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Racket
Profile Joined July 2013
3023 Posts
October 21 2017 17:28 GMT
#4741
Its really tough for them to play outside of CIS. At least they are qualifying and getting experience. It could be way worse. I agree, they have to expand their hero pools. Dendi on the bright side is farming a lot better than before, for an "old" player its kind of impressive.
Judicator
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States7270 Posts
October 22 2017 01:42 GMT
#4742
On October 22 2017 00:56 Xurr wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 22 2017 00:20 nVme wrote:
On October 21 2017 22:37 DucK- wrote:
I'm OK. You don't win every game. What matters is you show character in your games. I think they are showing that they are not pushovers. Questionable drafting but overall confident that they can grow.

I think crystalize needs to improve though in terms of hero pool.


so does dendi though, he can only play qop and lina decently well

Dendi needs to improve his midgame first and foremost. Every game he has a good or even very good early game and throws it all away with weird positioning.


Honestly, that's less on Dendi and more on the support play. Like it's incredibly dumb that the matches they lost against both mineski and thunder can be basically be boiled down to ganks from poor warding.

Vision is a big problem and Crystallize got stranded on an island. To their credit, they played better this time around when that happened. But they need to fix that.
Get it by your hands...
Racket
Profile Joined July 2013
3023 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-10-22 12:06:37
October 22 2017 08:24 GMT
#4743
Important is that they realize what must be changed/improved and work on that. They lack, as always, a great captain but they look pretty good for not having one. As long as they don't lose heart they will keep getting better.
The scene has gotten really hard these last few years. They need to keep playing against teams from other regions even if they lose.

Edit: Do not forget that NaVi getting 0 points in Minors/Majors means NaVi is in the same situation as always: waiting for the TI8 quals to get there the usual way.
nayumi
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Australia6499 Posts
October 22 2017 22:42 GMT
#4744
Warding is a huge issue for Navi from what I can see. Navi lacks that true position 5 who can take a step back and not worry about scoring kills for the team, but instead looking at the map and identifying the risks. I find both of Navi support to be great at ganking and team fight but fail to play the true "support" role.
Sugoi monogatari onii-chan!
the bear jew
Profile Joined August 2014
United States3674 Posts
October 23 2017 00:45 GMT
#4745
Team has potential, took off game from Mineski, just have to play consistent. If they can play to their peak, I feel like they can qualify for Dreamleague major and get Top 4. Now they just have to do it. It's just frustrating for them not to play up to their potential all the time.
DeMoN pulled off a Miracle and Flies to the Moon
DucK-
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Singapore11447 Posts
October 23 2017 04:13 GMT
#4746
On October 23 2017 07:42 nayumi wrote:
Warding is a huge issue for Navi from what I can see. Navi lacks that true position 5 who can take a step back and not worry about scoring kills for the team, but instead looking at the map and identifying the risks. I find both of Navi support to be great at ganking and team fight but fail to play the true "support" role.


I have the same thoughts. Sonneiko seems to be unable to play the true 5. It almost seems like he is pressured to make things happen.
nayumi
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Australia6499 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-10-24 00:14:15
October 24 2017 00:12 GMT
#4747
On October 23 2017 13:13 DucK- wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 23 2017 07:42 nayumi wrote:
Warding is a huge issue for Navi from what I can see. Navi lacks that true position 5 who can take a step back and not worry about scoring kills for the team, but instead looking at the map and identifying the risks. I find both of Navi support to be great at ganking and team fight but fail to play the true "support" role.


I have the same thoughts. Sonneiko seems to be unable to play the true 5. It almost seems like he is pressured to make things happen.

And I think his skillset and age do not suit a true 5 role either. Most successful true 5 that I know are generally more mature (i.e older) like Kuro, PPD or (recent) Puppey and so on. He's too young and hot blooded to not try and make play. A typical Navi loss is follow:
1. Opponent drafts a safe & objective-based line up
2a. Navi supports try to make play with their aggression and end up feeding too many kills or leave their cores unguarded and counter-ganked which leads to losing towers/buildings
or
2b. Navi supports can't play aggressively and are left dumbfounded because they have no idea what to do next, where to ward, when to check Roshan .etc
3. Navi loses

Edit: I'm not saying their supports are the only problem but in my view having a working support duo is 60-70% of a team's success. Even if you could replace Dendi with Sumail I don't think their results would be much different.
Sugoi monogatari onii-chan!
RubickPicker
Profile Joined October 2015
United States332 Posts
October 27 2017 12:56 GMT
#4748
When I think of strategy-minded 5, I think of Wisp players, and Sonneiko at any rate used to be good at relocating people around fights for strategic advantage.

