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WPC 2014 Team Previews



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Here is the second part of our WPC 2014 Team Previews. The matches started last night with Newbee vs LGD, so everything is now in full swing. We hope you all come by the



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The Teams



CIS Game



CIS stormed onto the scene with a resounding elimination of NewBee in the Sina Supernova Cup. While they would ultimately get eliminated, the team unveiled strong pocket strats and the confidence to see out a victory when they have big leads. However, their poor performance of 0-7 in the Starladder qualifiers would reveal how incomplete their play is once CIS's pocket strategies are known. In response, CIS has looked for reinforcements and found it in Black^, and rode Black^'s hard carry to overwhelm an extremely talented and deserving Speed.CN team for the final WPC qualification in a 2-0 Bo3 victory. CIS looks to inject some interesting ideas into Chinese Dota and the fact that Black^ is now playing for the team is another reason to cheer them on.





HyperGloryTeam



After the end of the previous WPC league, HGT went through a complete reformation and is now known as Hyper Glory Team (what?). In the two month long break around Chinese New Years, HGT has replaced its original lineup of prospects with a veteran team built around the legend and fan favorite, ZSMJ. Much of the impetus has to due with the return of Xiaolv to his studies and the availability of multiple veterans such as PrettyHaw and 121, and solid prospect, Xtt. Yet, against the powerhouses of China, HGT appears to lack star power.





Invictus Gaming



Invictus Gaming made some major changes in their lineup last month. With the removal of Hao and Banana to Newbee, iG ended up grabbing ChuaN and Luo to fill their spots. This was pretty big news since ChuaN had just left the team last year due to inner team conflicts (specifically with Zhou). This new roster is looking incredibly strong, and along with DK they are probably the favourites to win this whole thing. Just recently they qualified for the LAN Finals in SL through the SL China Qualifiers, and even placed 2nd in G-League against DK. This star studded lineup will be the one to beat in WPC 2014.





Vici Gaming



Since their current roster's formation last year, Vici Gaming have been taking the scene by storm. They haven't won anything major yet, but have taken some smaller events such as the Sina Cup 2, and EMS. VG's play tends to revolve around the success's of their superb support duo of Fy/Fenrir, who are probably one of the strongest support duos in China, if not the strongest. Recently they performed poorly in SL China, where they got knocked out before the playoffs, but they are still one of the top teams coming into WPC 2014.





Titan



Titan is currently one of the strongest SEA teams in the world. After their formation last year they have been consistently doing well in smaller Asian events, such as the Asian Cyber games, and JoinDota League Asia which they are currently in 2nd place. In January of this year they lost Meracle to the reformation of Scythe Gaming. He was one of their key players, but Yamateh was chosen to replace him and is looking really promising so far. Titan is a team that hasn't been able to beat top Chinese teams on a consistent basis yet. They may be at the top of the SEA scene, but they have a ways to go. WPC will be their chance to prove us wrong.





Orange





Here is the second part of our WPC 2014 Team Previews. The matches started last night with Newbee vs LGD, so everything is now in full swing. We hope you all come by the LR Thread to discuss tonights games!CIS stormed onto the scene with a resounding elimination of NewBee in the Sina Supernova Cup. While they would ultimately get eliminated, the team unveiled strong pocket strats and the confidence to see out a victory when they have big leads. However, their poor performance of 0-7 in the Starladder qualifiers would reveal how incomplete their play is once CIS's pocket strategies are known. In response, CIS has looked for reinforcements and found it in Black^, and rode Black^'s hard carry to overwhelm an extremely talented and deserving Speed.CN team for the final WPC qualification in a 2-0 Bo3 victory. CIS looks to inject some interesting ideas into Chinese Dota and the fact that Black^ is now playing for the team is another reason to cheer them on.After the end of the previous WPC league, HGT went through a complete reformation and is now known as Hyper Glory Team (what?). In the two month long break around Chinese New Years, HGT has replaced its original lineup of prospects with a veteran team built around the legend and fan favorite, ZSMJ. Much of the impetus has to due with the return of Xiaolv to his studies and the availability of multiple veterans such as PrettyHaw and 121, and solid prospect, Xtt. Yet, against the powerhouses of China, HGT appears to lack star power.Invictus Gaming made some major changes in their lineup last month. With the removal of Hao and Banana to Newbee, iG ended up grabbing ChuaN and Luo to fill their spots. This was pretty big news since ChuaN had just left the team last year due to inner team conflicts (specifically with Zhou). This new roster is looking incredibly strong, and along with DK they are probably the favourites to win this whole thing. Just recently they qualified for the LAN Finals in SL through the SL China Qualifiers, and even placed 2nd in G-League against DK. This star studded lineup will be the one to beat in WPC 2014.Since their current roster's formation last year, Vici Gaming have been taking the scene by storm. They haven't won anything major yet, but have taken some smaller events such as the Sina Cup 2, and EMS. VG's play tends to revolve around the success's of their superb support duo of Fy/Fenrir, who are probably one of the strongest support duos in China, if not the strongest. Recently they performed poorly in SL China, where they got knocked out before the playoffs, but they are still one of the top teams coming into WPC 2014.Titan is currently one of the strongest SEA teams in the world. After their formation last year they have been consistently doing well in smaller Asian events, such as the Asian Cyber games, and JoinDota League Asia which they are currently in 2nd place. In January of this year they lost Meracle to the reformation of Scythe Gaming. He was one of their key players, but Yamateh was chosen to replace him and is looking really promising so far. Titan is a team that hasn't been able to beat top Chinese teams on a consistent basis yet. They may be at the top of the SEA scene, but they have a ways to go. WPC will be their chance to prove us wrong.Orange Esports, possibly the fan favourites of all of SEA. With great personalities on your team like Winter how could they not be. But with that being said, they are one of the weaker teams coming into WPC 2014. They have had no results since TI3, and basically have a completely different roster as well. With key players like Mushi leaving after TI3, things got tough. Recently Yamateh (their captain) left to join Titan, making WinteR the new captain. Currently in JDL Asia they are in the middle of the pack, and in a pool of mid tier Asian teams that's not a good thing. Their path through WPC will be tough.





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