The series involving Invictus Gambling and Evil Geniuses in the MDL Chengdu Major watched three stomps played in a row. IG came out on top in 2, promising themselves a podium finish in their very first Dota two Major.
The 2 teams matched up from the first round of the top bracket, with EG crossing the series 2-0. The North American team broke IG’s 10-game winning series and sent them to the bracket.
For the very first match, EG’s Night Stalker take gambit was penalized with a dazzling Disruptor screen from Chan”Oli” Chon Kien. Coupled with overpowering magic harm from Gyrocopter and Zeus, EG declared quickly.
The next match dragged on more, but the end result was rarely in doubt. IG attempted to cancel EG’s evasive lineup using a Naga Siren and Disruptor combo, but it had been too little, too late.
EG went to get a slower-paced draft, choosing Outworld Devourer to get Abed, supplementing it with an early game tank at the Bristleback to get Artour”Arteezy” Babaev.
The game was relatively even, but the turning point was EG’s ancient piles were contested by the Chinese group. IG stole a few creeps in the EG facet and was ready to make a clean escape until EG attempted to take revenge. Regrettably for EG, IG quickly turned using their large place control charms, gaining a large benefit.
Although this match wasn’t any less of a trampling than the first two, IG’s design and poise were obvious. The group performed with a proper sense of urgency and forced smart rotations to grab out EG’s cores.
A huge difference-maker has been flyfly’s play. IG’s carry is acting like a man possessed, placing in a brilliant change on the Monkey King, his first of the championship. IG’s chief talking points are their hawkish mid laner Emo and stalwart away laner Thiay”JT-” Jun Wen, who’ve put in respectable playmaking performances during the championship. Meanwhile, the flyfly has been comparatively unreliable but has come alive over the primary stage.
The Chinese carry has been a constant thorn at EG’s side, hounding EG’s cores and leaving no breathing room for them. Even though Emo had a characteristically competitive game with various over-extensions, flyfly’s drama was measured, yet in tandem with IG’s obsessive assaults. If flyfly continue his series of play, it is looking even more inclined for two Chinese teams to be fighting it out on home soil for your decoration.
Unexpectedly, EG made many bad decisions that led to their landslide defeat, finishing their MDL Chengdu Major conduct using a shockingly horrible game. While fourth place isn’t a terrible effect for their brand new roster, the North American group will definitely be disappointed with the way that they went out.
Their fresh tri-core has experienced a more even spread of plantation when compared with Sumail”SumaiL” Hassan and Gustav”s4″ Magnusson times, with each participant getting farm priority based on their own hero. Abed specifically seemed excellent on space-creating personalities which scale to the late-game, particularly Ember and Spirit Spirit.
They’ll confront the slumping TNC Predator at the lower bracket final. The winner of this series will move to face Vici Gambling at the grand final, surely in front of a raucous home crowd.
