From Pokémon to The International, Dota 2

After that, the two sides fought back and forth. Gu Ran's Zeus is not a mid-lane hero who can set the pace of the game. In fact, the gameplay is relatively fixed. First, build the Radiant Light, then the Magic Crystal, and then Aghanim's Scepter and Refresher Orb. This way, you can coordinate with your teammates to deal damage across the entire map. In the early and mid-game, you can fight with your teammates. In the mid and late game, you can build items depending on the situation. You can consider building frontal items, such as Serpent Sting and Black King Bar, or you can consider building the Divine Rapier and using it at home as a launcher for your ultimate and Thundercloud.

In this game, Team Spirit Stone wasn't in a rush to fight in the early game because they knew their power spike would come when Beastmaster got Dominator, Vengeful Spirit got Aghanim's Scepter, and Zeus got Aghanim's Scepter. In that case, it would be difficult to engage in direct team fights with the opponent in the early game.

"Although you guys have seen VS a few times in the game, I would suggest that if you play this hero in ranked matches, it is best to have your good buddy pick Magnus to give you a buff, because this hero farms very slowly and the item build is relatively fixed: Power Treads, Archangel's Staff, Aghanim's Scepter, Manta Style, Butterfly, Serpent's Breath, Black King Bar. He is a hero who is very dependent on lane priority and has a weak ability to catch up in gold, so he needs to gain lane advantage."

During a quiet moment in the match, the commentators explained the item build strategy for the current version of VS.

At 21 minutes, Beastmaster completed Dominator and Blink Dagger, Zeus also completed Aghanim's Scepter, and the Spirit Stone team destroyed the Cube of Anguish, but their economic lead was only 1K.

Knowing that Zhenhunshi had many targeted skills, Langge immediately created a Lotus and then a Magic Crystal. In team fights, Tianhui had a bunch of people with Lotus on their hands, making Zhenhunshi suffer greatly. Although it was their power spike, they didn't make much of a profit in each wave, and the economic gap between the two sides remained close.

"It feels like the situation is getting worse for Team Soul Stone. The other team is getting more and more items like Lotus and Linken's Sphere."

As the commentators said, the early and mid-game push of Soul Reaver was repeatedly thwarted. When the game dragged on to the 40-minute mark, the economic difference between the two sides was still only 1k. At this time, Vengeful Spirit finally got his Serpent's Breath. The main stage opened the equipment panel and looked at the equipment - the Demon Tower side had two Linken's Spheres and two Lotus Orbs, while the Beastmaster on the Soul Reaver side had a hard time roaring even with a Refresher Orb.

"As the situation has progressed, it feels like the win rate is gradually tilting towards the Demon Locking Tower. The early and mid-game push rhythm we anticipated for the Soul Resonance Stone side hasn't been ideal. Now, they're even finding it harder to fight head-on, and even with the shield, it's difficult for them to push into the enemy's high ground."

After destroying the Rubik's Cube for forty minutes, the Soul Stone team prepared to push forward, but the opponent standing in front of the high ground tower was a Lango wearing a Linken's Sphere, who would cast Lotus on himself whenever he saw someone, making it difficult to initiate his attack.

[How so, can it break a Lincoln?]

The main stage showed the team voice chat on the Soul Stone side. Lu Chen was asking his teammates questions. He had brought a shield and wanted to try pushing the high ground.

【No, this battlefield is terrible. If we attack him, something bad will definitely happen. We'll leave if the enemy doesn't give us a chance.】

Gu Ran's voice was calm. To forcefully attack Lang Ge and give him all his skills would be tantamount to suicide.

Seeing no chance, the Soul Stone team retreated completely. However, the commentators on the main stage, while understanding the move, also expressed concerns:

"A strong push against Langgo doesn't guarantee a win, but if the game drags on to the late game, the enemy has Ancient Apparition and Tiny, while our side has Beastmaster, a hero who becomes weaker as the game progresses. Can we really win?"

