FISSURE Playground 2 is the first S-Tier Dota 2 LAN scheduled after the events of The International 2025. The tournament carries a lot of weight in establishing early dominance in the new season, leading to some shockingly early exits for favorites.

The tournament’s modified 16-team Swiss system group stage has proven quite entertaining, with TI14 winner Stanislav “Malr1ne” Potorak receiving an account ban (now resolved) and two powerful squads sent home early.

PARIVISION & Aurora Fall Early At FISSURE Playground 2

At the start of FISSURE Playground 2, PARIVISION was seen as the third-strongest team (and pulled out of BLAST Slam IV to rest for this event), with odds of 3.80 indicating a 26.31% chance to lift the trophy and claim the lion’s share of the tournament’s $1 million prize pool. 

Aurora Gaming was ranked sixth-strongest, with odds of 6.30, indicating a 15.87% chance to win it all. Despite these strong rankings and Aurora Gaming’s guaranteed top-six placement at BLAST Slam IV, both these teams fell flat at FISSURE Playground 2.

PARIVISION got off to a strong start in the group stage, beating Nigma Galaxy 2-1 before losing 1-2 against Aurora Gaming. The squad went on to defeat underdogs Team Cobra with a clean 2-0, before falling to a reverse-sweep at the hands of BetBoom Team. In the final round of play, PARIVISION ran out of steam, losing 2-0 to Team Liquid and being eliminated early.

Aurora Gaming’s journey also got off to a strong start, as they managed to sweep Runa Team 2-0 and beat PARIVISION 2-1. Sitting pretty with a 2-0 record, Aurora Gaming fell short against Team Spirit and lost to a reverse-sweep against underdogs Team Yandex. In the final round of play, MOUZ beat Aurora 2-1 to send them packing surprisingly early.

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FISSURE Playground 2 continues with the playoffs stage, starting on October 28 and running until November 2. You can watch all the top-tier Dota 2 esports action unfold via the tournament organizer’s Kick and YouTube channels.