posted by Supafida,
took the leading position in their groups
, defeating all opponents who stood in their path andfinishing with a 3-0 score.
LGD: Earth Spirit and Morphling carried the day
PSG.LGD is on a roll after successfully qualifying for the Shanghai Major. They certainly brought their A game to Minsk,
winning all their matchups against Evil Geniuses, Team Spirit and Fnatic
in the opening day.It is certainly not difficult to identify the reason for LGD’s success. The support duo Zeng Rong 'MMY' Lei – Leong 'ddc' Fatmeng played a substantial role in securing an undefeated day one. In particular,
MMY’s Earth Spirit
proved to be a valuable asset, setting up kills and providing great utility as well as damage in combats. Accurate Rolling Boulders and Boulder Smashes helped securing the lanes for LGD’s cores at the early game as whenever MMY made a rotation, it would lead to a kill.MMY secured first blood for LGD with the help from Darkseer
The other player who contributed to LGD’s 3-0 run yesterday is their star carry Liu 'Sylar' Jiajun, who has been playing phenomenally since the new patch. In particular, he seemed to have brought
Morphling
– a forgotten carry hero – back in style. Wai Pern 'Net' Lim died almost immediately to Morphling's lethal combo
Often opting for the
“shotgun” build
, with Power Treads, Linken’s Sphere and Ethereal Blade, Sylar was able to instantly blow up enemy heroes from a safe distance, giving LGD number in combats. Almost always topping the net worth chart as the game approaches thirty minutes, Sylar is definitely a formidable carry to watch in the next days of Starladder.Liquid: Great teamfights and clutch saves brought them to the top
In the other group, Team Liquid is mirroring LGD’s stellar performance. Having beaten
compLexity Gaming, Vega Squadron * and most notably Team Secret
, Liquid ended their day with also a 3-0 streak. However, slightly different from LGD, Liquid’s success can be attributed to the entire team as a whole, as they displayedsuperb synergy and teamwork
, which was shown through superiorly executed combats. Ivan 'MinD_ContRoL' Borislavov pulled off a multiple-hero Vacuum-Walk combo after Adrian 'Fata' Trinks had dropped the "meatball"
Picking heroes with great AoE spells such as
Tidehunter, Invoker or Darkseer
, Liquid managed to pull off greatly-timed combos that turned combats into their favour.Defensive support picks
also seemed to work out great for Liquid. ClutchFalse Promises and Shallow Graves
many times saved Adrian 'Fata' Trinks and Lasse 'Matumbaman' Urpalainen from imminent death, wasting the opponents’ firepower and major cooldowns, resulting in Liquid managing to outlast and outdamage their enemies. Kuro S. 'KuroKy' Takhasomi's impeccable use of Oracle's ultimate saved FATA- from grave danger
With these results, it is almost certain that LGD and Liquid will advance to the next round, having placed top 3 in their respective groups. Other teams who cross paths with them will surely have to watch out for these Major qualifier winners.
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