Category: DotA

The Grand Finals: OG vs PSG.LGD Rematch Result: OG 3-2 PSG.LGD Dotabuff Possibly the best Grand Finals in TI history – 5 game series, and an incredible redemption story. The first OG-PSG.LGD matchup was a close one – it boiled down to one teamfight in Game 3 that could really have been anyone’s game, except that JerAx saved OG...

Two New Heroes At the end of the last series of the day, two cinematic trailers were shown for two new heroes – Mars and Grimstroke. Grimstroke Available NOW. Grimstroke is a ranged support with a very packed skillset. His ultimate, Soulbind, shackles two enemy heroes together. They can’t walk far away from each other, and any single...

Day 4 is a much more relaxed day, with only 3 series (yesterday’s 4 series went all the way until midnight). Here’s a TLDR: Virtus Pro eliminate Optic Gaming in a 2-1. Team Secret figure out VGJ.Storm and wipe them 2-0. Will face Team Liquid tomorrow. Evil Geniuses prove to be better than the slumping Virtus Pro, ending them in 2-0....

We finally get a 3 game series in Day 3! TLDR MUST WATCH – Anime fight between OG and EG. Scroll down below for rundown, VGJ.Storm eliminate Winstrike Team in a convincing 2-0. Team Secret force a Game 3 against Vici Gaming, and eliminate them (must watch!) PSG.LGD is the last Chinese team in the tournament, defeating defending champions...

Day 2 had a lot of things going on, with 2 elimination series, and a lot of other goodies for Battle Pass owners. A quick TL;DR before we get into the games: OG places their highest TI ranking since the inception of the org, securing 6th place and sending VGJ.Storm to the Lower Bracket. EG makes it to top 6, beating Team Secret and securing the...

With the earlier departure of Fly and S4 from OG, OG looked to be in shambles. The roster already could not qualify via DPC points, as they’ve replaced Resolut1on earlier in the year, with Ceb subbing in. They needed two players on short notice to fill the roster, and most decent and available players have already made it to other teams,...

Day 1 of The International is always the hardest – we see 4 Lower Bracket teams eliminated in unceremonious BO1s. And in this TI, it feels like it was worse as everyone seemed to be competitive in their own right. Yesterday, I put some predictions down. The seeding made sense to me, and the teams that chose their matchups ideally...

Main Event – Day 1 Schedule The International 2018 has delivered so far with great games, and very close standings – especially the crazy Group B fiesta. With the Group Stage results, we saw Invictus Gaming and Pain Gaming take an early exit out of the tournament. The top upper bracket teams (Team Liquid and VGJ.Storm) then had the...

The China Supermajor The China Supermajor is underway and has been living up to expectations so far. Great format (Groups + Double Elim) – No BO1s. No team eliminated in the first day, and groups turned out to be very balanced. Good streaming platform. On Twitch, as people would like it. Amazing production and content. Check out...

Esports / Dota Pro Circuit ESL One Birmingham Virtus Pro shows their strength yet again VP was undefeated throughout the entire ESL One Birmingham tournament. In no surprise, the top DPC team made quick work of OpTic Gaming, with a clean 3-0 sweep in the grand finals. No[o]ne was awarded the MVP, getting a second Mercedes-Benz for the team....