Nix named the main favorites for The International 2025, and it's not Xtreme Gaming

Alexander “Nix” Levin believes that Xtreme Gaming does not fit into the current Dota 2 meta, which is why the content creator sees Team Falcons as the main contenders to win The International 2025 tournament.

The streamer shared this opinion on Twitch.

“They are very high-skilled, but still not in the meta. In short, it feels like Falcons should take it. Or maybe BetBoom Team, but that's just fantasy. And we'll see about Tidebound today.”

After Team Spirit's elimination at the end of the group stage of The International 2025, the status of the tournament's main favorites passed to Xtreme Gaming, who showed the best result in the preliminary stage. According to Alexander “Nix” Levin, even though Xtreme Gaming has been able to show good results due to their unique vision of the Dota 2 meta, the streamer believes that this will not be enough to win the tournament.

"Anyway, I don't think they'll win The International. They make a lot of mistakes: greedy draft on the first map, they don't understand the meta very well, in my opinion.

Yes, they still win and supposedly see the meta differently, but on the other hand, you have to respect the meta."

Earlier, Alexander “Nix” Levin praised Lin ‘Xxs’ Dzin for his performance at The International 2025, comparing the esports player to Magomed “Collapse” Khalilov.