Game 1 Draft

Game 1

Team Liquid started off being very dominant in their lanes. By the 8 minute mark, they already got 2 tier 3 towers. Both bot lane and mid lane, forcing Team Secret cores to jungle all the while being pressured by team liquid. At 9 minutes in Team Liquid had a 6k lead advantage. Team Secret lost their first tier 2 tower in the bot lane around the11-minute mark. Shortly after in the game Team Liquid took the remaining team secret tier 2 towers, then immediately Team Liquid went to slay Rosan. Team Secret contested the Aegis but loss 4 of their cores and the Aegis went the way of Team Liquid. At 23 minutes, Team Liquid was 14k ahead, and they managed to get full set of Raxs in the mid lane. Later on, around 27 minutes in the match Team Secret loss another fight which they couldn’t afford, 4 of their heroes were left dead with no buybacks and Team Secret called GG. It was a very convincing win for Team Liquid, Team Secret looked really uncomfortable coming out of game 1.

Game 1 postgame highlights

Game 2 Draft

Game 2

At 3:21Team Secret got first blood on Team Liquid Razor in the top lane. Afterward, it was a fairly controlled laning phase by both teams. At 12 minutes in the game Team Liquid had taken down mid and bottom lane tier 1 tower of Team Secret, by this time Team Liquid had a slight 1k gold lead. Later on, around 15 minutes in game Team Liquid was able to slay Roshan, then proceeded to team secret top lane to take tier 2 tower, increasing their map control; by this time Team Liquid now had a 4k lead.

Team Liquid attempted to push bottom lane tier 3 tower, however, Team Secret was able to defend high ground, while there Terroblade was split pushing the top lane and managed to take Liquid tier 3 tower and some chipped damage to their Raxs.

A fight broke out and Team Secret was able to outplay Team Liquid as their magical burst damage was too much to handle. Liquid was forced to retreat to their base, giving Team secret the time needed to take down Roshan and with that momentum, they continued onwards to win game 2.

Game 2 postgame highlights

Game 3

The early action started off in the top lane where miracle Terrorblade got a triple kill which included the first blood. A good start to team liquid.While in the middle lane Matubaman Broodmother was playing really well and managed to take down the tier1 tower at about 6 minutes in the game.

In less than ten minutes, Team Liquid took mid tier 2 tower and also top tier 1 tower. Then around 14 minutes with the aegis secured and an 8k gold advantage, Liquid just started dominating the game and continued snowballing to victory; earning their spot in the semi-finals.

Game 3 postgame highlights