roshan was stolen and their T3 tower was completely demolished in exchange for T2. The Chinese simply outnumbered their opponent in moves.
• The team fights looked even more awkward. Basically, the Gladiators’ job was to buff Gyrocopter in every way possible, stand in the distance and watch while the dyrachyo demolishes the base, but be ready to help him . Now look at the next screen.

• Yes, Gladiators players stood under one Echo Stomp from an Elder Titan and just fell asleep (with toOfu taking pictures) while their bear died. Why this happened at all is a million dollar question.
• And there were many mistakes like that in team fights and when they were approaching a hill. Gladiators, for example, could not knock down Bane’s ultimate across the entire map. It would seem that Zeus could have just collected the Aghanim’s Rail Rod, but he only got this artifact when Bane collected his own Aghanim as well.
• The time at which the game was decided is also indicative. 50th minute. Standing near Roshan. Centaur Warrunner already has a “card” save, which in theory could be a response to Xtreme’s explosion, allowing Gyrocopter to survive the attack and shoot everyone. But Techies exposed himself to the skills of the opponent, losing 80% of his HP – all his saves were spent, including the “card”, and the Chinese attacked Gyrocopter immediately. Result: support with buyback is saved, behavior without buyback is lost *prehistoric wat meme should be here*.

As a result, it is difficult to blame one person for the failure of Gladiators. Team members perform poorly on their own, and they also mix this with general team loss and disorganization. We haven’t seen Gladiators like this before. Even the team itself does not understand why this is happening.

The Gladiators still have a theoretical shot at the playoffs, but it’s hard to imagine what they had to do overnight to completely rebuild. It feels like only patches can help the team get out of this uncontrollable fall. We hope she can return to her previous form.