

Finals

Day 1:

Na’vi vs. Sigma

Today we saw some weird drafting coming out of Na’vi. They seemed pretty confident in their Dragon Knight for Dendi and Visage for Kiroki first game, but just were not really able to deliver and fell to Sigma’s punishment of their simple mistakes. Slark was able to easily snowball in the first game and secure Sigma their first victory. In the second game all the carry roles were the same as before except now played by the opposite teams. Na’vi thought this might be a good counter strategy but through sheer force of will Sigma was able to set the pace of the game and make Na’vi play to their tempo. This ended up losing them the second match in a row. Quite an upset for the fan favorites going into this match.



Alliance vs. Fnatic:

Starting things off strong Fnatic out drafts Alliance for what seemed like it would be the entire game but turned out to only be a strong early game with a solid 10 kills from Fnatic’s invoker and slark. Although when mid game came, things changed in great favor of Alliance as they easily outplayed Fnatic in most engagements from then on. In game two we see each team choosing very aggressive lineups, yet each team seems to want to play the greed game with item builds. Things were looking for for Fnatic in the first ten minuets of the game as they were able to shut down Akke's chen and EGM's silencer, but once they decided to start grouping to push Alliance had regained the difference in gold and exp and were ready to take most team fights. After securing more kills with lifestealer bombs Alliance was able to take rosh several times while keep Fnatic at bay. Using this advantage Alliance pushes through bot to win the game.



Day 2:



Na’vi vs. Fnatic

This is the first game of the loser bracket finals. Game 1 started strong as Dendi was able to pick up his signature invoker and get work done on the mid lane. In the other lanes things were going evenly but after Na’vi begins to secure more kills. Fanatic begins to panic and wastes time jumping between lanes and killing time for rosh. After a few failed rosh attempts from Fnatic it was obvious things were over and gg was called. In game 2 things were not too much different. Dendi was allowed to get his invoker again and between him and Funnik’s Timbersaw, Fanatic knew it was time to call it quits. Na’vi had proven that if were to come to a game of attrition, that they would obviously be the ones to be called the victor.



Alliance vs. Sigma

This is the first stage of the winners bracket. Going into game one, Sigma knew they had big shoes to fill if they wanted to take out Alliance and secure a chance at the number one spot going into the Grand Finals. With this it seemed they over anticipated what Alliance might throw at them and drafted a very tanky heavy hitting lineup. In the beginning both teams were able to secure a few kills here and there which led to a few towers and propelled to mid game. Most of the mid game was spent on failed ganks and lots of farming. It wasn't until around the 22 minute mark that we begin to see people leaving their farming hats aside to start pushing lanes and breaking towers. After a lucky pick off mid, Alliance ends up taking a tower mid and pushing it all the way to mid rax. After securing rax mid Alliance moves top to repeat the process. Once they had pushed in and secured more kills it was obvious things were over the gg’s went out. Game 2 was much like Na’vi’s first game with Fanatic except this time it was Sigma who got the early lead. This only propelled them to a little into the mid game before Alliance was able to secure their levels and their items, from there it was only a matter of time before Sigma went down.



Day 3:



Na’vi vs. Sigma

This is the last game of the losers bracket. Right away Na’vi knew they had the better draft as they were able to secure invoker, chen, lifestealer, and rubik. Through out the whole first game Na’vi set the tempo and made sure that Sigma was staying under leveled. Sigma tried a few group smoke ganks and roshes but ended failing to Na’vi’s punishment. Game 2 was a complete change from the first game. Sigma knew they were tight on the ropes, which propelled them into a crazy state of playing. Much like their first games with Na’vi, they were able to get several successful pick offs and towers on them. Dendi was able to secure an OD pick up and played insane in mid, ending the gaming with 76 denies! Sigma can tell they have rustled Na’vi’s feathers a bit and tries to push mid to end things fast. Though with a quick turnaround Na’vi shows they are the more experienced team and whips most of Sigma mid, giving them way to push through mid rax and move around to mid and then top. Securing more rax and hero kills its obvious now who will be going to the Grand Finals.



