From Pokémon to The International, Dota 2

At 18 minutes into the game, Mao Ge's Beastmaster got a Blink Dagger after acquiring Aghanim's Scepter, and the carry Kayn's Desolator was also in place. Radiant then used Smoke of Deceit to launch a wave of attacks.

[Their Beastmaster has Blink Dagger, and Kayn has Desolator, so let's give them the Aegis. We'll try to play defensively and counter-attack, waiting for the Alchemist to help us level up our Aghanim's Scepter. Even after I get my Aghanim's Scepter, this game still won't be easy. We'll consider engaging them again after Beastmaster gets his Aghanim's Scepter.]

After seeing his team's position 4 Clockwerk get caught by the enemy's smoke gank, Gu Ran stopped his teammates from trying to fight Roshan and prepared to continue the tactical approach from the start, defending and counter-attacking until his team's power spike.

So, Soulstone opted to avoid fights and play defensively. They also gave up the Pain Cube at 20 minutes, and after destroying the Cube, HG had a 5000 gold lead. They used the time it took to get the first Aegis to push down all three of Soulstone's Tier 1 towers.

When the Beastmaster's Aegis naturally disappears, the Queen of Pain and the Beastmaster on the Soul Stone team will have their Aghanim's Scepter and Aghanim's Scepter fully upgraded, and the economic difference between the two sides will still be 5000.

[Next, we can look for opportunities to engage them, but there's no need to rush. If they push too aggressively, then we'll engage. If the opportunity isn't good, there's no need to force an engagement. Once Alchemist gets his Blink Dagger and Black King Bar, we'll be in our power spike, and then we can consider taking the initiative.]

Gu Ran glanced at his teammates' equipment and told them not to rush.

"As we can see, the game is currently at 29 minutes. Team Soulstone has taken control of the Radiant's main jungle and has set up vision at the Roshan entrance. The second Roshan has already spawned, and their Alchemist has also obtained a Black King Bar (BKB). It seems they are preparing to engage HG in this Roshan team fight."

On Huya, in Shi Danni's live stream room, the streamer SDN keenly sensed a dangerous situation.

"This wave of Dire's double Aghanim's Scepter and Alchemist's BKB is very strong. If HG doesn't handle it well, they may collapse. Although they still have some economic advantage, if they are too careless, they may be turned around in one wave."

As the Alchemist got his Black King Bar and headed towards Roshan's pit, Gu Ran's Queen of Pain became even more aggressive, running directly to the front of the Radiant's second bottom tower and unleashing a Poison Dart on the Bristleback who was farming minions.

Seeing Bristleback's passive ability, the Radiant team also gathered in the bottom lane.

They originally planned to wait until the match ended at 30 minutes, after Roshan had moved to the Roshan pit in the upper right corner of the Radiant outpost, before engaging in a Roshan team fight. However, the Dire players had already appeared in their own main jungle, and they didn't dare gamble on whether the Dire would rush Roshan directly, so they had no choice but to come and engage.

On HG's side, their offlaner, Bristleback, naturally went first. Lu Chen's Beast immediately jumped upon seeing Bristleback, and Dark Seer promptly cast Dark Surge on him. Meanwhile, Radiant, seeing their Bristleback passive, immediately rushed to its aid.

Squirrel Knuckles followed up with a Wild Ambush, Beastmaster leaped and roared, then activated Black King Bar (BKB) and unleashed a barrage of attacks on Beast, whose health plummeted. Gu Ran's Queen of Pain leaped in and unleashed an Sonic Wave that killed both Beastmaster and Bristleback, but it couldn't save Beast, who was still the first to fall.

At this moment, XS's Alchemist also jumped into the battlefield with his Beastmaster. The Beastmaster was low on health after taking a Queen of Pain's ultimate and was brought down to a sliver of health by the Queen of Pain and Alchemist before being imprisoned by Venomancer's Shattered Imprisonment. However, it was clear that this imprisonment would be difficult to save the Beastmaster. Meanwhile, Kayn arrived from the river and took down one of the Dark Seer from the backline.

"Kill Brother Mao! Kill Brother Mao! Oh dear, how come the poisoning of dogs is still related, but I can tell he's probably still going to die."

