Virtus Pro had been one of our favourites throughout the tournament. In our tips section, we consistently showed what makes them one of the best Dota 2 squads in the world.
Let’s take a look at how the Kuala Lumpur Major was won.
Analysis of KL Major Grand Final – Game 1
In game one, Team Secret challenged against the meta of the patch, picking Shadow Shaman as one of core heroes, while Terrorblade was played by Nisha, the carry position player from Team Secret.
Their ideal strategy was to let Shadow Shaman pressure enemies by getting all the tier one and tier two towers before the 25-minute mark. The idea was to have more control over the map, giving Terrorblade all of his core items as soon as possible.
Team Secret did well up until 19-minute mark. Shadow Shaman took down the tier 1 tower of middle lane before the six minute-mark and Terrorblade also secured the tier 1 tower from the top lane at the seven minute-mark.
Shadow Shaman purchased Eul’s Scepter of Divinity to protect himself from Storm Spirit in the team fight and they won a team fight at 17-minute mark, started by Storm Spirit rushing to kill Shadow Shaman. However, Dazzle from Team Secret protected him with Shallow Grave (Dazzle’s second skill), and Shadow Shaman used Eul’s Scepter of Divinity to buy more time for himself to survive in the team fight. That battle ended with annihilation of fourheroes from Virtus Pro, except Enigma, who had been pressuring the middle lane during the whole team fight, while Team Secret only lost Dazzle.
Virtus Pro suppressed Team Secret in every team fight afterwards. Team Secret stuck to their plan and Shadow Shaman always tried to make a surprise gank on Storm Spirit. Centaur Warchief played by Solo, the position 5 support player from VP, used his ultimate skill — Stampede — to help Storm Spirit escape from the gank and even turned the fight in their favour.
After Team Secret suffered two losses in large-scale team fights as a result of Rodjer’s (Position four player from Virtus Pro) Enigma caught at least three heroes from Team Secret with Blackhole.
Team Secret was forced to call GG when Virtus Pro went high ground to fight them, ignoring all tower’s damage or high ground advantage that Team Secret had. That battle resulted in no casualties suffered by Virtus Pro but Team Secret used all their buyback and lost melee and range barracks of bottom lane.
Analysis of KL Major Grand Final – Game 2
In game two, Team Secret drafted Arc Warden, the most imbalanced carry in this patch for Nisha. On top of that, they made a crucial last pick — Broodmother — to counter the Invoker from Virtus Pro, control the map and create space for Arc Warden.
Virtus Pro respected the Broodmother pick from Team Secret and sent Invoker to bottom lane, while Tiny will faced off against Broodmother in the middle lane.
However, that movement of Virtus Pro had turned the Weaver, played by Yapzor, position 4 support player from Team Secret, into a beast. Weaver accomplished six kills (three kills was contributed on Invoker’s death) at 10-minute mark and had 3330 net worth, even higher than three other core heroes in the game, positioning himself as one of the top four net worth in the game.
As the game went on, Team Secret had a 7000 net worth advantage lead at the 20-minute mark, while Invoker only had 6000 net worth and Weaver had 7300.
At the 23-minute mark Rodjer finally had Blink Dagger on his Enigma, and started a team fight in Roshan Pit by catching both Arc Warden and Broodmother with Blackhole, eventually winning the team fight and allowed VP kicked back into the game by securing Aegis of Immortal for the Slark, played by Ramzee from Virtus Pro.
Team Secret took back the position of in charging of the game at 35-minute mark when they won a huge team fight after both teams spent three buybacks. Team Secret had 10,000 net worth lead after securing themselves both melee and range barracks of top lane and middle lane.
Not only that, Team Secret also completed their objective of getting Aegis of Immortal and Cheese immediately after Virtus Pro’s heroes re-spawn.
Virtus Pro struggled for another five minutes, and they called GG at 40-minute mark when Team Secret got wiped out Virtus Pro in another team fight.
Analysis of KL Major Grand Final – Game 3
In game three, Team Secret drafted Zeus, which was unexpected because VP drafted Phoenix. Zeus does not have the power to take down Phoenix’s supernova. However, Midone played Zeus incredibly in laning phase against Leshrac. Both teams played the game very slow, and Team Secret only in charge of the game at 30-minute mark after they wiped out five heroes of VP, by catching them 1 by 1.
From there, Team Secret continuously took the map control and expanded their farm ahead of VP.
