Captain’s Draft 3.0 will begin next week. The third season of the popular tournament mode will feature 14 teams as STEAK Gaming and T.RoX will join TI5 champions Evil Geniuses and others. The teams will be competing for a base prize pool of $100,000. The event starts in only three days, Tuesday January 19th.
Captains Draft 3.0 Trailer
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Captain’s Draft 3.0 is the third iteration of the event by Dota Cinema and now MoodDuck Studios.
This season brings to the table a starting base pool prize of $100,000, almost double the amount from the second season.
The game mode is popular for fans and teams as it features less picked heroes and unusual drafting. The Captains Draft pool takes 27 randomly selected heroes from the entire hero pool. Newer heroes such as Arc Warden and less chosen heroes could be among those that make an appearance. Another unique feature is that the mode starts with six bans before the picks begin.
Captain’s Draft 3.0 format
Captain’s Draft 3.0 consists of 3 phases
Qualifier
- Eight teams in the qualifier phase compete
- Double elimination bracket
- Best-of-three series
- Top two teams advance to the group phase
Group
- Six invited and two qualified teams compete
- Teams are split into 2 groups of 4
- Best-of-three series
- Round Robin Format
- Two teams from each group advance to playoffs
Playoffs
- 4 teams compete
- Bottom two teams from the groups are seeded into lower bracket
- Double elimination brackets
- Best-of-three series
- Grand Finals best-of-five
Captain’s Draft 3.0 Teams
Qualifier tier
- Natus Vincere
- Digital Chaos
- compLexity Gaming
- Team Spirit
- STARK
- STEAK GAMING
- T.RoX
- Power Rangers
Groupstage tier
- Evil Geniuses
- Team Empire
- Vega Squadron
- Virtus.Pro
- Team Liquid
- The Alliance
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