Yeah, B)ears showed they are the 3rd strenght on EU behind nothing less than Liquid and OG. But you know, if alliance manage to take games late game they might beat bears 2-1 in the finals

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i wanna believe so much

lookfirewood

1212 Posts

March 10 2017 15:22 GMT

#4802

Biggest improvement is decisionmaking, especially late game. Who's calling the shots?

I'm not gonna shout hi until I crossed the river, but it surely looks like alot of improvement. (swedish expressions sounds better in english).

Ps. I suspect owls in the bog. Ds

GumBa

United Kingdom31935 Posts

March 10 2017 15:32 GMT

#4803

Alliance are actually looking solid. What a pleasure.

bluzi

4703 Posts

March 10 2017 15:34 GMT

#4804

Wow , did not expect to be 3-0 after C9/Secret ..... if we finish 4-1 today or even 3-2 we have all the easy games tomorrow (on paper of course) i think playoff is a possibility ... never believed i have to say.

lookfirewood

1212 Posts

March 10 2017 16:15 GMT

#4805

On March 11 2017 00:34 bluzi wrote:
Wow , did not expect to be 3-0 after C9/Secret ..... if we finish 4-1 today or even 3-2 we have all the easy games tomorrow (on paper of course) i think playoff is a possibility ... never believed i have to say.

But for A there's no such thing as easy games. In the past they've beaten EG and played well vs other top teams only to lose to t2 teams the second day. Or vice versa. So each win is good. But if against all odds they have managed to find their form and generally performs well, I guess tomorrow will feel like a breeze.

Yurie

12084 Posts

March 10 2017 20:15 GMT

#4806

I think the most promising thing is that they show hero diversity in the wins as well. Though they really seem to want LodA on Jugger and one of the few teams liking ET.

https://www.opendota.com/explorer?player=101495620&group=hero&team=&patch=7.02

Too few games in this patch to really see trends in carry picks though.

GumBa

United Kingdom31935 Posts

March 10 2017 20:29 GMT

#4807

Currently playing well vs B)ears. I gotta admit I was losing faith in this iteration but this is the best I have ever seen them. So much fun to see them do well.

jack_knife

Germany343 Posts

March 10 2017 20:59 GMT

#4808

loda played extremely well today, limmp is solid as well, joans still hit and miss. but did not expect to be 4-1 today, tomorrow will be much easier, hope they keep moving forward.

the bear jew

United States3674 Posts

March 10 2017 23:12 GMT

#4809

Alliance is back, so Navi is gone, that is the eternal truth.

lookfirewood

1212 Posts

March 11 2017 08:40 GMT

#4810

Today is going to be exciting. Crazy for fans with do much downtime between matches. But good for the team I suppose.

remember tho, bo1 favors lesser teams more than bo2/bo3. Cmon alliance, keep it together!! And I hope they have a plan for ET bans!

sunrazgriz

Vatican City State1573 Posts

March 11 2017 17:11 GMT

#4811

they drafted like shit to be honest

jack_knife

Germany343 Posts

March 11 2017 17:32 GMT

#4812

i don't think that was a shitty draft, their draft was way better for late game. both luna and ember have insane magic damage against timber.

Yurie

12084 Posts

March 11 2017 17:41 GMT

#4813

On March 12 2017 02:32 jack_knife wrote:
i don't think that was a shitty draft, their draft was way better for late game. both luna and ember have insane magic damage against timber.

A better team would have won that game. They had over 20k lead, which is enough to finish with these lineups. Then late game happened and alliance won, just as you said. Ursa also falls off heavily in late game when his 6-7 hits no longer kills a target.