It felt like the sumail furion drafts were an idea from scrims that they felt good about, but it didn't pan out in real matches. I don't think we'll see it return this tournament, though of course I could be wrong

VG should be handled, EHOME is definitely beatable. Hoping for a nice deep run (and another 3rd place

)

PoulsenB

Poland7712 Posts

January 25 2019 08:20 GMT

#4222

That was close but the bois managed to win, Cr1t played out of his mind, RTZ too, his PL was great to watch

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

January 25 2019 10:59 GMT

#4223

Rtc being that hard carry is so fun to watch. I must admit i don't have any idea why they rate OD so highly, i mean Sumail struggled game 1 with it and it seems an easy pick off target. However in game 3 as seen, if u can get levels and a couple of items on it, it can hit extremely hard and its hammer ult can be huge.

Still im hoping they are playing themselves into this tournament. Taking on EHOME tomorrow will be a tough ask but if they can step up again like they did vs VG they could find themselves top 4!

Pontual

Brazil3038 Posts

January 25 2019 11:31 GMT

#4224

On January 25 2019 19:59 Pandemona wrote:
Rtc being that hard carry is so fun to watch. I must admit i don't have any idea why they rate OD so highly, i mean Sumail struggled game 1 with it and it seems an easy pick off target. However in game 3 as seen, if u can get levels and a couple of items on it, it can hit extremely hard and its hammer ult can be huge.

Still im hoping they are playing themselves into this tournament. Taking on EHOME tomorrow will be a tough ask but if they can step up again like they did vs VG they could find themselves top 4!

I think it might be a strat they are comfortable with and they were allowed to pick it, so no reason to show other hero/strat

ironcell

Chile1127 Posts

January 25 2019 18:58 GMT

#4225

It was a scary series, Sumail and S4 were unconsistent all 3 games, and they even looked tilted.
On game 1 the team had 2 horrible minutes when they feeded into VG 5 man.
RTZ consistency was the anchor of the team, for all the critics he gets vs VG he played very good dota, still not top tier (I think that ramzes, miracle and nisha are currently on that level) but he can be relied on all times.
But the standout, the man who saved us was Crit, he carried us so hard on game 2, and on game 3 he saved the game when VG was getting momentun. Seriously build this man a monument.
If Sumail and S4 start performing as usual, EG is gonna look very good.
I have 2 concerns still with the drafts, they are aiming to win at mid to late game, and they can look very stubborn about what they think is good. I hope to see a more proactive play style in the first 20 minutes.
OD is high rated because he destroys tanky - aura carriers offlaners, and can one shot agility carries. Panel was saying that there is not a single meta offlaner that is good vs OD. Sumail didnt lose the lane in any of the games, but after the lane he looked so weird from this usual perfomance, maybe it was a team issue... but i dont think that OD was the problem.

CuddlyCuteKitten

Sweden2682 Posts

January 25 2019 20:02 GMT

#4226

Crit played amazing but I think most of the rest of the team did what they had to. For example they put S4 on the kind of 3rds that will do well in a 1on1 lane and then he got focused and thrashed early game. But that tied up a lot of heroes and he still managed to be useful in every game.
It is a bit worrisome that they seem to randomly die through the games however.

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

January 26 2019 00:11 GMT

#4227

Maybe Sumail and OD just don't go well together, im hoping it gets first banned tomorrow vs EHOME so we can see another mid hero for him. I like the way VP and Secret today play diffo carries mid that were very situational but also big scaling cores that i would pay for sumail to play on.

I mean in game 2 and 3 when Sumail gets a good start on OD and begins to snowball, he is harder to kill, gets his items and most importantly for that hero his levels quicker and he can start really dropping the hammer.

Oh well, i think you can clearly see they have got better as this tournament has gone on, just whether it is enough to beat EHOME will be the question.

ironcell

Chile1127 Posts

January 26 2019 12:28 GMT

#4228

Ok, maybe there is a script for Eg and getting to the last day. The team got really tuned and showed to play and impress today. That last game vs LGD was impresive. And the best thing is that they know that they are underdogs for the final day

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

January 26 2019 18:40 GMT

#4229

Yeah EG improved again going into EHOME game and improved again going into PSG game. So good when they get like this. Now how far can we go?! Top 3 last major, can they get any further this time?

Atoissen

Norway1737 Posts

January 26 2019 22:55 GMT

#4230

I want to see VP vrs EG rematch! EG are on fire right now... Impressive games today.
Sumail was such a beast in the last game vrs LGD! It was beautiful seeing all the small details in his play and showing such a good controll bullying the enemy while ur team free-siege, S4 also showed up today, he still getts totally sacrificed in the early game, but he is making it work right now.

Doneld G.

61 Posts

January 27 2019 07:51 GMT

#4231

Damn feels bad getting 2-0ed by Secret. Third place aint that bad tho.

PoulsenB

Poland7712 Posts

January 27 2019 13:18 GMT

#4232

VP and Secret still out of our reach it seems :C Still, a 3rd place is very good and they still have lots of room for improvement.

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

January 27 2019 13:59 GMT

#4233

Hopefully they can dust themselves off and win MDL in February to set up a good shot at winning DreamLeague major in Sweden in March.

Silent_Marine

Vietnam281 Posts

January 27 2019 14:33 GMT

#4234

I feel like the last 2 majors is the TI 8 reversed result
TI 8, EG 2-0 Secret and VP , 0-2 PSG . Now EG got 0-2 by Secret and VP

Atoissen

Norway1737 Posts

January 28 2019 14:56 GMT

#4235

3'rd place finish at a Major again, looking good for TI, but I rally want my boy Artour to have a Major win in his backpack. As usuall we get better as the tournament progress, shame that the strat we were using was not strong enough to win vrs Secret. GG

Bauminki

3 Posts

January 29 2019 19:38 GMT

#4236

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Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

January 31 2019 16:33 GMT

#4237

On January 28 2019 23:56 Atoissen wrote:
3'rd place finish at a Major again, looking good for TI, but I rally want my boy Artour to have a Major win in his backpack. As usuall we get better as the tournament progress, shame that the strat we were using was not strong enough to win vrs Secret. GG

Be a huge burden off his back going into a TI if he had a major win behind him as well.