From Pokémon to The International, Dota 2

After killing DP, Lao Chen brought his baby to the mid lane to help Huskar push the tower. He didn't care that Lion was killed in the bottom lane. In less than five seconds after the river rune refreshed at six minutes, the Dire's mid tower was taken down.

The Red Panda's Clockwerk spotted an invisibility rune in the river on the right side using a Flare Rocket. From their vision, they saw Gu Ran's Huskar consume the rune and then head towards the mid lane.

Of course, this was just to deceive the Dire. Gu Ran deliberately used the invisibility rune and took a few steps towards the mid lane before directly TPing to the bottom lane. The Reinhardt in the bottom lane was completely unaware of the danger and was still last-hitting minions near the Radiant's Tier 1 tower. After all, he had just killed Lion, and Old Chen had also revealed his presence in the mid lane. As a result, Gu Ran used Sacrifice to rush in and Tiny followed up with damage and took him down.

[firefly defeated Jianlai and received 241 gold coins + 76 gold coins. 1 hero was awarded.]

Firefly has gone on a killing spree!

"Firefly's little trick in this play was quite clever. He used the enemy missile's vision to give false information, which confused the enemy's offlaner Reinhardt, and then successfully caught him."

"It's a bit like using the enemy's death camera in Counter-Strike."

Eight minutes into the game, the Radiant had a 2k gold lead over the Dire, with Gu Ran's Huskar boasting a dominant 4336 gold lead.

The main stage perspective finally shifts to the top lane. Timbersaw, the most unfortunate of the Dire's three cores, is standing behind the trees in the jungle, waiting for Viper to finish off the enemy before he tries to steal some jungle gold. He only has 2158 gold, ranking sixth, while his own Chen already has 2013. If he doesn't try harder, he might become seventh in gold.

However, the lumberjack was hit by a Viper Strike as soon as it got close to the dragon, indicating that the dragon had no intention of coexisting peacefully with the lumberjack.

Fortunately, the Timbersaw was still healthy. After taking a few steps, it used a Chain Saw to return to its own tower. However, in that short time, the Timbersaw had already been hit by five layers of poison. The Poison Dragon judged that it could kill it alone, so it continued to chase. When it chased to the small woods to the right of the Radiant tower, a red figure suddenly rode up to its face!

The lumberjack followed with a death whirlwind, and with Gu Ran's Heart Flame Silence, the Poison Dragon was impaled to death by the fire spear.

[firefly kills hao, gaining 259 gold + 86 gold and 1 hero.]

Firefly has dominated the game!

"This Dire team has really messed up. Even their farmed Viper got slaughtered. They're going to collapse on all three lanes."

"Huskar's rhythm is too good. He kills and takes towers in the mid lane, kills once in the bot lane and once in the top lane. He's dominating the whole game."

As the commentators were talking, DP in the top lane directly knocked up the first tower, and Orianna and Keeper of the Light also surrounded them. Reinhardt also used his ultimate. Despite Gu Ran having Armlet and Magic Wand, the combined strength of the four of them did not save him, and the game was ended.

However, at the same time, Tiny and Chen in the bottom lane also pushed down the Dire's next tower, and the economic difference between the two sides was still 2k.

Next, the Radiant team farmed and developed, and after Lion used Blink Dagger, they used Smoke of Deceit to gank the Dire's Reinhardt. Gu Ran also got Hurricane Spear at 16:30, with 9520 gold and Power Treads, Armlet, Hurricane Spear, and Magic Wand on him.

At 18 minutes, Radiant used Smoke of Deceit again to catch a lost Clockwerk in the Dire triangle area, and then immediately secured the Aegis of the Immortal. Gu Ran equipped the Aegis of the Immortal, and at 20 minutes, they secured the Cube of Pain, giving Radiant a 6K gold lead.

At 22 minutes, Timbersaw got Black King Bar (BKB). Gu Ran and Lion used Smoke of Deceit to look for Reinhardt, but after searching around without finding him, they decided to push the Dire's top lane second tower. With Chen's jungle creep army, they quickly destroyed the tower, and the Dire didn't dare to engage in team fights, so they had to give up the second tower.

