Judging from the usual record, generally speaking, if you get more than 4 wins, you will not be directly eliminated.
You can enter the loser bracket with less talk.
Moreover, in Group A, the two teams LGD and CSC are recognized as two strong teams, but since it is a Bo2 game, Dream can give it a try.
If we can successfully defeat Aster, TNT, and Dream, it is not impossible to enter the winner group.
A good start in the first game, and it was R's old club Ehome, which was also a great morale booster for Dream.
Tomorrow I will play Aster at 12 noon, Dream will also go and take a rest.
The game against Aster is also the key to whether they can enter the winner's bracket.
But in Dota, you can never predict who of the two teams will win in the end.
Dream was hit hard in the first set, and Aster's Elf Plane system hit a perfect rhythm in the mid-term, taking away the victory before the high-burning player took shape.
However, the mentality and resilience of the Dream team far exceeded everyone's expectations.
In the second game, Dream directly launched the high-burning Storm Spirit!
Against Aster mid laner Dragon Knight.
The result was that the high-burning Blue Cat took advantage in the middle and then activated the two lanes. At the 40-minute mark, they took the shield and pushed the high ground to win the second set.
In this way, the battle between Dream and Aster ended at 1 to 1, which was considered an acceptable result.
In the third round, they played TNT, and Dream also successfully took away the weakest opponent in this group with a score of 2-0.
As a result, after three rounds, Dream was tied for first place in the group.
[China Major Qualifier Group A Standing List]
1:【Dream】5 wins and 1 loss
2:【CSC】4 wins and 2 losses
2:【LGD】4 wins and 2 losses
4:【Aster】2 wins and 4 losses
4:【Ehome】 2 wins and 4 losses
6: [TNT] 1 win, 5 losses
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However, although Dream is temporarily ranked first in the group, their situation in qualifying for the upper bracket is not very optimistic.
Because they have to play the two strongest opponents in the group, LGD and CSC, in the last round.
LGD still has Ehome and Dream, and CSC's schedule is even easier, with Dream and TNT still left.
There is a high probability that the two teams in the upper bracket will be selected from among these three teams. How they will be selected depends on the specific record of Dream and these two teams.
The rules of the Major qualifiers are that if it is about promotion, in the case of the same score, the winning relationship between the two sides will be considered first.
If the outcome is the same and the head-to-head record is 1 to 1, a Bo1 playoff is required.
If it doesn't matter promotion, for example, if the first and second place are both 8 wins and 2 losses, it depends on the game data of both sides, and the side with the least number of wins and less time will be in front.
But in the current situation, it seems that Dream is safe to be first in the group, not to mention the winner group, at least the top 4 is safe.
But in fact, it is not completely guaranteed that Dream will advance to the knockout rounds.
If Dream loses all the next 4 games, it will be a 5-5 record. Aster will win TNT 2-0, Ehome will win LGD 2-0, and then Aster will tie with Ehome again.
Then the three teams have the same record of 5 wins and 5 losses and have to play fake matches...
Of course, this is only the worst case scenario. In theory, 90% of cases will not happen.
It would be a bit difficult for Ehome to beat LGD 2-0, even if LGD is not in very good shape these days.
The Dota team cannot always be at the top or at the bottom. There are always ups and downs in e-sports, and LGD's previous games were not very compact.
It may also be because they have almost confirmed the number of direct invitations to Ti.
Dream beat LGD.
MajD personally sent Dream home last time, but this time he encountered it again.
Both sides also opened up their stances and fought with real swords and guns.
In the first set, the two sides fought fiercely for 60 minutes!
In the final showdown between the two sides, LGD's 3-core battled against Dream's dual-core. In the later stages of the fight, LGD's front side became more solid, while the high-burning Blackbird's damage gradually became insufficient in the later stages.
When the opponent has BKB, the first wave of Dream's damage is seriously insufficient.
In the end, it was broken in 3 ways and GG was played.
LGD won the first set.
Dream was not too discouraged after losing another set to LGD. They knew there was something wrong with their performance in this set.
The high-burning Blackbird also performed poorly in a team fight in the mid-term, and was directly cut, causing the team fight to collapse.
No player can be without mistakes, not even a high-burning one.
However, Gao Ran quickly regained his position in the second set, and used the mid laner Huskar with his last move, knocking Maybe's Templar Assassin into the jungle at level 3!
Then, Paradise was directly updated to restrain the Templar Assassin, and the teammates who cooperated with the top and bottom lanes in the early stage also gained an advantage.
Although LGD seized two very good opportunities in the middle, the high-burning Huskar who directly updated BKB was at the front, and the old Eleven Mars could not resist.
In the end, he pushed up with a shield and successfully won the next game.
It was a draw with LGD 1 to 1!
In this way, Dream is 100% able to advance to the knockout rounds, but we don't know whether it will be the winner's bracket or the loser's bracket.
CST did not overturn and defeated the opponent 2-0.
After 4 rounds of games, it is tied for first place with Dream with 6 wins, 2 losses and 6 points.
LGD ranked 3rd with 5 wins and 3 losses and 5 points.
Dream and CSC played against each other in the final round.
LGD will face Ehome.
The results of both sides will directly affect the promotion situation.
LGD and Ehome are in the afternoon, and Dream and CSC are in the evening.
Dream was also paying attention to LGD's game in the afternoon. It turns out that the death stare is still useful. LGD was won by Ehome in the first set!
Newcomer Timeline's No. 1 Pai Pai Xiong also penetrated the bottom lane. Although there were two waves of mistakes in the mid-term, he still won the game with difficulty.
"Nice."
"If Ehome gives me some more strength, I can play casually at night."
Everyone in Dream is cheering for Ehome now, because in the 4th round Ehome and Aster tied 1-1, so even if they defeated LGD 2-0, they only had 5 wins.
The same goes for Aster, they only have 5 wins at most.
If LGD loses the game 2-0, it will still be 5 wins.
Dream now has 6 wins, and can enter the winner's bracket no matter what the record is tonight.
But if LGD wins the last set, they will need to play a playoff if they lose 0-2 to CSC tonight, and they need to win at least one set to advance to the upper bracket.
When the lineups of LGD and Ehome were selected in the last round, Gao Ran felt that Ehome could win!
"Holy shit, what kind of BP is this LGD? It's so bad."
"Whose B."
Because in the club, Gao Ran also spoke unscrupulously.
The hot girl in the mid lane is paired with a big brother, a troll, to play with the opponent...
Don't brag about being high-burning. If you play this mid laner Blackbird by yourself, it will be difficult for LGD to win.
In the mid-term, all the output depends on the fire girl. Maybe you can't die even once, you have to perform perfectly, and you may not win.
The facts turned out to be exactly what Gao Ran expected.
Online, Ehome's electric baton at position 1 defeated Old 11's Tide Hunter to such an extent that he couldn't even take the line.
Although Maybe had the advantage in mid lane, LGD was too difficult to fight in mid-term teamfights.
The Troll used the scattered BKB, but in team battles there were blackbird levels and electric baton attacks, so it couldn't be used at all...
Maybe saw that the situation was not right and prepared to use physical equipment to deal damage, but the front was completely defeated after the electric baton was sent to BKB.