Virtus Pro vs. OG — Who will be the Epic League Champion?

Epic League has been going on for over a month now. The tournament brought a lot of sensations, and the organizers have surprised us with their tournament formats. There will be a grand final between Virtus Pro and OG tonight, and its winner is receiving the title of champion and $200,000. But which team will be stronger? Let's try to compare the teams with several game aspects.

Teamwork

The first such aspect for comparison is team teamwork. Let's see how long the teams have been playing together and how this can influence the victory.

Let's start with OG. The core of the team, ??Topson, ??Seb and ??N0tail , have been playing together since 2018. It was this trio who became The International champions twice in a row: in 2018 and 2019. In December this year, they were joined by two new players, ??Saksa and ??Midone . The team has participated in the grand finals three times over the past year, but it stopped one step away from the championship each time.

The next one is Virtus Pro. The core of the team, ??epileptick1d, ??DM and ??Save , is the ex-members of VP.Prodigy, founded in April this year. The other two players, ??gpk and ??illias , joined in November.

Obviously, in this aspect, OG has an advantage. The team plays longer with the same roster, and they should have more played situations and tricks.

Personal skill

For comparison on this aspect, consider the TOP-10 players with the highest average KDA in this tournament.

Here is a clear advantage of Virtus Pro. Although they played 8 maps less, three of their core positions players at once settled on the 2nd, 3rd, and 5th lines of this top. From the OG side, only MidOne is on this list, but he is taking only the 6th position.

Hero pool

Here we will compare the total number of heroes that the teams played in the tournament and look at the teams' drafts.

First, let's compare how many heroes the teams picked in the tournament. OG managed to play on 62 heroes, while Virtus Pro played on only 45 heroes. However, it is worth noting that OG had to play more maps due to the Play-In stage. 

From all recent OG drafts, IO immediately catches the eye. The team picks it every time the hero remains free. They also choose a variety of specific non-meta heroes such as Night Stalker, Shadow Shaman, Spirit Breaker, Clinkz, and many others. It can be seen that the team has a wide pool of heroes.

Virtus Pro, whenever it's possible, takes Faceless Void and tries to build the rest of its setup just for this hero. From the list, it can be seen that the team also owns a wide pool of heroes and is not afraid to experiment.

In this aspect, it is difficult to identify the favorite. Instead, we can put an equal sign between the teams.

Head-to-head meetings

The teams already met each other at the Epic League group stage, and then Virtus Pro beat OG dry.

As we mentioned in the previous aspect, Virtus Pro took Faceless Void on both maps. The group stage matches were important and had a lot of influence on the teams' further positions. This result cannot be attributed to a lack of motivation, so here Virtus Pro is the undisputed favorite.

Conclusion

At the moment, almost all analysts give the teams an equal chance of winning, but if we take into account all the above aspects, it is clear that Virtus Pro should win in the case of its usual play. However, don't forget that OG has played together for much longer, and perhaps they have an ace up their sleeve.