Zai, the position three player from Team Secret, roamed around the map with Monkey King. His Tree dance constantly allowed Team Secret to catch and kill any hero from VP hiding in the tree. Yapzor’s Rubbick in game 3 also did a lot of fascinating play, like stealing abilities-Sunder or Sun-Ray from VP and turned the team fight into their favour.
VP surrendered at the 43-minute mark after they had no way to prevent Team Secret tearing down their throne.
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Analysis of KL Major Grand Final – Game 4
Team Secret drafted Earth Spirit for Yapzor in game four and Morphing for Nisha to secure their win.
Nisha’s Morphing has a 100% win rate — 13 wins in professional matches patched 7.19 excluding the game 4 they played.
Yapzor once again showed the world that he is one of the strongest players at using Earth Spirit. His roaming game play in the early stage of the game allowed Team Secret’s cores, except Morphing had good farm in the laning phase.
Nisha overconfidence about Morphing’s health point allowed Obsidian Destroyer solo killed Morphing once Obsidian Destroyer reached level six. VP heavily punished Morphing with Lion’s instant hex on Morphing preventing Morphing to attribute swift to strength gain.
Earth Spirit was on fire, he not only escaped from a three-men gank and even punished VP by counter killing Shadow Shaman from that gank.
9Pasha, the position 3 player from VP played Shadow Shaman in game 4, made a poor move, placing his ultimate skill — Mass Serpent Ward — in a place where was no enemies or tower nearby. Although that did not affect the game too much, 9Pasha may need to focus more when playing in such important competitions moving forward.
Neither team was having much advantage up until 37-minute mark, Terrorblade secured the Aegis of Immortal and taking the advantage into getting both melee along with range barracks of middle and bottom lane.
Virtus Pro had a 16,000 net worth lead at the 40-minute mark while Terrorblade had 33,000 of net worth and Morphing only had 19,000.
Virtus Pro had forced their way into game five when they secured another Aegis of Immortal for Terrorblade and Cheese for Obsidian Destroyer to wipe out Team Secret in their own base.
Analysis of KL Major Grand Final – Game 5
In game 5, Virtus Pro drafted one of the classic off lane heroes, Magnus, to speed up their carries’ farm speed with empower. Ramzee farmed really well in that game with his Terrorblade as VP planned.
Team Secret picked Timbersaw, a hero that rarely to be picked in this tournament, however Midone utilize his ability to pressure VP throughout the early-mid stage. Team Secret started to take the game over when Yapzor once again did an incredible Echo Slam on 4 enemies and turn the fight into their favour at 18-minute mark.
Necrophos from Team Secret had his Crimson Guard at 19-minute mark blocking a lot of damage in team fight, game got even harder for VP thanks to Zai’s item built.
Despite that, Dragon Knight constantly catching Team Secret off guard 1 by 1, allowing VP get back into the game and secured Aegis of Immortal at 27 minute-mark after eliminating 4 heroes from Team Secret.
From there, we could see that Timbersaw is getting out of the game and Team Secret forced to hide in their base while VP kept on farming, as the game went on, VP secured themselves the title of Kuala Lumpur Major by winning the game with Terrorblade went rage and immortal.
]]>Evil Geniuses’ performance against PSG.LGD and Ninja In Pyjamas (NIP) was exceptional, with Artezzy, the carry position player from Team EG, playing a total four games of Terrorblade yesterday; one game was against PSD.LGD and three games against NIP.
PSG.LGD banned Arc Warden against EG in two games played; EG secured Terrorblade for Arteezy once Moprhing and Arc Warden were no longer their options anymore.
EG had an easy victory in game one especially when Somnus, the position 2 player from PSG.LGD made a huge mistake by running himself into four enemies. EG snared their chance and went to high ground to secure themselves both melee and range barracks out of bottom lanes. EG then had dominant position of the game as they quickly moved to expand their control over the map from there.
However, EG had a tough match in game two when PSG.LGD not only banned Arc Warden in first ban phase but Terrorblade was also banned.
EG had picked Spectre for Arteezy as Morphing, Arc Warden and Terrorblade were not options anymore. Although that game did not favour EG in the early stages, Sumail the position two player from Team EG bought a lot of time for Arteezy to farm his radiance.
Sumail played Puck in that game, his constantly roaming prevented PSG.LGD from assuming full control of the map. Once Spectre bought his Radiance at the 24-minute mark, EG started to win team fights and successfully caught PSG.LGD off guard several time with Spectre’s ultimate skill – Haunt. PSG.LGD called “Good Game” at 44-minute mark when they realized Spectre was unstoppable with their draft.
