Speratus secures top seed after defeating Tnc Gaming 2:1

 

                           

 

Speratus was able to rise from the losers’s bracket to seek revenge on TnC Gaming who are the main reason why they were in the situation in the first place. Despite having an extra win advantage, Speratus took the last two remaining games to secure the top seed. 

The lower brackets semi-finals started with MSIevoGT up against VCG.

 

 

VCG went for an old school pick of the Spectre and Lich who went into the off-lane. MSIevoGT was able to get a first blood on Spectre, diving in between the tier-1 and tier-2 tower, but VCG got a kill on Lifestealer after that.

 

3:30 - VCG immediately went for a smoke gank on Beastmaster and succeeded to do so, giving invoker a little bit of room while he's out.

 

In the 6th minute, the tri-lane of MSIevoGT got an easy kill on the lone Spectre and  destroyed the tier-1 tower. While that was happening, VCG got a kill on the Lone Druid after a successful gank by the supports.

 

In the 9th minute, VCG tried to kill Lone Druid but unfortunately for them, a quick teleport backup by Beastmaster turned the situation around with Lone Druid getting a triple kill out of it.

 

In the 12 minute, Lone Druid destroyed the bottom tier-1 tower while his other teammates took down the middle tier-1. They would later on group up and take down the bottom tier-2 tower. After that, VCG engaged on a team fight but a miscommunication by VCG cost them two heroes and later on the bottom barracks.

 

In the 16th minute, VCG tried for a smoke gank at the middle lane and was able to get four kills in exchange for one. 

 

 

In the 18th minute, MSIevoGT grouped up and pushed the middle lane. VCG tried their best to defend it but MSIevoGT’s lineup was just stronger and "GG" call by VCG later on.

 

 

In the lower bracket finals, both teams decided to go for a defensive tri-lane and hoping for their hard carry to out-farm and out-carry the opposing team's hard carry.

 

In the early minutes of the game, there was not much action going on as both were just focusing on getting decent farms and experience.

 

In the 5th minute, Speratus got a first blood on the Clockwerk after a quick burrowstrike by SandKing catching him off-guard, and they were able to take down the tier-1 tower after that.

 

In the 7th minute, Speratus tried to catch the tri-lane of MSIevoGT with their four hero engagement but unfortunately for them MSIevoGT were able to turn the situation around mainly because of the offensive force offered by Gyrocopter and defensive skill offered by Dazzle, killing three heroes in exchange for dazzle.

 

MSIevoGT took down the bottom tier-1 tower in the 10th minute while Speratus got a better trade with a tier-2 tower at the top lane.

 

In the 15th minute, MSIevoGT were able to pickoff Leshrac and Puck but rest of Speratus took down the bottom tier-1 to at least get a trade out of it.

 

MSIevoGT tried to take down the top tier-1 but before doing so, they picked off Leshrac on the back of a blink skewer by Magnus. Speratus immediately countered and was able to get three kills out of it. And Speratus took down the tier-1 tower in the middle lane afterwards.

 

In the 23rd minute, MSIevoGT pushed the middle lane and Clockwerk without hesitation engaged on Puck after seeing that she used her illusionary orb. But Speratus were able to turn things around and got four kills out of the engagement even with a three hero Reverse Polarity by Magnus.

 

A huge team fight would later on occur in the middle lane where Speratus got four more kills and a tier-2 tower.

 

MSIevoGT decided to push the middle lane 27 minutes into the game and focus down on the tier-2 tower, but a great initiation by puck and SandKing bagged four more kills and secured the Aegis of the Immortal on the side of Speratus.

 

In the 32nd minute, a huge team fight badly lost bad MSIevoGT on the back of a wrong initiation by Magnus, using his Reverse Polarity only on Leshrac. Speratus got a team wipe and took down the bottom barracks.

 

In the 35th minute, MSIevoGT tried to pickoff Puck but unfortunately puck's teammates are near and were able to give instant assistance and took down four more kills against MSIevoGT.

 

 

Speratus decided focus down the top tier-3 tower and barracks 39 minutes into the game after picking off Gyrocopter. "GG" calls by MSIevoGT in just a few seconds.

 

 

In this game, Speratus went for an aggressive tri-lane and was able to get a first blood on Shadow Demon 2 minutes into the game, but a gank by a hasted Tinker got a kill on Keeper of the Light.

 

Nyx Assassin decided to gank the bottom lane after getting his level 6 around the 6th minute and Speratus was able to get three kills but TnC Gaming was not going down without a fight, bagging two kills for themselves.

 

A small skirmish at the bottom lane where both teams got a 3:3 kill trade. With that said, it gave room for Tinker to farm up his Boots of Travel and Weaver to destroy the top tier-1 tower.

 

In the 18th minute, Speratus won a huge team fight getting three kills in exchange for the Io. They would later get a team wipe on TnC Gaming but unfortunately could not take down the tier-1 tower in the middle lane.

 

In the 24th minute, TnC Gaming won a small team fight in the bottom lane, killing both Io and Chaos Knight then destroying the bottom tier-1 after that. But while that was happening, Weaver took advantage and chipped away a huge chunk of life of the top tier-3 tower which will be denied later on.

 

In the 27th minute, TnC Gaming picked off Keeper of the Light but at a cost of four of their heroes.

 

 

Speratus pushed the top lane in the 30th minute where they got four more heroes that gave them the opportunity to destroy the barracks. They would later on got three more kills while Weaver slowly chipped away on the life of the bottom tier-3 tower.

 

In the 33rd minute, Weaver took down the bottom barracks while his teammates kept TnC Gaming busy. "GG" call by TnC Gaming after a few seconds.

 

 

Both tri-lane heroes found themselves in a small team fight in the radiant jungle where Speratus was able to get a first blood on the retreating Lina Inverse.

 

Nature's Prophet was not having a great time at the top lane and decided to farm in their jungle, leaving Queen of Pain to farming freely.

 

In the 6th minute, Puck decided to gank the bottom lane but a quick teleport backup by Queen of Pain lead to three kills in exchange for 1.

 

In the 10th minute, the supports of TnC Gaming caught Lion in the dire jungle near the lane and his teammates immediately backed up but was not enough, leading to the death of the three of them.

 

A huge team fight in the 15th minute where Speratus got a well needed win, killing four heroes without losing a single hero.

 

In the 17th minute, TnC Gaming tried to pickoff Lifestealer in the jungle using all of their skills, but unfortunately for them they could not burst him down in time that lead to the death to three of them.

 

TnC Gaming were able to secure the Aegis of the Immortal in the 26th minute that gave Speratus room to destroy the top tier-1 tower.

 

A huge team fight would later on occur at the bottom lane where Speratus got four kills against TnC Gaming and took down the middle tier-1 tower afterwards. After that, they were able to pickoff Weaver forcing out the Aegis of the Immortal.

 

In the 30th minute, TnC Gaming tried to take down the bottom tier-2 tower but a great initiation by the Puck and Lifestealer "infest bomb" that lead to the death to four of them.

 

 

In the 34th minute, Speratus bagged four more kills in the middle lane and took down the tier-2 tower. Then they were able to catch Weaver in the dire ancient and ended up killing him as well. They would later on focus on the bottom lane and winning yet another huge team fight that lead to a barracks down in the bottom lane, "GG" call by TnC Gaming after that.