Grand Finals



Na’vi vs Alliance.



Because Alliance advanced through the winners bracket they start this best of 5 with 1 win, therefor we start on game 2.



Game 2:

We start off the first game of the Grand Finals strong with each team playing some of their strongest heroes. Puppey was able to secure himself enchantress as well as storm spirit for Dendi, while Alliance retorts with a chen for Akke and lifestealer for Loda. Right off the back it seems that Alliance has the better draft for team fights and late game, though Na’vi have a better early game as well as the potential to snowball. In the first 5 min we don't see too much action coming out from either team, both seem to be content farming and hanging back. All the while Puppey seems to be all over the map helping top, mid, and bot all while jungling in between. After the 5 min mark the action starts to pick up. We see a few kill trades around the map with Loda killing Xboct and Puppey and Dendi killing s4. After around 11 min Na’vi decides its time to take rosh, and surprisingly Alliance doesn't seem to notice. After rosh things go back to afk farming for a few more min before Na’vi decides its time to push bot. After pushing bot in past t1 they manage to secure 3 more kills before taking out t2. At this point the gold and exp are starting to really lean in Na’vi’s favor and if Alliance wants to come back they had better start making plays, and fast. At this point things are nearing the 20 min mark and people are just starting to notice how well Xboct has been farming this whole game on Luna. Since he had a lot of free time and secured several kills he was already sitting with a full build. Na’vi decided to break at ancients before planning their next move. Alliance knew this was their chance to strike back if they wanted to continue this game any further. Loda was first at dire ancients and rushed in but was immediately met with a fiend's grip from Kuroky’s bane. After Loda was out of the picture it was only a matter of seconds before the rest of the team fell with him. It ended in a full team wipe for Alliance. At this point they knew the game was over and respectfully called GG.





Game 3

Its all tied up now one game apiece. After the last game Alliance knows right away to ban Puppey off his enchantress. Dendi manages to pick up his invoker. Next we see a few of the more unseen heroes of late be chosen by both teams. Alliance grab up a tusk and magnus while Na’vi pick up a treeant protector and templar assassin. Alliance starts the game by trying to set the pace much like Na’vi did in the previous game. They attempt to gank templar several times on bot lane with a 3 man team but fail each time. On the last failed gank on TA Dendi managed to get a pick off on wisp with sunstrike and Xboct on bot with a kill of his own. Even though Alliance were trying their hardest it seemed they could not get the footing the needed in the early game to set the pace they wanted to go at. After this we see a bit of passive afk farming until around the 11 minute mark and Na’vi decides its time to start pushing. They start with securing mid tower as well as a kill on s4. Alliance starts to get worried as they see this game beginning to slip from their hands, they know its time to make plays. It’s at this time when they decide to group as 5 and start trying to secure kills of their own. They manage to pick off Dendi mid and secure another kill top. Alliance knows the advantage they have now gained will be short lived so they decide to take rosh. Na’vi has no problem with this and decides to push on Alliance’s top lane. As rosh gets killed and aegis picked up Na’vi secure t1 top. They know they can still get work done top and continue the pressure. They push the creep to tower then head towards the mid. Na’vi clashes with Alliance mid and manages to burn Alliances aegis and secure a few more kills. Alliances slight advantage has now gone flying out the window. Some passive farming ensues for about another 7-8 min before rosh re-spawns and this time Na’vi feels it's their turn to secure a lead. They smoke in and start withering down rosh, they get about half way before Alliance spooks them out and Na’vi heads for the high ground. Alliance storms in to take rosh and after goes on the hunt for Na’vi. It seems that Alliance will finally have the turn around they need to get back in this game. In a surprising turn of events Na’vi charges towards rosh pit giving Alliance no time to get proper initiation and end up securing themselves 3 kills and burning another aegis. At this point Alliance is pretty much just reacting to what Na’vi are throwing at them which is not the best position to be in. A few more minutes roll by before Alliance decides to take things in a new direction. They begin using wisp for relocate ganks. At first its working pretty well, they are able to secure a few kills here and there. With these new kills secured Alliance feels comfortable to start making more group plays. They start with a relocate gank on bot and move in to push t2. They are able to take out a few of Na’vi and begin to retreat before finishing off tower, all the while Na’vi is ready and waiting. They chase up to the fleeing Alliance and manage to pick off about 3 heroes. Na’vi now knows this is the time to strike. They head for top lane and manage to push it all the way to rax before Alliance can contest. As racks are being melted down Na’vi manages to pick off 2 heroes, force a buy back from Loda, then kill him again. After that point Alliance knew it was over and called the GG.



