Ame and Yatoro went head to head to decide who was the best carry of the moment. PGL Wallachia Season 1 finals day brought a full marathon of Dota 2 for Team Spirit. The double TI champions started the day by taking down Team Falcons 2:1 in a nail-biting lower bracket final to join Xtreme Gaming in the best-of-five grand finals.
XG had a perfect tournament run, reaching the final act undefeated with an impressive 12-0 game record. Coming into the PGL Wallachia grand finals, they also held an intimidating 80% win rate over Team Spirit this year. The two teams clashed through the first months of the year at a couple of previous tournaments, and the best Team Spirit could do against XG were two draw scores in the group stages of BetBoom Dacha Dubai and ESL One Birmingham 2024. The rest of their direct confrontations ended in losses for Team Spirit, including at PGL Wallachia, where XG sent them to the lower bracket.
PGL Wallachia Grand Finals: Xtreme Gaming vs. Team Spirit
While the grand finals promised an epic carry matchup between Wang "Ame" Chunyu and Illya "Yatoro" Mulyarchuk, XG’s support 4 Zhao "XinQ" Zixing stole the show in the opening game. He elevated his greedy play style, effectively playing as a fourth core on a position 4 Riki. XinQ's early Aghanim's Shard and Diffusal Blade ensured no hero caught in Smoke Screen could escape, and his perfect laning with Darkseer allowed him to transition into a true core, sporting items like Linken’s and Nullifier.
However, XinQ's success in game one led him to push further with a position 4 Naga Siren in game two. This is where Xtreme Gaming’s 13-0 win streak ended, and the grand finals shifted in favor of Team Spirit. The battle seesawed between the two teams, forcing Team Spirit to endure 10 hours in the booths as XG refused to surrender easily. XG took game three, but Team Spirit pushed the grand finals to a decisive game five with their signature Faceless Void-Enchantress safe lane duo. In game five, with XG taking the Faceless Void and Enchantress, Yatoro delved deep into his hero pool, selecting Anti-Mage to clinch the first championship title for his team this year.
PGL Wallachia Season 1 Final Standings
1st place: $300,000 - Team Spirit
2nd place: $175,000 - Xtreme Gaming
3rd place: $120,000 - Team Falcons
4th place: $80,000 - G2 x iG
5th-6th place: $60,000 - Team Liquid / BOOM Esports
7th-8th place: $40,000 - Aurora / Gaimin Gladiators
9th-11th place: $20,000 - BetBoom Team / Shopify Rebellion
12th-14th place: $15,000 - MOUZ / nouns / Virtus.pro
15th-16th place: $10,000 - Azure Ray / Heroic