PGL Wallachia Season 3 returns to Bucharest, Romania once more with a million-dollar prize pool showdown. With this much stake on the line, we can expect the best Dota 2 teams brawl it out on March 8-16 , where winner gets bragging rights as icing on top of the generous winnings.
PGL Wallachia S3 (Image credit: PGL)
PGL Wallachia S3 matches will be available live between March 8-16 on PGL’s official Twitch channel .
What sets the PGL Wallachia series apart from ESL’s DreamLeague S24 or the BLAST Slam 2 is its one modified swiss-system for its group stage games. All sixteen teams will play best-of-three matches, where top-eight advances to Playoffs, while remaining teams are eliminated.
This makes for a very intense setting for teams to deliver their best performance as early as the group stage. Since only the top eight teams will get to advance further. In the playoffs, the eight teams have to push themselves even further as they have to rely on new drafts and strategies to outwit opponents that are already familiar with their previous antics.
Best-of-three matches in a double-elimination bracket are the way to go at PGL Wallachia Season 3, letting us truly see each team’s best skills. As the Playoffs narrows down to its final day, a best-of-five grand final marks the decisive battle.
Unlike the previous season, PGL Wallachia S3 has no shortage of promising Dota 2 teams. Notably, familiar faces include:
Direct Invites at PGL Wallachia S3 (Image credit: PGL)
The rest of the PGL Wallachia Season 3 participants comprising of regionally-qualified winners, such as:
We consider recent tournament champions as some of the strongest Dota 2 teams at PGL Wallachia S3. Namely, Tundra Esports which recently won FISSURE PLAYGROUND #1 and BLAST Slam II. Team Falcons, which won DreamLeague S24 and BetBoom Dacha Belgrade 2024. HEROIC , which was the previous PGL Wallachia (S2) champion.
And let’s not leave out runner-up winners, such as Gaimin Gladiators and Team Liquid for their consistency.
HEROIC wins PGL Wallachia S2 (Image credit: PGL)
One of the most anticipated team appearance have to be Aurora Gaming which released their Dota 2 roster , and signed a new roster including former Team Spirit players Myroslav “Mira” Kolpakov and Alexander “TORONTOTOKYO” Khertek.
PGL Wallachia Season 3 also has several unexpected underdogs that deserve an honorable mention. For instance, OG with the recent return of Sébastien ” Ceb ” Debs , is potentially worth looking at as a competitor.
Talon Esports , which is led by Carlo ” Kuku ” Palad, went under many people’s radar amidst the strong Western European powerhouses. Hence, it would be thrilling to see this Southeast Asian representative display their skills at PGL Wallachia S3.
Then, there’s Team Tidebound , hailing from China, that defeated Yakult’s Brothers to qualify for PGL Wallachia S3. Backed by veteran Chinese players, such as Cheng ” NothingToSay ” Jin Xiang and Zhang ” y` ” Yiping, they could be China’s answers to the underwhelming display of competition that many fans expected from the region.
PGL Wallachia Season 3 being one of the biggest upcoming Dota 2 tournaments in 2025 makes this even more exhilarating to watch. With major players and new underdogs competing at the event, it’s going to be a display of promising Dota 2 action.
