Once again, the games for today and the schedule for today can be seen here! Because I was not able to catch a few of the earlier games, I will do a recap of the day when all the games finish. Now onto the blogging!
NEVO VS MUFC
The first game that I was able to catch due to time zone issues, with nevo on the Radiant side and MUFC on the Dire. Starting off with an early anti-mage pick up, nevo seemed to want to drag the game into the later stages and get the AM farmed up. MUFC, however, picked up Chen and Beastmaster and looked for early ganks and tower pushes. "Tri-laning" bot with VS/Lion in the lane and Chen in the jungle, MUFC finished up their laning phase with BM mid and Weaver top.
nevo, on the other hand, sent their trilane bottom (Ancient Apparition, Venomancer, and Anti-Mage), with Clockwerk mid and windrunner top. The jungle/dual lane from MUFC was able to gain lane control almost immediately, shutting down nevo's anti-mage completely. This forced an early lane switch by AngeL on anti-mage from bottom to top, causing him to lose some much needed farm time - it didn't help that SilverCross on Weaver was destroying Windrunner top. Chen and Beastmaster were able to successfully push down lanes and keep the other team on the back foot, as Anti-Mage really could not do anything the entire game. Weaver ended up with over 560 GPM, finishing up arguably one of the earliest Radiances in the tournament )(24 or so minutes). They pushed a few rax in, and as they were pummeling the throne of the Radiant, SilverCross managed to go and buy a rapier, cementing the game. MUFC > NEVO.
MITH-TRUST VS GGNET
MiTH-Trust from Thailand vs GGnet. Mith banning Nature's Prophet (Furion) and Nightstalker early, two very ordinary bans especially in terms of the usage of heroes this tournament. GGNet bans anti-mage and windrunner, picking up Beastmaster and Weaver early, which are very very strong, especially seen in the last game between MUFC and nevo. Mith picks up Lich, Pugna, and Sven, which are some very good team fight heroes with lane presence as well. GGnet picks up Chen next, with has some good pushing power and team fight along with Beastmaster. Mith gets lina and...MORPHLING AHHHH. Best. Hero. Ever. GGnet finishes up their line-up with Witch Doctor. Therefore, line-ups are:
Mith-Trust (Radiant)
- Lich
- Pugna
- Sven
- Lina
- Morphling
GGnet (Dire)
- Weaver
- Witch Doctor
- Chen
- Beastmaster
- Clockwerk
Mith sends Lina, Sven, and Morphling bot, Pugna mid, and Lich top. GGnet sends Beastmaster mid, Chen jungle, Witch Doctor and Weaver top, and Clockwerk bottom. Lina and Sven start to roam from bottom lane immediately, going top and trying to gank Chen in jungle. Chen, however, with some excellent micro, uses troll warlord to stop Lina from combo-ing. Lina and Sven then go middle and get first blood with the help of pugna on Beastmaster. Lina and Sven go back bottom and camp it, getting a few kills on Clockwerk, as Mith lane swaps, sending Lich middle and Pugna top. This Morphling, however, is going to be a problem with over 50 cs at 8 minutes in. Morphling has some incredible farm already, surviving a ton of ganks and getting a 15 minute Linken's...while Mith is successfully ganking weaver with dust constantly. A semi-team fight going on top lane with both carries (Morphling and Weaver) farming, both teams coming out rather even. Morphling looks to be going for Manta after his linkens, with a ridiculous farm. Mith goes for another push top while Morphling solo pushes bot, and manages to kill 3/5 players with relative ease as Morphling pushes the base tower bottom, and picks up Boots of Travel. Morphling SOLO PUSHES bot rax, as the rest of the team pushes top. GGnet goes out of the tournament 0-4, as Mith advances. MITH > GGNET
NA'VI VS M5
One of the most anticipated games of the day is finally here! Na'Vi, the tournament favorite, faces off against a fantastic team that had a pretty good time in the group stage, defeating MYM. Na'vi picks up an early chen and AA, two heroes that have definitely seen a lot of play in the tournament. They also pick up Mirana, most likely for XBOCT, who has been playing a great Mirana for them. They wrap it up with Tidehunter and Viper, and if anyone watched yesterday's games, they know how strong Dendi's Viper is. On the Dire side, M5 counters the Chen with an enchantress, who has less team fight but more ganking potential. They also pick up VS, storm, dark seer, and night stalker, a very gank heavy lineup.