Game 4

Na’vi is now at match point and if Alliance wants a chance at that grand prize they had better show in the next game what they are really capable of. Right off the bat we see no rat dota for Alliance with the NP respect ban, and no invoker for Dendi as well as no enchantress for Puppey. Yet again we see another luna for Xboct. With the way Xboct has been farming on luna tonight I would be very worried for Alliance. Overall the draft seems pretty even, Na’vi has the better late game but Alliance has lots of burst damage and decent lock down. Both teams start the game a bit passive and try to focus on the first bloods and farm. Around the 5 min mark we start to see a crazy blood bath mid, Dendi almost picks off a few heroes before all of Alliance shows up with song of siren to turn the fight around for a 3-4 trade. Alliance manage to push back Na’vi and have them burn mana so they can take a easy t1 top. As the game continues on we see a big play from Alliance mid when Na’vi is pushing and manage to take out 2. After this Alliance decides its time to smoke and look for pick offs. As they start to put pressure on mid a fight starts out, naga throws nets and early song giving Na’vi enough time to pop bkb and retake the advantage to ensure a full team wipe and rosh. The tempo control from Na’vi this game has been far superior. A few min later Alliance decides to smoke gank near rosh pit but Na’vi was ready and waiting. Na’vi almost gets another team wipe and secures yet another rosh, they are starting to spell out how the rest of the game will play out. This time, Na’vi take the initiative in the mid, lose two supports but end up still being too strong for Alliance and take another team wipe thus ensuring their supreme victory in this series. At this point Alliance knew they were too far behind to make anything more happen this game. It was then the finally GG’s were called and Na’vi became Starladder 8 champions!

TLDR: Na'vi Wins!



