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Three more teams secured their place at the Shanghai Major, with Archon edging out Digital Chaos for the first ticket in the NA Regionals.


LGD Gaming not extended a direct invite but still qualify for the Major
LGD Gaming qualified for the Shanghai Major after a 2-0 win over cn iG.Vitality, a talent team who made it all the way to the WB Final while their big brother cn Invictus Gaming did not even make it to the playoffs. LGD Gaming finished 7-8th at the Frankfurt Major but did not receive a direct invite for the upcoming Shanghai Major.

LGD Gaming took the first of two invites for China, and successfully experimented with a few of the rising heroes during the Regionals including Zeus for cn Bai 'rOtK' Fan and cn Yao 'Somnus' Lu plus Earth Spirit for cn Zeng Rong 'MMY' Lei.

LD: "It's Archon who snatched it away from Digital Cramps"
Meanwhile, in SEA and NA the first teams to qualify for the Shanghai Major were rather unexpected. Team Archon finished top of their group and exiled us compLexity Gaming to the lower-brackets of the playoffs before a tight 2-1 victory over Digital Chaos to secure their ticket to the Shanghai Major.




It was a tour de force by us Brian 'FLUFFNSTUFF' Lee's latest team, with us David 'Moo' Hull playing a key role on one of his trademark heroes Earthshaker. Digital Chaos made an risky decision to choose to base race despite having Aegis and Cheese - although they had already burned the majority of their buybacks.

It was a Templar Assassin and Bristleback for DC who tped over to Archon's base but with minimal pushing power and us Brian 'FLUFFNSTUFF' Lee and us Jaron 'Monkeys-Forever' Clinton on duty with Witch Doctor and Disruptor to buy time for their team, Digital Chaos attempts were in vain. "It's Archon who snatched it away from Digital Cramps, and that is going to hurt..like a bitch," said LD on BTS' cast.




Fnatic will not miss out on the Shanghai Major
Meanwhile Int Fnatic, who had an early exit at WCA 2015 in December after releasing de Dominik 'Black^' Reitmeier and replacing him with their coach my Ahmad 'ADTR' Syazwan, secured their spot via the SEA Regionals after a 2-0 against kr MVP Phoenix*.

Although ADTR was moved to the bench for the Regionals, and Fnatic instead put their trust in my Yeik Nai 'MidOne' Zheng despite his minimal competitive experience, a decision which ultimately worked out nicely for the mid player.

What is more in the process of qualifying for Shanghai Fnatic also defeated my Orange.Taring*, the "national Dota 2 team of Malaysia", which should be a nice bonus for my Chai 'Mushi' Yee Fung and his team-mates. This will not be the first Major for Fnatic, they also attended the Frankfurt Major but were unfortunately one of the first four teams to be eliminated at the main event where they finished 13-16th.

The team will be attending the Starladder 13 LAN finals next week along with eu Team Liquid and cn PSG.LGD, which will be good opportunity to get in some practise together on the international stage with their new addition(s) ahead of the Shanghai Major.

First four qualified teams for the Shanghai Major
EU: eu Team Liquid
US: us Team Archon*
SEA: Int Fnatic
CHINA: cn PSG.LGD

There are four more slots available, which will all be decided today.

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