The Internationals SEA Qualifiers

TNC, Fnatic, and last but not the least Execration secures their spot on the upcoming big event from Valve. The Internationals Dota 2 Tournament. After three days of astonishing battle from 10 teams across South East Asia. These three teams prove that they are the best dota 2 teams in the South East Asian region. And have a chance to show the world that they have the guts to become the best dota 2 team in the world.

On day 2 of the SEA qualifiers TNC manage to get the first spot or the first position to qualify in the tournament after beating the Fnatic in the best of 1 match on day 2. However Fnatic make their comeback and secure the second spot of the tournament to qualify in the internationals after beating Clutch Gamers with a score of 2 – 0. And lastly team Execration manages to get the third and last spot for the qualifiers. It is an exciting match against Clutch Gamers, especially the 3^rd or the last match which takes around more than 60minutes of game time, no one knows who will win that match. No one wants to give up on the chance to get the last spot for the upcoming tournament by Valve.

I hope these three teams will go further on the upcoming internationals or get the title of being the best dota 2 team in the world. Who knows, every year there are many surprising moments that shock the whole dota 2 community. We can’t speak for the teams on what they get on the tournament, I’m pretty sure you’re also excited on the upcoming internationals like me. I will post again for some update for the teams on the other region that get the spot to qualify on the internationals. Thanks for reading!

TI7: The International 2017

              

The time has come again, the international 2017 has already started their regional qualifiers across the globe. Teams from different region will battle to take the spot in the international. After the qualifiers 16 teams from different region will compete to prove that they are best team in the world.

                Last year team Wings gaming claim the title of the best team in the world. After an intense best of 7 match with team Digital Chaos (DC) in the championship round. Wings’ gaming proves that their unorthodox play style and almost unpredictable hero picking is the best strategy during the time of the international 2016. But i think this year will be a different story, there are too many changes on the game after the TI6 not only the mechanics and the physical appearance of the map etc. Many pro players struggle in those changes, but of course they adjust on these changes pretty fast and think of some strategy that they know it will be the best on the current patch or META.

                So what do you think guys? Which team will bring home the title?. For me as an EG fan boy😁. They will take the title again. I love their calmness and focus in the game, even if they are losing in early and mid-game they always come up a different strategy or a play that makes you say wow and surprisingly win the game. But who knows no one can predict the result of this event. Like last year too many upsetting and shocking moments happened. Comment below your thoughts about the upcoming TI7. Thanks for reading!😉

Dota 2 : Team Secret New Set Of Player’s Confirmed

After the big upset on the international tournament, Team Secret Announced that Artour ‘Arteezy’ Babaev, Jacky ‘Eternal Envy’ Mao and Sam ‘Bulba’ Sosale will be departed on the team. But this day Team Secret announced their new set of players Pyo 'MP' No-a, Yeik 'MidOne' Nai Zheng and Lee 'Forev' Sang-don wiil be joining team secret. All three are from Asia, two from South Korea team MVP and one from Malaysian team Fnatic. 

Dota 2 : Team Secret Roster

Pyo 'MP' No-a

Yeik 'MidOne' Nai Zheng

Lee 'Forev' Sang-don

Clement 'Puppey' Ivanov

Johan 'pieliedie' Astrom

I’m pretty sure Team Secret fans will be shocked on this new set of players. I didn’t even think that they will get a player from SEA. We all know that MidOne show his Excellency during the international 6 tournament. Let’s see how far they can go this year with this new team roster. I hope all the best for this team because im a Team Secret fan also. If you have any reaction on Team Secret new players please comment below. Thanks for reading!

Dota 2 : Two New Heroes

Yes you read it right two new heroes will be release, during the Internationals tournament valve officially announce that there are two new heroes will release. These heroes are abyssal underlord that will be released on august 23 and monkey king that will be released this fall no exact date. 

all dota 2 fans watching the internationals was excited on the time they announce that abyssal underlord is going to be release everyone is cheering so loud because of it. It happened before the all-star match begins; and NoTail is the one has the privilege to use it first. dota 2 fans didn’t know that valve has another surprise, they thought that only 1  new hero will be announce during the Internationals tournament. The crowd goes crazy when they show the monkey king teaser everyone was shouting and cheering and they are all excited, i think they are more excited on this than the final match between DC and Wings Gaming.

Dota 2 fans have their own prediction on monkey king, some says it will be the monkey king on WC3 i also think it is the monkey king from WC3. Some says it will gonna be look like Wukong of League of Legends or monkey king of Heroes of Newerth. Monkey king is remain a mystery on what skill or play style it will be, but I’m pretty sure that this hero will be a tricky one. Let’s just wait until valve will release it. 

Let’s talk about abyssal underlord also known as pitlord on WC3. I’m pretty sure that almost all of you know pitlord especially gamers who play Wacraft 3 dota. Abyssal underlord is a magic type intelligence hero, i think this hero is flexible on laning you can use it in mid lane, safe lane or tri lane because of its skills. You can spam your 1st skill on creep lane and go back on safe area under your tower to avoid getting ganked by enemy team. You can also support your teammate by harassing the enemy team on lane so that your teammates have a chance to farm freely during the early game. Look at the image below to see abyssal underlord set of skills. 

