One of the most anticipated matchup in the upper bracket is between the defending champions, Invictus Gaming and consistent contender, DK. Both teams so far is struggling to make it to their perfect form. For, iG the main concern is consistency. It is quite obvious that the team is more vulnerable in this tournament unlike their previous run in TI2. Their group stage has it's own ups and downs winning 2-0 against teams like RattleSnake, VP, Liquid then losing 0-2 to Alliance, TongFu. On the other page, DK has done more convincing result placing second just behind (uaNa'Vi with 10-4 standing.

 

 

Winner of this series will advance in the next round, while for the losing team, it'll be a dangerous path ahead as they wait for the winner of the Zenith and Virtus.Pro game.

 

Keys to the Game

Ferrari Shadow Fiend!

430's SF in the preliminaries has been splendid, winning all games and scoring a total of 27 kills, 4 deaths and 17 assists in the 3 games he played with this hero.

 

Speed it up with the gold

Both team's carry, Zhou and Burning has been known for their flash farming capabilites. They have been the vital key that's why they've placed in an convincing 1st and 4th position in last year's tournament. If both teams would like replicate that output Zhou and Burning must step it up a little more cause' numbers shows that both carry's have drastically reduced their GPM in this current tournament.

 

Prediction:

This is a close one, so RGN will predict base on the consistency and stability that obviously favors iG at the moment, So, it's going to be 2-1 for the defending champs.