With Lion from Radiant having Blink Dagger and Tiny having Shadow Blade, Dire became less willing to go solo. However, once the five of them grouped up, Radiant wouldn't engage Dire when Huskar didn't have Aegis, instead splitting up to push lanes. Radiant had too little crowd control, making it difficult to gank. Although the five of them stayed grouped up, they didn't fall behind in kills, but their economy gradually widened. At 28 minutes, the kill score was 11:7, but Radiant already had a 10,000 gold lead.

"Actually, the Dire side can definitely fight the Radiant side in a 5v5 team fight. Their lineup is very strong in the front. Viper and Death Prophet can both tank in the front, and Keeper of the Light can heal, and Reinhardt's ultimate can also heal. But the problem is that the Radiant plays very smartly. They don't engage in direct team fights with the Dire side, but instead push lanes and gank."

The veteran player astutely analyzed the current situation on the field: Radiant clearly had the advantage but avoided five-man team fights, while Dire had an easy time in team fights but couldn't engage in them.

Fortunately, the second Roshan spawned at 28 minutes, forcing both sides to engage in a team fight. The Radiant team initiated with Smoke of Deceit, catching the Dire's Clockwerk, and then immediately activated Aegis.

Originally, Radiant had a 10,000 gold lead in this team fight and had even killed Clockwerk, making it easy for them to win. However, after they killed Viper, Viper immediately bought back and repositioned at the outpost. Instead of retreating, Radiant continued to fight Dire head-on. As the team fight dragged on, Dire's healing advantage became apparent. In the end, Viper bought back and killed four Radiant members except for Tiny, while Dire only lost Death Prophet.

After this wave, Radiant's gold lead was only 8k. With Viper carrying Aegis, Radiant was even less willing to engage Dire head-on. Tiny with Shadow Blade and Timbersaw with Black King Bar split up to push lanes. When Dire grouped up to push one lane, Radiant would go to the other two lanes to push. Until 38 minutes, the gold difference between the two sides remained at 8k.

The Dire became increasingly frustrated as the Radiant pushed their lanes, and finally caught Lion in the Radiant's main jungle. The five of them returned to the mid lane to regroup, looking for an opportunity to fight the Radiant.

Clockwerk activated his jetpack and, with high-altitude vision, spotted Huskar at the ruins of the Radiant's second tower. He immediately hooked Gu Ran first, followed by Reinhardt's Aura. However, Clockwerk missed when trying to bounce Huskar with Cogs, instead pulling Huskar out of Aura's range. After Gu Ran woke up, he used Hurricane Pike to return to his own high ground, while Lion used Buyback at the same time.

"Clock's initiation this time was a bit of a mistake, which might give them an opportunity, but it seems like they're going to keep chasing... How did Death Prophet jump straight onto the enemy's high ground!"

DP activated Black King Bar (BKB) and his ultimate, then used Blink Dagger to jump to the high ground to finish off Huskar. However, Gu Ran also activated BKB, and without any control, DP had no choice but to retreat to the high ground.

Ryan, however, found the Clockwork Technician on the edge of the battlefield, and with a Pierce followed by a Death Finger, combined with Timbersaw's Death Cyclone, took down Clockwork Technician first.

"This battle has been going on for too long! The Dire's Black King Bars are almost gone. Now it's Tiny and Timbersaw's turn to shine!"

As the commentator said, after the Dire's three cores' Black King Bars expired, it was Radiant's turn. Tiny with Blink Dagger held off Death Prophet, and a burst combo combined with Huskar's damage melted Death Prophet. Viper could only use Shadow Strike to teleport back home. This wave relied on Lion's buyback to kill Dire's Clockwerk and Death Prophet.

"But it seems like the Aegis of Roshan has respawned too. Dire's reckless engage with Huskar might cause them to lose this third Aegis, which would be a huge loss."

Commentator AA, from a god's-eye view, saw that Roshan would spawn in seven seconds. So Radiant secured Roshan, Huskar took the Aegis, Timbersaw took Refresher Orb and Cheese, and the support took Roshan's Banner. After this, Radiant had a 13K gold lead, once again holding a huge advantage.

After acquiring the shield, the Soul Stone team didn't rush to push high ground. Instead, they slowly dealt with the minion waves. Finally, two minutes after acquiring the shield, they caught a lone Dawn Star and killed one of the enemy's core players. After that, the five of them finally grouped up and prepared to push high ground.