WePlay! Dota 2 Valentine Madness: the end of the run
A series of quick and explosive games!
NAVI.GG.BET fought with 
Gambit in a B03 series in the lower bracket finals. The games were quick and fierce, but in the end, we drop with the score 1:2.
Game 1 — Natus Vincere [1:0] Gambit
NAVI.GG.BET
Crystallize
MagicaL
Blizzy
Chuvash
SoNNeikO
Gambit Esports
Daxak
Afoninje
Afterlife
Immersion
fng
The first game started off well for NAVI. We were trading some kills, and securing farm for the cores. By 10 minutes, NAVI had a slight net worth advantage and were 2 kills ahead. At 14 minutes, NAVI and Gambit fought, and the opponent came out on top, securing the Aegis. Only 3 minutes later, though, we managed to initiate another fight, this time popping the Aegis and killing a couple heroes more. After a brief quiet period, NAVI went for the high ground.
The high ground siege was successful; we claimed a bottom T3 tower and a barrack, while Gambit failed to do the same. The final fight unraveled at the Radiant base, and Gambit didn't manage to cope with the onslaught of NAVI heroes. Game 1 goes the way of NAVI!
Game 2 — Natus Vincere [1:1] Gambit
NAVI.GG.BET
Crystallize-
MagicaL
Blizzy
Chuvash
SoNNeikO
Gambit Esports
Daxak-
Afoninje
Afterlife-
Immersion
-
fng
The next game saw NAVI claim the First Blood 2 minutes in. Gambit focused on our top lane, trying to disrupt Crystallize as much as possible, scoring 2 kills on him. That did set him back a little bit, but NAVI were managing to get some kills in return. MagicaL had a decent time in the midlane, fighting against OD yet again. As time went by, though, Gambit started pressing their early advantage a lot more. 14 minutes in enemy Ursa went for the first Roshan of the game, taking it down.
Crystallize tried to get as much farming space as possible since the offlane still had both towers standing. At 23 minutes, NAVI went on the offensive for the first time, going down the midlane. Gambit lost their T1 and T2; a little later, the Radiant went for another Roshan, and OD took the Aegis this time. The teams started fighting a lot more, and NAVI were usually able to get better ends of those trades — a few heroes already had their BKBs up, so killing Terrorblade wasn't as easy as before.
By 30 minutes, Gambit were sitting on 7k gold lead. Despite this lead, NAVI were in decent shape, still; 32 minutes in we went for the high ground siege, taking down T3 in the top lane, but losing 4 heroes. The third Roshan was taken by the opponent, and we tried to not take any unnecessary risks. Gambit went for a high ground siege, but NAVI managed to defend the first attack; a little later, Gambit returned. This time, a big fight broke out, and both teams lost a few heroes; overall, this wasn't a very good fight for us. Yet the decisive one came a little later: we found Chen by the Roshpit, took him down, and went to find more, but only lost Crystallize and MagicaL — the main firepower of the team. Without both, defending the base was impossible, and we GG-ed out.
Game 3 — Natus Vincere [1:2] Gambit
NAVI.GG.BET
Crystallize
MagicaL
Blizzy
Chuvash-
SoNNeikO
Gambit Esports
Daxak
Afoninje-
Afterlife
Immersion-
fng
The third game had Gambit play very aggressively right from the start. the First Blood was spilled before 1-minute mark. Gambit were pressuring NAVI on all lanes, and to make matters worse, enemy Juggernaut was feeling very well, farming up. Unfortunately, the same couldn't be said about our cores. Gambit continued raking up kills, and we struggled to find space to either fight or farm.
18 minutes in, Gambit went for the Roshan play and secured the first Aegis after killing 4 NAVI heroes in a fight. This gave them an even bigger edge in the battles — NAVI had to play very passively. By 20 minutes, the advantage grew to roughly 14k gold. A series of unfortunate fights spelled an end for us on the third map, as we drop the series 1:2.
