PGL Wallachia Season 5 Power Rankings

Think your head is reeling from the International 2025 (TI14) regional qualifiers? Well, there’s little time to breathe in the current competitive Dota 2 season, it seems, because PGL Wallachia Season 5 is coming hot on the heels of the qualifier frenzy. We’ve got some more Dota action coming up before we even get to the Esports World Cup — let alone The International.

So with that in mind, it’s time to dive into the power rankings for PGL Wallachia Season 5.

#1 — Tundra Esports

With PARIVISION out of the picture at PGL Wallachia Season 5, Tundra Esports are the obvious favorites to win the tournament. They won BLAST Slam 3 just over a month ago, convincingly defeating Team Falcons three games to one after a great showing in the group stage. Remco “Crystallis” Arets has slotted into the roster without needing a lot of prep time, either — which is great news for this squad after Anton “dyrachyo” Shkredov left the team to take a break from professional play.

Guess who's back this week ‼️ pic.twitter.com/fctuM0MkNl

— TUNDRA (@TundraEsports) June 16, 2025

Honestly, I expect them to just run over the competition if they can get going early. The talent in this lineup is undeniable, and they have the results this season to show for it.

#2 — BetBoom Team

Ivan “Pure” Moskalenko and the rest of BetBoom Team are coming off of a second place finish at DreamLeague Season 26, where they got absolutely demolished by PARIVISION. The series wasn’t even remotely close. They were beaten by their Eastern European rivals in about every facet: drafting, decision making, vision — you name it, PARIVISION did it better in that series.

But again, since PARIVISION aren’t here, there’s a pretty big chance BetBoom will make a deep run at Wallachia. Hell, they made a deep run at DreamLeague even when PARIVISION were present. If they can keep the throwing to a minimum, they should be in for a good time in Bucharest.

#3 — Team Spirit

Here’s another Eastern European squad that’s been performing really well throughout the season. Team Spirit are still searching for their first LAN victory this year, though, so I think there’s still a breakthrough coming for them before TI14.

Well, hopefully. They’ve fallen woefully short every time they’ve played at a major LAN, with their only tier 1 win this season being DreamLeague Season 25 — an online event. They placed in the top 4 at BLAST Slam 3 last month, so it’s clear that they’re still more or less at the top of their game, but it might take something special at this point for them to actually win an offline tournament.

#4 — Aurora Gaming

Make no mistake about it: Aurora Gaming are on one right now, relative to what most spectators would expect from them after forming just four months ago. They are quite rapidly rising through the ranks, and personally I think they’re due for a podium finish at a major LAN soon. They placed within the top 6 at BLAST Slam 3, and breezed through the TI14 EEU qualifiers.

There’s plenty to like about this group. They’ve got championship pedigree, a fairly stable playstyle, and I would assume that morale over there is steadily growing. While they may not yet be ready to win a LAN, they’re certainly getting closer and closer to that point with each passing day.

#5 — Gaimin Gladiators

Gaimin Gladiators are starting to cook a little, which is nice to see given that they took on Arman “Malady” Orazbayev as their new position 5 player just two months ago. They are still far from what we’re used to seeing, that being utter domination of LANs throughout the year, but this roster is quite different from what it used to be in 2023 and 2024.

Still, fifth at DreamLeague Season 26 and top 4 at BLAST Slam 3 leads me to believe it could just be a matter of time until they figure things out fully.

#6 — All Gamers Global

As a fan of any player that was in the Wings Gaming roster that won TI6, I sure hope rust hasn’t gotten to All Gamers Global heading into PGL Wallachia Season 5. Formerly known as Team Tidebound, they most recently fell just short of the win at the Asian Champions League last month, in a series against Xtreme Gaming that went the distance.

This squad is one to watch for anyone that appreciates the beauty of professional Dota, and it would be great to see them succeed while representing a region that hasn’t seen much of it as of late. They placed fourth at Wallachia Season 4, so they’re definitely capable of going toe-to-toe with Western and Eastern European teams this season. And now that they’ve got a sponsorship deal, it’s high time for them to shift into that next gear that I know they have.

#7 — Team Liquid

Team Liquid didn’t put on a great showing at DreamLeague Season 26, though I’m willing to cut them some slack since they had to take on a stand-in. Worse still, it was because their best player Michael “miCKe” Vu couldn’t play at the event. They sorely missed his presence, and it culminated in a mere eighth place for them.

They’re playing with Tobi standing in for Insania at PGL Wallachia Season 5, which has me a bit worried about their chances. Fortunately for them, miCKe is available this time, so maybe it won’t be as bad as I’m expecting it to be.

#8 — Nigma Galaxy

Here we go again with Nigma Galaxy in the eighth spot on a LAN power ranking. It’s hard to put them any higher, honestly, because this is almost always where they end up finishing anyway. They placed seventh at DreamLeague Season 26, and eighth at Wallachia Season 4. The only time they ever surprised anyone with a top 4 result this year was at BLAST Slam 2, and that was all the way back in February.

I’m hardly confident in their ability to finish any higher than that in Bucharest, but since they just booked their ticket to TI14, maybe the momentum and confidence they might have gained from their qualifier run will come into play here.

The Rest

There isn’t really much to write home about below the top eight in my power rankings, with the exception of one team: Xtreme Gaming. I personally think that the momentum they’ve gathered from the Asian Champions League and crushing Yakult Brothers in the grand finals of the TI14 Chinese qualifiers might catch some of the better squads off guard.

If Wang “Ame” Chunyu can channel his LGD Gaming self consistently throughout this tournament, well… their opponents had better watch out. He is capable of elevating the team he’s on to a significant degree — it’s just a matter of which version of him will show up at any given time.