After a solid victory against PSG.LGD, EG faced off NIP in the Lower Bracket Round of 5.
NIP respected Arteezy’s Arc Warden, and banned Arc Warden in all games they played. However, they did not ban Terrorblade, so EG drafted Terrorblade for Arteezy in all three games.
NIP heavily harassed Arteezy’s Terrorblade in the laning phase of all three games, however Arteezy always able to work back to dominance thanks to his great micromanagement skills securing every last hit with his illusion.
Although EG lost game one, because Arteezy got caught by NIP in 64-minute mark when he tried to buy an item in secret shop while his buyback was still on cooldown.
In game two and game three Arteezy carried team EG to win the match without any silly mistakes in late game. His Terrorblade was unstoppable after getting all his core items, NIP unable to compete against Team EG in Roshan Pit all the time because Terrorblade always pressure the lane with his illusion. NIP could not find a way to counter that pressure nicely and lost the momentum eventually lost the game as well.
Virtus Pro were not afraid of facing Arc Warden yesterday against Team Secret.
They gave Team Secret the advantage of drafting Arc Warden in game two and game three. Despite that they punished Team Secret for their greedy draft of Arc Warden and Obsidian Destroyer in game two heavily.
Team Secret should understand that Obsidian Destroyer is a hero that is unable to create space for team. Arc Warden is somewhat the same but Virtus Pro crushed them with a snowball strategy leaving Team Secret no way to win that game.
In game three Team Secret drafted Ember Spirit to gain themselves some momentum in the battle along with Silencer to create a 30 minute leave pass for Arc Warden to get his core items; Boots of Travel, Mjollnir, and Scythe of Vyse. These items ensured that Nisha was able to catch and kill any hero of Virtus Pro that was alone with his illusion (created with his ultimate skill).
VP struggled to have their Terrorblade align with Arc Warden, but Arc Warden had much more impact no matter in pressuring the lane or team fight.
Team Secret expanded their ever increasing lead, Ember Spirit from Team Secret came “online” with Shiva Guard, Linken Sphere, Octarine Core and Mjollnir; and also did his job by messing up enemies in every team fight. Team Secret secured the game’s victory when they took down Roshan at 46-minute mark and obtained Aegis of Immortal, Cheeze and the game changing item – Refresher Shard to their Centaur Warchief.
Evil Geniuses vs. Virtus Pro betting predictions
After analysing both squad’s synergy and draft of late, we give Virtus Pro a 60% chance of wining this match-up.
Our suggestion is to go small and bet on Virtus Pro at better than $1.7.
The best free esports tip we can give you is to go large on EG if they able to draft Arc Warden for Arteezy at at GG Bet.
]]>Ninja In Pyjamas (NIP) will battle it out against Virtus Pro with a spot inside the top three in the Kuala Lumpur Major at stake.
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Ninja in Pyjamas & Virtus Pro form analysis
Ninja In Pyjamas’ unexpected upset performance against Evil Geniuses three days ago was fascinating.
Evil Geniuses (EG) had an easy victory in game 1 because they picked Arc Warden, while Ninja In Pyjamas drafted Alchemists. Both heroes required a lot of space to farm, but Arc Warden had much more impact in the early-mid stage team fight and NIP got crushed by Evil Geniuses in the early stage of the game because Alchemist was never able to join the team fight.
In Game 2, NIP changed their strategy and drafted Dragon Knight and Centaur Warchief as their second and third core heroes, allowing them to have an advantage in the early-mid stage of the game, while Phantom Lancer had all his room to farm before the 25-minute-mark.
Once Phantom Lancer came “online” with his Diffusal Blade, he started to join the war and bought himself Heart Of Tarrasque at the 29 minute-mark. He was unstoppable at that moment because Queen Of Pain, played by Sumail from Team EG, was unable to get his items and none of the EG Squad were able to deal high damage towards Phantom Lancer.
In Game 3, NIP picked Templar Assassin and had a big victory against Mirana, played by Sumail. With that advantage ahead, Fata, the carry position player got himself Templar Assassin the bloodthorn at the 33 minute mark to silence Morphing so Morphing was unable to play with his attribute swift. After a few successful gank on Morphing, EG realised they had no way to comeback and called GG.
Virtus Pro never drafted Arc Warden in this tournament, but Noone should able to play this hero according to his heroes’ pool knowledge.
Virtus Pro is definitely the better team here because they have their full squad playing, while NIP is playing with Mind Control temporarily standing in for 33 in this tournament.
