EPTYeah, I think support naga will be big in the elimination stage.
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ChickenDieAlive
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Yeah, I think support naga will be big in the elimination stage. | ||
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JGwinworth
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PoulsenB
Poland7735 Posts
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Atoissen
Norway1737 Posts
On August 06 2017 06:34 JGwinworth wrote: OK guys so the main stream is hyping tie breakers but it's not possible b/c Newbie will be 2nd which means they will face our boys EG in round 1 of playoffs b/c LFY will definitely choose to play TNC. Here's the final bracket with everything added to show final results. Enjoy! Thats a good call mate  EG are looking real good, win in against every team. And the losses werent to bad either. I feel they go into the Main event with a draft advantage... zai and crit both so versatile. sumail, uni and rtz all on point it seems. SO EXCITED!!! :D Go boys~ | ||
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emperorchampion
Canada9496 Posts
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BreakupBoy
Germany171 Posts
On August 06 2017 19:09 emperorchampion wrote: Round 1 match against nb ain't gonna be easy, hopefully they can continue the legacy as China slayers Doesn't EG have a pretty good record against this newbie team? I feel like they played each other quiet often during the season and most of the times EG came out victorious | ||
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Atoissen
Norway1737 Posts
On August 06 2017 19:33 BreakupBoy wrote: Doesn't EG have a pretty good record against this newbie team? I feel like they played each other quiet often during the season and most of the times EG came out victorious You are right, in the last 12 months they have encountered 8 times, and EG won 5 of them, 3 of those wins being in finals (Mars Dota2 League, China Top and Manila Masters), also beat Newbee 2-0 at Kiev major, the Newbee wins were less important. I would say EG has both a mental and a draft advantage against Newbee, but Newbee are very skilled players, gonna be good matches | ||
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Gaial
United States313 Posts
I think the bans will be very telling against Newbee; particularly Kaka's bans. I think his Nyx warrants one with how much he destroyed VP with it (Game 1). | ||
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PoulsenB
Poland7735 Posts
RTZ did it guys :D | ||
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Achaian
United States3369 Posts
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LemOn
United Kingdom8629 Posts
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LemOn
United Kingdom8629 Posts
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Atoissen
Norway1737 Posts
they all did crucial mistakes... Cant even remember sumail in any of the games... Crit just being bad... realy disapointing rly...  | ||
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LemOn
United Kingdom8629 Posts
On August 08 2017 08:33 Atoissen wrote: bah... not bringing ur a-game to the main stage is bad... they all did crucial mistakes... Cant even remember sumail in any of the games... Crit just being bad... realy disapointing rly... He had Mirana Necro While Sccc got Od/QoP More comfort Won mid both games Proceeded to have larger impact by far both games Time to draft around Suma1l next ? | ||
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emperorchampion
Canada9496 Posts
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saocyn
United States937 Posts
i'm not sure if it''s a strategy (I think it's intentional) but i think going forward EG are attempting to make the draft highly ambiguous so the other team can't figure out who plays what role. it's an interesting concept but also risky. they allowed everyone to play a different hero in the same type of draft in the group stage. for example, one game you'll see bat rider bot lane for universe, then it's crit playing support bat. the mirana switch off as well. overtime both support oriented heroes in the past are now switched as carry roles (nothing new) but switched around with WHO plays it. it keeps the opponent guessing which i think is their new evolution. (PPD hinted in the past about how everyone should learn every role.) But on the other end of the spectrum, their pool seems more...limited....and their drafts aren't as strong...it's an EG draft but it's not a draft that's strong vs the opponents. i'm not sure if it's only me but it seems the west try to out think themselves in the drafting phase...and this meta it works against them. In previous tournaments relying on all time strong drafts got you in trouble for being predictable but now, this meta it has the opposite effect. At this point i wouldn't be surprised if they lost to empire...rtz hasn't had one game where i had confidence in him. it never crossed my mind in all his games that if shit hit the fan and he had time to farm, he would make up the difference if sumail failed or if universe couldn't pull off the big initiations. not to mention, i think this is the very first time i've ever seen universe die in the offlane in a 1v1 scenario. that's a really bad sign. | ||
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esla_sol
United States756 Posts
they could lose to empire today, or secret/liquid tomorrow, but the boys are the boys. they are legit good. i expect them to pull through. | ||
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DucK-
Singapore11447 Posts
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Gaial
United States313 Posts
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HaXxorIzed
Australia8434 Posts
Sure, EG still saw red and got hungry when taking fights like the one forced in game1 vs Newbee under Newbee's T2 with song that were high-risk, but it happened less; and they usually had much more of a "lead" or margin of error. Of course replacing ppd in that respect is difficult, but I don't think it bodes well that they have never developed any consistency in avoiding this problem; and it cost them deeply against Newbee - on the biggest and most important stage of the year. | ||
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