The Kyiv Major is the first major Dota 2 event to feature a Swiss round in the group stage, which is actually similar to a knockout round, except that there are no eliminators.

The 16 participating teams are in the same group, and they will compete in BO3 between the two teams. The winners of each round then compete against each other to determine the final seats, and correspondingly, the loser's opponent will also be the loser.

There are four rounds in the group stage, and in these four rounds there will be 16 into 8, 8 into 4, and 4 into 2, but the last place will no longer compete for the first place in the group and the penultimate first, so there are only 6 games in the fourth round, and the four teams that have won and lost three rounds in a row will have byes.

There will be a total of two rounds of group stage matches on the first day.

In the first round, he became the object of pity for fourteen teams, because the opponent was Serenity, which all the other teams did not want to meet.

After so many days of training, Serenity has a thorough understanding of the team, and the strengths and weaknesses of this team are obvious. The advantage is that there is a mid-laner who can be called the world's top mid-laner, and the disadvantage is that his teammates are not top-notch.

In the face of Serenity, there is only a less obvious shortcoming and a very obvious shortcoming, and the defeat is reasonable.

I know that the water ghost is useless, so I still take out the usual lineup of the current version. Serenity also had a tacit understanding, and came up with a strong online combination to deal with it, and the result of the game was self-evident, 2:0. Both games are crushing games, which is not the Dota that the audience wants, but the difference in strength between the two sides is a little huge.

There is more than one Chinese team that tasted defeat in the first round, VG. J also lost to secret with a score of 0:2. The course of the two games was the same, VG. J pulls out their favorite teamfight system, but gets beaten to pieces by secret online.

VG. J's game, you can basically acquiesce to the opponent's dominant road, and the big brother has no solution. Even if the rOtK of the disadvantaged road has fy help, it has not been able to change the fact of raising a monster big brother. At the same time, Freeze of the mid laner was also executed by midone for two consecutive executions, VG. J's defeat was a foregone conclusion.

Fortunately, VG.J and the five Chinese teams on this trip are also the bottom two in terms of strength, and domestic players have no expectations for them, and the other three strong teams have successfully passed the first round of challenges.

IG and NewBee both successfully defeated their respective opponents and entered the winner's circle in the second round, gaining the initiative in the battle for the group standings.

Although the knockout stage adopts a single-elimination format, and there is no winner bracket and the lower bracket, occupying a favorable position in the group stage can still guarantee that after entering the knockout stage, you will meet a relatively weaker opponent.

In the second round, Serenity, who took the lead, defeated their old rival DewBee 2:0 without suspense, but unexpectedly lost to TNC 0:2.

But the focus of domestic players in this round is not serenity and NewBee, but IG that is fighting with liquid!

In the first game, IG, who took the advantage of the first choice, successfully got the Great Sage for boboka, and then selected the Shadow Demon quite confidently, and the complete lineup was Sven, Shadow Demon, Legion, Great Sage, and Ice Girl.

This lineup is far from the traditional lineup preferred by domestic teams, and compared to IG, Liquid's lineup is more like the Chinese team - Juggernaut, Fire Cat, Mammoth, Doom, and Rubick.

"It's on! Don't scratch! In the long-lost game, Long Baofeng gathered again, and longdd, who was the first to see the barrage reminder, shouted in YY with his throat.

"Lei!" At this time, it was already past 12 o'clock, YYF swallowed a mouthful of beef, and quickly replied to show that he was not paddling, "Brother Bao, don't paddle!" ”

"This Brother Miracle got the fire cat, and the mammoth buff is in hand, and the liquid lineup is very comfortable to hold!" As soon as the honest brother Bao opened the microphone, he analyzed the lineup, completely ignoring the yin and yang weirdness of Wolong Fengxiao.

After the three of them discussed, they agreed that Liquid's lineup looked more comfortable, and Brother Bao habitually began to play: "Brother Miracle's fire cat, the shadow demon who fights the machine gunner, who do you think is easy to fight?" ”

"I think it depends on personal strength." Longdd prefers the advantage of Shadow Devil in his heart, but he has to admit that Miracle's personal ability is stronger than that of the Heavy, "Shadow Demon is indeed a little easier to fight, but if Brother Miracle fights well, he may be able to fatten each other." ”

Hehe, mutual fertilizer?

The machine gunners had a showdown, and they went out to learn shadow pressure. At the same time, in order to hide this move, the three mangoes he bought were also placed directly on the messenger, waiting for the start of the game.

When the two sides came to the line, Miracle saw that there were no mangoes on the machine gunner, and it should have left a lot of money from the outfit, which was very similar to the play style of a quick bottle, and opened the fire shield directly with some carelessness. Unexpectedly, the machine gunner immediately returned the color, and an X-gun instantly broke the shield.

“What？” Miracle was stunned and could only accept reality.

It's not a big deal if the first-level fire shield is broken, in Miracle's opinion, it's nothing more than an early wave of soldiers, anyway, between level 2 and level 3, he will also face such a situation.

Anyway, with the attack power of the Shadow Demon, it can't interfere with the fire cat's positive supplement, so Miracle doesn't care and continues to hook up the sword.

In Miracle's vision, Shadow Demon wants nothing more than to use shadow pressure to make up for it to ensure that he reaches 2, and then collect his soul as much as possible, and the fire cat will not face too much pressure in a short period of time.

"The shadow pressure of the machine gunner is a bit of a problem, only the pressure on people and not on the soldiers!" Longdd didn't realize the seriousness of the matter, and when he saw that the Heavy had missed a positive fill, he stabbed and said, "That's not going to work." ”

How did he know that this was not a mistake on the part of the machine gunner, it was completely intentional on his part, and the purpose of the machine gunner was simply to consume the fire cat!

Miracle's handling is not detailed, and when Shadow Demon learns Shadow Pressure, he simply no longer thinks about the counter-compensation, but honestly stays away from his own minions to prevent being crushed by the Shadow Demon Company and others.

But he never expected that the machine gunner only had him as a fire cat in his eyes, and just after the first wave of soldiers, the machine gunner had already given him four cannons, and the fire cat's blood volume dropped directly to less than half.

Miracle frowned at the pressure of the shadow, and was a little speechless.

The first-level shadow pressure damage is not high, what are you doing with me pressing, don't you think it's a waste of blue?

Hello, don't think.

The Heavy's lack of self-confidence is a problem, but it is precisely because of this that he always puts himself in the position of a challenger when facing strong enemies, and executes the water ghost style perfectly.

I heard you want to fertilize with me?

I'm sorry, I'm going to lose money against my machine gunners, but you won't make it!

The machine gunners who had been promoted to level 2 did not have any restraint at all, and after eating three mangoes in a row to fill up the blue amount, they still went their own way and frantically pressed the cannon against the fire cat. Not only that, but he was not stingy with the income from the previous knife repair, and directly bought 4 mangoes and shipped them online.

"Damn, what kind of fighting style does the machine gunner have, and the Mango warriors don't have this like this, right?" YYF people are stupid, with his habits it is impossible to think of such a play.

But Miracle is really unbearable!

The two tree-eating raised by his teammates didn't help at all, and Miracle looked at his full blue amount and less than 1/3 of his blood left, and reluctantly bought a big medicine.

Miracle bought two big pills in one go, and he already foresaw that the machine gunner's actions would not stop there, and that they would definitely intensify in the future.

miracle-220。