Lima Major 2023 Survival Guide

Lima Major 2023 Survival Guide

Time Stamp: February 21, 2023 5:05 AM

The 2023 DPC Winter Tour is set to witness the first-ever Dota 2 Major held in South America between February 22 – March 5 in Lima, Peru.

South America is getting ready to showcase their rising region and talent as the first ever SA Dota 2 Major gets ready to kick off. 

A total of 18 teams have secured their spot at the Lima Major during the Winter Tour League and will begin the battle for the trophy, early DPC points, and the lion’s share of the prize pool. 

Lima Major has a total prize pool of $500,000 and 1,900 DPC points to offer. Only the top eight teams at the end of the tournament will take home prize money and DPC points.

The post-TI shuffle feels like a complete overhaul of the landscape and of much of the scene. Fans will get their first glimpse of how some of these teams will fair in their first International competition of the year, giving a glimpse into who can be expected to compete at The International 2023. 

Lima Major format

The teams are divided into two groups. The top six teams from each group will make the cut to the playoffs, while the bottom three teams will be eliminated.

Group Stage: February 22 – February 26, 2023

  • Two groups of nine teams each
  • Single round-robin
  • All matches are Bo2
  • Top four teams from each group advance to the upper bracket of the playoffs
  • 5th and 6th place teams from each group advance to the lower bracket of the playoffs
  • Remaining teams are eliminated

Playoffs – February 28 – March 5, 2023

  • Double-elimination bracket
  • All matches except Grand Final are Bo3
  • Grand Final is Bo5

Lima Major 2023 Groups

Group A

Group B

Two of the 18 participating teams will be playing with stand-ins and suffer point penalties at the major.

PSG.LGD couldn’t secure the visa for their offlane player, Li “项羽” Longwu and will be competing with Ren “old eLeVeN” Yangwei in his stead.  HellRaisers, who kicked their carry after qualifying for the Major, will have OG’s Artem “Yuragi” Golubiev standing in for them.

Lima Major 2023 Broadcasts

The event will be officially streamed in five different languages – ENGLISH, Chinese, RUSSIAN, SPANISH, and Portuguese. 

Around 84% of Peruvians speak Spanish, the official national language. Even so, over 26% of the population speaks a first language other than Spanish. Quechua is the second most commonly spoken language (13%), followed by Aymara (2%), and both have official status.

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