MDL Macau: the defeat against OG
A tough battle was fought.
The first game of the MDL Macau playoffs for Natus Vincere G2A was against OG. The Bo3 series had OG win the series with a 0:2 score.
Game 1 - natus vincere g2a [0:1] og
Natus Vincere G2A
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RodjER
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SoNNeikO
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GeneRaL
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Dendi
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Crystallize
OG
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Fly
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JerAx
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s4
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Resolut1on
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N0tail
The first game of the series started off rather even for both teams, as no definitive action occurred around the map for a while. As some levels started to come in for both teams, though, more kills happened, but most of them went the way of OG. Thus, 10 minutes in we were fighting at 3k net worth disadvantage. Our core, Phantom Lancer, was farming quite well and did not die once for a while, and that put us in a good position.
18 minutes in OG got the first Aegis of the game for their Shadow Fiend, and that boosted their aggression quite strongly, with most of the trades ending up well for the opponent. We continued to fall behind for quite a while, disadvantage peaking at 11k net worth 25 minutes in. However, a couple of good fights, with key kills on enemy heroes, allowed us to reset everything a bit, annihilating the advantage on the side of OG. Unfortunately, NAVI did not manage to maintain this success as OG slowly but surely gained back what they lost. Soon there were no more T2 towers on the side of NAVI, while OG still held on to most of theirs.
Another Roshan came in for the Radiant soon, and this time Aegis went to Naga Siren. At this point Naga was pushing in quite relentlessly, but also took part in the fights, and Aegis made it even harder to deal with. Fights were not going too well for us as well - even though we were able to get some return kills, OG would gain more. This went on for a while, with both teams not quite fully committing, but still looking for a solid opening. As the time moved on, though, and Aegis was used up, OG tuned their movements down a bit, while NAVI kept trying to find a key enemy hero to disable and kill.
A couple more Roshans have been killed, with 1 Aegis going for Crystallize, while the other one - to Shadow Fiend of OG. At this stage, the opponents decided to push our base almost constantly, so we had both to fight and to watch out base. A couple of bad fights, though, allowed OG to push in, claiming several barracks; finally, the only barrack on our side was the top one. We kept defending it, but the pickoffs from OG crippled our damage output, and as we found ourselves only with 2 heroes alive against a fully-pushing opponent, NAVI wrote GG, going to game 2.
game 2 - natus vincere g2a [0:2] og
Natus Vincere G2A
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SoNNeikO
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RodjER
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Dendi
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Crystallize
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GeneRaL
OG
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JerAx
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Fly
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s4
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Resolut1on
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N0tail
The second game of the series was off to a rather even start, with some pickoffs being traded between the teams, but nothing major happened. The trend went for a while, both teams having an alternate success. For a little bit, we gained a small advantage, but then lost it, as OG started to get more items and take better fights for themselves, which allowed the opponent to start climbing.
It was becoming increasingly difficult for NAVI to find any kills around the map, as for a while the game seemed to stall, without anything visible coming in for us. We were quite limited in our opportunities, and the fights just kept making our position harder, as we were falling behind continuously. 32 minutes in the opponent took their first Roshan of the game, and wen towards our base to push again, as the high ground was broken a little while ago. Playing against a severe disadvantage has dramatically reduced our capabilities, and as NAVI lost most of the team, we wrote GG, losing the game 2 as well.