The Summit 3 LAN Finals: Day Two

10:11 AM May 15, 2015

It was another series of 2-0 games for Day 2 of The Summit 3 with Team Secret proceeding to the play-offs after beating LGD in the group stages. Both Team Secret and Vici Gaming await for their opponents as the remaining teams will continue to fight for their spot in the playoffs.

Team Secret vs. Invictus Gaming

Game 1

iG was unable to stop Secret from taking control of the game. Secret went for Bristleback, played by Artour ‘Arteezy’ Babaev instead of Gustav ‘s4′ Magnusson’s Storm Spirit who went on bottom lane. First blood was taken by Secret but iG managed to get the first tower in the 7 minute mark. However, Secret retaliated and they managed to get 4 kills from iG with both Arteezy and s4 getting a double kill. Clement ‘Puppey’ Invanov proved himself as the best Chen-player in Dota 2 with his total control over their own camp and his neutrals. He even got a return kill with his neutrals when he was ganked by iG.

Secret continued to dominate the game with Chen and the ion shell combo on Bristleback but iG striked back with smoke ganks. Unfortunately for iG, Secret managed to anticipate one of their potential ganks when Kuro “KuroKy” Salehi Takhasomi’s Rubick placed a sentry ward right when Luo “Ferrari_430” Feichi was scouting them for a good initiation. It all went downhill for iG from there, Secret went for high ground after getting the Aegis and got a full team wipe then ‘GG’ was called.

Game 2

From the first few minutes of the game, iG was gaining momentum. They got firstblood with Ludwig “zai” Wåhlberg’s Legion Commander who was unable to get extra damage 20 minutes into the game. Luo “Luo-Xi” Yinqi’s Broodmother was not able to take control of her lane during the early game with Secret taking down the top tier 1 tower but she fought back even managing to take down Secret’s Top tier 3 tower and one barracks.

It was an even game up until the second Roshan attempt for Secret. iG was unable to get a good initiation which gave Secret the opportunity to counter, they got four kills. Secret gained the momentum but iG managed to defend their bottom tier 3 tower and got 4:0 trade kills in their favor. But Secret’s momentum didn’t fade and they continued to push for high ground. They went for the throne and iG had to raise the white flag and fight another day.

NoToday vs. LGD

Game 1

LGD was unstoppable with their Tiny, played by Liu “Sylar” Jiajun. With Yao ‘Maybe‘ Lu’s Axe initiation followed by a relocate from Zeng Rong “Dai-MMY” Lei’s Io, LGD gained control of the whole map. NoToday grasped every opportunity to stay in the game and they managed to get a 2:3 trade when LGD aggressively dived into their tier 2 tower in midlane. They bravely defended their bottom tower after three of their teammates bought back but their chances for a comeback was bleak. LGD went for their top tier 3 tower and continued to take down all of their barracks forcing NoToday to call ‘GG’.

Game 2

NoToday gave a promising start during the 2nd game of the series. Their support combo, Shadow Demon who was played by mtsco and Lina who was played by StringeR-03, gave the momentum they needed after their loss in game 1. ifrits‘s Nature’s Prophet also helped in gaining map control for NoToday. But, LGD doesn’t want to go down without a fight. Maybe’s Dragon Knight and Sylar’s Morphling held LGD together as they tried to get exchange kills for every NoToday’s ganks. Eventually, LGD got three kills after NoToday attempted to take down their top tier 1 tower. LGD took that opportunity to go high ground and end the game after the 30-minute mark.