[The International 9] Main Event - Day 5 - Page 12

On August 24 2019 12:47 lolfail9001 wrote:

If you think about it, Mineski were short of a brainfart from 2-0ing Secret.

On August 24 2019 12:45 Shergal wrote:

Game 1 was not a stomp until VG handed a 5-wipe on a platter by misusing their spells and reengaging without them

And this game they played the lanes really poorly and were pretty bad at repelling the invading secret (Razor running around failing at every rotation, for example). I really doubt OG for example would do this poorly even with the same drafts

On August 24 2019 12:46 SpiritoftheTunA wrote:

wrong, both games were stomps from the draft short of secret massively choking

On August 24 2019 12:49 Shergal wrote:

I mean this notion that only drafts matter is something even most pros don't believe... every single game can be traced back to the draft if you ignore the possibilities of play that weren't exploited

On August 24 2019 12:50 SpiritoftheTunA wrote:

there's a spectrum of how much the draft matters

these 2 games were hard draft counters (well et io isnt so much a counter as the most op combo in the game right now)

most games are not hard draft counters, but these 2 were