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_Mossy Day 1:Today we saw some weird drafting coming out of Na’vi. They seemed pretty confident in their Dragon Knight for Dendi and Visage for Kiroki first game, but just were not really able to deliver and fell to Sigma’s punishment of their simple mistakes. Slark was able to easily snowball in the first game and secure Sigma their first victory. In the second game all the carry roles were the same as before except now played by the opposite teams. Na’vi thought this might be a good counter strategy but through sheer force of will Sigma was able to set the pace of the game and make Na’vi play to their tempo. This ended up losing them the second match in a row. Quite an upset for the fan favorites going into this match.Starting things off strong Fnatic out drafts Alliance for what seemed like it would be the entire game but turned out to only be a strong early game with a solid 10 kills from Fnatic’s invoker and slark. Although when mid game came, things changed in great favor of Alliance as they easily outplayed Fnatic in most engagements from then on. In game two we see each team choosing very aggressive lineups, yet each team seems to want to play the greed game with item builds. Things were looking for for Fnatic in the first ten minuets of the game as they were able to shut down Akke's chen and EGM's silencer, but once they decided to start grouping to push Alliance had regained the difference in gold and exp and were ready to take most team fights. After securing more kills with lifestealer bombs Alliance was able to take rosh several times while keep Fnatic at bay. Using this advantage Alliance pushes through bot to win the game.Day 2:This is the first game of the loser bracket finals. Game 1 started strong as Dendi was able to pick up his signature invoker and get work done on the mid lane. In the other lanes things were going evenly but after Na’vi begins to secure more kills. Fanatic begins to panic and wastes time jumping between lanes and killing time for rosh. After a few failed rosh attempts from Fnatic it was obvious things were over and gg was called. In game 2 things were not too much different. Dendi was allowed to get his invoker again and between him and Funnik’s Timbersaw, Fanatic knew it was time to call it quits. Na’vi had proven that if were to come to a game of attrition, that they would obviously be the ones to be called the victor.This is the first stage of the winners bracket. Going into game one, Sigma knew they had big shoes to fill if they wanted to take out Alliance and secure a chance at the number one spot going into the Grand Finals. With this it seemed they over anticipated what Alliance might throw at them and drafted a very tanky heavy hitting lineup. In the beginning both teams were able to secure a few kills here and there which led to a few towers and propelled to mid game. Most of the mid game was spent on failed ganks and lots of farming. It wasn't until around the 22 minute mark that we begin to see people leaving their farming hats aside to start pushing lanes and breaking towers. After a lucky pick off mid, Alliance ends up taking a tower mid and pushing it all the way to mid rax. After securing rax mid Alliance moves top to repeat the process. Once they had pushed in and secured more kills it was obvious things were over the gg’s went out. Game 2 was much like Na’vi’s first game with Fanatic except this time it was Sigma who got the early lead. This only propelled them to a little into the mid game before Alliance was able to secure their levels and their items, from there it was only a matter of time before Sigma went down.Day 3:This is the last game of the losers bracket. Right away Na’vi knew they had the better draft as they were able to secure invoker, chen, lifestealer, and rubik. Through out the whole first game Na’vi set the tempo and made sure that Sigma was staying under leveled. Sigma tried a few group smoke ganks and roshes but ended failing to Na’vi’s punishment. Game 2 was a complete change from the first game. Sigma knew they were tight on the ropes, which propelled them into a crazy state of playing. Much like their first games with Na’vi, they were able to get several successful pick offs and towers on them. Dendi was able to secure an OD pick up and played insane in mid, ending the gaming with 76 denies! Sigma can tell they have rustled Na’vi’s feathers a bit and tries to push mid to end things fast. Though with a quick turnaround Na’vi shows they are the more experienced team and whips most of Sigma mid, giving them way to push through mid rax and move around to mid and then top. Securing more rax and hero kills its obvious now who will be going to the Grand Finals.Because Alliance advanced through the winners bracket they start this best of 5 with 1 win, therefor we start on game 2.Game 2:We start off the first game of the Grand Finals strong with each team playing some of their strongest heroes. Puppey was able to secure himself enchantress as well as storm spirit for Dendi, while Alliance retorts with a chen for Akke and lifestealer for Loda. Right off the back it seems that Alliance has the better draft for team fights and late game, though Na’vi have a better early game as well as the potential to snowball. In the first 5 min we don't see too much action coming out from either team, both seem to be content farming and hanging back. All the while Puppey seems to be all over the map helping top, mid, and bot all while jungling in between. After the 5 min mark the action starts to pick up. We see a few kill trades around the map with Loda killing Xboct and Puppey and Dendi killing s4. After around 11 min Na’vi decides its time to take rosh, and surprisingly Alliance doesn't seem to notice. After rosh things go back to afk farming for a few more min before Na’vi decides its time to push bot. After pushing bot in past t1 they manage to secure 3 more kills before taking out t2. At this point the gold and exp are starting to really lean in Na’vi’s favor and if Alliance wants to come back they had better start making