DreamLeague Season 10 Closed Qualifiers: victory vs Espada
A deserved victory!
The first series of 
NAVI.GG.BET at DreamLeague Season 10 Closed Qualifiers was against 
ESPADA. The series was a hard one, ultimately ending 2:1 our way.
Game 1 - NATUS VINCERE [0:1] ESPADA
NAVI.GG.BET
SoNNeikO
Blizzy
Chuvash
Crystallize
MagicaL
Espada
633
Immersion
Misha
iLTW
Nix
The first game started off rather eventfully. First Blood was claimed by Magical in the middle lane, as he solo killed Ember. SoNNeikO ganked the lane as well, forcing the opponents to react and creating heaps of space around the map. Crystallize was farming to his heart's content, on par with TA. Top lane saw heaps of trades, while the midlane T1 fell 7 minutes in. A little later bottom T1 fell, with Vengeful Spirit being a tradeoff in mid. By 10 minutes, NAVI were 3k gold in lead, with almost all T1s of ESPADA taken.
NAVI saw the opportunity to take the Roshan - ESPADA tried to react but were late to the part. Our first T1 was taken around 15 minutes - rather late. As the Dire gathered around our T1 bottom tower, NAVI went for the top T2 - there were no outer towers left for the opponent. As we went for a smoke gank in the middle lane, ESPADA engaged us, and we lost 2 heroes - the fight wasn't disastrous, but could have been better. The next T1 for the Dire was the mid T1. A little after, 2 subsequent fights didn't go the way of NAVI - ESPADA took the lead.
By 29 minutes, the Dire took the first T3 tower in the bottom lane, while SoNNeikO took the opponents' top lane. Unfortunately, Terrorblade was getting a lot of farm, and those fights turned the game around - NAVI lost the advantage. The map control was taken by ESPADA. The opponent took the first Roshan of the game, and eventually, secured themselves 2 lanes of rax. It was just a matter of time before they took the game.
Game 2 - NATUS VINCERE [1:1] ESPADA
NAVI.GG.BET
SoNNeikO
Blizzy-
Chuvash
-
Crystallize
MagicaL
Espada
633-
Immersion
-
Misha
iLTW
Nix
The second game had NAVI pick Alchemist for mid. The game promised to be tough for him, but the supports of NAVI paid a visit to the midlane, killing the courier and harassing the Monkey King. The game was not too active - SoNNeikO, despite dying a few times, was still making lots of space for the team. After a while, MagicaL decided to go for the jungle, catching up. Overall, by 10 minutes, NAVI had a slight lead in terms of net worth. By 13 minutes Alchemist had the Radiance.
By 17 minutes NAVI already had a good net worth lead, courtesy of Alchemist, and decided to try for the Roshan, The fight broke out twice, and both times, NAVI received the better ends of the trades. Crystallize was approaching his Black King Bar, making it a lot harder to lock him down. Still, neither team was going for the Roshan decisively until 23 minutes in - NAVI tried for the third time, and finally claimed the Aegis after picking off Monkey King. The Aegis was used up rather soon in an unfortunate fight - NAVI lost 3.
ESPADA were taking the initiative in the game, picking off the heroes quite a lot. However, NAVI were also getting return kills - 33 minutes in we took 4 heroes of the Radiant, and that transitioned into the T3 in mid taken down. ESPADA tried for the Roshan, but the Black Hole has just come off CD for 
Blizzy, so he did not hesitate to use it, locking down 3 - 2 buybacks were forced out. We streamed towards the enemy base with the Aegis and Cheese - we finished off all Radiant heroes, and the game was secured.
Game 3 - NATUS VINCERE [2:1] ESPADA
NAVI.GG.BET
SoNNeikO
Blizzy-
Chuvash
Crystallize
MagicaL
Espada
633
Immersion-
Misha
iLTW-
Nix
The final game started off quite well - MagicaL picked up a kill on Drow Ranger around 3 minutes with the help from Chuvash. The lanes were going quite well for NAVI, as all lanes were quite good for us. ESPADA were the first to take the tower, but we maintained the lead, partially thanks to quite a massive kill advantage. By 10 minutes, we had a solid net worth lead, but the tower push potential left a lot to be desired.
NAVI continued to roam around the map, getting kills and transforming them into the objectives. ESPADA still had the superior tower pushing power, and by 16 minutes, we lost our outer towers in the bottom lane. At 19 minutes, the opponents smoked up and went for the Roshan, but NAVI, with the recent purchase of Blink Dagger, was able to get to the Roshpit in the right time - we wipe 4 heroes, and Batrider steals the Aegis. That boosted us quite a bit, and NAVI went on the offensive.
The last outer tower on the side of ESPADA fell, and we gathered around the midlane. A fight broke out, as Axe tried to intiate onto our team. NAVI counterattacked, and most heroes of the opponent died quite fast. The opponents had no choice but to concede the game - game 3 and the series goes our way!
