Ct-1 (ROA) vs T_T

ROA at Scourge : Sven, Veno , Zeus , Qop , Tinker
T_T : Warlock , Medusa , Lina , Nerubian Assasin , Sandking

Heroes banned : Spec , Bb , SF , (forgot)

First of all congratulations to ROA for a game well played. They dominated the game from start till end with no surprises at all from me considering the way they are playing lately.

Lets look at the draft. ROA cleverly took out Loda's SF and Spec which virtually destroyed T_T's global strat and negated the legendary SF from Loda. Cant understand why they left Sandking in the draft though considering Kwom's proficiency in using that hero. Perhaps its to allow Kindaichi to play it when the drafting starts. They proceeded to pick a solid lineup with heavy nuking dmg. Sven initiator will quickly invite a blink+fan from Qop , Zeus double lighting combo and a Tinker Laser+Missile combo. A hero that caught in this line of fire will surely die. If ROA is lucky , they can get 2. This simple move really looks straight forward , but it requires full concentration and lots of training to get it done so beautifully.

T_T on the other hand drafted weirdly but I will try to make some sense into them. Medusa is to counter Sven with Purge a good spell to negate god strength and slows a sven even with BKB. NA Lina at mid is to counter Tinker's spamming of missiles. Double stun combo initiated by NA will kill any hero early game. Sandking is one of their favourite heroes and is picked first by them. Warlock looks good in team battles and is always a danger with its Inferno.
Put it all together we have a mess. They expect the 4 heroes with a certain level of stun to kill alot and "hope" Medusa farms out good item to gg all. Well well , interesting play style if you are facing a noob team and childish at its best.
They played funny too , exposing themselves to a lot unexpected deaths. End game score was 46/18 kills with all of them having negative scores.

ROA proceed to pawn them like they should be from the drafts alone. If mKvL picked the same heroes for the final of Sino Net tournament , ROA will surely feel insulted. ROA is not supposed to lose to this kind of drafts and they proved themselves worthy by beating them with a wide margin with Paulyan's Qop capping a man of the match performance by getting the Beyond Godlike kill at the 47th min.

When T_T lost to MYM at Dreamhack they claim they are working on a super strat to turn the tables on MYM. My guess is , since they are certainly to qualify for the next stage , they are not at full strength in this game and draft something new to test. ROA responded well by beating them badly as they deserve with these kind of drafts. So , are they noobs who only plays a few heroes or a sleeping giant awaiting to unleash its power ? Watch their replays to find out.

This post has been edited by underminer: Jun 26 2007, 09:08 PM