Thought Misery played invis heroes for them. Find Riki a strange hero is a support but some of his talent work so much better as a carry. Has been out of Meta for a while.

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

April 19 2018 08:42 GMT

#3622

I always thought from my noob perspective that Riki > BH even with track. Riki permantly invisible so you can literally roam the map forever, the gank set up is also way better, 1 stun from someone plus cloud and they can't do anything. Plus the free "blink" with backstab. Yet BH you can track at level 6 but if you have a bad laning stage it can take you 12+ minutes to get it and then it might be to late to influence the game. Also he just doesn't scale as well as a Riki. As you said his talents are better than BHs and he can do more damage.

When Riki was in the meta last year? Maybe longer i forget, they used to just play him 4 and build diffusal and he would do alot of work. Also at non pro level Riki very fun with aghs xD

Looking at the qualifiers going on at the moment.
ESL One Birmingham Major, LGD have failed to qualify, so have VGJ Thunder, meaning it is a chance for us to close the gap on those above us in DPC, however LFY and iG are playing for the spot. We are 500 and 600 points behind LGD and VGJ.

Sapaio

Denmark2037 Posts

April 19 2018 10:49 GMT

#3623

Think many items would be good with Riki. Think skull basher would on average do 3 stuns on max trick of the trade, desolator, but also pure damage items. I know RTZ plays a lot of morph so think a combo of this heroes could do serious damage even without Morph can use ToTT. Cloak and Dagger gives 100% Agi as Damage. So could just destroy people.

PoulsenB

Poland7725 Posts

April 29 2018 20:14 GMT

#3624

When are the bois playing? I want some hot EG action :>

gulati

United States2241 Posts

April 30 2018 00:38 GMT

#3625

gosugamers showing EG as rank 3rd in the world right now

one of the biggest fans but this is just fake news

Taf the Ghost

United States11751 Posts

April 30 2018 05:27 GMT

#3626

On April 30 2018 05:14 PoulsenB wrote:
When are the bois playing? I want some hot EG action :>

GESC/Thailand Minor/2018

May 9th.

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

April 30 2018 07:39 GMT

#3627

On April 30 2018 09:38 gulati wrote:
gosugamers showing EG as rank 3rd in the world right now

one of the biggest fans but this is just fake news

Haha yeah even i can't agree to that and im a big fanboy as well lol jesus.

10 more days till back in action!

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

May 06 2018 11:53 GMT

#3628

~~With FTM about to secure themselves 450 points minimum, EG getting pushed down to 10th now~~! We have to score points and this GESC tourney should be the one they target for top 2 as we need the points desperately

Ok FTM choked hard! Carry on xd

emperorchampion

Canada9496 Posts

May 07 2018 08:10 GMT

#3629

EG have to show up big in the next events to secure an invite, at the moment it's looking bad for NA

Gaial

United States313 Posts

May 07 2018 13:48 GMT

#3630

First time seeing EG in about 2 (or 3?) patches. Hopefully they adapted as well as Mineski and LGD because VP, Liquid, and Secret especially look shaky.

I think the patches have benefited EG's style; they are one of the most efficient teams in terms of getting gold out of the map.

Pontual

Brazil3038 Posts

May 07 2018 13:58 GMT

#3631

Idk how you can say Mineski adapted well and Liquid looks shaky in the same phrase when Liquid just finished 2nd place and mineski 5/6th place

but i hope EG steps up as well, the scene feels kinda off when they're not good

Gaial

United States313 Posts

May 07 2018 16:09 GMT

#3632

On May 07 2018 22:58 Pontual wrote:
Idk how you can say Mineski adapted well and Liquid looks shaky in the same phrase when Liquid just finished 2nd place and mineski 5/6th place

but i hope EG steps up as well, the scene feels kinda off when they're not good

I watched most of the games with Liquid, VP, and Mineski. Look at their play from before & after and not just the final placement.

ChickenDieAlive

699 Posts

May 07 2018 18:04 GMT

#3633

Liquid mainly focused on their superior individual skills. Their draft was pretty lackluster.

Pontual

Brazil3038 Posts

May 07 2018 18:31 GMT

#3634

I see where you guys are coming from and i agree to your points.They lost games due to their subpar draft and being outplayed but i see this tournament as an improvement for them and a sign they are about to return to their dominant status.

If anything, i would rather have EG adapt as well as Liquid than as well as Mineski, wich to me seemed a very good team that got figured out.

With that said i'm most probably being biased here

arghyad1

India243 Posts

May 07 2018 19:39 GMT

#3635

I am counting on this team and Optic to make techies shine in pro-play. Though no Aui_2000, the introduction of techies might be a big factor for EG as NA teams traditionally favour more of the hero. EG also had about 1 and a half week to practice the hero after release in CM mode without any sort of pro-circuit commitment.

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

May 07 2018 20:23 GMT

#3636

EG had alot of time to practice and to be fair the GESC format now Vega pulled out is good as it is a 8 team group stage round robin so lots of games for them to practice in before the knockout rounds. Should be hopefully good month of May for EG as the ESL Major is next up after this.

arghyad1

India243 Posts

May 08 2018 01:55 GMT

#3637

On May 08 2018 05:23 Pandemona wrote:
Should be hopefully good month of May for EG as the ESL Major is next up after this.

Can be disastrous also if they crash out of both without any points. That would mean EG would have to be atleast 3rd / 2nd at Supermajor or get thrown into qualifiers with Complexity, Optic and VGJ.Storm.

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

May 08 2018 07:50 GMT

#3638

Yeah it is make or break but with how some of the teams have shown vulnerabilties at the moment in the likes of VP and Secret because "they have nothing to play for" so to speak as they are already qualified, might open some doors.

PoulsenB

Poland7725 Posts

May 08 2018 07:58 GMT

#3639

Finally some long awaited EG action, the stakes are high but I'm sure we can get a lot of points.

Sapaio

Denmark2037 Posts

May 08 2018 10:09 GMT

#3640

On May 08 2018 16:50 Pandemona wrote:
Yeah it is make or break but with how some of the teams have shown vulnerabilties at the moment in the likes of VP and Secret because "they have nothing to play for" so to speak as they are already qualified, might open some doors.

Is it just me, or has the new point system lead to that the top teams seem to be holding back a little at the moment to avoid fatigued and get figured out before TI.
Some teams seem to more try out new heroes and strategies then actually win at the moment.
Think EG has a real chance to win one of these next tournament, just hope that it's not like last year where they developed really nice strat that TL figured out before TI, and left them looking ordinary in TI.