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I was really hoping to see Secret go all the way this year, but how can you not root for Spirit after watching them steamroll through everyone with pure aggressive play?
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Well to be fair, LGD also steamrolled everyone, and generally not with passive play. They only dropped 2 games total until the grand finals(one in group, one in main stage). TeamSpirit is the underdog and they had a much longer path there so obviously you want to root for them more and they're showing some excelent stuff, those Magnus plays are disgustingly good but yeah LGD didn't get to the finals with pure luck, they've been basically the #1 favorite to win and they didn't choke the whole tournament, they're just being outclassed so far. Also why I wouldn't count them out until Spirit secures that win, cause LGD is definitely the kind of team who can reverse sweep and make it look like the first 2 games didn't even phase them.
Magnus PA though... that's the kind of draft that can win against anything if the RNG gods are on your side, so looking good for the 3-0. Ah Tinker though, might not go so good if they don't EMP him.
Magnus PA though... that's the kind of draft that can win against anything if the RNG gods are on your side, so looking good for the 3-0. Ah Tinker though, might not go so good if they don't EMP him.
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Yeah Tinker does that though, if you can't kill him or lock him down, what are you gonna do with blind on and getting peppered constantly by nukes. The panel actually hit the nail on the head on that last Tinker pick, it was basically barely countered, while countering pretty much all the strat Team Spirit was going for. Bloodseeker, Spectre and Undying providing constant permanent vision for Tinker to just spam rockets and lasers is just game losing unless you snowball right away and end at like 20mins. Rubick also countered Magnus shenanigans nicely, instant lift is strong, and spellsteal lets you do the same shit too.
At least Spirit bought themselves a few games to try to get that last win, so can still be hopeful, if it goes to 5 though I don't know if they'll mentally still be in it, especially since they're probably a lot more tired than LGD.
Edit: Well that's looking like a game 5.
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Separate from the momentum which is completely against them now, letting through Tiny + Lyan + Kunkka against PSG.LGD seems... unwise.
Spirit deserve to win this so much, amazing how they will jump in headfirst to make plays over and over again, even after losing 2 games.