plays, and fast. At this point things are nearing the 20 min mark and people are just starting to notice how well Xboct has been farming this whole game on Luna. Since he had a lot of free time and secured several kills he was already sitting with a full build. Na’vi decided to break at ancients before planning their next move. Alliance knew this was their chance to strike back if they wanted to continue this game any further. Loda was first at dire ancients and rushed in but was immediately met with a fiend's grip from Kuroky’s bane. After Loda was out of the picture it was only a matter of seconds before the rest of the team fell with him. It ended in a full team wipe for Alliance. At this point they knew the game was over and respectfully called GG.Game 3Its all tied up now one game apiece. After the last game Alliance knows right away to ban Puppey off his enchantress. Dendi manages to pick up his invoker. Next we see a few of the more unseen heroes of late be chosen by both teams. Alliance grab up a tusk and magnus while Na’vi pick up a treeant protector and templar assassin. Alliance starts the game by trying to set the pace much like Na’vi did in the previous game. They attempt to gank templar several times on bot lane with a 3 man team but fail each time. On the last failed gank on TA Dendi managed to get a pick off on wisp with sunstrike and Xboct on bot with a kill of his own. Even though Alliance were trying their hardest it seemed they could not get the footing the needed in the early game to set the pace they wanted to go at. After this we see a bit of passive afk farming until around the 11 minute mark and Na’vi decides its time to start pushing. They start with securing mid tower as well as a kill on s4. Alliance starts to get worried as they see this game beginning to slip from their hands, they know its time to make plays. It’s at this time when they decide to group as 5 and start trying to secure kills of their own. They manage to pick off Dendi mid and secure another kill top. Alliance knows the advantage they have now gained will be short lived so they decide to take rosh. Na’vi has no problem with this and decides to push on Alliance’s top lane. As rosh gets killed and aegis picked up Na’vi secure t1 top. They know they can still get work done top and continue the pressure. They push the creep to tower then head towards the mid. Na’vi clashes with Alliance mid and manages to burn Alliances aegis and secure a few more kills. Alliances slight advantage has now gone flying out the window. Some passive farming ensues for about another 7-8 min before rosh re-spawns and this time Na’vi feels it's their turn to secure a lead. They smoke in and start withering down rosh, they get about half way before Alliance spooks them out and Na’vi heads for the high ground. Alliance storms in to take rosh and after goes on the hunt for Na’vi. It seems that Alliance will finally have the turn around they need to get back in this game. In a surprising turn of events Na’vi charges towards rosh pit giving Alliance no time to get proper initiation and end up securing themselves 3 kills and burning another aegis. At this point Alliance is pretty much just reacting to what Na’vi are throwing at them which is not the best position to be in. A few more minutes roll by before Alliance decides to take things in a new direction. They begin using wisp for relocate ganks. At first its working pretty well, they are able to secure a few kills here and there. With these new kills secured Alliance feels comfortable to start making more group plays. They start with a relocate gank on bot and move in to push t2. They are able to take out a few of Na’vi and begin to retreat before finishing off tower, all the while Na’vi is ready and waiting. They chase up to the fleeing Alliance and manage to pick off about 3 heroes. Na’vi now knows this is the time to strike. They head for top lane and manage to push it all the way to rax before Alliance can contest. As racks are being melted down Na’vi manages to pick off 2 heroes, force a buy back from Loda, then kill him again. After that point Alliance knew it was over and called the GG.Game 4Na’vi is now at match point and if Alliance wants a chance at that grand prize they had better show in the next game what they are really capable of. Right off the bat we see no rat dota for Alliance with the NP respect ban, and no invoker for Dendi as well as no enchantress for Puppey. Yet again we see another luna for Xboct. With the way Xboct has been farming on luna tonight I would be very worried for Alliance. Overall the draft seems pretty even, Na’vi has the better late game but Alliance has lots of burst damage and decent lock down. Both teams start the game a bit passive and try to focus on the first bloods and farm. Around the 5 min mark we start to see a crazy blood bath mid, Dendi almost picks off a few heroes before all of Alliance shows up with song of siren to turn the fight around for a 3-4 trade. Alliance manage to push back Na’vi and have them burn mana so they can take a easy t1 top. As the game continues on we see a big play from Alliance mid when Na’vi is pushing and manage to take out 2. After this Alliance decides its time to smoke and look for pick offs. As they start to put pressure on mid a fight starts out, naga throws nets and early song giving Na’vi enough time to pop bkb and retake the advantage to ensure a full team wipe and rosh. The tempo control from Na’vi this game has been far superior. A few min later Alliance decides to smoke gank near rosh pit but Na’vi was ready and waiting. Na’vi almost gets another team wipe and secures yet another rosh, they are starting to spell out how the rest of the game will play out. This time, Na’vi take the initiative in the mid, lose two supports but end up still being too strong for Alliance and take another team wipe thus ensuring their supreme victory in this series. At this point Alliance knew they were too far behind to make anything more happen this game. It was then the finally GG’s were called and Na’vi became Starladder 8 champions!Na'vi Wins!_Mossy