Na'Vi (Radiant)
- Viper
- Mirana
- Tidehunter
- Chen
- Ancient Apparition
M5 (Dire)
- Enchantress
- Storm
- VS
- NS
- Dark Seer
Na'vi sends tidehunter/Viper bot, Chen jungle, AA mid, and Mirana top lane, whereas M5 sends Storm mid, Dark seer solo bot, NS/VS top, enchantress jungle, with very similar lanes and safe farm for their carries. M5 goes for an early gank and takes out the top tower at 2 minutes, and continue pushing on. Now lag... :(
And we're back! Tidehunter goes mid to gank storm right as the dire side goes as well, but AA ulti and tide are able to kill the Storm first. Artstyle on Viper manages to pick off Dark seer as well. However, night time changes everything. Night stalker comes in during the night and picks off AA first, and then gets two other kills, but are unable to push mid tower as AA's ulti hits NS and picks him off. M5 goes for another push mid, but the AA ulti is just too strong as Na'vi holds them back. Na'vi is showing some fantastic teamwork and reaction time here, with Dendi tp'ing bottom right as Storm jumps Viper. They're going bottom again for Viper, but already picked up his vanguard. Tidehunter and Dendi react fast and are able to pick off 2 with Tidehunter ultimate, and Artstyle on Viper continues to push bot tower, with Na'vi up 10-6 in hero kills.
Na'vi, however, overextends bottom second-tier tower with Tidehunter having to use his ultimate for the tower, but sacrificing both his life and Chen's life.
Na'vi is going to push the tier 3 mid tower, but this could be a huge mistake, as M5 manages to get the bottom tier 2 tower. AA ulti misses basically everything, and M5 is able to pick off 3 players without even taking the Tier 3 tower. Na'vi is now 15-16 in terms of hero kills. NS picks up Agh's sceptre as well, which gives him clearvision. This could mark Na'vi's end if NS gets some kills at night.
However, Storm Spirit runs into a sentry ward with invis and dies without any gold for buyback, costing middle rax AND top melee rax. Even after Storm Spirit's rez, they still lose 4 players and Na'vi is able to pick off top rax as well, basically cementing their win. Na'vi goes for the final push bottom and manages to kill almost all of M5, despite a great wall from Dark Seer. NA'VI > M5
OK.NIRVANA.CN VS MINESKI
Asian teams fighting it out, China vs Philippines, with Mineski going 0-3 in group stages looking for their first win of the tournament. OK starts by banning NS and Chen at first and Mineski banning Lich and Spectre, knowing how strong he is especially in the Chinese farming metagame. OK picks up Beastmaster first, and Mineski counters with Clockwerk and earthshaker, while OK picks VS and WEAVER (zzz). Mineski then picks up Ancient Apparition, Mirana, and Slardar, with OK wrapping up their lineup with Enigma and Windrunner.
OK.CN (Radiant)
- Engima
- Weaver
- Beastmaster
- Windrunner
- Vengeful Spirit
Mineski (Dire)
- Earthshaker
- Mirana
- AA
- Slardar
- Clockwerk
Mineski sends ES/Mirana bottom and AA/Slardar top and Clockwerk mid, while OK sends BM mid, Weaver and VS bot, Windrunner top, and Engima bottom jungle. Mineski seems content with having their Slardar farm top, with AA doing a good job of babysitting. AA and ES try to go for a gank on BM mid, but to no avail, causing Slardar to take some harass from Windrunner. And finally, after 8 min, OK's BM draws first blood on a gank bottom on the Earthshaker. They go for a push bottom with Enigma conversions but fall back. OK is finally able to kill Slardar and now 13 minutes in, OK is up 5-3 in hero kills. OK pushes mid tower and with a pretty good Engima ultimate is able to get the tower and net two kills, and a blink dagger for Enigma.
Next OK gank however, Mineski is able to get a great conutergank and a 4-0 trade, finishing off everyone except for Vengeful spirit with some great Clockwerk play. Weaver is getting some good farm however, almost finishing up his radiance as Mineski pushes top tower. Mineski is able to pick off a few heroes and takes the hero kill lead 10-8.
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