ITB's teamfight dynamics is extremely impressive. Down by almost 20k in game 3 but they make Tundra look like they're far ahead in items and literally just everything. Great usage and timing of skills from ITB, and this version of Tundra post-TI seems to be scrambling to get their shit together especially on teamfights. Really hard to win against a Naga pick with Lesh being the most reliable wave clear, and you can't really expose this hero on the lane most of the time because you need him to be in team fights, otherwise any fight you'll be taking without the Lesh is a suicide mission.
29K lead and they just got the Rosh, this game will definitely be Tundra. Credit to ITB for giving a good fight even when they are down most of the time in Game 3. Their high-ground defense is awesome. Tundra is still having a hard time pushing the high ground even with the lead they have. Given more time, ITB will be a real threat to WEU teams. Their dynamics, as you said, is impressive and would probably improve more as the DPC season progresses.
Crazy that a 6-slotted Naga siren and a Scythe Tidehunter cannot crack that high ground defense early on against a Lesh without the help of a shard.
ITB will surely mature into a more developed team if they continue joining Tier 2 tournaments. As of late, they're only exposed against tier 3 teams and IMO that's not enough training ground for them to really hone their skills. But individually, they really have a good understanding of Dota, they just have to push through with what they know and keep on grinding.
It seems like all the noise already reduced to nothingness. Haven't really read anything about it today, which is kinda weird because this is DPC and people should make a fuss about it given that it's a big thing. Quite disappointed with Valve for not being proactive in the situation really.
I'm guessing the evidence that was given to Valve wasn't enough to determine if they were actually cheating even though there were hints already. At least they're still keeping up their level of play though, and managed to beat XG a few days ago.
Maybe. That or Valve is still under investigating everything on the client side. When it comes to throwing matches, they can easily figure those out, but it's weird when it comes to cheating allegations they can't really give a fast and definite answer to the allegations. If I were Valve, I will be releasing a statement as soon as I know whether a team cheated or not.
Riki is the new meta it seems! It's been so damn long for this hero to finally shine again and this patch , if you have time in weekend to play a game with Riki , please do , it's mega fun! No wonder why , even Tundra has strategies involving Riki and they turned the game around in their favor last night , as they were down 1-0 , picked Riki twice and won by 2-1.
Hah! Been spamming Riki for a week now as pos 4 and I can say that early shard to get the sleeping dart is something cool. It helps you land perfect timings and disable enemies for 4 (or 5?) seconds while the rest of your team cleans up the team fight. A really great support hero this patch and it's a good thing that they're now realizing its viability in high level games.
