The last Major before TI8 has witnessed huge upsets. Teams like EG, Na`Vi and Mineski are already out of the competition and the remaining ones are also finding it hard to stay alive at the event.

Round 2 of the upper bracket saw a clash of the titans. Team Liquid was facing off against Team Secret while two undisputed teams had the tough job of taking on each other.

Team Liquid vs Secret

The first match of the series saw TI7 winners take on Team Secret – a team boasting a consistent form for a very long time. Team Liquid however, had the hold and seemed to be absolutely confident in taking on Team Secret. And considering it only took an hour for Team Liquid to end both games, it seems like Kuroky’s squad is on another level when it comes to game prowess.

With almost double the score in the first game, Team Secret knew they were up against a wall that couldn’t be taken down. The second game was a similar story as it took less than 30 minutes for Team Liquid to take out Puppey’s roster. With this, Team Secret has dropped down to the lower bracket while Team Liquid has moved on to the upper bracket finals.

Virtus.pro vs PSG.LGD

The second match of the upper bracket was yet another showdown between the titans as the CIS powerhouse Virtus.pro was up against the Chinese phenomenon of PSG.LGD.

Both teams favored comfortable picks going into the game and neither seemed to be willing to take risks against each other. The laning phase went pretty good for Virtus.pro in both games. But it seemed that PSG.LGD had a plan of how the game would unfold after the laning stage was over. Meanwhile, VP came out dominant in the first 25 minutes, a big team fight near the 30 minute mark was the deciding factor for the fate of VP. From then onwards, the lead never went in favor of VP. With constant picks and networth advantage, PSG.LGD took objectives and eventually won the game in 53 minutes.

The second game was a similar story. Right from the start VP had the upper hand and were leading with a 6K networth advantage around the 30 minute mark. But things started to go awry for VP in team fights. With cores like Ember Spirit and Bloodseeker beefed up, the overall presence was just too much for VP who tapped out at 47 minutes dropping down to the lower bracket.

TnC vs Optic

In the lower bracket matchup, OptiC Gaming was up against TnC. TnC came in with high hopes after taking out VGJ.Storm in the previous round. Optic Gaming had defeated the much anticipated Evil Geniuses with a 2-0 score.

The match between Optic Gaming and TnC greatly seemed one-sided as PPD had the full draft advantage in both games against his opponents. The SEA powerhouse had no answer to Optic’s draft around a roaming Chen. While the cores had ample farm, the rotation and ganking from Optic Gaming couldn’t be countered. And it was a matter of time and Optic was pushing high ground.

LETS GO BOYS!

With a 2-0 victory over TNC Pro Team at the #Supermajor, we take another step towards qualifying for TI!#Greenwall — OpTic Gaming™ (@OpTicGaming) June 7, 2018

TnC accepted the defeat, and with the loss are now out of the Dota 2 Super Major. Optic Gaming will now face Virtus.pro. While Optic is playing really good, the still have a slender chance of winning against the dominant roster of Virtus.pro.

With this, TnC has also lost the chance of receiving an invite for The International 2018. However, Optic still has a chance of doing so as their win against VP will secure them a slot for The International 2018. Plus this will save themselves from the efforts at the Open qualifiers. Stay tuned as we will bring you more from the China Dota 2 Super Major in the coming days.