I wish for better warding and I wish Dendi didn't need quite so much assistance in lane. I get why they lane swap the sides but wonder if it happens too often.
* N U K E D *
Bisu-Fan
Profile Joined January 2010
Russian Federation3339 Posts
October 31 2017 20:22 GMT
#4749
Hoping Dendi can start dominating mid lanes again with his denies I remember he would sometimes have games where he'd be 40/30 and a good 1.5 levels ahead of the other midlaner
The Revolutionist Shall Rise Again! No. 1 Kim Taek Yong Fan 어헣↗ GO JAEDONG!!!!!!! GO ACE!!! 태연 <3 윤아 <3 승연 <3
nayumi
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Australia6499 Posts
October 31 2017 21:57 GMT
#4750
On November 01 2017 05:22 Bisu-Fan wrote:
Hoping Dendi can start dominating mid lanes again with his denies I remember he would sometimes have games where he'd be 40/30 and a good 1.5 levels ahead of the other midlaner

well the mid match up is no longer the traditional 1v1 like we used to know

i find mid match up nowadays relies less on the actual mid player doing well (apart from farming of course) but more on the support creating enough space and making room for the mid player to farm and grow..

pos 2 used to define if a team wins or loses, it is now pos 4 from what i've experienced...
Sugoi monogatari onii-chan!
Bisu-Fan
Profile Joined January 2010
Russian Federation3339 Posts
November 01 2017 21:46 GMT
#4751
On November 01 2017 06:57 nayumi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 01 2017 05:22 Bisu-Fan wrote:
Hoping Dendi can start dominating mid lanes again with his denies I remember he would sometimes have games where he'd be 40/30 and a good 1.5 levels ahead of the other midlaner

well the mid match up is no longer the traditional 1v1 like we used to know

i find mid match up nowadays relies less on the actual mid player doing well (apart from farming of course) but more on the support creating enough space and making room for the mid player to farm and grow..

pos 2 used to define if a team wins or loses, it is now pos 4 from what i've experienced...

With the 7.07 change back to one less creep, hopefully we see less dual mids as it might starve the mid's experience gain. That on top of the deny experience being much more punishing might change how viable dual mids are. Unless it exacerbates the problem and the mid lane becomes a deny-fest. :/

But yeah I agree the pos 4's really need to step it up in 706. But then again, Dendi should be used to other supports pressuring him, as it's been the case forever. (probably a little less so from ti4 to ti6)
The Revolutionist Shall Rise Again! No. 1 Kim Taek Yong Fan 어헣↗ GO JAEDONG!!!!!!! GO ACE!!! 태연 <3 윤아 <3 승연 <3
_Elendil
Profile Joined July 2016
Italy192 Posts
November 06 2017 20:52 GMT
#4752
Na'Vi actually acting as a team, good decision making, they don't lose control because they lost lanes. gj!
Racket
Profile Joined July 2013
3023 Posts
November 07 2017 21:25 GMT
#4753
http://read.navi-gaming.com/en/team_news/crystallize_twitch_answers

Don't really like his attitude.
Salazarz
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Korea (South)2591 Posts
November 07 2017 22:23 GMT
#4754
On November 08 2017 06:25 Racket wrote:
http://read.navi-gaming.com/en/team_news/crystallize_twitch_answers

Don't really like his attitude.


What makes you say that? Think he's just fairly introverted / not used to being interviewed so the answers are quite stifled.
kyle_xy8
Profile Joined October 2017
6 Posts
November 08 2017 01:00 GMT
#4755
Please ComeBack
Racket
Profile Joined July 2013
3023 Posts
November 08 2017 07:26 GMT
#4756
On November 08 2017 10:00 kyle_xy8 wrote:
Please ComeBack

He doesn't like this hero, he won't play that hero. Kind of bad attitude for a player who clearly has a small hero pool and should work on it.
the bear jew
Profile Joined August 2014
United States3674 Posts
November 10 2017 12:27 GMT
#4757
We went 1-1 with Liquid in dreamleague, so our chances of qualifying for the major are excellent.
DeMoN pulled off a Miracle and Flies to the Moon
Racket
Profile Joined July 2013
3023 Posts
November 10 2017 18:34 GMT
#4758
They only need to win two games to get to the Major.
Archeon
Profile Joined May 2011
3269 Posts
November 10 2017 20:32 GMT
#4759
If I don't suck at math (which is possible) they need to win 3 maps and one of them has to be against og to be sure. If they go 0:2 vs OG, 2:0 vs MoF and 1:1 vs VP and OG 2:0s MoF, then navi either goes down (if they count head to head) or they have a tiebreaker with OG.
low gravity, yes-yes!
Racket
Profile Joined July 2013
3023 Posts
November 11 2017 06:51 GMT
#4760
On November 11 2017 05:32 Archeon wrote:
If I don't suck at math (which is possible) they need to win 3 maps and one of them has to be against og to be sure. If they go 0:2 vs OG, 2:0 vs MoF and 1:1 vs VP and OG 2:0s MoF, then navi either goes down (if they count head to head) or they have a tiebreaker with OG.

Yea, I just believe OG and MoF will lose some other games. As long as NaVi wins two games, the others teams have to have an outstanding performance for what is left for NaVi to end up out.
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