From Pokémon to The International, Dota 2

After the Radiant team secured the Aegis, they headed straight for the Cube of Anguish at the 20-minute mark. The Dire team attempted to engage in a team fight but found themselves unable to defeat the Terrorblade with the Aegis, so they had to retreat. After destroying the Cube of Anguish, the Radiant team gained a 5,000 gold lead over the Dire team.

"The situation seems very dangerous for Dire. Their early-game composition has allowed the opponent to gain an advantage."

The commentator (Da Laoshi, whose analysis of win rates is based on big data by dotaplus) also agrees with the commentator's statement, giving Radiant a 70% win rate at this moment.

The Radiant team used Roshan's Aegis to push down the Dire team's mid-lane Tier 2 tower. Afterwards, they stopped their offensive because the Aegis was about to disappear. The Dire team seized the opportunity when the Aegis was about to disappear and immediately activated Smoke of Deceit. Just then, Terrorblade had used Metamorphosis to push the tower, and Metamorphosis was on cooldown.

The Dire forces arrived near the river rune, hoping to disrupt the enemy's discipline, but the Radiant defended against it. The Radiant forces were also nearby, and a skirmish ensued, ending with each side losing a support before retreating.

Our lineup is more geared towards split pushing and ganking. We can't force a head-on confrontation with the enemy; we need to push lanes to scatter them before ganking.

Under Gu Ran's command, the Dire kept pushing lanes and creating pressure, and the Radiant couldn't find an opportunity to break through. They tried to push the high ground without the Aegis, but three of them were killed. After that, they completely waited for the second Aegis to respawn.

At 30 minutes into the game, Radiant used Smoke of Deceit to catch a large creep farming in the Dire triangle area. Then, taking advantage of the Dire's incomplete formation, they activated Roshan. Lao Fang wanted to try to steal the Aegis as a hero, but the enemy had anticipated this. As he walked over, Axe saw him and had to use his hook to enter the Roshan pit in advance. At this moment, Roshan still had 10% health. Terrorblade calmly killed Clockwerk first and then took the Aegis.

After getting the shield, Terrorblade saw that the enemy supports were all on cooldown, so he chose to go to the bottom lane to check the runes and prepare to push the bottom lane. Then he sent Axe to push the top lane, with Squirrel crouching behind to protect Axe.

Because he had a shield, TB went alone. When he stepped from the river onto the high ground in his own main jungle, three strong men suddenly appeared in front of him. Tidehunter stomped him and stunned him, followed by Deep Sea Smash. Then the three brothers burst down together, and in just two seconds, TB was killed by the three Radiant brothers. TA was equipped with Daedalus, Monkey King Bar, and Desolator, and his output was extremely violent.

[Don't camp the corpse, run!]

Gu Ran's judgment was accurate; he immediately used his soul-flying ability to leave, and the Big Fishman also activated his speed boost and swam away.

Can I keep this Axe in the top lane, or can I tank him?

Upon hearing Jiang Xia's voice from position four, Wang Chunyu's Templar Assassin (TA) created distance and immediately teleported to the top lane's second tower.

At this moment, Radiant's two supports moved closer to Terrorblade's corpse after seeing him lose his Aegis—they were afraid Terrorblade would be camped and lose two lives. Charles' Axe was farming under the enemy's second tower, and feeling that the enemy wouldn't arrive so quickly, he greedily farmed a wave of creeps.

As a result, he was controlled by Ember Spirit's Biscuit, and Templar Assassin, who teleported down, followed up with damage, but died outside the Dire's second tower.

The Radiant team's attack was thwarted once again after they instantly destroyed the Aegis and killed Axe. As a result, the Dire team continued to push lanes and hold the team back, and the economic difference between the two sides remained at around 7,000.

The game went on for thirty-seven minutes, and with no more kills on either side, the audience was getting a little bored when the Dire team suddenly activated a Smoke of Deception.

"What's going on? The Dire suddenly activated their fog of war, but there are still a few minutes before their shield spawns. Why are they using fog of war?"

The commentator had some questions, as neither the Rubik's Cube nor the Roshan had respawned at that moment.

