WePlay AniMajor Group Stage. Day 3 review

The third day of the WePlay AniMajor group stage is over. Below are the results and a summary of all the past matches.

LGD has fully justified the status of the favorite. On the first map, LGD took heroes for early fights with good pushing potential, TNC responded with a pick of Phantom Assassin with Magnus. The game went completely according to the plan of LGD, and XinQ at Winter Wyvern showed incredible performance, cancelling Magnus teleporter with his Winter's Curse ultimate through a creep. Ame also didn't stand aside and make a rampage on Bloodseeker. An unconditional victory for LGD.

The second map and again XinQ shows the wonders of the game. On Phoenix, he set Supernova at 14 minutes on Roshan, which helps to take Monkey King. However TNC were able to fight back and had a great fight in which MK managed to get an ultra kill. But after that they could not win a single fight, Supernova turned out to be an excellent counter against the arena. As a result, a confident 2-0.

On the first map, both teams played aggressively, but none of them could take the lead for a long time. On the 24th minute near Roshan, Beastcoast were able to kill Terrorblade, but in the end they all died. After that, VG took the lead. At the 34th minute near Roshan has another fight, where the Beastcoast are defeated. After that Erica on Terrorblade under the cover of Timbersaw destroys the barracks and Vici Gaming retreats. Beastcoast's attempt to enter on the enemy high ground led to flight, death and defeat.

On the second map, Vici Gaming took Faceless Void, Mars and Ancient Apparition. And thanks to a combination of ultimates, they completely controlled all fights and systematically destroyed opponents until Beastcoast wrote GG.

A very important series for both teams, a victory which would have secured their place in the upper bracket. In the first map, EG decided to focus the entire net worth  on Arteezy's Medusa, and Abed on Batrider had to create enough space for Medusa to farm its slots. LGD had a more balanced draft with two strong cores, Magnus and Ursa. At first, the game was even, but all mid game fights were won by LGD, allowing them to seize the advantage. After that, it was very difficult to fight against Omniknight and Magnus. The apogee of the first map was the Lotus Orb in Batrider's Flaming Lasso and the classic "Arteezy on the cliff".

On the second map, LGD took the carry Axe. Early Manta Style and Blink Dagger were able not only to win the mid game, but they were also great help in the late game. Axe was unstoppable and was able to kill Wraith King and Mars with ease. Great game from the Chinese team.

A very important match for both teams and an unexpected final. On the first map, many expected intense fights, but Nigma had other plans. Miracle- on Razor, KuroKy on Enchantress and GH on Rubick managed to roam on the map so good that VG were forced to write the fastest GG WP in the tournament. 16:24 and 1-0 for Team Nigma.

On the second map, Vici Gaming should have pulled themselves together and showed the tier 1 play, but something went wrong. Nigma dominated throughout the game. At the 24th minute, the advantage was already 12k. Nigma won the fight and VG wrote GG.

The final of the first map was clear after Liquid took Mirana for the last pick. As a result, this hero was useless and "helped" Gabbi get an advantage in the early game. TNC took very fat and armored heroes, which forced Liquid to spend a lot of resources on killing one of them. Sometimes Liquid fought back, but they delayed the inevitable. Later TNC heroes became almost unkillable, and Gabbi on Axe destroyed his opponents every time.

On the second map, Liquid took the forgotten in the previous map Snapfire against Phoenix, and also picked Lone Druid for qojqva and Templar Assassin for SumaiL. TNC again picked Axe for Gabbi, and Bok took Bristleback for the last pick. In the mid game, Liquid began to gain an advantage, and on the 33rd minute they tried to enter the enemy's high ground. But TNC fight back. The team from the Philippines tryed to fight, but they were not successful. Team Liquid gradually increased its advantage and won the second map in the series.

Elimination match. Both teams picked their strongest heroes. In game faced Yatoro on Morphling versus Chris Luck on Shadow Fiend and K1 on Chaos Knight. Beastcoast began to seize the advantage from the first minutes of the game and, thanks to the coordinated action, were able to increase it to 18 thousand. Spirit was able to win only 1 fight under their T2 tower. 1-0.

On the second map, TS were able to pull themselves together and win lanes. Then they started snowballing and making kills, but the advantage did not grow above 5 thousand. However, after a great fight at an enemy outpost, Team Spirit was able to kill the enemy Spectre and confidently won the second map in the series.

The first map, Broodmother by iceiceice and Naga Siren by Arteezy. Nigma was not ready for this and decided to repeat the TNC.Gabbi's carry Magnus. Unfortunately, it didn't work out for them. EG quickly punished Miracle- for their aggressive play, were able to seize the advantage without any problems and confidently take the first map.

On the second map, everyone decided to pick their best heroes. Miracle- on Invoker, ILTW on Luna, Iceiceice on Timbersaw, Abed on Storm Spirit, Arteezy on Arc Warden. The game was full of great performances from the players. QW Invoker destroyed Storm Spirit. Cold Snap under Urn of Shadows and EMP didn't give Abed a chance to leave. The game culminated in the fight on mid lane in which EG were unable to quickly kill Miracle- due to not enough damage by Storm Spirit. Then Invoker casted Cataclysm and Luna pressed Eclipse. Instant minus 3 and Roshan for iLTW. Such a huge Luna was difficult to stop, and even more so with Aegis of the Immortal. As a result, a draw.

On the first map, Liquid took their signature Broodmother, due to which they were able to constantly strain one of the lanes and capture early dominance. Several fights won through mid game buybacks and earlier pressure helped Liquid build up the lead and take Roshan. After that there was a successful entry to the bottom and middle lanes and a good fight in the top. After that, the Spirit surrendered.

On the second map, Liquid decided to repeat Broodmother, to which Team Spirit responded with the signature Mars by Collapse and Lina in the mid by TORONTOTOKYO. The scenario with Broodmother repeated, Spirit spent huge resources on killing her, while Liquid's advantage grew. Again 10 thousand advantages and Templar Assassin with Aegis from Liquid. Again a fight in the top and gg from Spirit.