I have a reminder for you guys, if these new heroes was released avoid playing MMR game. Why? Because almost every player will go crazy to use this new hero they dont care what will be the outcome of the game. If you are planning to rank up your mmr this is not the time for that, forget ranking mmr for a week or when the new hero hype is gone. Thanks for Reading!

Dota 2 Hero Draft

Before the game starts your team and enemy team will pick the hero that they think will gonna lead them to victory, hero that can counter the enemy team strategy or hero that can outplay your enemy team it is called the drafting phase. Aside from picking your team heroes each team can also ban 5 heroes from the hero pool you should think carefully on this phase its a mind battle between the two teams.
 

 Here is the sequence of picking and banning heroes.

How does banning hero affect the game?

It affect your enemy team strategy so much, it can ruin your enemy team strategy by banning the hero they need to execute their plan in mind. It is like you have a gun but you don’t have a bullet.

Does the good drafting affect the game?

Yes it is as i said you can counter enemy team heroes or outplay them. But not all good drafts lead you to victory you should execute your team play well to make it effective. It is like you have a gun loaded with bullets but you can’t hit your enemies, you should know how to use it at the right time not just firing it is enough.

 In order to win in a team fight each of you should know what they role is and when is the right timing to use your skills to outplayed your enemy. and the right timing to execute your plans."

Pro dota 2 teams have their own notes of each individual player of other team. They are researching on what are the other team play style how they execute in clash what hero does individual player good at so that can think of a strategy to outplay the other teams before they fight against them.

Dota 2 heroes has 3 attributes Agi(agility) Str(strength) Int(intelligence) every heroes have their main attributes its either agi, str or int. you can buy items according to their attributes to make you more stronger through the game but it does not apply every time. for some hero itemization may be different.

for example : you pick an int hero and you buy intelligence items to boost your hero damage but your enemy kill you so easily because you're too squishy. So in order to be more durable and useful in team fight you should buy items that boost your armor and hp(health) or you can also buy escaping items so that enemy heroes can’t kill you in an instant.

I recommend you to watch some videos of pro dota 2 teams to learn more about strategies and hero itemization. I'm also watching dota 2 tournaments and i learn a lot from them.

I hope you understand what i want to explain in this article. Thanks for reading! 😉

The International Tournament Champion : Team Wings Gaming

Team Wings Gaming from China claim the title of the best dota 2 team all over the world in the Internationals Dota 2 tournament. After the intense battle wings prove that they are the best, defeating Digital Chaos with a score of 3-1 best of 5 series. They will bring home the aegis of immortal and the cash prize of $9,000,000. Almost all dota 2 fans didn’t expect that team Wings gaming will win the tournament, they prove that their unpredictable drafting and play style is the best among all of the 16 teams battled in this tournament. Let’s try to analyze the games on how team Wings defeated team DC. I will keep it short so bear with me guys.
 

Game 1

Sorry guys but i didn't watch game 1 so i don’t have any thoughts on the first game. But DC got the first round

Game 2

    On game 2 i thought that team DC got this game, But because of a single mistake by w33 ha from team DC everything change. Team Wings Gaming able to turn around and the situation because of that mistake from w33 they manage to take 2 sets of barracks, mid lane and top lane, team DC can’t do anything to stop team Wings gaming destroying their base. 

Game 3

This game obviously a game for team Wings their beautiful initiation and good individual plays lead them to victory. Team DC can’t do anything to counter team Wings on game 3.

Game 4

I think team Wings have enough knowledge about team DC i don’t know if the drafter (innocence) of team Wings is just a genius or they research enough about the other teams. They outplayed totally team DC in the laning phase, But team DC manage to adjust in the situation they rotate their hero laning in order to adopt on the aggression of team Wings. But after turning of events wings defeated team DC and they are on the top of the Dota world

Digital chaos manages to defeat the TI 5 champion Evil Geniuses with a score of 2-0 Best of 3 games. But they have been defeated by the Chinese team Wings gaming on the final round. There are so many upsets in this tournament. All the teams that every dota 2 fans predicted to win didn’t manage to claim the title. Even the two majors tournament champion team OG didn’t manage to reach the top, they have been defeated by the unknown team from the Philippines TNC Pro Gaming everyone was shocked on the result of that match. And the powerhouse team also, Team Secret didn’t manage to claim the title or even in the semifinals. Let’s see next year if Team Wings Gaming can defend their title or there will be a new team will snatch the title from the champion. Every team all over the world has a chance again to train themselves to compete on the Internationals next year and be the best Dota 2 team all over the world. 

All thoughts in this article is made by me alone, i admit that I’m not a professional gamer or analyst. if you have any problems or some things need to clarify please comment below.