Tag Archives: Quarterfinal

SMITE World Championship Day 3 – Quarterfinal Round Part 2

Posted on by Standard Reply

Quarterfinal #3 eUnited VS. Black Dragons

eunitedvblackdragons

Game 1

eUnited Picks: Ravana (Screammmmm), Cu Chulainn (Benji), Raijin (Venenu), Ganesha (PolarBearMike), Hou Yi (PandaCat) – Bans: Sylvanus, Serqet, Rama, Ra

BD Picks: Osiris (Kliz), Fafnir (PIBE), Ratatoskr (oShip), Hachiman (MarcelZ) , Janus (Nann) – Bans: Ullr, Ah Muzen Cab, Athena, Xing Tian

After the usual slap fighting in solo, Benji on Cu Chulainn gets caught alone at 4:00, but turns the 2vs1 around by expertly using his cooldown timers and finds first blood. Things start looking rough for BD, but thanks to a turn around from oShip and Naan they find 3 return kills against eUnited at 8:20. A good engagement from Benji and eUnited at 11:00 though finds 3 kills and allows PandaCat’s Hou Yi to secure a Gold Fury, giving eUnited a 7k gold lead. eUnited would be in complete control of the map and game, earning an almost 10k gold lead by 17:00. A Fire Giant secure by eUnited at 18:20 leads to them taking 3 BD towers and 2 phoenixes over the next 3 minutes. eUnited initiates a final siege at 24:30 and kills all but MarcelZ for a Game 1 victory. eUnited controlled the pace and map in this entire game, quickly tearing apart BD by late game. Benji’s Cu Chulainn was great this game, fighting multiple players, engaging fights and being an all around nuisance for a 8/1/7 KDA.

Game 2

eUnited Picks: Hachiman (PandaCat), Fafnir (PolarBearMike), The Morrigan (Venenu), Bellona (Benji), Fenrir (Screammmmm) – Bans: Ah Muzen Cab, Ravana, Rama, Ra

BD Picks: Osiris (Kliz), Odin (oShip), Sylvanus (PIBE), Hou Yi (MarcelZ), Anubis (Naan) – Bans: Raijin, Ullr, Cu Chulainn, Serqet

The Anubis pick from Naan turns out to be effective early, the mummify and damage allows MarcelZ to take first blood on PolarBearMike’s Fafnir. Despite the slower pace, eUnited still maintains a gold and experience lead early due to superior map control. eUnited is able to take a Gold Fury at 11:30. With few kills by either team, eUnited continues to increase its lead with a Gold Fury at 17:00, pushing the gold lead to nearly 10k. Things heat up at 18:00 minutes, with eUnited finding 4 kills and both duo lane towers thanks mainly to Screammmmm and his Fenrir. eUnited would not let up, taking a Fire Giant at 20:00, getting 2 kills, 2 BD towers, and 2 phoenixes. eUnited begins a final siege at 23:00, finishing off 4 BD members and taking a huge Game 2 victory. Benji’s pressure and ability to farm was great again, PandaCat also made significant plays in this game. eUnited expertly out farmed BD, once eUnited’s characters came online there was nothing BD could do. Benji was the set MVP. eUnited advances to Semifinals.

Quarterfinal #4 Obey Alliance VS. Elevate

obeyvelevate

Game 1

Obey Picks: Sobek (Xaliea), Osiris (CaptainTwig), Discordia (PrettyPriMe), Amaterasu (EmilZy), Ullr (Ataraxia) – Bans: Cabrakan, Athena, Ares, Ymir

Elevate Picks: Xing Tian (N0Numbers), Geb (Cherryo), Hou Yi (DeathPanter), Sylvanus (Dardez), Ah Muzen Cab (Jermain) – Bans: Raijin, Hel, Odin, Ratatoskr

The pace of this game was a bit slow, very few kills throughout the early and mid game. Obey was able to establish early objective control and maintain a gold lead. Action picks up at 29:30, with Obey finding two kills thanks to Xaliea and Ataraxia and secure a Fire Giant. Despite the Fire Giant and a 10k gold lead, Elevate are able to defend with great damage application from DeathPanter’s Hou Yi. Obey would turn up the pressure again at 35:30 by finding 2 more picks and a second Fire Giant. Elevate would once again end Obey’s siege with great ultimates from N0Numbers’ Xing Tian and Cherryo’s Geb, at the cost of a right lane phoenix. A third Fire Giant at 42:20 would lead to another base siege and Obey would not be denied, Game 1 goes to Obey. CaptianTwig and Xaliea both with 100% kill participation with a 0/2/17 and 6/0/11 KDA respectively. Xaliea’s fight initiation, zoning, and Sobek pulls were particularly impressive in this Game and led to several objective secures for Obey.

