On July 14 2014 10:03 Seraphic wrote:
I think LaNm has been picking since Day 2 for DK hasn't he?

I remember reading some where since LaNm started picking, DK hasn't lost. (I THINK or lost like not as much)

I think Lamn start drafting after the loss to Titan but I am not too sure about that.

babylon

8765 Posts

July 14 2014 01:11 GMT

#3822

On July 14 2014 10:07 RiZu wrote:

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I think Lamn start drafting after the loss to Titan but I am not too sure about that.

I'm pretty sure you're right. Lanm has a 100% winrate so far.

Orome

Switzerland11984 Posts

July 14 2014 01:11 GMT

#3823

On July 14 2014 10:07 RiZu wrote:

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I think Lamn start drafting after the loss to Titan but I am not too sure about that.

He did, his first draft was vs Navi'US. They're 6-0 since he took over, from 6-5 to 10-5 and now 2-0 vs C9.

Tulanwarrior

Malaysia219 Posts

July 14 2014 01:12 GMT

#3824

I've read in the interview on some article on that said the team decided to change drafters because Burning had problems drafting and carrying out the draft/strategies afterwards due to the immense pressure of carrying and running the in game team decisions.

http://www.gosugamers.net/dota2/features/3932-day-4-event-blog-short-interview-with-71

(here is the link from GGnet. I don't know if there is any issue of posting articles from other sites, abit new here so please forgive me)

I think this is really why most (ingame) captain or drafters are mostly supports because their role is more of to survey the state of the game with wards, checking items progressions etc. Last hitting and maintaining creep equilibrium is something that needs total concentration.

TheRubicon

United States1342 Posts

July 14 2014 01:15 GMT

#3825

On July 14 2014 05:52 kirsed wrote:
I'm an idiot.

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we all know that feel xD, i bet on liquid...

Orome

Switzerland11984 Posts

July 14 2014 01:19 GMT

#3826

Thanks, I hadn't seen that yet. Burning was obviously underperforming in the first half of the groupstages, hopefully we can continue to see the true B-God now the drafting pressure is off his shoulders. Until I read this, I still suspected that they were planning to switch to Lanm at some point all along, but apparently not.

Blitzkrieg0

United States13132 Posts

July 14 2014 01:21 GMT

#3827

On July 14 2014 09:13 opterown wrote:

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didn't burning draft today too?

LaNm drafted today

Seraphic

United States3849 Posts

July 14 2014 01:24 GMT

#3828

Hmm I'm very happy that 71 said so well about Alliance.

Slardar

Canada7595 Posts

July 14 2014 01:31 GMT

#3829

I feel really sad for Liquid that they came so close to getting to KeyArena, but the few weeks/months just couldn't cut it. They were shaky from the getgo, and truly getting this far is a huge achievement. Look at [A]lliance, Empire was strong ALL year online, etc etc. They outperformed more than a lot of people expected, the competition is just rock solid this year.

Tulanwarrior

Malaysia219 Posts

July 14 2014 02:21 GMT

#3830

On July 14 2014 10:19 Orome wrote:
Thanks, I hadn't seen that yet. Burning was obviously underperforming in the first half of the groupstages, hopefully we can continue to see the true B-God now the drafting pressure is off his shoulders. Until I read this, I still suspected that they were planning to switch to Lanm at some point all along, but apparently not.

No problem. I too had the same theory that they would swap to LanM during phase 3/main event. I was quite surprised that this was not the case. Which makes me curious if this might be some of the disagreement that iceiceice was talking about in the team.

From the outside, I think alot of people would agree that LanM's drafts really suit DK's style and if they had agreed on that than maybe they would have done much better especially such a dominant run during SL9 (which meant winning instead of second places, damn we put such high expectations on DK). Maybe they did tried it out but lost alot during scrims with IG/NB etc. which made them hesitant. The rumored boycott of DK by chinese teams probably doesn't help as well.

All in all we can only speculate but I'm really happy with DK right now. It feels like they've found their groove, playing well and enjoying their Dota. This is what I think most DK fans wanted to see, DK being DK.