The knockout schedule is officially released.

The arrangement of the first round is actually very simple, that is, according to the order of points in the group stage. The team with the highest points in the group will play against the team that finishes last.

The team with the second highest number of points will play against the second-to-last team.

And so on.

There are 16 teams, and a total of 8 bo3s need to be played in the first round of the knockout round.

Such an arrangement is of no use.

Because the knockout tournament is a single-elimination system.

In other words, any team that loses any BO3 will be eliminated and go home.

There is no chance of falling into the lower bracket.

That's why many teams and players call it the "cerebral palsy format".

A BO3 decides the winner, and the group stage ranking has no reference significance.

The team at the bottom of the rankings, in case it is in better shape, or if it comes up with a unique lineup, it is entirely possible to complete the counterattack.

Therefore, for the knockout round of the Kyiv Major, every game cannot be lost.

As with other offline tournaments, in order to save money and shorten the time, the organizers arranged all 8 matches in the first round on the same day.

Two matches were played simultaneously on the main and secondary stages.

At the end of the day, there are four phases in total.

Team Phoenix finished third in the group and played against Team L, who finished third-from-bottom.

This is their old rival, and the two sides have played each other in the just-concluded Asia Invitational.

Of course, Phoenix is the winning side.

However, to fight this old opponent, Lin Feng and his teammates still need to wait all day.

Their match was scheduled for the final stage, which was scheduled to start at 8pm local time.

10 a.m.

The first stage of the two groups of matchups officially began.

The first group is the IG team from China, and their opponent is the fourth-ranked Mouse team.

The game was very close as soon as it started.

Both teams played the bo3 to the fullest, and every round was a marathon, often averaging more than 50 minutes.

In the end, Team IG lost in the tiebreaker and became the first team out of 16 teams to be eliminated.

As soon as the results of the competition came out, it attracted heated discussions among netizens.

"The IG team is not a human being, and it can lose to this kind of team that has never even heard the name."

"The big b god still wants to ascend the throne, he can't even pass the first round, go home quickly, don't be embarrassed outside."

"Don't ask, if you ask, your teammates won't be able to help."

"This is a single-elimination game, and anyone can break out."

"No team is a weak team."

Another BO3 was played at the same time, and the two sides were NB and Liquid in Europe.

There is no suspense in this set of matchups at all.

The NB team played bravely and almost won the opponent's game. In the end, he was taken away by the other party 2:0.

They became the second team to be eliminated.

This time, netizens didn't have much discussion. After all, no one expected the NB team to win.

After the first stage of the competition, 2 of the 5 domestic teams were directly sent away.

Uniform.

"IG and NB this is ...... Tickets purchased in a group? ”

"It's obviously negotiated, the pace is the same, and even the end time of the game is about the same."

"Come back quickly, you won't be able to catch the No. 2 bus if it's late."

"Don't say it, the journey back to China will be lively all of a sudden."

In the ridicule of the sailors, the second stage of the game began.

The first is the EG team, who sent off the Thunderbirds team with an absolute advantage of 2:0 and showed their absolute suppressive power to the audience.

And then there is the domestic team IGV.

Their opponent is the second-ranked CIS Bruin - VP team.

The result was also unexpected.

The VP team used their unique whirlwind Kombat to send the other side away in just an hour.

Each game didn't even last more than 30 minutes.

Now, the barrage began to exert its strength again.

"I'll go, I didn't finish the first time, and IGV lost?"

"It's too fast, it's too fast, it's worthy of an IG club."

"Can you do it, even if you lose, don't lose so obviously."

"The above, like the IG team, is not obvious, right?"

"NB and IG are waiting, IGV will be at the airport in a moment."

After the two phases were played, the domestic team was directly sent away 3, which was really hot.

Not only the live broadcast platform, but also in the online community, water friends have begun to ridicule and even make all kinds of emojis.

For a time, the crowd on the Internet was excited.

It's as if Dota has no future.

However, the tide quickly subsided, and it didn't even last three hours.

Because of the third stage of the game, there was a big upset.

The secret team that ranked first in the group points was the secret team that abused the Phoenix team twice in a row, and in the first round, it actually lost.

And they lost to the SG team that finished last in the group.

This team from South America played a 03 against the sky in the group stage, and finally won only one small point, ranking first from the bottom.

But it was such a little-known team, relying on its tenacity and unyieldingness, that it actually fought three games in a row with the secret team.

In the end, he won.

The secret team that won the group and was considered the favorite to win the championship in this competition was sent directly to the plane home.