[We pushed all three lanes into the enemy's half of the map. Since no one was farming them, the enemy didn't realize we had used Smoke of Deceit. We just saw Terrorblade in this position from our vision. Let's go and ambush him at the river rune spot on the right. We think he might go there. There's also a trap there with vision.]

After Gu Ran located TB's position, he decisively instructed his teammates to use the smoke screen.

They crouched above the rune spot on the right side of the river and waited a few seconds. Sure enough, they saw a little deer come over and place a control ward. She started attacking traps on the other side of the river. Terrorblade also happened to pass by the little deer and was about to go to the top lane to farm some creeps.

[Buy it in seconds!]

Gu Ran used Shadowless Fist and Sunfire Coil to bind the two of them. Lu Chen used Tidehunter's Blink Dagger and Tidehunter's Smash. Jiang Xia used his Ember Spirit to bombard Terrorblade. Xiao Lu reacted quickly and pushed herself with Hurricane Halberd just before Tidehunter stepped on her.

When TB woke up, he only had 1,000 health left, but there was a Fire Spirit attacking him with Black King Bar activated. Enchantress had just used Force Staff to create distance to save herself, and Tidehunter had stomped on her and swam away. At this moment, there were no hero units around him who could trade blows!

Clockwerk found the perfect angle and launched a grappling hook that hit Enchantress. Terrorblade, who was in the path of the grappling hook, was also stunned. At this moment, Templar Assassin also seized the opportunity to jump in with Blink Dagger. After a stealth attack that severely damaged Terrorblade, Templar Assassin immediately used Hurricane Pike to push herself and Terrorblade away. She continued to attack from a great distance. After being pushed away, Terrorblade crashed into the energy gear that Clockwerk had just released. He was bounced around like a pinball. He finally woke up from the stun with only a sliver of health left. However, he was in the middle of the battlefield, and there was only Ember Spirit with Black King Bar activated next to him. In the end, he was killed by Templar Assassin and Ember Spirit.

XS kills oldchicken and receives 650 gold + 996 gold, which is split among the four heroes.

[Oldchicken's dominance of the game has been ended!]

[XS has become a monster of killing!]

After Terrorblade was instantly killed, Radiant could only flee. Enchantress was quickly killed, and then Dire chased down Radiant's second tower and killed Axe. They also pushed down the second tower and the middle high ground tower, and the economic gap was evened out in one wave.

After this wave, the Dire continued to implement their strategy of pushing lanes and looking for opportunities, until the game reached 41 minutes and 30 seconds, when Roshan was about to spawn, both sides used Smoke of Deceit.

This wave is a third-generation shield group. Whichever side wins will get the shield and healer to clear the flag, which basically determines the outcome of the game. Both sides are very cautious and are quietly moving towards the left side of the Roshan pit with smoke.

The Radiant team entered the Dire jungle from their top lane and circled around the Roshan pit. The Dire team also moved into their jungle from their second tower with Smoke of Deceit, preparing to place wards if they couldn't find anyone.

Gu Ran's Fire Cat left a soul near the ruins of the first tower in his own home, and then took the first step to break through the fog.

After activating overclocking, he walked in his own jungle and felt a chilling wind, making his cat fur stand on end.

In the main jungle, his own Observer was glowing red, and several psionic traps were scattered around it. Just to be on the safe side, Gu Ran cautiously moved closer to the Observer. However, just as he was a few steps away from the Observer, the Trickery Mist on his body suddenly disappeared!

The moment the fog broke, a red figure suddenly appeared in front of him. Gu Ran could even smell the barbarian's scent, so he immediately activated Residual Flame and flew away. Just as he flew away, the opponent, Axe King, roared, but he didn't hit Ember Spirit.

At the same time, a cold wave spread across the battlefield. It turned out that the Queen had activated Shiva's Guard and jumped over to prepare to deal damage, but because Axe's Roar missed, she had nothing to follow up with and could only retreat.

The enemy Axe King roared in vain, so Lu Chen naturally pushed forward to prepare to initiate. The Tidehunter activated his speed boost and swam forward quickly, preparing to jump and stomp to lock down the enemy, but halfway there, he suddenly turned into a lamb!

It turns out that the squirrel on the other side used a Sheepstick to sheep the big fish while hiding in the shadows of the forest. Then, Terrorblade activated its Demonic Transformation, and several large demons began to attack the big fish man like crazy.