Tundra Esports fall flat at PGL Wallachia Season 6

I sure look like an idiot right now after saying that Tundra Esports would do well at PGL Wallachia Season 6, just based off the fact that they won such a hotly-contested grand final series at BLAST Slam 4. But as it turns out, this team might very well have some serious consistency issues early in this new Dota 2 season.

They just lost to BetBoom Team in two games in the lower bracket. You know, BetBoom Team: the one squad that is known worldwide for being the very antithesis of consistency.

Game 1 — The 33 and Pure show

I expected Tundra to come into this series strong, and that’s exactly what happened in the first game. Both Neta “33” Shapira and Ivan “Pure” Moskalenko settled into their exact comfort zones, with 33 playing Timbersaw and Pure playing Ursa. These two heroes are what helped them win two straight games in the BLAST Slam 4 grand finals after going down 1-2 against Team Falcons, and it’s just completely standard for them to get these two picks in particular.

And of course, the results matched their confidence. Pure lost his lane against Matvey “MieRo” Vasyunin‘s Mars and Vladislav “Kataomi`” Semenov’s Jakiro, but he was still able to get his Battle Fury at 13 minutes. With 33 creating so much chaos around the map, Pure found himself with plenty of space to farm, and even sneak a Roshan kill at the 22 minute mark.

Recognizing their midgame timing, Tundra went on the attack after Pure picked up the Aegis of the Immortal. Their lead would just grow and grow from there, far out of BetBoom’s reach. It got so bad for BetBoom, in fact, that they could not get a kill on Tundra for nearly 10 minutes after the last one starting at the 23 minute mark.

At this point, I had assumed that it would just be another day in the office for Tundra. I was, unfortunately, dead wrong.

Game 2 — The best Juggernaut in the world

On the contrary, this was the point where Ilya “Kiritych” Ulyanov decided to show Pure, the very player that he replaced on BetBoom through the post-International 2025 (TI14) roster shuffle, why he was considered for the position in the first place. He managed to get his favorite hero Juggernaut in the game 2 draft, which was the first step in bringing his team back into this series.

The second step was to lock in and provide the stability that a roster like BetBoom in particular needs at the highest level. This team is not exactly known for being the best at closing out games or securing wins against supposedly worse clubs, so having someone like Kiritych to anchor them in this regard is a huge help.

And of course, that’s what he provided in this second game. An 11 minute Battle Fury followed by an 18 minute Manta Style set him up nicely for the midgame, and he topped this off with a 24 minute Butterfly timing. Ensuring that he didn’t make any idiotic decisions as the team’s carry player, he sliced and diced his way through Tundra’s lineup without throwing BetBoom’s advantage away.

I’m sure he also appreciated Danil “gpk” Skutin’s help as Slardar. Speaking of gpk, he ended this game with a 10-0 scoreline from the solo mid spot, and was just as instrumental as Kiritych in grabbing this win.

Game 3 — Not actually a free Puck game

I’m not exactly sure why everyone involved was talking about game 3 as a “free Puck game” for Tundra, who picked the hero for Bozhidar “bzm” Bogdanov in the 17th spot after Matthew “Whitemon” Filemon’s Clockwerk. Sure, Puck tends to do pretty well against Gyrocopter (whom Kiritych was playing), but Primal Beast (gpk in this case) is no slouch at controlling her in a teamfight.

Unfortunately, we're losing and leaving PGL Wallachia S6.
Thank you all for your support! pic.twitter.com/UsCArTkDYa

— TUNDRA (@TundraEsports) November 21, 2025

Honestly, BetBoom just had multiple answers to Puck in their draft, but they ended up not really needing much of it because bzm just fell asleep at the wheel this game. He was always getting caught and burst down easily, making him a complete non-factor in this deciding match. It also didn’t help that Pure’s playstyle with Kez is extremely passive, especially in comparison to someone like Michael “miCKe” Vu — who immediately calls for a Smoke of Deceit play as soon as he gets Desolator online.

Tundra really could have used that kind of aggression and decisiveness this game, because all Pure did in essence was just AFK farm. Given Kez’ ability to get in engagements in the mid game, I really would have expected them to take fights often around his item timings, but I guess Pure just doesn’t vibe that way.

But anyway, BetBoom took full advantage of the passivity from the side of Tundra. They put the midgame in a complete stranglehold, and would not relinquish the lead the rest of the way through. Overall, a very poor performance for Tundra, and now they’ve got a bzm confidence problem to tackle heading into DreamLeague Season 27.