Ninja In Pyjamas vs. Virtus Pro betting predictions
After analysing both squad’s synergy and draft of late, we give Virtus Pro a 60 per cent to win this match-up.
However, considering the odds, our suggestion is a high bet on Ninja In Pyjamas, $3.50 at GG Bet.
]]>Team Secret will take on PSD.LGD in the first match in front of a live audience at the 2018 Kuala Lumpur Major.
After Team Secret secured themselves a top six place in the tournament by taking down Vici Gaming 2-0 last week, they have enjoyed a four-day rest leading into the match-up.
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Team Secret vs. PSG.LGD recent form
We all know that other than Morphing and Terrorblade, there is another, stronger, carry hero that has been revealed by Fnatic and Evil Geniuses in their lower bracket match-up two days ago — Arc Warden.
Surprisingly, PSG.LGD and Team Secret never drafted this hero in the main tournament of Kuala Lumpur Major. We are positive that Midone, the position 2 player and Nisha, the position 1 player of Team Secret, can use Arc Warden to great advantage.
We don’t have much information on Somnus, the position 2 player, and Ame, the position 1 player of PSG.LGD, as far as Arc Warden is concerned.
Somnus is a player that has micro-management skills with heroes like Terrorblade, however Arc Warden requires a higher level of micro skill.
Team Secret is definitely on fire right now. They had solid 2-0 victories over J.Storm and Ninja In Pyjamas in the Group Stage.
PSG.LGD also made their way to top six without any difficulties, dominating Team Tigers and Fnatic in the group stage.
While PSG.LGD has performed admirably so far in Kuala Lumpur, Team Secret shows better momentum in term of gameplay, especially from Nisha.
Team Secret vs. PSG.LGD betting predictions
After running our eye over both team performances in the Kuala Lumpur Major and their drafting ability including their squad’s momentum, we give Team Secret a 60 per cent chance of winning this match.
Our tip is to pick Team Secret to win, paying $1.83 at GG Bet
]]>After an exciting and fierce victory 2-1 over J.Storm, Fnatic will face the Evil Geniuses in Round 3 of the Kuala Lumpur Major Lower Bracket.
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Fnatic vs. Evil Geniuses recent form
Fnatic drafted Mepoo for Abed, the mid laner from Fnatic. Abed’s Mepoo appearance in this tournament before this game was against Team Tigers in the decider of Group C. That game was a quick victory for Fnatic thanks to Abed’s incredible play.
J.Storm did not suffer the same fate here as Team Tigers drafted Earthshaker to counter Mepoo. With Earthshaker’s ultimate skill — Echo Slam — dealing damage depending on how many units in his affected area. Mepoo with 3 clouds at level 18 were greatly countered by Earthshaker. Fnatic was unable to win the game before 30-minute mark was certainly giving away the game to J.Storm because J.Storm had better late game heroes in game 1.
Fnatic definitely experienced a heart attack in game 2 when J.Storm stayed ahead of them in net worth of twenty thousand at the 37-minute mark. However, Abed once again saved Fnatic from elimination with his fantastic micro-management on Arc Warden and decision-making to back door the enemy’s territory while both teams had to stay around Roshan Pit trying to get the Aegis of Immortal.
DJ, the fourth position support player from Fnatic, did an incredible job with his Earth Spirit game play. DJ successfully saved Bane Element from three enemies with his boulder smashed and had turned the team fight in favour of Fnatic. J. Storm called GGWP once Fnatic wiped out five of them.
Abed once again played Arc Warden in game 3 and this was an easy victory for them because Abed had more room to farm in game 3. Spectre played by Moo, the carry position player of J.Storm, had no way to farm because Fnatic’s constant pressure on their towers and map control.
Evil Geniuses drafted similar to Fnatic, going with Arc Warden in game 1 and game 3 against Forward Gaming yesterday. We guess that after all remaining teams in Kuala Lumpur Major watched Abed and Artezzy (Carry of Evil Geniuses) gameplay of Arc Warden, they should realize Arc Warden is the best carry in this patch, given that the player has reliable micro-management skills.
The funny thing is today we might not able to see Arc Warden in this upcoming match-up between Fnatic and Evil Geniuses because they know that whoever picks Arc Warden will have the advantage.
Fnatic vs. Evil Geniuses betting predictions
After running our eye over both team performances in the Kuala Lumpur Major and their drafting ability, we give Fnatic a 40 per cent chance of winning this match.
However, considering the odds, our tip is to pick Fnatic to win, paying $3.11 at GG Bet.
