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On May 13 2013 04:46 eieio wrote:Show nested quote +On May 13 2013 04:40 teapoted wrote:On May 13 2013 04:33 eieio wrote:
I'd be very surprised if EG could pull out a win from here
I'm not sure what happened to Alliance a few months ago but they're indisputably the best in the west now. I can't believe how consistent they've been.
yeah sick RP from demon there but it's just not enough. They changed roster. Yeah I mean they didn't start dominating right after kicking Envy but I suppose that's just cause it took them a bit of time to adapt to the new lineup. Switching Envy for EGM was clearly the right choice.
The loss to mouz at EMS seems to have lit a fire under them as well, they haven't lost a series since. They were at the top of the EU scene since starladder, I think, but up until the last few weeks they at least looked human
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On May 13 2013 04:47 Latham wrote:Show nested quote +On May 13 2013 04:44 teapoted wrote:
All games are today. bo3 lower bracket final and then bo5 final. I was about to ask that, but now I have a different question: considering ALL the delays we've been having on stream, are the finals still scheduled for today, or is there a possibility they will be postponed? They've said they will still do them.
On May 13 2013 04:46 eieio wrote:Show nested quote +On May 13 2013 04:40 teapoted wrote:On May 13 2013 04:33 eieio wrote:
I'd be very surprised if EG could pull out a win from here
I'm not sure what happened to Alliance a few months ago but they're indisputably the best in the west now. I can't believe how consistent they've been.
yeah sick RP from demon there but it's just not enough. They changed roster. Yeah I mean they didn't start dominating right after kicking Envy but I suppose that's just cause it took them a bit of time to adapt to the new lineup. Switching Envy for EGM was clearly the right choice. I don't agree. They did pretty much start dominating right after kicking Envy. Of course they dropped a game here and there more than they do now, but they've maintained like an 80% win-rate ever since.
I remember trying to convince people on here after they played like 5-10 games they were a completely different team but people would have none of it.
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That BTS intro with the Clockwerk is awesome.
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On May 13 2013 04:50 teapoted wrote:Show nested quote +On May 13 2013 04:47 Latham wrote:On May 13 2013 04:44 teapoted wrote:
All games are today. bo3 lower bracket final and then bo5 final. I was about to ask that, but now I have a different question: considering ALL the delays we've been having on stream, are the finals still scheduled for today, or is there a possibility they will be postponed? They've said they will still do them. Show nested quote +On May 13 2013 04:46 eieio wrote:On May 13 2013 04:40 teapoted wrote:On May 13 2013 04:33 eieio wrote:
I'd be very surprised if EG could pull out a win from here
I'm not sure what happened to Alliance a few months ago but they're indisputably the best in the west now. I can't believe how consistent they've been.
yeah sick RP from demon there but it's just not enough. They changed roster. Yeah I mean they didn't start dominating right after kicking Envy but I suppose that's just cause it took them a bit of time to adapt to the new lineup. Switching Envy for EGM was clearly the right choice. I don't agree. They did pretty much start dominating right after kicking Envy. Of course they dropped a game here and there more than they do now, but they've maintained like an 80% win-rate ever since. I remember trying to convince people on here after they played like 5-10 games they were a completely different team but people would have none of it.
It's funny - right when they kicked Envy I was kinda unsure how they'd do. Then they proceeded to do alright, but no real big change. Then after a week or two they just began winning. And winning. They're in my mind without any doubt the best western team right now, and their execution is looking scary - I think they can contend some of the Chinese teams at TI3 if they keep this up.
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Haha will Na'vi go ursa again? Oh banned nvm
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EG are fast to adopt the all-melee-heroes new metagame.
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On May 13 2013 04:55 Testuser wrote:Show nested quote +On May 13 2013 04:50 teapoted wrote:On May 13 2013 04:47 Latham wrote:On May 13 2013 04:44 teapoted wrote:
All games are today. bo3 lower bracket final and then bo5 final. I was about to ask that, but now I have a different question: considering ALL the delays we've been having on stream, are the finals still scheduled for today, or is there a possibility they will be postponed? They've said they will still do them. On May 13 2013 04:46 eieio wrote:On May 13 2013 04:40 teapoted wrote:On May 13 2013 04:33 eieio wrote:
I'd be very surprised if EG could pull out a win from here
I'm not sure what happened to Alliance a few months ago but they're indisputably the best in the west now. I can't believe how consistent they've been.
yeah sick RP from demon there but it's just not enough. They changed roster. Yeah I mean they didn't start dominating right after kicking Envy but I suppose that's just cause it took them a bit of time to adapt to the new lineup. Switching Envy for EGM was clearly the right choice. I don't agree. They did pretty much start dominating right after kicking Envy. Of course they dropped a game here and there more than they do now, but they've maintained like an 80% win-rate ever since. I remember trying to convince people on here after they played like 5-10 games they were a completely different team but people would have none of it. It's funny - right when they kicked Envy I was kinda unsure how they'd do. Then they proceeded to do alright, but no real big change. Then after a week or two they just began winning. And winning. They're in my mind without any doubt the best western team right now, and their execution is looking scary - I think they can contend some of the Chinese teams at TI3 if they keep this up. They've gone through a lot of changes through-out though without really losing their momentum.
