The Kyiv Major is the penultimate major event before TI7, and as TI is approaching, the results of this event will also be an important consideration for TI7's ranking prediction, along with the Epicenter Cup after that.

The 16 teams participating in the Kiev Major are all good players in each region, and the results of this time will largely determine the number of qualifiers in each region of the EPICENTER Cup.

It can be said that this Kyiv Major will officially kick off the preparation for TI7. Teams from all regions will strive to achieve the best results.

Several teams that have not performed well so far this season will also have to show their real skills in Kyiv, such as Liquid and VG.J, who have played each other in the SL-i finals.

Because the level of the SL-I league is really low, with a total prize of 100,000 US dollars and a total of 8 participating teams, the championship of this level is really not golden, and it is naturally not convincing in the eyes of V Society.

Therefore, these teams will definitely do their best in Kyiv, and even if they don't make it to the final day, they will show a 100% attitude to fight for more qualifies for the Epicenter Cup for their own region.

This is not out of compaternity, but because if they can get more places for the EPICENTER Cup, the bar will be lower for them to compete next time, which will help them try again in the EPICENTER Cup.

Of course, they also have a lot of criticism about Serenity, no way, who made Serenity too strong, and locked a place on the final day almost as soon as they participated?

The pinching of the numb is basically confirmed to be directly invited, and they still want to come and compete with us for a place?!

They are right, in fact, based on their performance so far this season, V Club has already confirmed the direct invitation qualification of serenity after the Asian Invitational, even if serenity lies flat from now on, it will not affect their decision.

The reason couldn't be simpler, as no team has been able to match their results this season.

This was undoubtedly the envy of the other teams, but Serenity herself did not feel relaxed.

Don't look at Serenity's current record, but in fact, their performance is not exaggerated. Some players who came into contact with Dota late may not know that the Alliance before TI3 is truly invincible, and it can't even lose a small home.

But even such a powerful AlliaI3 is nowhere near as strong as it was before. was first shattered by DK's title rivalry, and then fell into a desperate situation in the final. If it weren't for S4's "Million Entanglement", the eventual champion would most likely have fallen to Na'vi.

The dazzling results are bound to attract a lot of attention. These concerns are not only from the players or coaches of each team, but may even come from the evil V Society!

Champions are always the most studied objects, and Alliance almost suffered a big loss because of it.

They rat dota has been thoroughly studied by Na'vi and made an effective target in the final. Their style of play is actually at a disadvantage, and winning the game depends entirely on the top performance of the players in their prime.

And there is another reason why the Alliance finals have struggled so much, and that is the update of the former V club of TI.

In an update before TI, V focused on minor nerfs to several of Alliance's best heroes, and although the changes were not large, they were enough to have a huge impact in the top-level competition.

At Serenity's hotel, the players were talking about it as they had their usual pre-match meetings to prepare for the upcoming Kyiv Major.

The team's most experienced Kyo-jung said: "Our results in the first half of the race were really good, but they didn't attract too much attention, after all, after the new version, we actually won a major DAC championship.

In previous years, the TI competition basically started with the penultimate major, so my advice is to be careful this time. ”

"How?" After all, he has just joined the profession for less than a year, and the last time TI was killed from the audition, and Jingzhun really doesn't know much about these twists and turns.

It was the first time to make a long speech at the team meeting, and the less than a year of study obviously did not allow him to have such a high level of Chinese, so he could only use Jing Zhun to translate for his teammates.

"As you know, the Asia Invitational just updated to 7.05 after that. In my estimation, there should have been two more changes before TI.

The version updates of Dota 2 are basically tied to major events, and these two changes should be after Kiev and the next Epicenter Cup, according to my experience, the version of TI7 should be 7.07 or 7.06 overhaul patch version. ”

"You mean we'd better avoid the targeted changes of the V Society?" Kyung Joon understood as soon as he heard it and asked.

Nodding, he looked at Kyung Joon with a rather serious expression: "Especially you!" ”

Kyung Joon asked a stupid question without any comparison in his heart: "Me?!" ”

"Brother Quasi, it's too much!" Charles secretly rolled his eyes, "The blue cat has just been shaved blue, and you forgot it so quickly?!" ”

pyw also agreed with the Tao a little aggrievedly, and complained about his love: "And Lena, the resurrection has also been cut!" ”

Kyung Joon scratched his head embarrassedly, and reacted that this was really the case, and mourned for a second for the Queen of Pain, Lina and the Blue Cat: "It seems like this......"

