Brutal Breakout series push 3 Chinese teams out of the DAC 2018 Major

Inside a shocking turn of events to the host country from the Dota 2 Asia Championships 2018, 3 Chinese teams that qualified to the breakout series today were eliminated by American and European teams.

After an extended and exhausting group stage that lasted 3 days by having an astounding 67 matches including tiebreakers, 8 from the 12 teams that qualified competed inside the new elimination system called breakout. The BO3 elimination round aimed to create the 16 competing teams from the tournament right all the way down to half. The 4 teams that qualified are headed to the very first round from the upper bracket and can compete against LGD Gaming, Virtus. pro, Mineski and TNC Pro Team who topped their respective groups.

Evil Geniuses 2 : 0 Newbee

There isn‘t any denying Newbee have looked significantly weaker than any other teams in recent times and therefore are removed from their prime. Despite being perhaps one of the teams inside the five-way tie in Group A, they fell towards the bottom inside the tiebreakers, losing all of the games. They drafted their signature Naga Siren + Disruptor combo in Game 1 for their supports Hu Kaka Liangzhi and Zeng Faith Hongda. However, choosing a greedy Invoker pick on the midlaner Song Sccc Chun could have been what sealed the deal on the defeat. Evil Geniuses took advantage of the and stormed through, winning the laning stage with the aggressive trilane and continuing to achieve a steady networth advantage. Their last pick Puck for offlaner Syed Sumail SumaiL Hassan made their lineup much more formidable. The young player has truly shone out after transitioning towards the new role with some MVP-worthy performances.

Newbee Didn‘t appear to adapt much, as Game 2 followed by having an much more brutal, one-sided and shorter victory for EG. When they did pick meta favorite Dragon Knight for their midlaner this point, they made their second greedy pick from the series by having an offlane Enigma on Damien kpii Chok. Their aspire to combo it using the repeat Naga Siren pick wasn't nearly enough to carry back EG's constant onslaught. Once again, SumaiL carried the overall game with another flashy performance, this point on his new favorite hero from the patch Leshrac. The disco pony has surged back straight into the meta after gameplay update 7. 12 and it‘s like he is here to remain for a good length of time.

Team Liquid 2 : 0 VGJ. Thunder

Team Liquid Didn‘t seem to become in top form inside the group stages regardless of the return of midlaner Amer Miracle- Al-Barkawi, but however, neither did VGJ. Thunder. Game 1 saw VGJ drafting a really strange lineup, having a rare offlane Doom on Zhou Yang Haiyang and also a position 5 Nature's Prophet on Leong ddc Fat-meng. Liquid however drafted the signature Lone Druid for Lasse Matumbaman Urpalainen and meta favourite Gyrocopter for Miracle. They did go to the forgotten Lich for support and captain Kuro KuroKy Salehi Takhasomi. The laning stage went fairly evenly, however a Radiance purchase upon the Lone Druid nearing the 20-minute mark switched Liquid into high gear. It allowed them to reach for objective after objective that Couldn‘t be stalled by VGJ, forcing them into your 'GG' call.

Game 2 wasn‘t as one-sided. Having a signature Earth Spirit on position 4 support Maroun GH Merhej, Liquid blitzkrieged through the first game and gained a big networth advantage. However, Pan Fade Yi's Keeper from the Light stalled their high ground push till they might hit back. Close to the 30 minute mark, VGJ secured Roshan after winning a teamfight and turned their networth deficit around. They used this on their advantage and tried to bring the center lane of barracks, but settled having a Tier 3 tower. Liquid kept their cool, minimizing their losses with every fight and came back having a massive teamfight that wiped the Chinese's squad. With the next Roshan secured, and just Liu Sylar Jiajun's Juggernaut left to defend, they eased their method to victory with the final base siege.

OpTic Gaming 2 : 0 Invictus Gaming

Stirring up controversy inside an arrogant and arguably offensive tweet, captain of OpTic Gaming Peter ppd Dager seemed to possess predicted victory until the day even started. The TI-winning drafter went for any push-heavy deathball lineup with Death Prophet, Terrorblade and Venomancer in Game 1. What followed was an absolute stomp of Invictus Gaming that allowed OpTic to secure mega creeps. Although we did be able to arrive at see Pangolier in the tournament once again, this point inside the hands of star player Ye BoBoKa Zhibiao in the big occasion, It‘s not shown positive results except inside the hands of Mineski's offlaner. It might be proof the hero Isn‘t suited in the positioning 4 role in professional games.

In Game 2, it was eventually carry player Per Anders Olsson Pajkatt Lille's time for them to shine having a surprise Phantom Assassin pick. Having a physical damage heavy lineup, OpTic seemed to wish to power through, but IG did not cause it to be easy to the confident people. After a good laning stage, a massive, extended teamfight close to the 24-minute mark gave IG a decisive lead.OpTic forced the difficulty and continued to hemorrhage losses, having a dieback upon the offlane Puck played by Neta 33 Shapira. He salvaged the overall game with the only real redeeming play as he got the kill on Roshan and picked in the Aegis from the Immortal, despite losing it and dying again immediately. They returned to succeed several teamfights with the heavy physical burst damage fuelled by multiple armour-reducing mechanics. It seems ppd has lived as much as his words this point, eliminating the winners from the DAC Major last year.

Vici Gaming 2 : 0 Team Secret

The final hope for China to the day and also the European powerhouse gave us the foremost exhilarating series from the day. Clement Puppey Ivanov started his Game 1 draft having a surprise Crystal Maiden pick. Despite getting buffed inside the recent update, the hero is usually considered weak. Puppey surprised us all having a top-tier performance by remaining the very best networth support for a significant section of the game. All around the 30 minute mark, Team Secret secured the Roshan kill and also the Aegis having a intend to push straight into the Radiant's high ground. The massive damage coming from the Impetus shots of Marcus Ace Hoelgaard's Enchantress scared Vici Gaming to their base, however they held their very own. However, they had been only in a position to secure a Tier 3 tower inside the top lane and retreated.

What followed was an unprecedented teamwipe of Secret by Vici Gaming straight into the late game, without having to sacrifice one hero inside a demonstration of pure skill. Securing the 3rd Roshan from the game and also a Refresher shard on Zhang Paparazi Chengjun Outworld Devourer, VG just walked all over Team Secret who fought fruitlessly towards the bitter end.

With complete rely upon their star player Paparazi's Outworld Devourer, Vici Gaming showed us their bold and versatile drafting capabilities in Game 2 using the resurgence of the Faceless Void + Phoenix combo. Secret responded with their very own Shadow Demon + Chaos Knight combo, two heroes that have not seen the light of knowledgeable tournament in a very long time. They even gave their ex-10k MMR midlaner Yeik MidOne Nai Zheng his new favorite core Kunkka, though it was eventually clear from the beginning his laning wouldn‘t go well against the OD.

By using the confidence from Game 1, Vici Gaming steamrolled over Team Secret, winning teamfight after teamfight due to the synergy of the well-rounded draft. Carry player Zeng Ori Jiaoyang was the clear MVP from the game, acheiving a 14-1-14 KDA on his Tiny. Against all odds, Vici Gaming eliminated the recent DreamLeague Season 9 Champions and proved everyone wrong who thought every Chinese team competing today would go back home in shame. 

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