DreamLeague S8: to the lower bracket
The series was taken by Virtus.pro G2A, and Natus Vincere G2A are to battle through the lower bracket.
The first match of DreamLeague S8 had 
Natus Vincere G2A pitted against another CIS team - 
Virtus.pro G2A. The series was taken by Virtus.pro G2A, and Natus Vincere G2A are to battle through the lower bracket.
game 1 — Virtus.pro [1:0] Natus Vincere
Virtus.pro G2A
Lil
RAMZES666
Solo
No[o]ne
9pasha
Natus Vincere G2A
SoNNeikO
RodjER
Crystallize
GeneRaL
Dendi
The first game of the series started off rather calm, with occasional rotations, but the first blood wasn’t spilled until almost 6 minutes into the game. From there on, skirmishes started happening quite often, but neither team managed to take any convincing advantage, as everything was quite even. 9 minutes in NaVi destroyed the first tower of the game in the bottom lane, and a small fight shortly after saw both teams trading heroes again. Both tried to get some crucial items on heroes, but neither wanted t allow the same to the other team, so ganks were quite frequent and often fruitful.
21 minutes in the first Roshan of the game was killed, with the Aegis going to Broodmother. That did not discourage NaVi from trying to get more pickoffs, and the game went on just like before. As the heroes of both teams were becoming stronger, there were somewhat less kills overall. After the Aegis was used, we went for the push towards enemy base, and Virtus.pro decided to do the same. We lost the towers quicker than VP did, and ultimately our bottom barracks fell 28 minutes in.
A little later Roshan respawned, and VP went for it right away, killing it quite fast, with Aegis going to Outworld Devourer. As VP approached our base, we prepared to repel the push, but did not manage to do it, and the first game went to Virtus.pro, as we move to the second game!
game 2 — virtus.pro [1:1] Natus Vincere
Virtus.pro G2A
-
Lil
9pasha-
Solo
No[o]ne
RAMZES666
Natus Vincere G2A
-
SoNNeikO
GeneRaL
Dendi
RodjER
Crystallize
The second game of the series started off rather rough for NaVi, as a lot of rotations were coming from the side of VP, and we could not quite retaliate right away. On the positive side, Crystallize was left unattended, and could farm to his heart’s content. The action on the map continued, though, and as our key levels started coming in, we were better able to respond to that, and get some kills of our own. Everybody chipped in, and slowly but surely we got the upper hand.
The kills continued all over the map, and some towers were taken as well, since NaVi had all the means to take the buildings down fast - 21 minutes in Virtus.pro lost their T3 bot tower. 29 minutes in we got the Aegis of the Immortal on RodjER, and it was used up in a little. All the while, the bottom barracks of VP were crumbling, and soon it was no more.
40 minutes in we got another Aegis, but the subsequent fight saw us lose 3 and the newly-acquired Aegis. Both teams disengaged, and from then on, only occasional kills would happen, but nothing too major. SoNNeikO repeatedly one-man sieged VP’s base, and it was fruitful after a while - VP lost 2 of their T3 towers, and no barracks on the bottom lane. The action the subsided, but a great bait from GeneRaL allowed NaVi to kill off a highly valuable Medusa and get the Divine Rapier for Morphling.
60 minutes in NaVi killed the third Roshan of the game, and Aegis went to Morphling, while Refresher Shard ended up in Shadow Shaman’s hands. He put it to good use soon enough with double Mass Serpent Wards on the top lane, with both barracks getting very low. A fight then started, with some casualties, but not much follow-up; meanwhile Morphling destroyed top barracks - the only thing separating us from Mega Creeps was the barrack in the middle lane, which fell very soon, in exchange for our Morphling.
With Morphling on the sidelines, VP went for a push to try and force the buyback out, but we stalled them long enough for it to be not needed. Despite losing the midlane, we were still quite strong, with the advantage on our side. A little later we went for another Roshan, and the Refresher Shard went to Shadow Shaman again. As we approached VP’s base, Shadow Shaman snuck up from the top and dropped triple Mass Serpent Wards - the Ancient got decimated in no time as we closed out the game 1-1.
Game 3 — virtus.pro [2:1] Natus Vincere
Virtus.pro G2A
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Solo
9pasha
Lil
RAMZES666
No[o]ne
Natus Vincere G2A
RodjER-
SoNNeikO
-
GeneRaL
Dendi
Crystallize
The final game of the Bo3 had some action right away, as Dendi almost got killed near the bottom rune, but a good coordination from NaVi allowed to turn the gank around, and enemy Slardar was killed instead - a nice start. As the game went on, though, it seemed VP were better able to find the kills both during day and night time, making for a rough Night Stalker game.
Despite that start, we were able to make something positive happen for us, as 16 minutes in Crystallize got a triple kill to his name, and that allowed his to gain a sizeable chunk of gold his way. 19 minutes in we got the first Roshan of the game, committing three ults for that. We disengaged for the time, waiting for the skills to come off cooldown. Crystallize managed to get some kills for himself, but as NaVi overextended a bit, VP turned the fight around, killing 3 members of NaVi. A couple of successful ganks from VP enabled them to go for the second Roshan, with Aegis for Luna.
30 minutes in we were 14k net worth down, and a couple of pickoffs on the side of VP enabled them to go for the base push. The fight started off on the wrong foot for us, as Crystallize was killed right away, and he had no buyback. More kills for VP followed, and we were unable to defend the towers. GG, and NaVi drop the series 1-2, dropping into the lower bracket.
