The main competition of the Newcomer Challenge has officially begun.
8 teams compete in a double-elimination knockout tournament, a total of 4 days of competition. If they lose one game, they will fall into the lower bracket. If the lower bracket loses again, they will be eliminated.
If everything goes well, there will be a Bo3 game every day from the first round to the finals.
The first round of the upper bracket, the second round of the upper bracket, the finals of the upper bracket, and the finals.
If you fall into the lower bracket, you will have to play one more round. The double-elimination format also gives players more opportunities to show their strength.
There is no good way for a temporarily formed team like them to get along, and it's not like a professional team where they can schedule training matches.
We can only play a dozen or so levels to get to know each other better.
After the main game started, the much-anticipated Shaya was also specially arranged by the officials to play in the last game.
However, the long wait for the match did not satisfy everyone. There were two sets of matches, one set was 21 minutes and the other was 24 minutes. The two consecutive sets directly took away the opponent.
As expected, Han Yu didn't even have a chance to show off.
Gao Ran used his mid laner Blood Demon in the first set, 14-1-2, and won the game superbly.
In the second set, the opponent selected Dragon Knight. Gao Ran directly used the Monkey King, and the mid laner directly penetrated the opponent, 9-1-9.
The only time he died was when Gao Ran was carelessly shot from a tree by Feng Xing from the opposite side.
Hanyu's C position basically just brushes for 15 minutes, comes out and follows the team's advancement, and takes away the game in one wave.
A plate of sword masters and a plate of terrifying blades, not much chance to show off.
Easily advanced to the second round.
The second round of the winner's group is also the semi-final of the winner's group. The opponent they have to face is No. 1, who is known as Shaya's strongest opponent!
This game is also called a preview of the finals by countless DOTA players.
The configuration of No1 is not luxurious. There are top players in several positions, and Gao Ran finally has a top mid laner opponent!
LGD’s talented newcomer Yi Ziqian!
ID:House.
LGD may choose to retire after Ti this year, and Xm will take over. Yi Ziqian will not be the main force.
Participating in the Rookie Challenge now is Yiziqian’s own wish, and it is also a signal for LGD to put Yiziqian up for sale.
Most professional club transactions are cold-blooded, and business has its own rules.
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On the second day of the main competition, several big anchors just started live broadcasting, and countless viewers flooded into the live broadcast room!
They are all waiting to see the peak mid lane showdown between Gao Ran and Yi Ziqian, to see which team between Shaya and No1 can have the last laugh.
Fire finally faced a high-scoring opponent.
Gao Ran and the others are not under great pressure. They played a round yesterday and everyone was very comfortable cooperating with each other. Although Han Yu didn't have much room to perform, he played very easily.
Compared to a game where one person has to work hard to carry but still not necessarily win, playing games with Gao Ran is indeed much more comfortable.
"come on! Come on."
"Fight them hard and kill them."
"I don't know how to lose."
Before the game, several teammates in YY were also encouraging each other.
Today's opponent is different from the past, very strong, but with Hanyu's C position and high-burning mid laner, the whole team is very confident.
Entering the BP stage.
Discussions also started in the commentary box.
"Okay, open it, open it, stop rowing."
"Let's see if No. 1 will ban Fire's 4 heroes. The 4 Bans before all previous games were all Fire's heroes."
I smiled proudly again and said:
"My little brother, the hero pool is bottomless, and I don't have enough ban."
Indeed, Gao Ran has played a total of 8 games now, using 7 heroes: Blue Cat, Templar Assassin, Shadow Demon, Queen, Blood Demon, Monkey King, and Water Man.
Mainstream mid laners know it well and play well.
Non-mainstream mid laners can also do it, and they basically all have unique skills.
This is indeed a bit difficult to deal with.
After selecting sides before the game, in the first game Gao Ran's side blocked first and chose the Dire side on the upper right. The opponent blocked second and then chose, which gave them the advantage of selecting the last player in the 22nd hand.
In the DOTA game, both sides have their advantages and disadvantages.
Judging from the DOTA2 map, the Dire Outpost building is more conducive to the fight for Roshan.
After both sides have lost a tower, the Dire outpost is located closer to Roshan. If a Roshan team battle occurs and there is a buy-in, the Night Banquet side can join the battle faster.
What's even more frightening is that after all the outer towers on both sides fell down, the Dire Outpost became a unique building near Roshan.
For late-stage team battles where every second counts, Dire's support is obviously much faster.
The advantage of Tianhui lies in the smooth operation. The hero moves from the bottom left to the top right, and the mouse moves in the same direction, which is very smooth.
But if you move from the upper right to the lower left, it will be a little awkward.
Tianhui also has a slight advantage in the jungle points.
This is the same as ban selection, it depends on how your team weighs the pros and cons.
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The game officially begins.
Both sides began to ban people, but with the ban of Team No. 1, everyone gradually smelled something unusual!
After banning the high-burning blue cat and spider, the opponent did not ban the high-burning Geomancer like all previous teams.
Instead, he chose to ban Shui Ren and Xiao Qiang, who Zhao Hao played particularly well yesterday?!
The heroes Han Yu and Gao Ran of Water Man are both very good at playing it. The opponent had to ban it after the discussion yesterday, otherwise the opponent would have too many tactics to choose from.
There’s no way to tell a fortune teller?!
Released on purpose!
"ah?"
"Don't you have a geomancer?"
I shouted in front of the computer in a very exaggerated tone.
Brother Snapper stood up at this moment:
"I think this hero is really not that scary. If you target him well, he can definitely beat him."
"Geomancer is very resource-hungry, and Han Yu wants to give resources to Fire. I think there's no problem."
I laughed and said to Brother Snapper:
"Brother Snapper, my little brother's geodivination master is not an ordinary geodivination master."
"If you choose Geomancer, it will end within 25 minutes!"
I said confidently, Brother Snapper also bet a rocket with me.
"Okay, if you really choose Geomancer, just bet on a rocket."
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"The geomancer was released?"
Zhao Hao also said in YY that it was obvious that the opponent was well prepared.
"Choose or not?"
Zeta also asked Gao Ran, this looks like a trap.
Han Yu also said:
"I can play anything, but the opponent may choose a hero that's specifically targeted at you."
"Let's get a bull's head in one hand first."
"I think it's OK."
Several teammates formed a team and discussed that whether they choose Geomancer or not, there is no problem with having an ox head.
