One hundred and fifty two: the expected rhythm
The organizers originally thought that the lengthy format would make the audience sleepy, but they did not expect that the first game of West End Derby was so exciting, which directly lifted the atmosphere at the scene.
The second game started soon. After a BP game between the two sides, the lineup was as follows:
SPS: Ant (AME), Dragon Knight (ONE), Sand King (Yang), Laolu (Fy), Thrall (xNova)
LGD: Agressif, Maybe, Old Eleven, Victoria, Yao
The original intention of SPS was to pair the mid laner Dragon Knight with a big brother, Lao Lu, but LGD finally came up with a Bone Mage, which somewhat restrained the SPS lineup, and the Bone Mage was extremely disgusting against the physical single core.
LGD also has more than one single-core counter, the electric soul and bone method, the melee core is really difficult to play, and the water man has been banned again, well... what should I choose?
After a brief discussion with his teammates, Xiao Se finally abandoned the melee core and chose the big brother ant, which rarely appears in the current version.
As soon as this hand came out, the famous commentator Merlini couldn't help but said: "SPS's BP has really changed too much. AME can play both core and core, and ONE can play core and tool. Yang is responsible for this.
The hardest work in the team can still produce results, and with the sword of Fy god and the shield of xNova, SPS, we are witnessing an era."
The partner joked at the right time: "The game hasn't started yet, so don't say it too early, otherwise your Twitter will be flooded after the game."
Merlini insisted on his opinion: "OK, let's see, SPS will win 11 consecutive games today. I really can't think of a reason for their failure."
Merlini, the golden ID title bearer of Zeus in the DOTA1 era, got her name because she scored three kills in the woods with the remaining blood of Zeus.
In the middle, Xiao Se's Dragon Cavalry faced Maybe's Electric Soul. Dragon Cavalry was a little uncomfortable, but Xiao Se's high-level fire breathing and fiery last-hitting touch didn't overwhelm him too much.
Just when everyone thought they would go through a smooth and boring laning period, LGD's advantage lane suddenly collapsed, inexplicably.
The combination of Sand King and Laolu operated by Yang and Fy killed the aircraft continuously. Yao's Chaos wanted to use sleep to help Agressif avoid Laolu's T, but a mistake resulted in the aircraft being killed. When it collapsed, the TP died, and it crashed on the road.
At 6 minutes, it was Lao Lu again. Dragon Knight, who controlled Fy to accelerate and cooperated to level 6, once again used a combination of double T punches to send the electric soul back to the spring.
Did the situation take a turn for the worse? At 10 and a half minutes, Fy Laolu's economy was as close as a plane, which shows how LGD's situation has collapsed.
Can a disadvantage be reversed? An advantage is not given a chance at all. This is the quality of a top team.
At 29 and a half minutes, SPS attacked the tower from LGD's middle high ground and killed the electric soul and aircraft? LGD directly knocked out GG.
Not sloppy at all? SPS 2:0 LGD advanced to the upper bracket finals.
The entire audience gave this invincible team a thunderous applause.
The classic "stressed in the first game, crushed in the second game"? SPS won the first round of the upper bracket as expected, and extended its current winning streak to eleven games.
Under the camera? The five LGD players regretted leaving the field? The expressions of the players were not very good. After today, they will fall into the loser group, and the situation is not optimistic.
Although they were defeated 2:0, LGD's performance in these two games actually had a good chance. However, a few mistakes, both minor and minor, ruined the good situation, and SPS seized the opportunity to win the game in one fell swoop.
For a super strong team, any mistake may turn into a comeback point. Unfortunately, SPS is the team with the best ability to seize opportunities.
Victoria was very upset. He looked at Fy who was calm and composed on the stage, but he had to admire him.
Is there anything wrong with Victoria's performance in this bo3? It's even extraordinary, but it's still a bit worse than Fy at the same position.
Rubick’s big difference in the first game? In the second game, Laolu went all over the field to revitalize the team. On the big screen after the game, both MVPs were given to SPS.Fy.
There were thunderous applause and endless cheers, most of which were dedicated to Fy. This god-level fourth position is still writing his legend on the court.
You can say that Baqi and Maybe are no worse than AME and ONE, but after today, the major teams will start scratching their heads again to consider how to target Fy, but xNova and Yang are not fuel-efficient lamps. How to allocate seven ban positions?
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Therefore, "How to defeat SPS?" This world-class problem is placed in front of all DOTA2 teams.
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The subsequent games were exciting, with major teams appearing one after another.
VG.P reversed Faceless 2:1, and Syalr led the team to take a step further.
In the loser group at night, Random 1:0 TB secured its foothold; EG easily eliminated SG; LFY lost to Secret and became the first Chinese team to leave Frankfurt.
That night, at ten o'clock at midnight in Frankfurt, the last loser's group BO1 knockout match of the day was held.
This match was not long, only taking 27 minutes, but it left the entire audience silent and angry.
The old deer killed Fengxing with residual blood at the entrance of the spring, and Fengxing paid for the work. The old deer opened the green staff, rushed to the spring and killed Fengxing again, threw all the equipment on the ground, picked it up again, and finally jumped away gracefully.
Scenes of abuse in professional arenas are rare, and this behavior of throwing equipment was even more egregious, eliciting boos from many spectators.
【Navi.Dendi(Windrunner):GG】
【Avehe King(Leshik):GoodGoodBye】
"WTF!"
"Damn it! Isn't this too arrogant?"
"This guy whose ID is Wang really doesn't think of himself as a human being. Are you so mocking?"
"A tiger is bullied by a dog. Dendi is getting old after all. He is ridiculed by such a person."
Avenger 1:0 Navi, took 27 minutes, head ratio 27:3.
Avehe King tortured the spring for two minutes, forcing Dendi to knock out GG with her own hands.
Although the audience at the scene expressed disdain for Avenger's mid laner's abusive behavior, they could not change the outcome of the game. Navi.Dendi, a legend of a generation, was actually eliminated in this way.
During the post-match interview, the reporter who was a good guy specifically found Wang Quan. The specific content of the interview was nothing worth paying attention to. It was just Wang Quan’s words that caused a stir at home and abroad:
"TI2 champion? Times make heroes. Dota 2 is constantly evolving, and the level of professional players is also constantly improving. In my opinion, those so-called god-level mid laners back then are not as powerful as the current ONE. I have been catching up with ONE.
, dendi? Forget it, he has been eliminated, hasn’t he?”
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"This B team looks so damn stupid. This Quan has such a bad character." Although Le Xiai claims to be of extremely poor quality, his style in the game is still quite decent. In the professional circle, he looks up but doesn't look down.
As a character, Avenger’s behavior can be said to have offended everyone.
Fy also frowned: "Not only did he offend everyone, but now he also tied Xiao Se to a cross. Take a look at the comments on the Internet."
Yang was even more upset now: "This is better than setting the pace, MLGB, don't let me meet him in the game, otherwise I will torture him until he is judged to be idle by the system."
Xiao Se, who was at the center of the storm, was sitting at the computer desk, looking at the schedule information after today.
Wang Quan's tricks are always so low-level, and he doesn't want to spend energy to pay attention to them. This rhythm is also expected by him.
The next opponent of SPS has not been announced yet, and we have to wait for the results of the two remaining upper bracket BO3s today, but the matchups of the lower bracket have been announced.
Chapter completed!