Now, the attention of domestic fans has been reversed.

Everyone began to denounce the unreasonable format of the knockout tournament and the cerebral palsy of the organizers.

The indignation at the elimination of the domestic team has disappeared instead.

Probably, this is the Dota environment in China.

Finally, the fourth stage of the competition was played.

Among the teams that appeared, there were only two domestic teams left.

Team Phoenix's opponent is Team L in Southeast Asia.

The opponent of the VGJ team is the strong OG team.

The two games were played at the same time, and Lin Feng and his teammates did not have time to pay attention to the situation of the other game.

They go into the competition room and set up the equipment.

Always ready for the next game.

Team L didn't do well in the group stage, losing to VP, EG and Liquid in quick succession.

It's just that in the last round of the game with the SG team, he won a 2:0 and got two key points.

So, they gave the penultimate throne to SG.

Soon, the first match between Team Phoenix and Team L officially began.

In this game, the Phoenix team is in the Night Magic Cube.

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Team L came up with a lineup of Big Tree, Little Strong, and Witch Doctor in the first three hands.

On the Phoenix side, the Dark Sage, the Great Fish Man, and the Warlock were brought out.

The next fourth hand selection, the Phoenix team has to choose first. After they discussed, they took out the fire cat that Lin Feng was good at.

This is also a version of the strong hero.

Now, it's the turn of Team L to pick a player.

This hand, they hesitated for a long time, and a lot of spare time was wasted, and when there was not much time left, they took out Karl.

"Carl?" Stanny, the commentator of this game, exclaimed.

"It's a surprise that L actually took out Carl on the fourth hand."

"They're going to target the mid lane, Carl Firecat, it's okay to be honest."

Now, everyone knows that Carl is the hero of the Phoenix team's midlaner Vigoss.

At the same time, it is also a hero who is not easy to play well.

The other party dares to elect, and it can only be said that he has courage.

"Their mid-laner Jabz is also a good Karl user." Another commentator, AA, supplemented it with his partner.

After that, he added: "I just don't know how much strength his Carl can play in the face of Vigoss." ”

Seeing that the L team took out Carl, the barrage gods also began to ridicule.

"Cow, cow, dare to choose Carl."

"That's really...... V door get card? ”

"If you don't play this fake neck well, it's estimated that it will become another kuku."

"To be honest, the fake neck is much stronger than Sima Kuku."

"What I'm thinking is, is Carl really good at fighting in the face of Vigoss's fire cat? An extremely good Carl player must know how to target this hero. ”

While the commentary and audience discussions, the in-game BP continues.

Now, both teams are still one big brother hero away.

Immediately, Team L took out the Void Mask with the last hand.

On the Phoenix team's side, they also took out a big core, the Terror Blade.

The lineups of both sides have been finalized.

Radiant L: Faceless Void, Carl, Qiang, Witch Doctor, Big Tree

Daredevil Phoenix: Terrorblade, Fire Cat, Dark Seer, Great Fishman, Warlock

On the Phoenix team's side, it's actually a deformed four-to-one lineup.

The Dark Seer and the Warlock are the two team-controlled heroes, while the Big Fishman and the Fire Cat are two-handed small controls.

Everything is to provide output space for Big Brother Terror Blade.

Immediately after that, the competition officially began.

After Lin Feng ate the bounty talisman located in the triangle area as usual, he stuck in the line and came to the middle river.

In the first wave of soldiers, the position of his card is not good.

The lines of troops converge, close to the high slope of the Radiance.

But it didn't matter, he hooked the opposing creep over and pulled the line back a little.

Subsequently, the two sides began to fight for the basic skills of the knife.

After the first wave of soldiers, Fire Cat and Carl each got 3 mending knives.

No one pressed anyone.

After two waves of soldiers, Lin Feng began to have a slight advantage.

In the fourth wave of soldiers, Lin Feng had already begun to suppress the opponent Carl, and at the same time took a certain lead in the replenishment knife.

At this time, the other party couldn't sit still.

When Lin Feng pushed the line of troops to the bottom of the Radiant Tower, he was just about to go up to make up for it, when he found that the other party had an extra person.

The other witch doctor came.

For a short time afterward, the mid lane became a two-on-one.

Lin Feng had no way to continue to suppress it, so he had to make sure that he developed first.

At this time, the barrage was reluctant.

"Okay, okay, if you can't beat it, you can start shaking people, right?"

"To be reasonable, this is not a mid-lane solo."

