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DAC 2018 CIS Qualifiers: The first victory!

Dota 2 / News / 10 February 2018 — 16:03

A quick and confident show!

The first opponent of uaNAVI.GG.BET at DAC 2018 CIS Qualifiers was kzTeam Invincible, in a Bo3 series. The games were very fast, and the series ended 2-0 for us!

Game 1 - Natus Vincere [1:0] Team Invincible

Picks and bans
Team
Pick
Ban

NAVI.GG.BET
  • LeBronDota
  • Lil
  • Dendi
  • GeneRaL
  • Crystallize

Team Invincible
  • watafaka
  • ArrOw
  • italyaNo
  • TOPORRRBOSS
  • hAze._.

The first game started off with a 1-1-3 setup on the map, with the bottom trilane by uaNAVI, and it yielded the fruits almost right away, as Witch Doctor overextended and gave up First Blood. The bottom lane was quite a bloodshed for the first few minutes overall, as we had all the means to do what we pleased. Razor was solo versus Doom, and that lane went exceptionally well for him. Despite some kills for the kzTeam Invincible, that did little to help their situation. The laning went well overall, with the only trouble being little farm for Luna.

uaDendi was doing a lot of work all around the map, as the opponent had no adequate means to deal with us. Many fights happened, especially with the pickups of 2 Blink Daggers for Sand King and Puck. 17 minutes in the score was 22-7, and uaNAVI were in a good lead. A couple of stacks for uaCrystallize helped him get back into the game, and he claimed the second net worth position. The Dire took several towers and approached the high ground after a couple of pickoffs.

We tried to take the first Aegis of the game, but kzTeam Invincible had their own plans, as they tried to contest it. This decision proved to be fatal for them, as the fight that broke out saw 4 heroes dead on the side of the Radiant, and they had nothing to defend their high ground. GG, and we move to the game 2.

Game 2 - Natus Vincere [2:0] Team Invincible

Picks and bans
Team
Pick
Ban

NAVI.GG.BET
  • LeBron
  • Dendi
  • Lil
  • GeneRaL
  • Crystallize

Team Invincible
  • TOPORRRBOSS
  • hAze
  • watafaka
  • ArrOw
  • italyaNo

The second game was off to some action right away, as enemy Sand King tried to go for the first Bounty rune, but was discovered soon enough, giving up First Blood. There were constant skirmishes and fights around the map, with neither team giving up on pickoffs. Our cores seemed to have a rather solid start, and the midgame saw a slight advantage on our side.

However, a couple of items for kzTeam Invincible made the game a lot more even, as they almost caught up to us. Even if we were not killing the opponents as much as the last game, the map control was still on our side. With that, we went for the first Aegis of the game, and Shadow Fiend was the one to take it. That enabled the aggression from uaNAVI, and we took a couple of fights alongside mid T3 25 minutes in. As the Aegis expired, we retreated to farm up more.

As the clock hit 30, the Radiant only had the top lane remaining, and we were sitting at 11k net worth advantage. The Roshan was to appear soon, and that would be the one with Cheese, so we held on that opportunity and seized it as soon as possible, going for the last remaining lane with an overwhelming advantage on our side. The game was decided right there and then, as kzTeam Invincible lost 4 and wrote GG, as we move forth in the qualifiers.