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After the surprising opening game of the series where we witnessed the resilience of the young Chinese squad, many expected Team Secret to return in the series with a strong bounce back in Game 2. But as it turned out, EHOME was ready and prepared from the start of the draft to explosive conclusion of the final Upper Bracket series of the day.
RotK was a part of huge highlights time and time again in the final game of the series


It is difficult to single out a player from cn EHOME as a star of the second game, because it truly was a complete team performance. After Secret showed their hand early in the draft with a second pick Anti-Mage, surely going into the capable hands of Arteezy, EHOME arranged a terrifying draft balanced with team-fighting as well as pickoff potential.

cn Chen 'Cty' Tianyu's Templar Assassin was out of control from the start, seeing as EHOME's midlaner faced little pressure from Secret's supports as they prioritized Arteezy's lane. CTY led with a sizeable farm advantage throughout the match, keeping ahead of one of the most repubtable and notorious farmers in the world in Arteezy's AM. Building into a crippling Desolator and Blink Dagger build, CTY joined cn Zhi Cheng 'LaNm' Zhang's Night Stalker in bringing down Secret's superstar farmer over and over.

Secret attempted to fight their way back into the game pairing se Ludwig 'zai' Wåhlberg's Axe behind Arteezy's split-pushes, preparing ambushes from the treelines with every EHOME response. But over and over, the Chinese squad dismantled Secret's ploys, often with cn Bai 'rOtK' Fan's Blinking in and disrupting with Vacuum and Mekansm to rescue teammates.

Team Secret ahead of their first match - @DOTA2


EHOME finished off Secret in a surprisingly comfortable manner, stringing pickoff after pickoff on crucial heroes. Secret, tasked with fighting back into the game with teammates on respawn, and facing a huge disadvantage in farm and XP, could not stand up to the overwhelming damage and teamfighting lineup from EHOME.

At the conclusion of the sweep, the audience in Key Arena caught a glimpse of the team captain and TI4 runner-up cn Bai 'rOtK' Fan as he sat down with Kaci for a short interview. His lighthearted comments on the shocking results of the series was classic RotK--but he had a serious message for the rest of the world.

RotK stated that he had learned the lessons from last years failure in the Finals with VG, and that this year he had done his prepartion. From what we saw in this dominanting victory for the legendary Chinese team EHOME, the Return of the King has come alongside the arrival of new young superstars.

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