"Vigoss is okay, so it hasn't been pressed, the basic skills are really solid."

"Don't worry, the witch doctor can't always be in the middle, Carl needs more rank."

The game lasted 6 minutes.

Lin Feng's fire cat didn't press the other party too much on the mending knife. But the advantage in terms of rank is obvious enough.

Now, his fire cat has been upgraded to level 6, and the other party, Carl, has just reached level 5.

At this time, Liuliu's big fishman came to the middle lane to swim.

Lin Feng first tied up Carl with the Burning Sun Suo, and then before Carl blew the wind, he released his soul behind him and flew directly over, blocking the other party's way.

Immediately afterward, he stuck in front of the opponent, slowing Karl's retreat.

After the big fishman landed, he followed, stepped on one foot after another, and then flattened a twice, and took Carl away.

"Shake people, and so will I."

"This little position is stuck, Carl is twitching."

"Vigoss can be a little more greedy, this head can be taken away."

"The big fish man comes out early to jump the knife, which is actually very important."

Subsequently, the middle lane continued to align with the line.

The two wings kept swapping heads.

At the end of the tie period, there was not much economic and experience gap between the two sides, and it was a draw.

12 minutes.

Team Phoenix is moving.

Led by the Terrorblade, the four heroes gather on the road and begin to push each other's towers.

Using the dark sage to pull up, Bo, who received the warlock's big move, beat the opponent with a wave of three-person small group annihilation.

The Daredevil was successfully uprooted in a tower.

At this time, Lin Feng didn't even participate in the war. He's been developing in the middle and in the wild, and while his teammates push the tower, he has swiped out his first key piece of equipment, the Veil of Discord.

Then, he went back to the middle to take the line.

But as soon as he came to the creeps, he was covered by a time barrier.

The other party's Void Mask has made a move.

The Void Ultimate is covered, and Carl Tianhuo is connected, as well as the curse of the witch doctor, and the other party's BO is equally powerful.

If one set goes down, the fire cat's blood volume will be cleared in an instant.

"No loss, no loss, I have eaten the Void Ultimate. In the next wave, Team L will not be able to take over the group. ”

"In order to kill Vigoss, it's really bloody."

"There's no way, he has the highest hatred value, who will he kill if he doesn't kill him?"

"That's what a star player is like."

After being killed, Lin Feng had time to cut the screen.

He quickly checked the equipment of several of his teammates, and then used his limited vision to switch to the opposing hero.

Ten seconds later, the fire cat came back to life.

"Push down a tower on the road, the void is not big, they can't take it." Lin Feng commanded his teammates, and then directly tp down the road.

The five members of the Phoenix team together brought the line to the position of the first tower in the lower lane of the Radiant.

Seeing that the other party had no one to guard the tower, the Terror Blade turned on and transformed, so he started Tower A.

"They're going to change us for the middle lane tower, and they won't give it to them." Six or six o'clock in the middle of the lane.

If you want to take the road tower and exchange it for the middle lane tower, how can there be such a good thing?

"Brother Tao continues to push the tower, let's lean over." Lin Feng added.

The opponent's Void Mask does not have a big move, even if their big brother is no longer there, they still have a great advantage in team battles.

"Okay, I'm here to help." Meng Tao said.

After that, Lin Feng manipulated the fire cat to come to the middle lane, first ate a rapid rune, and quickly hit the middle lane by himself.

Seeing this, the other party's Void Mask, Carl, and the Witch Doctor chose to retreat directly.

"Since you're here, don't go."

Lin Feng unleashed the remnant flames in the distance, and the flying soul passed, and a slam of the sun rope bound the other party, Karl and the Void Mask.

One more small move, dodging Karl's blow.

At this time, the rest of the Phoenix team arrived.

The warlock smashed big, the big fishman stepped on it one after another, and the dark sage pulled the big ......

The same set of combos went down and melted the other three directly.

0 for 3.

The combat effectiveness of the Phoenix team in the early stage has been fully reflected.

"Push the middle road tower." Lin Feng's command was decisive.

If you only kill people, it's still too cheap on the other side.

At this time, the opponent's mid lane tower is close to half blood, and there are four heroes on his side, as well as Hellfire.

Soon, a tower in the middle of Tianhui Road was broken.

In this wave, the Phoenix team not only defended one of their own towers, but also broke the opponent's two outer towers in the lower and middle lanes. In addition, 3 other opponents were killed.

"I'm making a lot of money!"

"The judgment of the Phoenix team, in one word: absolute!"