In Charles's live stream, the streamer was very excited to see the Beastmaster about to die.

I bought it; this wave is a good opportunity.

Watch out for Kai's position; he's coming from the river. You guys hold him off for a bit while I get there to kill him.

Because Lu Chen died first, his assessment of the situation from a god-like perspective was the clearest. He observed that the enemy's Venomancer had used his ultimate to save the Beastmaster with a sliver of health, while Kai was walking from the river with little mana, being endlessly bounced around by Clockwerk's Gear, almost running out of mana. Without mana, Kai's mobility was greatly reduced, so he directly commanded his teammates to prepare to kill Kai, who was isolated by the formation.

The poison dog's level ended, and the low-health Beast King was taken down by an area-of-effect attack.

After killing the Ink Master, Kayn continued to attack the Alchemist, who appeared to have low health. However, the Alchemist had his ultimate ability, activated Black King Bar (BKB), and retreated, surviving Kayn's attacks for several seconds.

"Kai is still chasing the Alchemist, but the Beast has already bought back and rushed back to the battlefield! After a Magic Crystal Stone, he Blink Dagger in and lands a Stomp! He first takes down the squirrel who was trying to follow up with a skill, then he activates Aghanim's Scepter and his third skill to continue dealing damage. Kai is separated and can only run towards the river, but he can't escape. He gets stunned by the Alchemist's Shakespeare, and then gets hit by Clockwerk's Gear and runs out of mana! Kai is about to die!"

In Huya's Shuangqu live stream, Charles's voice suddenly grew louder, and the audience realized that Kay's death meant the Radiant's defeat in this wave.

Seeing the situation was not good, Shadow Demon tried to retreat but was caught up in front of his own second tower. Meanwhile, Bristleback had just teleported back to the fountain with low health. So, with Bristleback's buyback and Dark Seer's death, four of the enemy heroes were traded, and Soul Stones brought out a Roshan team fight where two were traded for four.

"The Soul Stone team made a huge profit this time, because they only had to use one Orc's buyback, but the other side lost four people, and they were also able to control the second Roshan."

Moreover, after this wave, it feels like the Radiant will have a harder time. Their Beastmaster will become weaker and weaker in the late game, while the Soul Stone side's Queen Beast and Alchemist trio are very strong.

The OB commentary team also recognized the late-game strength of the Soul Stone lineup, making it difficult for HG to turn the tide after this wave.

After buying back the Orc with the Aegis, Team Soulstone secured the Pain Cube at 30 minutes. After this wave, the economic gap between the two sides was completely evened out.

With 35 minutes left in the game, the Beastmaster's Aegis was about to disappear. The five members of the Soulstone team grouped up and pushed towards the Radiant's mid-lane tier 2 tower. The Radiant team also knew that the Aegis was about to disappear and were reluctant to engage in this team fight with the Dire. So, after a symbolic defense, they split up to farm. Venomancer and Beastmaster went to the bottom lane, while Birdman was sent to the top lane by Squirrel.

Mao's Beastmaster was farming along the edge of the bottom lane jungle, but the Dire side had just finished pushing down the second tower when Clockwerk launched a missile towards the bottom lane, which happened to hit Beastmaster's two little boars!

"Brother Mao! I saw Brother Mao's pig! Brother, come and kill it!"

Charles's enthusiasm as a commentator was even higher than that of the players on the field.

XS's Alchemist was already planning to gank the bottom lane, and now the Dark Seer immediately gave him a Dark Surge, allowing him to use Blink Dagger to directly target Beastmaster. With his escape route cut off, Beastmaster could only run towards the right-side portal, but being chased by five Dire players, he was eventually caught and forced to use Black King Bar and Teleport.

"This BKBTP feels like I'm just fooling myself."

As soon as the commentator Chao Ge finished speaking, the Clockwerk unleashed his ultimate skill, and Beastmaster's teleportation was interrupted, killing him in front of the portal.

The rest of them are probably farming in the top lane, so we could all move towards the top lane.

After killing the Beastmaster, Lao Fang sat down by the door while calling his teammates to gather in the top lane.