WePlay AniMajor Group Stage. Day 4 review

The fourth and final day of the WePlay AniMajor group stage is over. We have made for you a short analysis of all matches and results of the fourth game day.

On the first map, LGD took the meta Templar Assassin for NothingToSay. VG responds with a pick of Ember Spirit. However, Ori died twice stupidly from NothingToSay on mid, giving TA an advantage. Vici killed Templar Assassin, and later killed Ame on carry Doom, but that didn't fix the situation. At 13 minutes, LGD took the first Roshan and Aegis for TA. VG tried to fight and killed heroes, but they lost more and LGD's advantage grew inexorably. Vici Gaming's heroes were helpless and the team was forced to admit defeat.

In the second map, none of the teams could take the lead for 40 minutes. There were spectacular and intense fights, but thanks to the competent actions of both Chinese teams, none of them could seize the advantage for a long time. At 42 minutes old eLeVeN on Mars initiates a fight that ends with the deaths of four LGD heroes without buybacks. During this time, Vici Gaming seizes the advantage on the map. LGD did not give up and were able to kill two VG supports on Roshan and take Aegis of the Immortal. But that didn't help them. Vici Gaming won fights every time and eventually entered the enemy base. There they were met by NothingToSay on Magnus, which took opponents away to the fountain, allowing LGD to resist to the last. However, at the decisive moment, Ancient Apparition does not allow Magnus to break into the fight again, Reverse Polarity is given to nothing and Vici Gaming, after 65 minutes, equalizes the score in the series.

A very important match for Team Spirit. On the first map, TNC Predator decided to take Ursa for Gabbi, which is excellent against the Spirit heroes. For half an hour, the game was equal. At 32 minutes, during a fight for Roshan, Ursa steals Aegis. On 42 minutes Spirit held a successful fight, where Gabbi was killed without buyback. TS takes advantage of this and breaks two sides. During the attack on the third side, Ursa appears, but thanks to Underlord's ultimate, the Spirit team flies home without loss. TS tries unsuccessfully to enter the high ground and break the lower side. But Bok on Dragon Knight and Armel on Puck have already become a real problem for the team from Russia. Team Spirit's awful positioning in defending Roshan resulted in TNC winning the fight. Soon they try to go to Spirit's high ground, but fail. Thanks to Tims' clever initiation on the bottom lane, TNC killed all Spirit's heroes and destroyed two sides. At 62 minutes, TNC wins the fight on Roshan, after which they enter the Team Spirit base and, thanks to an excellent save from Boomy on Snapfire, win the game.

The beginning of the second map was relatively calm, despite the fact that TNC didn't want to drag out the game. On the 14th minute, Collapse on Magnus under his T2 in the mid caught three TNC heroes, as result - minus 4. The team from the Philippines continued to try to attack, but they all ended in failure. Team Spirit dominated the map and pinched the enemy. On the 36th minute, Ursa impudently rushes into the high ground and destroys Armel on Lina, but TNC managed to fight back. But the advantage was already critical and Spirit, thanks to the accurate and aggressive play, ended the series in a draw.

In the first map, Nigma decided to crush opponents from the very beginning. KuroKy played brilliantly on the top lane on Enchantress, killing several times K1 on Juggernaut and Stinger on Witch Doctor. Thanks to this, Nigma took the lead  in the early game. The Beastcoast attacks were unsuccessful, but helped to reduce the lead. The fight on the 23rd minute began with the killing of the KuroKy courier, in which the Holy Locket was lying. ILTW was killed on Luna, but four Beastcoast heroes were killed instead. The final turning point took place at Roshan. MinD_ContRoL set an excellent arena on Mars, Miracle- took Aegis, and the team from Peru lost four heroes again. Then Nigma just caught the heroes one at a time and destoyed the enemy base.

On the second map, Chris Luck on Slark faced Miracle on Mars in the mid lane. And KuroKy decided to play on the only unplayed hero - Hoodwink. Beastcoast had a good start, but something went wrong. Nigma won every fight and won the game without trouble.

A lot was decided during the draft stage. Evil Geniuses essentially outplayed Liquid before the start of the game. EG took Broodmother for iceiceice, Axe was taken against BM for miCKe. SumaiL decided to play Shadow Fiend, but Abed on Batrider just was killing the helpless SF. During this time, Broodmother endured on the top lane, and then moved into the enemy forest and occupied it. Evil Geniuses seized the advantage on the map and systematically squeezed Liquid at the base. Abed's excellent play on Batrider and Cr1t- on Hoodwink left no chance for Team Liquid to win this map.

Evil Geniuses, thanks to an aggressive pick and a combination of Beastmaster + Viper with buyed Boots of Travel, began to kill opponents and increase the advantage in the early game. In the 19th minute after the destroy of the T2 tower on the top, EG decided not to retreat and took the fight. However, Liquid is punishing them for such a brazen play. Evil Geniuses try to fight back, but miCKe on Luna is already too strong, and EG lacks a good core hero. Victory for Liquid.

Tiebreaker for playoffs. Team Liquid picked Oracle and Luna, hoping to repeat their success on the last map against Evil Geniuses. Team Spirit picked Puck and Shadow Demon, and for Yatoro they took Drow Ranger. The start of the match was calm, both teams played carefully and were trying to farm items as quickly as possible. In the 17th minute, Luna takes Aegis, after which Liquid tries to push the bottom lane. However, they decided not to risk and flew to the top lane to protect their T2 tower and kill Tidehunter. At the 24th minute, a fight takes place in the dire forest, where Team Spirit spent all their resources, but nobody was killed and they retreated. At this time, Roshan appears, and is immediately taken by Liquid, after which they go to the enemy high ground. Thanks to excellent play from TORONTOTOKYO on Puck, Oracle died and Liquid retreated for a while. Luna has Aegis and 20 thousand net worth. However, Shadow Demon plays against her, and Tidehunter buys Heaven's Halberd. Without waiting for their support, Liquid retried and destroyed only the T3 tower, losing Centaur Warrunner and Aegis on Luna. At 35 minutes Drow Ranger with Lion tries to push the bottom lane. Liquid sees this, and Suma1L on Invoker bypasses them from behind and tries to kill Drow Ranger. However, Yatoro pressed Manta Style, survived and killed Invoker, to which the rest of Liquid's heroes rushed to help. But Miposhka on Lion has chosen a good position and stops Centaur Warrunner and Enchantress. After that, all Spirit heroes are joining the fight. Tidehunter cast Ravage, Drow Ranger shoot, Liquid loses four heroes with no buybacks. Spirit destroyed the barracks on the bottom lane, took Roshan and completely turned the game over in their favor. Shadow Demon takes Aghanim's Scepter from Roshan, making it easier to kill Liquid heroes. Further, Team Spirit aggressively enters the high ground, destroys the barracks and forces Liquid core heroes to press buy back. As soon as Luna tried to leave the base, the Spirit pressed Smoke of Deceit and ended the game with a surprise attack, killing all opponents.