Like right at the start they were drafting iG style facerush line-ups. Then they got into all this chen/jugg mid-game pushing stuff. Now they actually feel like a complete team that can pull out just about anything.
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Anyone else feel teams play Nyx on an excessively support-y manner? They usually end up with a really underleveled Nyx that can be easily picked off in the mid-late game
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On May 13 2013 04:47 cilinder007 wrote:Show nested quote +On May 13 2013 04:39 FakeDeath wrote:On May 13 2013 04:38 Fatalize wrote:On May 13 2013 04:37 mordk wrote:On May 13 2013 04:36 Fatalize wrote:
I dont get why casters act like Luna is a good carry late game, when she's not She'd do pretty well in this game if it weren't for BM though If you compare her to PL, Void, PA, Morphling, etc she's way worse Luna is a good late game carry. Just can't stand up to Cancer+KotL. luna is a meh lategame carry, low range, no lategame dps skill, she is a great midgame pusher though
Moon Glaive: Deals a grand total of 70/119/153/194% extra physical damage assuming max bounces per level.
This is a permanent God's Strength, in theory (Of course, cleave on top of God's Strength makes Sven a beast).
But Luna, while still not the hardest of carries, can be really dangerous from the moment she gets a bkb/drums/tranquil. Of course it cannot stand against PL but EG bet on a better midgame that would allow a fairly more farmed luna to carry them.
And that could have happened if they won midgame harder. Void/PA/Morph are a liability early game and even they cannot stand against a PL at equal farm. So both Luna and Gyro, the 2 "chemo heroes" rely on them having at least 5k more net worth than the PL, coming from a really stronger midgame.
(Also the casters underplayed the role of BM-Naix combo, that was shutting Luna down in the mid-game and early late-game. That was the whole purpose, to keep Luna within PL's reach, item wise.)
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On May 13 2013 04:59 mordk wrote:
Anyone else feel teams play Nyx on an excessively support-y manner? They usually end up with a really underleveled Nyx that can be easily picked off in the mid-late game
because that's the right way to play him.
setting up ganks for his teammates especially paired with naix. this isn't some pub where nyx needs to solokill.
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Hmmm.. I don't like the PA pick here, there's a lot of strong disables, and storm can initiate right on top of her
On May 13 2013 05:01 fleeze wrote:Show nested quote +On May 13 2013 04:59 mordk wrote:
Anyone else feel teams play Nyx on an excessively support-y manner? They usually end up with a really underleveled Nyx that can be easily picked off in the mid-late game because that's the right way to play him. setting up ganks for his teammates especially paired with naix. this isn't some pub where nyx needs to solokill.
But in the mid-late game, and underlevelled Nyx can't even gank effectively, sometimes you can't even pull the combo off. With faster levels, mana burn becomes a real threat, in both damage and mana burning potential.
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On May 13 2013 05:02 mordk wrote:
Hmmm.. I don't like the PA pick here, there's a lot of strong disables, and storm can initiate right on top of her
and then die to bat 
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Not sure how I feel about PA but it's pretty funny to see Puppey Chen, Funn1k Bat, Kuroky Rubick, AND Dendi TA...
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On May 13 2013 05:02 mordk wrote:
Hmmm.. I don't like the PA pick here, there's a lot of strong disables, and storm can initiate right on top of her I don't know if a single impale and storm pull is what I'd classify as a lot of strong disables.
A lot of slows but no bkb disables and PA has blink-strike.
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I want some EG throw doto please.
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XBOCT pa, there's something I haven't seen in quite a while. I hope it works!
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On May 13 2013 05:03 teapoted wrote:Show nested quote +On May 13 2013 05:02 mordk wrote:
Hmmm.. I don't like the PA pick here, there's a lot of strong disables, and storm can initiate right on top of her I don't know if a single impale and storm pull is what I'd classify as a lot of strong disables.
Paired with naix it should be enough to shut down a PA for a long part of the game, there's bat to help though, and Hand of God too
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giving funn1k bat is not a good idea at all.
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