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GumBa
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
United Kingdom31935 Posts
March 04 2016 14:33 GMT
#2661
Very sad but don't be too negative guys. Alliance have made a huge comeback the last few months with 2 Lan wins and a top8 in Major is nothing to scoff at, let's just be happy the boys are back and playing some solid dota and hope it sticks around for longer. And why win a Major win you can aim for TI
To all the haters: you deserve to witness many, many more Serral victories, worthy of the godlike player he is.
lookfirewood
Profile Joined May 2011
1212 Posts
March 04 2016 14:36 GMT
#2662
On March 04 2016 23:30 kishill wrote:
why brew.... WHY... I just hate this hero and i hate it for s4... even when he played very well but i hate this hero with this meta... but gl to col wp


When I saw brew in the draft i felt like "fuck, it's over...", but looking at bans they banned alot of s4 heroes. Not many heroes left for him so brew for control/playmaking was a good choice, but was long ago they did well with him... But what got to me the most was the rosh fight... they didn't need aegis, they didn't need rosh, they wud've made it even if they let rosh go to NiP (i mean col), and just fought through it when they had CDs and tanking items... so sad... that was the throw of the game. Yargh... getting emo over this and I hate it!
R.I.P STX 03.08.2013 never forget.
WakaDoDo
Profile Joined July 2009
Sweden1183 Posts
March 04 2016 15:06 GMT
#2663
All kinds of feels. Guess im sort of proud they are actually back. Get manilla!
bluzi
Profile Joined May 2011
4703 Posts
March 04 2016 15:12 GMT
#2664
On March 04 2016 23:36 lookfirewood wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 04 2016 23:30 kishill wrote:
why brew.... WHY... I just hate this hero and i hate it for s4... even when he played very well but i hate this hero with this meta... but gl to col wp


When I saw brew in the draft i felt like "fuck, it's over...", but looking at bans they banned alot of s4 heroes. Not many heroes left for him so brew for control/playmaking was a good choice, but was long ago they did well with him... But what got to me the most was the rosh fight... they didn't need aegis, they didn't need rosh, they wud've made it even if they let rosh go to NiP (i mean col), and just fought through it when they had CDs and tanking items... so sad... that was the throw of the game. Yargh... getting emo over this and I hate it!


Agreed such a bad call , but hey in TI3 Navi made a dumb call that won them the game , so you cant alway be on the "smart" side , too bad they went for it , they had the game won , also they shouldve used Zeus more i feel S4 is a killer with it.
Nomzter
Profile Joined March 2012
Sweden2802 Posts
March 04 2016 15:14 GMT
#2665
Slow and steady progress. Top 12 at Frankfurt, top 8 in Shanghai, top 4 in Manilla and top 1 in Seattle.
GumBa
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
United Kingdom31935 Posts
March 04 2016 16:56 GMT
#2666
What mid would have been better for s4 that game guys and wasn't banned. Qop maybe`?
To all the haters: you deserve to witness many, many more Serral victories, worthy of the godlike player he is.
lookfirewood
Profile Joined May 2011
1212 Posts
March 04 2016 20:20 GMT
#2667
On March 05 2016 01:56 GumBa wrote:
What mid would have been better for s4 that game guys and wasn't banned. Qop maybe`?

From what was left in the pool for s4 I think brew was fine. They didn't need damage (qop or zeus), but needed tempo control. But it feels like such a lackluster early midgame when they have spectre and a jungle dark seer. I dunno...
R.I.P STX 03.08.2013 never forget.
Zea!
Profile Joined November 2006
9589 Posts
March 04 2016 21:22 GMT
#2668
This hurts, but we'll soon bounce b[A]ck as always, just a bad day, have faith in the boys and they'll deliver again soon, as someone already said, we' re coming there, step by step. We'll always be behind you, no matter what!! [A] <3
The Real Power~
hunter_x
Profile Joined June 2014
Germany2762 Posts
March 04 2016 22:06 GMT
#2669
well so we wont have the epic alliance vs tl final. i really would have liked that matchup, because the games between those two teams are always very good. Alliance vs Liquid could be the new el classico. of course all of you will cheer for liquid now, right guys?
Jotoco
Profile Joined October 2010
Brazil1342 Posts
March 04 2016 22:21 GMT
#2670
Actually, I will cheer for complexity, even if it is very hard that they are going any deeper.

