The PGL Wallachia Season 2 Swiss stage is complete. Heading into the playoffs, let’s look at the team and hero statistics for the Swiss stage.
PGL Wallachia Season 2 is the first premier tournament of the 2024-2025 Dota 2 season. While not many of the tier 1 teams are in attendance, the tournament does fill the post-TI13 lull. Additionally, Dota 2 patch 7.37d was released just before the tournament, which makes things a little more interesting. We have already taken a look at how balance patch 7.37d has impacted the tournament.
The Swiss format is getting more popular in Dota 2 tournaments, and PGL Wallachia is one event that uses it to eliminate half the playing field in the initial stage while promoting the other half to the playoffs. A total of 82 games were played in the Swiss stage of PGL Wallachia Season 2, in which 99 heroes were picked. As eight of the 16 teams move ahead into the playoffs, let’s take a look at the team and hero statistics for the Swiss stage of the tournament.
All data has been taken from datDota.
PGL Wallachia Season 2 Team Statistics
PGL Wallachia Season 2 Hero Statistics
Total games played: 82
Total heroes picked: 99
Number of unpicked heroes: 25
Most picked heroes:
1) Enchantress (33 games, 15 wins, 45.45% win rate)
2) Clockwerk (33 games, 21 wins, 63.64% win rate)
3) Luna (32 games, 18 wins, 56.25% win rate)
4) Pangolier (32 games, 18 wins, 56.25% win rate)
Most contested heroes:
1) Shadow Demon (Picked or banned 78 games 95.12% contest rate)
2) Naga Siren (Picked or banned 68 games 82.93% contest rate)
3) Puck (Picked or banned 68 games 82.93 % contest rate)
Most banned heroes:
1) Shadow Demon (banned in 62 games)
2) Naga Siren (banned in 56 games)
3) Puck (banned in 50 games)
Heroes with the highest win rate (10 games or more):
1) Timbersaw (13 picks, 69.23% win rate)
2) Naga Siren (12 picks, 66.67% win rate)
3) Storm Spirit (17 picks, 54.71% win rate)
Heroes with lowest win rate (10 games or more):
1) Dragon Knight (11 picks, 27.27% win rate)
2) Doom (11 picks, 36.36% win rate)
3) Invoker (16 picks, 37.59% win rate)
4) Sand King (16 picks, 37.59% win rate)
A lot of the heroes seen here are the same ones from TI13, because the meta hasn’t shaken up a whole lot, and teams are still reeling from the long tournament that was TI13. For players who competed in Copenhagen and are playing at PGL Wallachia Season 2 right away, old habits will take a little bit of time to change. However, differences can definitely be seen in the fact that heroes like Enchantress, Invoker, and Sand King, who did really well at TI13, have seen a massive drop in their win rate. These heroes are bound to see a drop in their contest rate in the playoffs. Others like Naga Siren continue to be dominant in the contest rate and win rate departments. 99 heroes picked is already the same number as TI13, with the difference being PGL Wallachia Season 2 has seen 41 fewer games. With teams having a little bit of time to formulate new strategies, some surprises will be seen in the playoffs in the bans and picks.
This is a unique part of the season where there are a lot of roster shuffles and teams are experimenting with players as well as playstyles. The unlikely tournament winners typically emerge in the early part of the season when there are a lot of moving parts. It won’t be surprising to see some names that have re-emerged after a hiatus make it far at PGL Wallachia Season 2.
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