Team Secret og Virtus.pro finalister The International 2022: Last Chance Qualifier
Maksym ShylovThe semi-finals of the upper bracket of the qualifying tournament for The International 2022 called Last Chance Qualifier have ended. The best teams that did not qualify for TI fought in bo3 matches. You can read about the results of the first day of the playoffs in the news on our website. Below is a summary of past matches.
T1 vs Team Secret
Team Secret started the first map more confidently than their opponent. The players exchanged lanes, Resolut1on went to mid against Topson who played Oracle, and Nisha went to farm to the top. At the 6th minute the score was 3:1. On the 14th T1 they win the fight, killing Ursa and Leshrac, and losing only 1 hero. After that, Puppey and the team promptly took Roshan, which increased their opening on gold by 3,000. Puppey and the team did not implement Aegis of Immortal, but this did not stop them from making several single kills and increasing the advantage over T1 even more, the score on the map is 8:7 in favor of Secret. At the 26th minute, Team Secret have a perfect fight, making a teamwipe. Immediately after that, Resolut1on and the team, along with a crowd of jungle creeps, break the mid lane, as well as the T3 tower on the top. 27 minutes was enough for Team Secret to force T1 to write “gg” in the chat. The score on the map was 22:10 in favor of the European team.
T1 opened an account on the second map. At the 5th minute, Whitemon risked death at the hands of Secret's Beastmaster, but managed to surrender to neutral creeps, depriving Team Secret of gold and experience. Team Secret have a good fight in the 14th minute, killing two opponent's heroes. The score on the map was 6:7, and Secret had less than 1,000 advantage. T1 did a great job with Night Stalker's ultimate along with the double damage rune, winning the fight. After that, Team Secret kill Roshan, although Whitemon tried to steal the Aegis of Immortal, he made a mistake with the timing and died. On the 25th mass brawl, Team Secret prevailed, the representatives of Southeast Asia tried to catch the opponent on the Aegis of Immortal timing, but miscalculated. A teamwipe in 29th from Puppey and his team mates took them one step closer to a place in the upper bracket final. After winning another battle, the European club destroyed the T1 top lane and went to kill Roshan. After that, Team Liquid demolishes the remaining two sides at the T1 highground. Buyouts didn't help Topson and his teammates fight back. Team Secret doubled the score in the series with a score of 31:18 in almost 38 minutes and advanced to the final of the upper bracket of the qualifiers.
Virtus.pro vs. Team Liquid
In the first 7 minutes of the match, the teams managed to make several kills. But the carries of both teams showed almost equal farm. On 9th, using Faceless Void's Chronosphere, Liquid ganked a mid lane gpk. The teams could not determine the leader, exchanging kills from time to time. At the 19th minute, Virtus.pro had a 2,000 gold advantage. Team Liquid had a weak fight in the 29th minute, losing 3 heroes and failing to finish Morphling played by RAMZES666. On the 33rd, MATUMBAMAN and the team lost another fight near the lair of Roshan, giving the Aegis of Immortal to the opponent. VP was now leading by 5,000 gold. The Russian team finally seized the initiative on the map. Xakoda and teammates took down the top lane, won a few fights and had a 15,000 lead in the 40th minute. Team Liquid come back into the game, killing almost the entire VP team, forcing them to buy out. MATUMBAMAN and his teammates take out Roshan, closing the gap in total cost to 7,000. The European team broke the central line and T3 on the bottom. The score on the map was 30:36 in favor of Team Liquid, the club had a 4,000 advantage in gold. On the 55th, Liquid again won an important fight, forcing the enemy to buy out. Gpk and DM died after the ransom. Team Liquid killed the third Roshan and went to finish the game. But RAMZES666 had other plans, the VP team's carry was able to pull the opposing team away by destroying the T4 towers on the Liquid high ground. At the 59th minute, Liquid won the decisive fight and ended the map with a score of 48:31.
At the 3rd minute, Team Liquid kill RAMZES666 and Xakoda on the top lane, opening an account on the second map. Virtus.pro managed to seize the initiative and take the lead in terms of farming. Xakoda and the team were leading by 5,000 gold, and the score on the map was 13:12 in favor of Team Liquid. Team VP's Nature's Prophet was 2,000 gold ahead of MATUMBAMAN, who played Lone Druid, in terms of farming. In team battles, Team Liquid looked better by the 27th minute. On the 30th, Liquid kill 4 heroes of the opponent, losing only the carries of their team. The European club was in the lead with a score of 26:21. Virtus.pro managed to win a couple of battles and take down Liquid's mid lane. At the 40th minute, the score on the map was 30:28. MATUMBAMAN and the team kill VP heroes in the high ground and start breaking T4, although it would be more efficient to break two more sides of the opponent. Virtus.pro leveled the series in 44 minutes with 34:40, with a 22,000 gold advantage.
The start of the third map was not the best for Team Liquid. The team died 8 times in 12 minutes and made 13 kills, losing 2,000 gold to Virtus.pro. Team Liquid made a number of mistakes, which allowed the Russian team to lead in the 25th minute with a score of 16:11, having 6,000 refarms. VP win the third map with a score of 21:11 and advance to the upper bracket final.
Matcher historie: The International 2022: Last Chance Qualifier
Recall that The International 2022: Last Chance Qualifier runs from October 8 to 12 this year in a LAN format. The venue was Singapore. The 12 teams that did not qualify for The International 2022 based on DPC points are fighting for the last 2 slots for the World Championship.
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Maksym har arbejdet hos EGamersWorld siden 2017. Han kom til virksomheden i løbet af sit første år på universitetet og arbejdede som oversætter indtil 2022. Derefter begyndte Maksym at arbejde som redaktør. Hans hoveddisciplin er Dota 2, og med tiden blev Maksyms ansvar udvidet til også at omfatte CS:GO, CS2 og Valorant. Som redaktør udgiver han desuden forskellige materialer om gaming-emner.