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Cloud 9 takes down Na'Vi with an impressive performance in the first game.
Pregame Natus Vincere0:0Cloud 9 After the usual Lycan and Batrider bans, Na'Vi removes Brewmaster from the pool and Cloud 9 bans out Tinker. First pick comes out as Na'Vi grab themselves Enigma. The answer from Cloud 9 sounds the return of their first two heroes of last game, Doom and Shadow Shaman. The first phase of this draft ends with yet another Faceless Void for Na'Vi. Aui_2000 will not get to play Visage in this game either as Na'Vi bans him out once again. Tidehunter hits the board as Cloud 9 throws him in with the first pick of the second phase, answered by an Invoker for Na'Vi, who will be facing up against the Templar Assassin for Cloud 9. The fourth hero for Na'Vi will be Venomancer to give them some more pushing power. This draft unfolds with a Chen for Cloud 9 and a Witch Doctor as second support for Na'Vi.00:00 Natus Vincere0:0Cloud 9 Interesting rotations from Na'Vi as they bring Venomancer to the midlane to fight against Templar Assassin.03:00 Natus Vincere0:1Cloud 9 Cloud 9 claims first blood once again in the midlane, where Venomancer dies to the 2-man rotations from Cloud 9, where the courier gets sniped as well.07:00 Natus Vincere2:3Cloud 9 More kills being traded back and forth as the action starts to unleash.08:30 Natus Vincere4:3Cloud 9 A great fight for Na'Vi in the midlane as they bring down 2 heroes and the tier 1 tower.09:30 Natus Vincere5:5Cloud 9 Cloud 9 stops the siege of Na'Vi in botlane and bring down 2 heroes with their tp-support, yet Dendi snipes off a low health member of Cloud 9 with Sunstrike.11:00 Natus Vincere9:5Cloud 9 Na'Vi wrecks up 4 kills as they unleash their big ultimates in the botlane.12:00 Natus Vincere10:6Cloud 9 A one for one trade in the toplane is the next thing happening, while the engament ends with a deny on Dendi, who was doomed.14:00 Natus Vincere11:7Cloud 9 Another equal trade in the toplane as they siege the tower.15:00 Natus Vincere11:8Cloud 9 Doom brings more kills to the board as Cloud 9 jumps in to fight, after which they turn towards Roshan.16:00 Natus Vincere11:8Cloud 9 Cloud 9 decides to back off from this Aegis as Na'Vi peeks around the corner, which leads to a tier 2 tower going down in midlane on the Dire side.17:30 Natus Vincere12:8Cloud 9 This time around, Na'Vi moves into the pit and take down Roshan after a pick-off on Shadow Shaman.19:00 Natus Vincere18:9Cloud 9 Na'Vi sieges the tier 3 tower in the midlane as a big fight breaks out, where they deploy their ultimates once more and clean up the barracks in the midlane after wrecking up 6 kills, including a dieback on Templar Assassin.21:00 Natus Vincere23:9Cloud 9 Na'Vi equals the score as they march down the toplane, wiping Cloud 9 on the way to their second set of barracks. Cloud 9 can't defend anymore and they call the "GG" after only 21 minutes on the clock.The strong ultimates from Na'Vi brings them back into the match and towards the deciding game 3.
Pregame Cloud 90:0Natus Vincere The third game features Doom once more as Cloud 9 picks him up for the third time in a row, followed by Brewmaster and Shadow Shaman for Na'Vi. Skywrath Mage ends the first phase of this draft. The next part commences with Nature's Prophet for Na'Vi, after which Cloud 9 picks up Ember Spirit again. Na'Vi opts for a Death Prophet for the midlane, clearly indicating their desire to push to victory in this third game. Clockwerk gets picked up by Cloud 9 at the end of the second phase. Ancient Apparition finishes the crew for Na'Vi, while a Bounty Hunter reaches the stage as Cloud 9 picks him up to complete their line-up.02:00 Cloud 91:0Natus Vincere Once again, Cloud 9 gets the 400 gold from first blood in midlane by rotating two heroes into Dendi's face.04:00 Cloud 92:0Natus Vincere More hate towards Dendi as they bring him down with yet another 2-man rotation.05:00 Cloud 94:1Natus Vincere Two more kills go the way of Cloud 9 as they bring them down in the toplane, while Na'Vi gets a first kill in the botlane.06:00 Cloud 98:2Natus Vincere The score gets doubled on both sides as Cloud 9 wrecks the Na'Vi members who tried to siege down the bottom tower, after which Ember Spirit gets picked off on the toplane by Na'Vi.08:00 Cloud 910:3Natus Vincere Once again, Doom delivers more action as his doom was off cooldown, leading to a 2 for 1 trade and a tier 1 tower in the toplane for Cloud 9.12:00 Cloud 912:5Natus Vincere Action has bursted to full capacity as kills keep happening all over the map, yet Na'Vi finally bring down the bottom tier 1 tower.14:00 Cloud 916:6Natus Vincere Cloud 9 continues to wreck up kills as they bring down Dendi once more and transition into a tier 1 tower.16:00 Cloud 916:7Natus Vincere After a good pick-off on Bounty Hunter, Na'Vi claims the first Roshan of this game with Serpent Wards.19:00 Cloud 916:7Natus Vincere The game rolls on steadily while Cloud 9 waits for the Aegis to expire.20:00 Cloud 919:9Natus Vincere Despite the advantage of Aegis, Na'Vi loses the next fight once again.22:00 Cloud 922:10Natus Vincere Another engagement on the toplane leads to yet another won fight for Cloud 9, as Clockwerk leads his friends and initiates once more onto Na'Vi.25:00 Cloud 923:10Natus Vincere Shadow Shaman gets blown up by hookshot and Mystic Flare, and Cloud 9 turns it into another tower as the tier 2 in midlane falls.26:00 Cloud 928:10Natus Vincere Na'Vi gets wiped by Cloud 9 in their own jungle.27:30 Cloud 929:10Natus Vincere Once again, Shadow Shaman gets deleted from the map by the burst damage of Cloud 9.29:00 Cloud 934:12Natus Vincere A great hookshot turns around what looked like a decent fight for Na'Vi, wiping them for the second time this game. Cloud 9 marches forward and takes down the tier 3 tower in midlane, as well as the melee barracks.31:00 Cloud 938:12Natus Vincere With a final move, Na'Vi smokes up their entire line-up, looking for a pick-off in the Radiant jungle. Unfortunately, Cloud 9 was prepared for this as they destroy Na'Vi in this battle, who call the "GG" right after SingSing gets an Ultra Kill on his Ember Spirit.Na'Vi gets knocked out of the tournament by an unleashed Cloud 9.
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This article was written by Tom Laeremans, joinDOTA's Writer. Tom finally made his way to Dota last year after two years of "training" in LoL. In his spare time after college, he spends most of his time behind the computer outside his football addiction.Location: Testelt, BelgiumFollow him on @Morantyx.
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