

Oracle and Earth Spirit get some play time
The nature of Elimination mode allowed for hero picks we would normally never see. Heroes that have been picked or banned in one game of a series, are taken out of the hero pool which leads to teams being forced to use a wider array of picks.
Suck picks include




Some notable heroes that didn't get to see any action were Techies and Oracle, with the latter only getting banned once during the whole event. This is curious seeing as how some pros have gone out to say how imbalanced the game would be if Oracle were introduced into Captain's Mode.
The biggest upset in the Elimination Mode was




Bamboe taking on Alliance practically by himself
The sexiest Bamboe
4 Clovers & Lepricon, on the other hand, were absolutely emphatic throughout the entire tournament as previously stated. A large part of their success was the absolutely amazing performance of Bamboe, who on more than one occasion single handedly kept the game under his teams control.
His most notable performances were his Sand King game against Alliance and his Nightstalker in the final game against Digital Chaos, with his constant aggression and punishment against

With the success of Elimination Mode, it'll be interesting to see if we'll be seeing more tournaments like it from MoonDuck TV. If it continues to be this successful, maybe we'll see an Elimination Mode tournament on the scale of XMG Captain's Draft. Only time will tell.
Final Standings
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Were you a fan of the Elimination Mode format?
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