The opening match of The International (TI) 11 Playoffs between Thunder Awaken vs Evil Geniuses was very unexpected. Thunder Awaken (TA) managed to win over Evil Geniuses (EG) at TI 11 at 2-0.
This match immediately became a concern because Evil Geniuses was originally in the top and safest position.
Curious why is that? Read more below!
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Thunder Awaken (TA) – Evil Geniuses (EG) Upper Bracket TI 11: 2-0
The first match at The International (TI) 11 should be a boon for Evil Geniuses (EG). Quoting Youtube caption Anonymous, EG has the advantage of choosing between opponents Team Aster or Thunder Awaken.
EG finally chose Thunder Awaken (TA) as their first opponent. But it turns out that TA managed to show its strength, making EG lose 2-0!
Here's a brief overview of the match:
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Game 1
Evil Geniuses (Dire)
Abed : Invoker
Fly : Sven
Cr1t- : Silencer
Nightfall : Tidehunters
Arteezy : Shadow Fiends
Thunder Awaken (Radiant)
Darkmago : Zeus
Pakazs : Bloodseeker
Sacred : Pangolier
Matthew: Tiny
Pandamoo : Crystal Maiden
In draft terms, Evil Geniuses (EG) has pretty good heroes. Global Silence from Silencer (Cr1t-) can frustrate Pangolier and Crystal Maiden's ultimate while simultaneously holding Zeus' ultimate.
Meanwhile, from the Thunder Awaken (TA) draft, they have a very good poke and push hero. Especially with Bloodseeker's Thirst passive skill, Zeus can easily do Ultimate. Easy kills.
During the match, if the writer summarizes, TA gave EG a very difficult gap. Their game is very neat. They don't hesitate to gang up with 4 heroes to kill Tidehunter, Silencer, or Shadow Fiend.
Sacred's Pangolier can be said to destroy EG's strategy with Rolling Thunder. Meanwhile, Bloodseeker managed to easily win the bottom lane.
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Last War
The last battle occurred when the 45th minute. The condition at that time was that EG wanted to gank the TA team that controlled Jungle Dire. This attempt failed because Zeus used his ult, Thundergod's Wrath.
It didn't take long for EG who was caught trying to kill Crystal Maiden. Despite getting it, EG's position was extremely disadvantageous.
The existence of Rolling Thunder from Pangolier and Avalanche from Tiny gives a very disturbing stun. Then on a whim, Bloodseeker started counting EG players.
The war ended with TA losing Crystal Maiden, but EG losing three players, remaining Invoker and Sven. TA took third Roshan, immediately pushed towards mid, and finally TA won the first game.
Game 2
Evil Geniuses (Dire)
Abed : Pangolier
Fly : Clockwerk
Cr1t- : Marci
Nightfall : Razor
Arteezy : Shadow Fiend
Thunder Awaken (Radiant)
Darkmago : Tiny
Pakazs : Morphling
Sacred : Dawnbreaker
Matthew: Leo
Pandamoo : Lich
For the second game, the writer leaned more towards Thunder Awaken's draft hero. Almost all heroes have stun (Lich with Sinister Glaze). Meanwhile, from Evil Geniuses, they only have two heroes (Marci and Clockwerk).
Combo for the Thunder Awaken team can be very easy. Tiny and Lion will slow down the enemy's movement, waiting or allowing the Morphling to attack. As a backup, there will be Solar Guardian from Dawnbreaker. Meanwhile, Lich can issue Chain Frost at any time when enemies are close together.
At the beginning of the match, EG tried to take revenge by doing first blood. But it turned out that the conditions were the same as the first game, even worse.
The second game took place quickly, only 27 minutes. The reason lies in the Morphling of Pakazs. Without a strong stunner from EG, TA can get around and farm quickly, without significant distractions.
The combo that the writer mentioned above was actually done by TA. They gave EG absolutely no chance to fight back.
Last War
The last war occurred in the 26th minute at Tower Tier-2 Dire. At that time, only the tower remained among all the tier-2 towers. EG tried to secure it from the forest of trees on the edge of the map.
Unfortunately, the position of the Shadow Fiend who was hiding was visible. These conditions made Lion enter with Blink Dagger, sacrificing himself for vision using a ward on the edge of the map.
TA immediately came to back up Lion. One by one skill issued by them. Even though Razor has issued Static Link to Morphling, but still Morphling has great damage.
The battle made EG acknowledge TA's power and say “GG”. Until the game ended, TA managed to win over EG with a score of 33-10.
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That's a brief description of the match between Thunder Awaken (TA) and Evil Geniuses (EG). Congratulations to the Thunder Awaken team for advancing to the Upper Bracket!
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