]]>TNC Predator will take on Vici Gaming after a solid victory 2-0 against Alliance yesterday.
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Vici Gaming & TNC Predator recent form
TNC Predator out-played Alliance in game 1 of their last outing in a fascinating match up.
Alliance drafted Morphing for Micke, the carry position player of Alliance. However, Armel from TNC Predator was constantly catching Morphing off-guard with Lina’s all skill thrown on Morphing.
Micke’s reaction speed was not fast enough to attribute shift the agility to strength. Furthermore, Shadow Shaman played by Kuku from TNC Predator immediately hexed on Morphing several times, which was a nightmare to Morphing.
Micke was not getting Linken Sphere to escape from Shaman’s hex. That was questionable for Micke’s item build.
In Game 2, Alliance made the mistake of putting Venomancer in top lane instead of letting him face up against Templar Assassin in the middle lane. The outcome of the game may have been different if Templar Assassin was countered by Venomancer.
Late in the game, Templar Assassin with Scythe of Vyse, Butterfly, Black King Bar, Desolator, Blink Dagger and other core items just melted Mirana in a few seconds.
There was no point for Alliance dragging things out because Ursa and Venomancer couldn’t deal enough damage on Timbersaw and Centaur.
Vici Gaming is definitely one tier above Pain.X when it came to decision making in its last outing.
Pain.X was had a great laning phase in game 1, but Vici Gaming kept on pressuring Pain.X and at the 10-minute mark it resulted in Pain.X losing a big team fight around Roshan Pit. The tables were turned around because Vici Gaming’s great decision making of forcing Pain.X to compete Roshan against them.
In Game 2, Vici Gaming out-drafted Pain.X. Brewmaster as their third pick confused Pain.X into thinking Vici Gaming still lacked a support hero. However, Vici Gaming picked Monkey King at the last moment and put both Enigma and Brewmaster as roaming supporters.
Vici Gaming vs. TNC Predator betting predictions
After Analysing both team’s draft ability and their performance of late, we give Vici Gaming a 55 per cent chance to win this match.
Our pick is Vici Gaming to win, $1.60 at GG Bet.
]]>After taking down Gambit Esport as expected, Forward Gaming will now take on the Evil Geniuses in Round 2 of Kuala Lumpur Major lower bracket.
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Forward Gaming & Evil Geniuses drafting analysis
Forward Gaming drafted Venomancer in their match-up against Gambit Esport. They used Venomancer as their third position, despite their mid lane hero Templar Assassin was getting pressured by Dazzle heavily.
Venomancer was the hero that turned the tables by creating space and pressuring enemy’s tower.
Evil Geniuses were still running the patch’s meta up until now, getting themselves Terrorblade, Morphing and Arc Warden in their match-up against Ninja In Pyjamas yesterday.
Although they were heavily relying on those those carry heroes, Artezzy’s performance on Arc Warden’s micro-management was definitely on a level only few professional players can achieve. His fast reaction speed while playing Morphing attribute shift will be a factor that Forward Gaming needs to plan for.
Forward Gaming will be having the element of surprise in drafting against Evil Geniuses.
The position 3 player from Forward Gaming, Universe, provides stability in creating space for their carry and will be a key component to the final result here.
Forward Gaming’s choice of carry heroes are wide. They picked Phantom Lancer, Arc Warden, Monkey King and Troll Warlock, as well as Ember Spirit and Legion Commander, which is rare to see in the tournament with current patch.
It is a good thing to see Forward Gaming have a large heroes’ pool knowledge.
Forward Gaming vs. Evil Geniuses betting prediction
After analysing the skill from both teams and their drafting ability, we give Forward Gaming a 40 per cent chance of winning this match-up.
Considering the odds, our pick is Forward Gaming to win this match, paying $3.00 at GG Bet.
]]>After exiting the main draw at the hands of PSD.LGD, Alliance now take on TNC Predator in a best-of-three series in Kuala Lumpur’s Lower Bracket Round 2.
Alliance’s performances in the group stage were heavily dependent on picking Broodmother in a bid to upset the much stronger Virtus Pro team.
They lost the first game because Virtus drafted both Tiny and Gyrocopter – a combination that severely limited Broodmother’s influence.
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Virtus then picked Storm Spirit in the second game, which gave Broodmother the freedom to farm without any obstruction.
That put significant pressure on Virtus in the middle and gave Alliance’s Monkey King room to farm.
In game three, Virtus deployed Monkey King’s passive skill, Jingu Mastery, to great effect and stifled Broodmother’s farming ability in mid lane.