A fake mid-laner killer who specializes in killing enemy players and beating the opponent online to the point that he can't take care of himself.

A real mid-laner killer, who specializes in killing his own heroes, whoever is used more will be stabbed by the V Society.

"What's your goal for this season?" Just as Kyung Joon was reflecting, he asked out loud.

Kyung Joon came back to his senses, looked at his teammates' slightly lit eyes, and replied with great certainty, "Of course it's the TI champion!" ”

This is the answer shared by everyone in Serenity, who just confided in Kyung Joon.

The significance of TI is so great that all the majors are not worth mentioning compared to it. It's not just the contestants who think so, but even all the viewers have the same opinion.

For Kyung, the huge prize money is secondary, and after the experience of the final day last year, this honor is what he craves the most. He no longer wanted to see the domestic audience who had come all the way to the scene waving the five-star red flag to cheer for him, hanging their hands in disappointment.

Hearing Kyung Joon's answer, he seemed to be relieved, and said in as tactful tone as possible: "I believe that with our strength, as long as we are not overly targeted, this TI is very sure." So in order to achieve this goal, can we give up the next two majors? ”

Those who have already won the TI runner-up have a desire for the final championship that is difficult for ordinary people to achieve. But just after he made this suggestion, the development was somewhat unexpected by him.

"Give up?" Kyung-joon changed color in an extremely rare way, and asked in an almost stern tone, "What do you mean?!" ”

I didn't expect Kyung Joon to react so violently, he was taken aback, and quickly explained: "It's not that I don't want to win, but I just said that I will try to keep some tactics in the next two majors and continue to play the same way before." ”

pyw had never seen Kyung Joon behave like this, and he was so scared that he didn't dare to say a word, shrunk aside and pretended to be dead, and Super hurriedly came out and played a round: "Uh...... Jingjun, which means to make concessions for TI. Compared to TI, major is really not that important, and I don't think it's unacceptable. ”

"Brother Zhun, I think it's okay to say it." Charles also had the courage to interject, "As long as you are not targeted by the V Society, I believe you will definitely be able to take me to get TI." ”

When it was over, Charles didn't forget to comfort: "Anyway, we are not bad for this major prize, don't be angry." ”

When he heard that he was going to give up, Kyung Joon was indeed angry, but after hearing the other party's explanation, Kyung Joon also calmed down. But Charles was interrupted like this, and the expression that had just calmed down couldn't hold back, and he said to Charles angrily:

"You know what, I want a champion, who told you about the bonus?"

Kyungjoon was right, and as he learned more about professional DOTA, Kyungjoon became more and more aware of how terrifying unknown tactics really were.

If serenity really ignores the two majors and exposes too many tactics, it will definitely be affected if it is stabbed by V Society when it is close to TI.

TI is a cup competition, and even if the double-elimination format minimizes chance, the final champion must have a certain element of luck. Prior to TI, in addition to those teams that had to work hard to secure a spot, many of the strong teams that had already qualified for the tournament had to selectively retain their tactics.

Just gave a suggestion, Serenity still has to be decided by Jingzhun.

Jing Zhun exhaled a breath of turbidity, still a little depressed in his heart, but reason still prevailed, and first apologized: "I'm sorry, I just misunderstood you, and I lost my temper." ”

Fortunately, Jing Zhun was able to convince the public in normal times, and he was not as fierce as the traditional fighting nation, so he shook his head to signal that it was okay and let Jing Zhun continue to speak.

"You're right, TI is the most important thing." In the expectant gaze, Kyung Joon gave his favorite answer, "I agree with your suggestion to try to keep it for the next two majors, continue to play the same way as before, or learn from other teams temporarily." ”

The whole Serenity team breathed a sigh of relief, but Kyung Joon's voice rang out again:

"However, how to choose tactics and how to take the lineup, we must treat the game with the most serious attitude!"

The teammates nodded again and again, but in fact, they didn't need to be reminded by Jing Jun, they would not give up hope of winning out of professionalism.

Even if you keep the tactics, Serenity has another great weapon, and that is individual ability.

Kyungjoon, who was on the same level, suddenly became a little excited, and looked, if we can still win the major championship in this way, then I can't blame me, right? ”

was stunned for a moment, then shook his head a little funny and said, "Of course it's no problem!" ”

"That's good."

Kyungjoon nodded with satisfaction, secretly determined.

Kyiv Major, Epicenter Cup, TI7, I want them all!