Dota 2 Asia Championships: Two North American teams were eliminated on day 3 of the main event!
Dota 2 Asia Championships: Two North American teams were eliminated on day 3 of the main event!
Hello everyone! The third day of the Dota 2 Asia Championships main event has come to an end! Two teams have fallen to their much stronger foes! First blood has been drawn! Let’s get started!
Two North American teams were eliminated in DAC 2018 by Russians and Filipinos in a conclusive best-of-one match held at Shanghai, China! Thus leaving now only 6 teams to battle for another title!
Virtus.pro showed no mercy against their arch nemesis, Evil Geniuses while TNC defeated Optic Gaming in a nearly base race game. Both games are played under the first round of the lower bracket.
EG continued to struggle as they were easily beaten up and bullied by VP in undoubtedly one sided game! Although EG claimed both first blood and second kill, Virtus.pro’s still showed superiority against EG with their early rotations at middle lane!
I love this game play by the Virtus.pro plus Rodjer’s ganking performance is absolutely remarkable! He really amuses me with his aggressive yet vigilant play style and I can say that he truly fits in as position 4 for this aggressive Russian team.
You can watch the full video here.
On the other hand, the all-Filipino TNC Pro Team went head to head with Optic Gaming. Although the Filipinos claimed advantage at early game by taking down three tier-1 towers, the NA boys executed veteran moves by slowly but surely ratting side lanes.
The 2-1-2 strategy of TNC showed dominance in the early game. Kuku’s Leshrac and SamH’s Sandking were too much for Pajkatt’s LD and PPD’s Disruptor to handle at the top lane. But, 33-TheCoon’s Clockwerk was slowing down the farming of Raven’s Gyro at bottom.
As a result, TNC were forced to rotate both in mid and bottom lanes to give Gyro extra space to farm. And in contrast, Optic Gaming baited this move by fighting these heavy rotations defensively. They let Patkatt farm and instills pressure at top lane.
Maybe, the Americans have partially figured out TNC’s play style as the Filipinos are known for their fast pacing and aggressive gaming. I believed that Optic Gaming also knew that their strength lies on LD’s rat gaming, especially that PeterPanDam was in command.
TNC realized LD’s strength when he successfully takes down both racks at top. To be honest, I really want TNC to recognize this bear’s pushing ability and that they should be aware of this threat. But the Filipinos were determined to contest base race type of game!
I would commend PPD for this great strategy and I admit he’s giving me heart attack whenever their LD does segway bot. However, PPD miscalculated the Timbersaw’s tanking ability and Gyrocopter’s Flack Cannon. Since Optic is always fighting 4v5, it is easier for Timbersaw to tank the damage while Gyro’s flack cannon clean up PL’s illusion.
I do not know if the Americans realized this but as soon as their LD successfully pushed both top and bottom lanes, TNC had already figured out a way to stop the rat by taking down LD in the middle of his push.
If Optics transitioned to 5v5 clash, then maybe they could somehow prolong the game and could somehow manage to win the match. But they stick to their early plan! TNC killed LD again and push their way in to their enemy’s throne!
You can watch the full video here.
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