Dota 2 streamer and professional player Roman `RAMZES666` Kushnarev recently discussed the participants of Riyadh Masters 2025. During a broadcast hosted by Alexey `Solo` Berezin, RAMZES666 offered his assessment of the teams` prospects at the upcoming tournament.
Which teams are the [weakest] at Riyadh Masters 2025? Virtus.pro, Shopify Rebellion, and Execration. You could also add Heroic to that list. But I think Heroic can actually give a tough time to both Virtus.pro and Shopify Rebellion.
[RodjER:] `NAVI could be a dark horse, would you agree?`
In general – yes. Honestly, Solo`s team [Team Yandex] and NAVI are both potential dark horses.
Who will win Riyadh Masters 2025? There are six clear favorites – any of them could win, no joke. It depends on who finds their flow, their vibe – that`s who will take it. Team Yandex is hard to label a favorite, to be honest. The favorites are PARIVISION, BetBoom Team, Team Spirit, and Team Falcons. Man, we haven`t seen Falcons play in ages. Honestly, I think Falcons are going to be performing really strong. Also – Liquid and Tundra are standard contenders.
I also saw a story from Ammar [ATF] yesterday: all six of them were at the gym at the same time. That shows how intense their team building is.
Riyadh Masters 2025 is scheduled to take place in Saudi Arabia from July 8 to 19. Sixteen teams will compete for a prize pool of $3 million.
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