The interesting thing about Alliance is they have not relied too heavily on Morphing and Terrorblade.
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They only picked both Terrorblade and Morphing in one out of 10 games in the main tournament, instead preferring Monkey King as their carry.
The team boasts a versatile core of eight heroes, including Lone Druid and also Phantom Lancer.
Although the ability to play with such a deep pool is worthy of admiration, Alliance are suffering against the stronger Dota 2 esports teams.
TNC Predator earned their chance with an upset win over Pain Gaming.
Their performance in the group stage was a little shady, resulting in losses to both Vici Gaming and Team Aster.
Despite their effort to run Obsidian Destroyer as one of their core heroes, that character’s lack of impact in team fights proved costly.
TNC drafted boldly in round one, picking Huskar without either Oracle or Dazzle in support and opting against a push strategy with Drow Ranger.
It came off, however, as Pain’s Spectre and Nature Prophet were unable to deal much damage to Huskar before they had their items.
TNC Predator deserve all the credit they get for their draft choices in that clash.
Alliance vs. TNC Predator betting predictions
After running our eye over both team performances in the Kuala Lumpur Major and their drafting ability, we give Alliance a 60 per cent chance of winning this match.
Our tip is to pick Alliance to win, paying $2.11 at GG Bet.
]]>After a fierce fight against Team Tigers, Pain X must now face Vici Gaming in Lower Bracket Round 2 of The Kuala Lumpur Major.
Francis Lee, the fourth position supporter from Pain X, did a great job with his Brewmaster against Tigers.
Although there are not many teams running with Brewmaster at the moment, this hero is replacing Wraith King in this Dota2 patch due to his ability to transform and break through enemy lines regardless of how many items he has.
It requires a high level of focus on micro-management, however, and it was Lee’s skill in that regard which caught the eye.
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Vici Gaming performed well in the group stage, yet they were shut down 0-2 by Team Secret.
They lost game one despite playing of the safest push strategies (Drow Ranger and Templar Assassin), then were left confounded when Team Secret drafted Axe into the first position.
That lack of opposition analysis proved costly for Vici, and they cannot afford to make a similar gaffe against a Pain X outfit that has drafted shrewdly of late.
Pain X vs. Vici Gaming betting prediction
After analysing the draft ability between both teams, we give the Vici Gaming a 60 per cent chance to win this match.
Our suggestion is to bet low on Pain X at value odds, or else skip betting on this match-up altogether.
Pain X to win – $7.00 at GG Bet
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Team Aster will go to war against J.Storm in Round 1 of Kuala Lumpur’s Loser Bracket one-game series.
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Team Aster Group Stage performance analysis
Team Aster played a total nine games in group stage and drafted Phoenix in six of those match-ups. They only picked Terrorblade in one game and never drafted Morphing on that day. We think that this is one of the advantages of Team Aster has — despite not picking the strongest carry of the patch, they still got themselves four wins in the group stage.
Although they were heavily relying on Phoenix and Undying, there are a lot of supports heroes they could pick if J.Storm decided to ban Phoenix against them.
In this elimination match, J.Storm has to decide whether they should ban Morphing, steal it or just leave Morphing open to Team Aster. Every ban is very crucial for the team.
J. Storm should not waste a ban chance on a hero that Team Aster might not pick at all.
Loveyouloveme, the position 2 from Team Aster, is doing quite well with his team in the group stage and was much better than we expected pre-tournament. He joined the team around 10 days ago after Dstoned was benched and his synergy with other members of Team Aster is good enough to stand against any other tier 1 team.
J.Storm’s performance in group stage
J.Storm performed quite well in the group stage — beyond what many, including us, were expecting. Their loss against Team Secret was certain before the game started, but they performed admirably in defeat against the much-stronger opponent.
J.Storm amazed us when they drafted Venomancer as one of their core heroes in game 1 against Pain Gaming. Venomancer is not a very good choice in this patch, however, their ability to utilize Venomancer to buy time for Terrorblade to farm was a good strategy. Pain Gaming was unable to push high ground because Venomancer constantly provided pressure towards their territory.
J.Storm did not rely on any carry hero particularly and drafted four different carry heroes out of the five games they played in the group stage: Terrorblade twice, Morphing, Arc Warden and Gyrocopter.
Team Aster vs. J.Storm betting prediction
After running our eye through both team performances in the group stage and their drafting ability, we give Team Aster a 75 per cent chance of winning this match.
Our pick is Team Aster win the match, paying $1.33 at GG Bet.
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