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I was away for a while in terms of dota scene but it stills feels strange to look at the best teams for now. Even more interesting - I guess - is, that no team looked un- or near unbeatable. with that being said, it's time for some predictions, right? EG, VG, BC, Aster, TNC, TL
@Pandemona: there is an error in the display of matchups. Should be VG vs IG instead of Secret vs IG (although the Secret swoosh fits nicely blow the Nigma logo ^^)
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Fnatic is in a pretty good form atm but i think Secret will take it. They can totally upset them tho based on what kind of showcased so far this major.
Nigma vs EG and IG vs VG are the high profile matches.
Alliance vs Navi is the lit match. Different rosters, different eras, same rivalry and memes( el trashico or el classico). Coincidentally also the hardest match to call on the upperbrackets. It is actually the match hard to tell who will win(tho overall 3/4 upperbracket matches are hard to predict)
For lowerbracket. I am merely hoping realityrift makes it beyond the b01 since they have shown so much potential since the qualifiers. Actually showing good stuff against top caliber teams despite being really new.
Also beastcoast cause that roster is just so much fun
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Oh yeah, thanks Sloke well spotted!
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I don't know the exact stats but Kuro against RTZ was pretty much one sided in the past. Also NAVI against Alliance in an upper bracket at a major, who would have thought :D
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EG VG Secret NaVi bc Aster TNC TL
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Damn i won't make for the first series of the day
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Double Lich ult, double Doom, double Scythe with Grim + PL for Miracle. This seems a really nasty draft from Nigma.
EDIT: 8 min, 4k lead for Nigma. This seems to be really rough.
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Yeah, looks good for them! Storm has to get really big to stop them!
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this is a bit one sided lol
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Now they want to show that they can beat EGs best strat with Naga and Disruptor. Either it will be rubbing salt in their wounds or EG can force a third game.
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Uff...maybe some hope for Nigma? GH with the big dunk again.
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Just ban out Disruptor or Naga in Game 3...
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miracle with the miraclul play
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To be fair, once Aghs on Disruptor is up, there is nothing you can do against it. Maybe with a Linkens? I dont know. Just ban it out and EG has to show something else.
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DS is a shit pick this patch tbh, did literally nothing
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This is a great tinker pick by Nigma. Think Nigma takes this series
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Rtz losing his courier 3 times in the first five min...incoming tilt?
EDIT: Ok maybe MC is tilting...2nd game in a row totally shut down and Miracle also dying unusual often.
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im not feeling the LC pick, and mc is struggling... a lot.
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EG looking good. But Tinker and Treant seems annoying
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This is over...MC totally tilted. What was that duel?!
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LC is just a support. Tinker leaving little farm for the rest of the team.
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the tinker could win the game, but Slark is not exactly a hero this behind and LC is just a walking creep, that's the issue imo
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"you literally can't hit her (ench)... that's good, you don't hit a woman"
lol bulldog is the best
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God I hate Tinker games so much; I have PTSD from my pubs from this game
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Hope this means Tinker does not become Meta.
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On January 21 2020 21:40 goody153 wrote: This is a great tinker pick by Nigma. Think Nigma takes this series oh how wrong i was
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On January 21 2020 22:36 Sapaio wrote: Hope this means Tinker does not become Meta. This was more the combination of trent+tinker than tinker alone.
Also EG has no easy catch on tinker like storm/magnus or those heroes. Not to mention they have shit base sieging heroes
So basically this is what happens when you have no natural catch on tinker and no natural base sieger against trent+tinker lol
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Well it was a good Tinker game, but when all others do not have a game it is quite difficult and once EG got their items to catch him with forcestaffs, blinks etc. it was pretty much done.
Recipe for success against Nigma seems to shut down MC so hard that he does not have a game. Miracle was not playing good as well in game 2 and 3. Time for another miraculous LB run and knock out EG at a later stage.
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Seeing a Slark with 0 kills getting 4 shot by a bloodseeker is strangely cathartic.
I really thought Nigma had the better first picks. I don't get why they didn't ban Tiny instead of clock. Especially with Cr1t against them.
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I just joined - can someone explain me why the first series took 4h 30min although the games werent that superlong? I am going to Leipzig on Friday but i will arrive at the afternoon, so i am interested in how reliable the schedule actually is.
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Odd to see IG having the doom+pl lategame yet be on the timer to make the moves and not get run over by midgame underlord+drow+viper timing.
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On January 21 2020 23:10 Qualitaetsgarant wrote: I just joined - can someone explain me why the first series took 4h 30min although the games werent that superlong? I am going to Leipzig on Friday but i will arrive at the afternoon, so i am interested in how reliable the schedule actually is. The games were overall long. Well idk about game 1 but 2-3 was long-ish
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How the hell are IG holding the midgame lol
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On January 21 2020 23:13 PoulsenB wrote: EG won? Good. Dominantly too even tho they lost game 1
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Yep IG is sooo dead. The only way i see them making past 20 minutes if they have an ember and lina instead of this PL-kunkka shit
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On January 21 2020 23:21 goody153 wrote:Dominantly too even tho they lost game 1 I'll watch the games after work
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I'm at work and only got to catch mid Kunkka with MH and trying to build aghs.
Fucking ChiNA lol
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On January 22 2020 00:09 Ej_ wrote: I'm at work and only got to catch mid Kunkka with MH and trying to build aghs.
Fucking ChiNA lol I did not work out
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On January 22 2020 00:11 Dirkzor wrote:Show nested quote +On January 22 2020 00:09 Ej_ wrote: I'm at work and only got to catch mid Kunkka with MH and trying to build aghs.