In fact, this version is arguably the most drawn-out version ever. Even in international tournaments, games often drag on to 90 minutes. This is because Refresher Orb can no longer refresh Black King Bar (BKB), weakening the team with the Aegis. If the losing team picks a few high-ground specialists like Tiny and Ancient Apparition, it becomes very difficult for the winning team to break through. Forcing an attack on the high ground might result in a team wipe.

After that, Soul Stone also engaged in several team battles with Demon Locking Tower, but because the enemy's front line was full of Linken's Lotus, it was very difficult for Beastmaster to initiate team battles with Roar, and he could never gain any advantage. In this way, Beastmaster's strong period was slowly dragged out.

At 53 minutes into the match, the Demon-Locking Tower team had a 5,000 gold lead. The main stage opened to check the win rate, only to find that the Demon-Locking Tower team had been given a 75% win rate by Zhenhunshi.

"What's going on? It seems like the Demon-Sealing Tower team has an economic lead, is doing well in head-on fights, and is strong at defending their high ground. They just lost a team fight because they forced their way into the enemy's vision. Why does Teacher Da think their win rate is so low?"

The commentator raised a question, saying that Da Laoshi's understanding seemed to differ from that of the commentary team.

"Perhaps Teacher Da considered that the high ground defense at the Soul Stone is not weak either..."

The two male commentators couldn't find where the Dire was strong either, but Da Laoshi's win rate is just for fun and shouldn't be taken as gospel.

At 56 minutes into the game, Roshan was about to respawn. The five players with Soul Stone gathered to clear vision in their own main jungle. While they were clearing vision, they were spotted by the Demon Tower, so the Demon Tower team also grouped up and came to meet them.

They directly located the Soul Stone through scanning. Ice Spirit immediately used his ultimate skill to throw it straight from his own triangle area towards the scanned red location, while Tiny also activated Shadow Blade and quickly approached to prepare to make the first move.

Just as Gu Ran's Zeus finished debuffing, his teammate suddenly said:

[The enemy might have activated Smoke of Deceit, be careful. We just destroyed a ward, which could put us at a disadvantage.]

He instinctively overclocked and started the engine, and immediately saw a huge stone golem appear on his face!

A sacred leap!

With this small leap, he just managed to escape the range of Ice Spirit's ultimate. However, before he could even catch his breath, the rock golem in front of him stunned the Beastmaster, who had been hit by Ice Spirit's ultimate, with an avalanche, and then hooked him with a harpoon!

BKB! Another sacred leap!

Finally, I managed to create some distance between myself and the stone golem. If I were to get speared by the harpoon, I would be hit by two aerial throws and die instantly.

Seeing that things were hopeless, the Stone Golem quickly turned around to prepare for retreat. His teammates also put a Lotus Flower on him in time, but the Beastmaster stood on the high platform and unleashed a Primal Roar!

A deafening sound rang out, stunning the Stone Golem, but only a layer of blue light broke through the Beastmaster's body—it turned out that the Beastmaster had created a Linken's Sphere, and this was his struggle against the pile of lotus flowers on the other side!

Gu Ran also promptly cast Thundercloud, and after the lotus's effect disappeared, the stone man was once again firmly controlled by a brown pillar of light—three sources of pain were chanting dark magic on his right side.

Before he could even see the Stone Man's fate, a young woman in shimmering white silk rushed through the crowd towards Gu Ran. Her bow and arrows fired like a machine gun, forcing Gu Ran to flee in terror. Luckily, he cleverly used a Shadow Blade, which made him invisible and invincible, so the young woman couldn't see him anymore.

Gu Ran, having retreated to a safe position, exited overclocking and immediately saw that Windranger in front of him had been caught by Vengeful Spirit. Dark Seer gave him a Scythe of Vyse, and Windranger was instantly melted after Black King Bar ended.

With both core units of the Demon-Sealing Tower destroyed, it had no choice but to retreat.