From Pokémon to The International, Dota 2

Dota 2: From Pokémon to The International - Chapter 111

At 19 minutes and 40 seconds into the game, after farming for so long, VP finally remembered to activate Smoke of Deception. They collectively activated Smoke of Deception from behind their own Tier 1 tower, crossed the Radiant main jungle, and arrived at the Radiant Snack Street, hoping to catch Dawnbreaker with Soul Shard there.

When facing a Reinhardt composition, prioritizing picking off Reinhardt is a very correct choice, because Reinhardt's ultimate ability, Aura of the Sky, can provide support across the entire map. Therefore, this hero usually doesn't have many teammates around and tends to push lanes and farm jungle alone.

If he grabs the Reinhardt's teammate, he can use his ultimate to provide timely support. However, if he grabs the Reinhardt directly, his teammates won't be able to arrive as quickly.

"Damn, VP suddenly used Smoke of Deception. We really didn't expect that on Soul Stone's side. Fortunately, Dawn Star's jungle camp is relatively close to our second tower, so it's possible that a teammate can teleport down and save him."

After betting on the Soul Stone Spellbook, Charles switched to full-on commentary mode, wishing he could make a phone call to warn the big hammer that the other side was coming to catch him.

After Lu Chen's Dawnstar finished clearing the jungle monsters on the right side of the snack street, he came to the Observer on the lower right side of his own second tower, intending to light up the Observer before continuing to clear the jungle monsters on the left. However, just as he lit up the Observer, a Scourge suddenly appeared on the right side, immediately using a Claw attack. Then, an Earth Spirit rolled over and kicked him towards the VP main force on the right.

【save!】

Seeing Reinhardt passively attacking near the second tower, Soul Stone immediately teleported to support. VP, unsure of Reinhardt's location, had the other three searching for him on the right side of the food street, failing to immediately engage in damage. After seeing Earth Spirit and Bane make their move, they rushed to the left.

Lightbringer was the first to arrive, casting Sun Bind on Dawnbreaker and then Blinding Light on him, sending him flying into the charged shockwave. The 2600-health Hammer was left with only 1000 health when the Claw ended. He quickly used Upper Hammer to the left, trying to retrieve it and escape, but Earth Spirit silenced him with a Geomagnetic Grip. Immediately afterward, Templar Assassin entered with Blink Dagger and delivered a stealthy slash!

Escape techniques!

The first hero to teleport down was the Hundred Plays King. This order was crucial. He put Dawnbreaker into the box to block the explosive damage. Then, he placed a Wonder Wheel to the right of Dawnbreaker, separating him from the VP hero. Finally, he used Beastmaster to remove Earth Spirit.

The Clockwork Technician arrived at the battlefield and launched a grappling hook that struck the source of chaos.

Dawn Star used a harpoon to move to the left side of the battlefield, and the puppy came over and crawled under him, thus successfully saving Private Dawn Star.

[Watch the hammer fall!]

After Wang Chunyu's little dog emerged from the Reinhardt's body, it charged straight at VP's two supports with a berserk buff. In order to kill the Reinhardt, the opposing two supports were positioned very far forward, and the little dog was directly in their face. Tidehunter arrived late, but there was nothing he could do with a berserk little dog. Gu Ran's Puck also entered the fray with a Blink Dagger and silenced the three. Then, Reinhardt used Aura of the Fallen, and VP's two supports were instantly melted.

"Beautiful! Kill! Brothers, kill!"

Charles's voice was loud. He initially thought that after the Great Hammer was killed, the Soul Stone would likely be used to summon the Calabash Brothers, but he didn't expect it to actually be...

They saved the hammer and even managed to launch a counterattack.

"Can he really kill him? Earth Spirit's health is still pretty good! He walked out of the Dawnbreaker's ultimate range without being stunned, silenced Puck and Lifestealer with a Magnetic Grip, and then activated Magnetize! Tidehunter's ultimate!"

