GosuGamers returns with more updates about the Steelseries HoN Masters tournament currently ongoing at DreamHack Winter. The tournament is rapidly coming to an end and the semifinals have been played out. To catch the readers up TCM-Gaming and Wahlin were eliminated from the tournament by Binary Evasion and Druidz Qpad respectively in the last round. Here's the battle report for the 1st semifinal: FnaticMSI vs Binary Evasion.
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| [MSI] Freshpro (Top)[MSI] N0tail (Mid)[MSI] Bot (Bot)[MSI] Trixi (Bot)[MSI] NoVa_ (Bot) | [b3V] Reyz (Top)[b3V] Dreamwalker (Mid)[b3V] Loiz (Bot)[b3V] Buch (Bot)[b3V] likmasken (Bot) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 1 was remade after the opening stages in AP and massively delayed due to technical issues on the site. After the remake MSI stormed into an even bigger lead than the one they held in the first game. This match was quite a stomp for a semifinals game and Binary Evasion conceded after only 20 minutes when MSI by then had already had literally near double their gold and experience.
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| [b3V] Dreamwalker (Top)[b3V] Buch (Mid)[b3V] Loiz (Bot)[b3V] likmasken (Bot)[b3V] Reyz (Bot) | [MSI] Trixi (Top)[MSI] N0tail (Mid)[MSI] Bot (Bot)[MSI] Freshpro (Bot)[MSI] NoVa_ (Bot) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
This game was a lot more even compared to the last. Buch on Bubbles was really the saving grace of Binary Evasion, although MSI had a slight lead there was a period in the game when it seemed like Binary had the momentum with a streak of kills. MSI, as all great teams do, managed to somehow get everything together and some superior execution in teamfights put them back in control. By 25 minutes, MSI had a very firm grip of the game, with Binary's bottom raxes exposed and with the token of life advantage. N0tail decides to go for a Codex 5 on Soulstealer, just proving how much ownage MSI had at that point. Game just kept snowballing out of control for Binary as they inevitably crumbled to a superior MSI side.
Stay tuned for reports of the other semifinal and the final itself!
