continuing from day one which saw the German local team Celebrities Allstars (CA) marching through the playoff, the DotA League Masters continued its second day with a handful of great games.
As of Saturday February 8th, all Winner Bracket matches has been played, featuring some interesting match between top teams, including SK vs MYM in the first round. MYM marched through to the inner bracket final by beating SK and then DmZ, and hence booked a meeting with Kingsurf.International who had convincing display throughout the tournament by beating the Preliminary winner CA and then WickeD.
The current bracket can be viewed here.
Overall I only watched 4 replays of this tournament so far, including all KS. Int replays (hey, I'm ks fan after all) and MYM-SK game.
ps: forgot to mention that all matches are in best of 1 format, except the Grand final (best of three). Map used is 6.57b.
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round 1 games: MYM vs SK.Gaming [replay]
bans:
MYM: Naix Spectre KotL Admiral
SK: Axe NA Brood Meepo
Picks:
MYM: Puck CM Mirana Chen Jugger
SK: Zeus Warlock SandKing Tide SF
match comments: Looking at the lineup, I somehow can tell that it would be hard for SK to win if they prolong the game becuase SF alone couldn't outcarry a combined Jugger and Mirana. SK looked dominant early games with some good early kills, but they slowly lose their momentum, losing major teamfights and allow Jugger to farm imba items. The final 2 teamfights decided the game, which SK lost all 5 heroes.
moment of the game: 24th minute and 43rd minute. Nice red hp escape by Loda (first) and Mania (second).
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round 2 (winner bracket semi final) game: KS. Int vs WickeD [replay]
bans:
KS. Int: Zeus Brood Admiral Kotl
WickeD: Meepo Tinker NA CM
picks:
KS. Int: Puck SandKing Warlock Spectre Chen
WickeD: naix Mirana Lina Tide QoP
match comments: one word - raped. Total domination by KS. Int, shown by how short this replay is - just above 24 minutes to force WickeD to forfeit. So badly raped that Naix can't even farm a thread. Kuroky's Spectre is a beast as always, and Jolie went for unorthodox Shiva build on Warlock.
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round 3 (winner bracket final) game: KS. Int vs MYM [replay]
bans: no info
picks:
MYM: Tinker Mirana Tide Axe CM
KS. Int: Puck warlock Admiral Lina SandKing
match comment: MYM did well in laning phase, with Axe giving a hard time on dual stun of SK-Lina (rofl). But Maelk's decision to go for Phase Boots first instead of completing Hood/Vanguard, imo cost them the game. In the end of the day, he only manage to complete Hood, but failed to geta Dagger while KS. Int was practically farmed, especially Kuroky's Admiral (16 minute Relic of gg).
30th minute in, the sign was there, KS. Int almost certain to take the game, but MYM still try their best to prolong the game, hoping Tinker can do miracle for them (because he is also relatively farmed with early BoT and BKB, then Guinsoo). However, these proves not enough to stop KS. Int especially with the amount of spammable disables that KS. int had. KS. Int won and proceed to the grand final.
MYM who lost are knocked to the loser bracket. SK who lost to MYM in the first round came all the way to the loser bracket semi final to face MET, of which the winner will face MYM in loser bracket final. It seems like these matches, along with the grand final will be played on Sunday the 8th. I am certainly root for KS. Int to take the glory :)
As of Saturday February 8th, all Winner Bracket matches has been played, featuring some interesting match between top teams, including SK vs MYM in the first round. MYM marched through to the inner bracket final by beating SK and then DmZ, and hence booked a meeting with Kingsurf.International who had convincing display throughout the tournament by beating the Preliminary winner CA and then WickeD.
The current bracket can be viewed here.
Overall I only watched 4 replays of this tournament so far, including all KS. Int replays (hey, I'm ks fan after all) and MYM-SK game.
ps: forgot to mention that all matches are in best of 1 format, except the Grand final (best of three). Map used is 6.57b.
..........................................................................................................................................................
round 1 games: MYM vs SK.Gaming [replay]
bans:
MYM: Naix Spectre KotL Admiral
SK: Axe NA Brood Meepo
Picks:
MYM: Puck CM Mirana Chen Jugger
SK: Zeus Warlock SandKing Tide SF
match comments: Looking at the lineup, I somehow can tell that it would be hard for SK to win if they prolong the game becuase SF alone couldn't outcarry a combined Jugger and Mirana. SK looked dominant early games with some good early kills, but they slowly lose their momentum, losing major teamfights and allow Jugger to farm imba items. The final 2 teamfights decided the game, which SK lost all 5 heroes.
moment of the game: 24th minute and 43rd minute. Nice red hp escape by Loda (first) and Mania (second).
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round 2 (winner bracket semi final) game: KS. Int vs WickeD [replay]
bans:
KS. Int: Zeus Brood Admiral Kotl
WickeD: Meepo Tinker NA CM
picks:
KS. Int: Puck SandKing Warlock Spectre Chen
WickeD: naix Mirana Lina Tide QoP
match comments: one word - raped. Total domination by KS. Int, shown by how short this replay is - just above 24 minutes to force WickeD to forfeit. So badly raped that Naix can't even farm a thread. Kuroky's Spectre is a beast as always, and Jolie went for unorthodox Shiva build on Warlock.
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round 3 (winner bracket final) game: KS. Int vs MYM [replay]
bans: no info
picks:
MYM: Tinker Mirana Tide Axe CM
KS. Int: Puck warlock Admiral Lina SandKing
match comment: MYM did well in laning phase, with Axe giving a hard time on dual stun of SK-Lina (rofl). But Maelk's decision to go for Phase Boots first instead of completing Hood/Vanguard, imo cost them the game. In the end of the day, he only manage to complete Hood, but failed to geta Dagger while KS. Int was practically farmed, especially Kuroky's Admiral (16 minute Relic of gg).
30th minute in, the sign was there, KS. Int almost certain to take the game, but MYM still try their best to prolong the game, hoping Tinker can do miracle for them (because he is also relatively farmed with early BoT and BKB, then Guinsoo). However, these proves not enough to stop KS. Int especially with the amount of spammable disables that KS. int had. KS. Int won and proceed to the grand final.
MYM who lost are knocked to the loser bracket. SK who lost to MYM in the first round came all the way to the loser bracket semi final to face MET, of which the winner will face MYM in loser bracket final. It seems like these matches, along with the grand final will be played on Sunday the 8th. I am certainly root for KS. Int to take the glory :)
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