Chao Ge's voice was also quite loud, because after the hammer fell, the Soul Stone team had used up most of their skills. Although the two VP supports died, the three core heroes were still relatively healthy. Earth Spirit activated Black King Bar and used his ultimate to magnetize the four Soul Stone heroes. Tidehunter followed up with a Devastate and then used it on the four more heroes!

The four members of the Soul Stone team lost health rapidly. Clockwerk fell first, and the little dog, while magnetized, managed to use Armlet once. He fought desperately and finally managed to bite the Templar Assassin, who had low health, to death. However, when he tried to use it a second time, Earth Spirit followed up and took him down.

"Kill, Earth Cat, kill!"

With VP in the lead, it was Chao Ge's turn to raise his voice. Although Gu Ran's Puck immediately activated Phase Shift after the stun ended, his health was too low and he was killed by Magnetization as soon as he came out. Three people fell instantly with the Soul Stone.

Although the King of Hundred Plays wasn't hit by the Tide, he still contributed a Beast Taming skill to kill the Templar Assassin, and was subsequently targeted and hunted down by the Earth Cat until his death.

[Abed has dominated the game! And has gone on a killing spree!]

Earth Spirit secured a quadra kill in one go. When he turned around and saw Tidehunter chasing down the low-health Dawnbreaker, he immediately used a Boulder Roll to roll onto Reinhardt!

Is it about to go berserk?

A meteor shower!

However, Lu Chen was actually waiting for Earth Cat to roll over. After the stun ended, he used Starfall to finish off Earth Cat. Tidehunter and Earth Cat, who were standing together, also took the full damage from the three hammer blows.

"Holy crap, a sledgehammer!"

Huaqiang kills Abed, earning 500 gold + 310 gold split between two heroes.

Abed's reign over the tournament has ended.

The ten-man team fight went down to the wire, with only the two offlaners remaining, but Dawnbreaker's passive allowed him to auto-attack.

He could heal, and he also had two short-cooldown damage skills. Knowing he was no match for him, Tidehunter quickly ran to the right.

But Dawnstar still had the Upper Hammer! He threw the great hammer in his hand in the direction Tidehunter was fleeing, then pulled himself forward with the hammer and swung it to kill Tidehunter.

Huaqiang has achieved a double kill!

"Holy crap, Huaqiang is awesome! Nine out of ten players died in a ten-man team battle, only Huaqiang remained standing alone in the wind!"

Charles composed a poem, and the team battle was reversed several times, but fortunately, the Soul Stone team won a narrow victory in the end.

The main stage began replaying the highlights of the previous team fight. It could be said that both sides played quite well, and the commentators could only...

One comment reads: "This team fight started because Reinhardt got caught, and it turned out that nine people died while Reinhardt was the only one to survive. It was quite dramatic."

After the team fight ended, Reinhardt received four donations from his teammates. Although he didn't gain much of an economic advantage in this wave, he felt like he had won a lot in terms of momentum.

After winning the team fight, Soul Stone acquired the Pain Cube, widening the economic gap between the two sides to 4k. VP did not gain any advantage in this wave, so they continued to turt and farm.

There's no need for the enemy to initiate a fight if they don't gank us. Let's wait for the Lifestealer to get his items and then consider taking Roshan. Just maintain good vision to prevent the enemy from taking Roshan.

Gu Ran set the tactical plan for the next ten minutes. Their lineup needed the dog to be able to stand still. It could be seen from the team fight just now that the dog's equipment was not enough, and it was still a bit too tanky to face TA's output.

In this game, the dog's equipment choices were Radiance, Armlet, Manta Style, and Eye of Skadi, focusing on dealing damage as long as it could stand still. Anyway, the enemy's Tidehunter and Earth Spirit, two big tanks, definitely couldn't withstand the dog's bites.

Normally, you can build Assault Cuirass against Templar Assassin, but in this game, Dawnbreaker requires Assault Cuirass, so Lifestealer can't build it.