The ongoing ESL One Katowice 2018 has entered the semi-final phase. The tournament held in Poland features 16 Dota 2 teams in the race for DPC points (Dota Pro Circuit) and the very distinctive ESL trophy.
Series premiere of ESL One Katowice 2018 on Saturday and Sunday (24 to 25 February 2018) have featured a match between Russia and the US giant.
With a 3-game drama at Spodek Arena, Virtus.pro has officially ended the curse of never winning for 3 years against Evil Geniuses and securing the semi-final spot of the Katowice ESL which will be facing the fnatic team.
In his first game in play-off play, Virtus.pro greatly dominated the course of their game against Evil Geniuses. Full of strategy, good draft pick and rotation until the game is aggressively run by the team bears the polar bear.
Gyrocopter game from Vladimir "No[o]ne" Minenko and Terrorblade from Roman "Ramzes666" Kushnarev became a composition of push and fight that made Evil Geniuses overwhelmed.
Through the game farming tactics, apparently Medusa of Arteezy and Ursa of Fear have not been able to beat the speed of farming from Virtus.pro duo core and must accept defeat with a landslide score (30-8). The first point for the Russian team.
Not much changed, the second game of this team still show an aggressive start. Virtus.pro greatly outperformed either the networth aspect to the kill-for-kill aspect that was very intense.
The result, being able to make Troll Warlord of Ramzes666 a top networth, farming efficiency of the core, but the force pushing lane of Evil Geniuses will be the key to victory.
Artour "Arteezy" Babaev with Luna was able to set the lane phase of the Virtus.pro team, adding pressure to the CIS team while busy managing the creep course, finally realizing the Aegis of Immortal seizure of Roshan.
The late Smoke of Deceit, Roshan's very fast kill plus the wipe team from Virtus.pro becomes the turning point of Evil Geniuses dominance. The fast push from Luna to the peak of the fault of No [o] ne when heading to the highground ends with the defeat of fight team Virtus.pro, Solo and his friends were forced to give their second game. 1-1 for both teams.
Toward the decisive game, Evil Geniuses starts with the draft pick they want. The third game feels increasingly fierce with both teams who have the same 1-1 points, but like the previous game, Virtus.pro was able to dominate early in the game and try to give the snow ball effect to Evil Geniuses.
Exceptional collaboration and impressive action Vladimir "No [o] ne" Minenko in using his Tinker, able to provide Ultra Kill to force many buybacks in the late game phase.
Doom of consistent 9pasha leads to Terrorblade and also the purchase of Aghanim Scepter by Solo with his Disruptor, able to muted and silence all initiation from Evil Geniuses. Submitting the ESL Katowice title this year, Evil Geniuses must accept a bitter defeat with a score (14-30). Virtus.pro secures the semi-final ticket of the loser bracket ESL Katowice 2018.
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