They played pretty well, and I though to myself it would be a shame either team dropping out.
DucK-
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Singapore11447 Posts
March 05 2016 00:30 GMT
#2671
This is the kind of game where a jungler is too greedy. You have a shit lane with spectre, so you have 1 support permanently there. The mid lane has to be self sufficient, but given that the enemy has od + mirana I'd any there's no room for a jungler
Yurie
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
12126 Posts
March 05 2016 00:36 GMT
#2672
On March 05 2016 09:30 DucK- wrote:
This is the kind of game where a jungler is too greedy. You have a shit lane with spectre, so you have 1 support permanently there. The mid lane has to be self sufficient, but given that the enemy has od + mirana I'd any there's no room for a jungler


A zeus could work mid against that. Never enter into range for the OD to remove you. Even if you lose the lane it isn't a big deal when considering it is 1v2. Problem then is that everything is on the back of DS for initiation, which wouldn't work. The NP would need to change in that regard as well.

I am of the opinion that banning OD first phase was what Alliance should have done, would have removed the entire problem for a different and easier to solve one.
kishill
Profile Joined April 2015
Switzerland67 Posts
March 05 2016 07:39 GMT
#2673
On March 05 2016 06:22 Zea! wrote:
This hurts, but we'll soon bounce b[A]ck as always, just a bad day, have faith in the boys and they'll deliver again soon, as someone already said, we' re coming there, step by step. We'll always be behind you, no matter what!! [A] <3


i was hoping for qop... because its S4 qop and u could go other strong lane control support or pressure with ds offlane everything was open i thought iwas too greedy with np, but i am no pro so
lookfirewood
Profile Joined May 2011
1212 Posts
March 05 2016 10:12 GMT
#2674
I feel so many predictions are totally blown in the compendium. So many surprises... anyone know next tournament A is gonna play?
R.I.P STX 03.08.2013 never forget.
Zea!
Profile Joined November 2006
9589 Posts
March 06 2016 06:44 GMT
#2675
Meanwhile...






AAHAHAHAH :D
The Real Power~
Tesgah
Profile Joined May 2015
Norway71 Posts
March 06 2016 15:59 GMT
#2676
Great group stage showing from the boys. Unfortunately, they could not keep their form during the main stage games. Bulldog was good as usual, but had a surprisingly low impact NP compared to other offlaners during this major. Akke sometimes brilliant, EGM and Loda stable yet average. Only one to disappoint me was S4, who felt off his game during the main stage games. But it should be said that S4 had many bans targeted at him. A struggles whenever S4 does.

I love that S4 is such a great tempo controller, but I feel it is a weakness that he is unable to play the OP meta mids like Invoker, OD and DP. It makes it easier to ban against A, especially since Bulldog's hero is often picked during the first phase (Bulldog being the only other player on A that gets a lot of targeted bans excluding Akke's Chen and Ench).

But I still enjoyed this tournament! Thanks for the show, boys Alliance will be back!
DucK-
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Singapore11447 Posts
March 06 2016 16:57 GMT
#2677
I don't think s4 can't play invoker od DP. It's more like alliance have a style that doesn't involve those heroes.
lookfirewood
Profile Joined May 2011
1212 Posts
March 06 2016 18:59 GMT
#2678
On March 07 2016 01:57 DucK- wrote:
I don't think s4 can't play invoker od DP. It's more like alliance have a style that doesn't involve those heroes.


I feel like they need to have the possibility to fall back on that. Getting high. Impact, low farm offlane or safelane for ABD/loda so s4 can go farm intense mids. I'm sure they can, they just have to trust it.
R.I.P STX 03.08.2013 never forget.
Zea!
Profile Joined November 2006
9589 Posts
March 06 2016 19:02 GMT
#2679
Well, OD and Invoker will be nerfed next patch so why bother
The Real Power~
sang
Profile Joined February 2011
United States251 Posts
March 06 2016 20:39 GMT
#2680
S4 can play Invoker; a few meta's ago he was playing Quas-Wex pretty regularly while most other Invoker players were playing Exort.

I think the bigger problem throughout the major was how weak Alliance's lanes were and their early game play overall. Akke is very good on Chen and Enchantress, but they pretty much asked him to carry their early laning stage by himself numerous times. A lot of the early aggression and strong lanes we saw in Captain's Draft and Starladder just didn't happen in Shanghai. Their entire early game rotations and movement just felt very off during the main event.

Additionally, in that series against Complexity, they seemed to forget how to play against Whisp. That blunder in Game 3 where coL bought back on OD and relocated back into the rosh pit once Whisp respawned was extremely sloppy and a greedy call for them to try to sneak in. Alliance has done that exact move countless times to other teams, I was shocked they tried to go for it, especially when the game was almost back to even at that point.
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