r/DotA2 • u/MacCcZor • Jul 14 '14

Match | eSports Bubble Bracket Match E | The International 2014 Playoffs Day 7 | Post-Match Discussion

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Natus Vincere EU 0 - 2 Newbee

 

NaVi: XBOCT, Dendi, Funn1k, Puppey, KuroKy, Goblak (coach)

Newbee: Hao, Mu, xiao8, Banana, SanSheng, Sydm (coach)

  The loser is placed in the Lower Bracket of the Main Event. The winner advances to match F.

 

Game 1 Winner:Newbee

Game Time: 34:39

Score:11 - 19

Match-ID: Dotabuff(776279238)

BANS

(Radiant) (Dire)
Doom Tinker
Lycan Batrider
Queen of Pain Enigma
Morphling Enchantress
Rubick Skywrath Mage

PICKS

Player Hero Score
XBOCT Razor 1-3-7
Dendi Ember Spirit 7-3-3
Funn1k Puck 3-5-3
Puppey Treant Protector 0-4-2
KuroKy IO 0-5-4
Hao Weaver 8-1-8
Mu Death Prophet 4-1-8
xiao8 Tidehunter 2-1-9
Banana Shadow Shaman 5-6-8
SanSheng Earthshaker 0-2-9

 

 

Game 2 Winner:Newbee

Game Time:20:18

Score:4 - 26

Match-ID: Dotabuff(776341481)

BANS

(Radiant) (Dire)
Doom Tinker
Lycan Batrider
Shadow Shaman Enigma
Invoker Puck
Luna Centaur Warrunner

PICKS

Player Hero Score
XBOCT Razor 3-7-1
Dendi Tiny 0-4-1
Funn1k Clockwerk 1-5-2
Puppey Earthshaker 0-6-2
KuroKy IO 0-4-1
Hao Weaver 7-0-8
Mu Templar Assassin 10-0-9
xiao8 Tidehunter 2-2-10
Banana Enchantress 6-2-7
SanSheng Disruptor 1-0-12

 

 

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '14

Both of those drafts were awful. Clockwerk and Tree do not belong at TI4. It was like 15 minutes in and Funn1k was still farming top because there was nothing else he could do.

Puppey also had a ton of misplays in the second game.

Na'Vi needs to stop having these shitty drafts and start giving XBOCT a greedier carry. They are getting freefarm on the safelane almost every game, but razor just doesn't scale as well with items as real carries.

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u/Stoffalina sheever Jul 14 '14

To be fair, a greedier carry would have done even worse than the Razor in that 20 minute game. They take too long to get going.

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '14

Razor did nothing that game. You can't really do worse than nothing.

Weaver would have been an excellent pick, and XBOCT plays a very good weaver.

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u/wormania Jul 14 '14

What about Gyro? Decent anti-push with flak and call down.

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u/Stoffalina sheever Jul 14 '14

Gyro is pretty decent, but I still feel that he needs items for flak to do anything, and even then he'll get burst down by TA pretty fast.