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The International 2019 Group stage: defeat vs Royal Never Give Up

Dota 2 / News / 17 August 2019 — 05:00

0:2.

The second opponent of ua NAVI.GG.BET of the third day will be the home turf representative — cn Royal Never Give Up. The game will be a Bo2.

It's probably not a good idea to be deceived by the team's unsuccessful performance in Shanghai: it is a very strong line-up with a high level of players. cn Monet, cn LaNm, my ah fu — well-known players to any fans of the professional scene, they perform along with cn Setsu and cn Flyby — professional players, previously seen in academic line-ups. A strong five, capable of solving the tasks standing ahead of them.

It should also be remembered that it was the cn Royal Never Give Up that won the Chinese qualification of The International 2019. Against the backdrop of fierce competition in the region, this achievement looks very serious.

Recall that the "yellow-black" have already faced this Chinese team in the season. It was at the DreamLeague Season 10, our guys won a landslide victory with a score of 2 : 0. Let's hope that in the upcoming match the players of ua Natus Vincere will show positive results.

The International 2019 (best of 2)
August 17, 10:30
VS
NAVI.GG.BET
  • Crystallize
  • MagicaL
  • Blizzy
  • W_zayac
  • SoNNeikO

Royal Never Give Up
  • Monet
  • Setsu
  • Flyby
  • Lanm
  • ah fu

Game 1 — Natus Vincere [0: 1] Royal Never Give Up

Picks and bans
Team
Picks
Bans

NAVI.GG.BET
  • Crystallize
  • MagicaL
  • Blizzy
  • W_zayac
  • SoNNeikO

Royal Never Give Up
  • Monet
  • Setsu
  • Flyby
  • Lanm
  • ah fu

The initial stage of the game was not the easiest for our team. The enemy was moving around the map, killing ua Natus Vincere heroes, which allowed them to get 3k gold lead by 18 minutes. Fortunately, the cores of "yellow-blacks" weren't lagging that far behind, keeping on par with the opponent.

28 minutes in ua NAVI had a disastrous fight, with 3 heroes dying at once. Even though this fight didn't transition into a push, the added advantage of the opponent — 12k gold lead — wasn't that comforting either.

In a couple of minutes another fight broke out, and we lost 2 lanes. The situation of the “yellow-blacks” at that moment was close to losing, but the guys did not want to give up and had another fight. Unfortunately, it was unsuccessful, and ua NAVI players admitted defeat - 0: 1 after the first map.

Game 2 - Natus Vincere [0: 2] Royal Never Give Up

Picks and bans
Team
Picks
Bans

NAVI.GG.BET
  • Crystallize
  • MagicaL
  • Blizzy
  • W_zayac
  • SoNNeikO

Royal Never Give Up
  • Monet
  • Setsu
  • Flyby
  • Lanm
  • ah fu

The early game was played rather carefully by both teams: teams traded some kills while trying to farm up a bit. Underlord, picked by the opponent, was a surprising yet effective mid decision: he gave our Templar Assassin quite a bit of trouble.

Subsequently, thanks to several successful skirmishes, the “yellow-blacks” got a nice advantage for themselves. So, by minute 26, our guys were in the lead, having 8 thousand more than the Chinese team.

32 minutes in, a rather bad fight happened next to Roshpit. Even though Axe snatched the Aegis, the opponent finished of a few ua NAVI characters, losing nobody.

36 minutes in our team lost their top lane after cn RNG caught Axe. In addition, the Chinese team seized the advantage - 6k net worth. The next fight, though, allowed us to reclaim half of that.

The game ended at 45 minutes after the opponent went for the mid highground. Our guys tried to hold off the siege in the minority, but only gradually died out. 0 : 2 — victory cn Royal Never Give Up.