"How dare this L-team? The void doesn't have a big move, and this dares to show its head. ”

"If you want to say that Vigoss is decisive, he directly flew his soul to keep people, and tied up the other party's two big brothers."

"This Carl's skill release is a piece of."

"I declare: this game has been won."

After this wave of team battles, the advantages of the Phoenix team have gradually emerged.

In the following game, the big fishman took out a jumping knife, and the dark sage also made up a jump after taking out the big shoe.

With two jumping knives in hand, the Phoenix team took off rhythmically.

They swooped out and began to encroach on each other's jungles.

In 20 minutes, Phoenix successfully won the first generation of Roshan.

Lin Feng's fire cat had a shield, and by the way, he also took out a jumping knife.

With three jumping knives in hand, the Phoenix team's grasping rhythm can't stop.

Subsequently, the five of them opened the fog and rushed straight to the other party's triangle.

Using the vision they had done in advance, they saw the movement of the other brother's void.

Lin Feng walked first, and after entering the wild area, the moment he saw the other party's field of vision, he jumped his knife and tied up the other party.

Almost at the same time, Liuliu's big fishman jumped over and stepped on it.

Lin Feng has no provincial skills.

On the premise of controlling the other party, the three souls rushed into the face, melting the void in an instant.

"It's over, the void has collapsed." Stanley looked at the economic panel, his tone exaggerated.

"The terror blade is almost 13,000 economies, and this void is only eight thousand. It's a bit worse, okay. ”

"Now that the Phoenix team has three jumping knives, it is even more difficult for the void to brush up on money."

On the Phoenix team's side, they didn't want to give each other a chance to brush up on money at all.

After catching the Void Mask, they pushed off the second tower on the other side and directly attacked the Radiant Heights.

Meng Tao's terrifying blade turned on, standing high underground, grinding the defense tower one by one.

Seeing that the highland tower is about to be knocked down.

Team L can't take it anymore.

After the Void Mask is resurrected, Kai Mist walks over and covers the opponent's terrifying blade. Carl received meteorites and skyfire, and the witch doctor in the back row also gave skills.

A set of spells erupted, and the terrifying blade was directly seconded.

The moment he saw the other party make a move, Lin Feng knew that he couldn't save the Terror Blade.

Since you can't save it, then kill the other party.

He jumped to the Radiant Heights, tied up Carl with the Burning Sun Rope, and exited at close range.

At the same time, the warlock smashed big, and the big fishman jumped and stepped on it.

The same seconds Carl!

After that, Lin Feng manipulated the fire cat, and the flying soul teleported to the high underground. After pulling it, he found the opponent's remnant blood Xiaoqiang, flew over the soul, and took it away with a shadowless fist.

Because he still has a shield on his body, he spares his life at all.

Catch up directly with the high ground and use your own body to open up your brothers' horizons.

The Dark Sage with the pillow seized the opportunity and jumped + pulled + big, controlling the opponent's void and the big tree.

Then, the big fishman cut back again and stepped on it.

Faceless Void dies along with the tree.

In the end, Lin Feng chased to the location of the Twin Towers, left the opponent's only remaining witch doctor, cooperated with his teammates, and then took it down.

Wave 1 for 5!

The L team is wiped out!

"Good boy, it's too fierce, isn't it?"

"Mom, he's so cruel, but I like it!

！ ”

"The highland tower is not broken, so I chased it to the fourth tower to kill people, is this phoenix?"

"Loved, loved, loved."

"The Phoenix team's ability to seize opportunities is really strong, as long as they have an advantage, they don't allow others to live, this style of play is too likable."

"Say it again: vigoss, yyds."

After experiencing the "feast" served by the domestic team in the first three stages, seeing the performance of the Phoenix team, the domestic knife friends suddenly felt a breath of relief.

It's like a person who has been abstinent for three months, and suddenly sees a beauty lying on the bed.

That impulse is simply irrepressible.

After this wave of high regiments, the winners and losers are already clear.

Team Phoenix's economic and experience lead is getting bigger and bigger. In particular, the contrast in the 1/2 position is more obvious.

The Terror Blade is already one large piece ahead of the opponent's Void Mask.

Lin Feng's fire cat economy also opened up Carl a lot, and even the Dark Sage of the Pillow was in the top three.

The huge economic gap makes the game completely suspenseful.

In the following waves of team battles, the Phoenix team did not give the other party a chance.

After destroying the opponent's three waves in a row, he forced the L team to knock out the GG.

At this point, the game time had just reached 34 minutes.

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