Today I would like to tell you about a very big tournament on Dota 2, which ended yesterday in China
Team Liquid defeated Virtus.pro in the Grand Final China Dota2 Supermajor and won the last tournament of the season Dota Pro Circuit 2017/2018. Composition KuroKy Salehi Tahasomi received $ 555 thousand for the team and 1 125 DPC points for each player, and the collective from the CIS (Virtus.pro) got $ 225 thousand and 675 points.
In the play-offs of the Supermajor, all the participants of the group stage performed. Those who took the first and second places, were seeded in the upper grid, the rest began to struggle with the lower grid. All matches were held to two victories, the finalists played to three.
Virtus.pro 2: 1 PSG.LGD
The first map was won by PSG.LGD, surprising everyone with the peak of Arc Warden, but the main star of the match was Maybe on Shadow Fiend (statistics 16-1-4).
The second map lasted just over 1 hour, all this time in the game there were "swings" then one way, then the other. No [o] ne on Kunkka acquired Divine Rapier, and the hero of this card was RodjeR on Skywrath Mage. Thanks to his Ultra Kill VP and finished this game to his advantage.
In the third game, the Chinese pounced Invoker for Maybe against Skywrath Mage, Night Stalker and Tinker from VP. Due to the steep arrangement of lines, "bears" dominate on all three lines and without any problems win in 34 minutes.
** Virtus.pro 2 : 3 Team Liquid**
**On the first map ** of the grand final, Team Liquid took a combination with Naga Siren, Jakiro, Visage and Dark Seer. VP responded with a Juggernaut peak for RAMZES666 and Invoker for No[o]ne. At first, the game was fairly equal, but after a series of mistakes Virtus.pro are jammed on their base. After a successful fig, the graphics go almost to 0, however, having the advantage of 4 thousand netwars, Team Liquid takes Roshan, uses Naga Siren's sleep and kills Juggernaut without a buyback, and then ends the game.
In the second map, VP starts with the domination of all the lines, increasing the advantage with every minute of the game. Losing the fight for the fight, Team Liquid at 36 minutes write "gg" and lose this game.
Next 3map, Virtus.pro takes a combination with Naga Siren + Disruptor + Kunkka. Liquid in turn is dumped by Drow Ranger + Beastmaster + Mirana. Thanks to the aura of Drow Ranger, Team Liquid there are better lines than in the previous map. The European team begins to better control what is happening on the map, taking away all the runes of wealth. Liquid's advantage is growing, but thanks to a good night's sleep from RodjeR, VP is defeated in one of the fights. However, there follows a series of mistakes, and the "bears" are inferior on this map, 2: 1
The next map goes completely under VP dictation. 9pasha on Pangolier, getting the level with RodjeR on Chen, begins to annihilate the entire map. RAMZES666, carrying out the Shadow Blade on the Slark on the 11th minute, begins immediately to realize it in the enemy forest. The map ends with a score of 30-5 in favor of the Russian team in the 24th minute.
On the last map, Virtu.pro bet on the leased Medusa from RAMZES666, and Team Liquid takes an aggressive peak with Naga Siren, Visage and Beastmaster. Playing from the counterattack, VP takes fights "liquid", and RAMZES666 becomes the top-1 star on the map. However, after a series of mistakes and redemption Virtus.pro game goes under the control of Liquid. Thanks to the successful "golems" from KuroKy on Warlock and the aganimal Song of the Siren from GH, Team Liquid wins a big fight based on "bears" and wins in this series! And Team Liquid become champions!