Fucking ChiNA lol I did not work out  It probably wouldve worked against another lineup but they were facing a drow/viper/underlord that snowballed
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On January 21 2020 23:52 PoulsenB wrote:Show nested quote +On January 21 2020 23:21 goody153 wrote:On January 21 2020 23:13 PoulsenB wrote: EG won? Good. Dominantly too even tho they lost game 1 I'll watch the games after work why not during work tho?
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this is going much better for IG now
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On January 22 2020 00:29 Faruko wrote:Show nested quote +On January 21 2020 23:52 PoulsenB wrote:On January 21 2020 23:21 goody153 wrote:On January 21 2020 23:13 PoulsenB wrote: EG won? Good. Dominantly too even tho they lost game 1 I'll watch the games after work why not during work tho? I'm leaving in like 10 minutes, I don't need to sneakily watch vods on my phone lul
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On January 22 2020 00:29 Faruko wrote:Show nested quote +On January 21 2020 23:52 PoulsenB wrote:On January 21 2020 23:21 goody153 wrote:On January 21 2020 23:13 PoulsenB wrote: EG won? Good. Dominantly too even tho they lost game 1 I'll watch the games after work why not during work tho? asking the real questions here
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On January 22 2020 00:39 Faruko wrote: this is going much better for IG now soooo much better .. last game was just a really awfully paced game for them
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Snap back to reality in game 3.
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How awesome is it to have a dedicated live guitarist over dubstep tracks or some lame DJ? I love this.
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This game is just painful to watch. No pun intended :/ The top worst play was probably Tree rooting Ench with tiny and veno to help. Just to do literally no damage :X
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I don't like Chaos draft.
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Disruptor is a really stupid hero.
edit: Naga/Disruptor is even more stupid.
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iNSaNiA squad once again showing their inability to close games.
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What a lit final game for the day
On January 22 2020 06:44 Ej_ wrote: Disruptor is a really stupid hero.
edit: Naga/Disruptor is even more stupid. Disruptor is just good on this meta. The fact that it needs to have an aghs(on a support position) for its ult to be as effective as blackhole and has to be used before bkb is popped puts alot of restriction on the hero.
Give it time this hero meta will go away. Disruptor isnt great all the time and naga is a situational carry that has a weak timing.
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and liquid doing liquid things again...
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wow they actually did throw this game
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Ok really shit target prioritization alliance. They should be patient till they find the right target not like jump a a fucking 5 pos enchantress lol
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This game was a fucking disaster
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now VP doing more liquid things... wtf xD
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MY HEART ! That Dark willow... !!?
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Well, that was an ending.
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50k net worth advantage into dieback of the two carries into 300hp Ancient defense into win
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just need 3 hit from OD, he died running
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That was pretty amazing D:
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As much as Liquid shouldn't have been able to throw that, they also shouldn't have been able to make that defense 2-3 v 5
My god Willow's aghs damage is insane
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This is insane! I am shocked.
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Ah man I feel bad for VP actually, it just sucks overall that this was a 13-16 bo1
So crazy though
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On January 22 2020 07:56 sunrazgriz wrote: just need 3 hit from OD, he died running would blame underlord more tbh, he just died for no reason alone to t4s
but easy to be smart in retrospect as backseat gamers
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OMG Rich just said the N-word on stream.
EDIT: Think it was Cap actually. I know it wasn't on purpose but holy shit.
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On January 22 2020 07:57 Wineandbread wrote:
My god Willow's aghs damage is insane Willow aghs is one of the most broken things not payed much attention to.
She basically becomes a ranged slark with steriods with just a few items(since that phase skill amplifies willows attacks)
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On January 22 2020 08:09 goody153 wrote:Show nested quote +On January 22 2020 07:57 Wineandbread wrote:
My god Willow's aghs damage is insane Willow aghs is one of the most broken things not payed much attention to. She basically becomes a ranged slark with steriods with just a few items(since that phase skill amplifies willows attacks)
Yeah on a 14s CD no less
It takes a while for her to ramp up to it though
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On January 22 2020 08:18 Wineandbread wrote:Show nested quote +On January 22 2020 08:09 goody153 wrote:On January 22 2020 07:57 Wineandbread wrote:
My god Willow's aghs damage is insane Willow aghs is one of the most broken things not payed much attention to. She basically becomes a ranged slark with steriods with just a few items(since that phase skill amplifies willows attacks) Yeah on a 14s CD no less It takes a while for her to ramp up to it though With farm prioritization it doesnt actually take that long and doesnt take that much before it starts dealing more than damage than most ranged heroes lmao
It is just one of those frog things lol
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On January 22 2020 08:20 goody153 wrote:Show nested quote +On January 22 2020 08:18 Wineandbread wrote:On January 22 2020 08:09 goody153 wrote:On January 22 2020 07:57 Wineandbread wrote:
My god Willow's aghs damage is insane Willow aghs is one of the most broken things not payed much attention to. She basically becomes a ranged slark with steriods with just a few items(since that phase skill amplifies willows attacks) Yeah on a 14s CD no less It takes a while for her to ramp up to it though With farm prioritization it doesnt actually take that long and doesnt take that much before it starts dealing more than damage than most ranged heroes lmao It is just one of those frog things lol
It was nerfed heavily from the level the aghs was launched at. With the original one it was a core hero for sure.
I actually went to bed when liquid dominated and the game looked over. Checked the ending today, more surprised by how liquid lost that much ground.
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