Game 2

Obey Picks: Osiris (CaptainTwig), Raijin (PrettyPriMe), Fafnir (EmilZy), Jing Wei (Ataraxia), Cu Chulainn (Xaliea) – Bans: Ullr, Sylvanus, Hou Yi, Hachiman

Elevate Picks: Ah Muzen Cab (DeathPanter), Athena (Cherryo), Amaterasu (N0Numbers), Nox (Dardez), Rama (Jermain) – Bans: Hel, Discordia, Cabrakan, Xing Tian

This game would see a bit of a strange team composition for Elevate, with the Nox support and Athena jungle picks. They would also combine for a first blood on CaptainTwig’s Osiris at 3:30 contrasting the slow pace of Game 1. Recognizing their positional and vision advantage at 13:00, Obey is able to sneak the first Gold Fury of the game with no response from Elevate. Great zoning from Xaliea on Cu Chulainn leads to a Portal Demon for Obey at 16:00. Things heat up at 19:00 with Obey finding 4 kills and a Gold Fury thanks to a great blink engage from Xaliea. Obey gets the advantage again by splitting up Elevate and getting 3 pick offs plus a left tower. Very little action as the game transitions to the late stage. A teamfight engage at 32:00 and 2 kills leads to a Fire Giant secure for Obey at 33:30 and the siege begins with a big ultimate engage from Xaliea. This gives Obey 2 towers, 2 phoenixes, and a Gold Fury. Obey begins another siege at 38:50, starting with a second Fire Giant secure and would not be denied. Obey wins Game 2 against Elevate. EmilZy going almost perfect with a 0/0/17 KDA and Xaliea showed a strong performance, repeating his great zoning and teamfight initiation. Xaliea’s overall impact was incredible this set, definitely the MVP for this set. Obey moves on to Semifinals.

That’s it for today’s Quarterfinal coverage folks. We saw some great plays from new and old players and incredible, high level action. Get pumped for Semis tomorrow, we’re in for some incredible action.

 

SMITE World Championship Day 3 – Quarterfinal Round Part 1

Posted on by Standard Reply

Well, we’re back here once again for some more SMITE World Championship 2018 action. Its Quarterfinals today, and this decides who goes to Semifinals. Great action here as Nocturns Gaming and Rival begin their set. And then its The Rematch, the epic showdown of Luminosity Gaming and NRG eSports begins once again. Who shall be the ultimate champion?

Quarterfinal #1 Nocturns Gaming Vs. Team Rival

Nocturns vs Rival

Game 1

Nocturns Picks: Osiris (Beltway), Ah Muzen Cab (Zaionsix), Sobek (Noitulover), Da Ji (Sm1tero), Discordia (Nozq) – Bans: Odin, Ullr, Hachiman, Ratatoskr

Rival Picks: Raijin (Wlfy), Fafnir (KaLaS), Erlang Shen (Deathwalker), Ravana (iceicebaby), Medusa (Vote) – Bans: Artio, Sylvanus, Serqet, Isis

Action is slow for the first 5 minutes, however, after a busted gank by Nocturns on Deathwalker, Rival turns on Nocturns’ Sm1tero for first blood, another 3 kills, and a tower in a solo lane teamfight at 5:45. Rival would turn up the pressure and continue the slow bleed with objective takes and pick off kills. Rival would take all of Nocturns’ tier 1 towers by 13:10. Rival would then secure an early Fire Giant at 15:50 because their massive lead prevented Nocturns from stopping their pressure. Wlfy’s enormous damage would lead to a triple kill and a 8/0/6 KDA for his Raijin, this would secure a dominant victory for Team Rival in Game 1. Nocturns simply could not handle the constant pressure applied by Rival and sadly fell.

Game 2

Nocturns Picks: Erlang Shen (Beltway), Ravana (Sm1tero), Raijin (Nozq), Terra (Noitulover), Hou Yi (Zaionsix) – Bans: Odin, Ah Muzen Cab, Poseidon

Rival Picks: Osiris (Deathwalker), Artio (iceicebaby), Hachiman (Wlfy), Fafnir (KaLaS), Thoth (Vote) – Bans: Ullr, Sylvanus, Ganesha, Ares

Slow action for most of the game, most fights were even trades. Positioning was a key factor in this slow paced game. Clutch plays from Vote and Wlfy gave Rival great objective control. Rival consistently got more off of their kills than Nocturns. Superior control from Rival leads to an important Fire Giant at 47:15. Good defense led by Beltway keeps Nocturns in it for a bit longer. Rival takes second Fire Giant at 52:20. Rival’s incredible damage leads to a victory and they take Game 2, Vote was a crucial part of this win for Rival. Once again Wlfy’s damage and positioning was incredible, giving his Hachiman a Game 2 KDA of 8/6/4. Set MVP goes to Wlfy. Vote was almost perfect this game, but Wlfy’s overall impact was greater. Rival advances to Semifinals.

Quarterfinal #2  Luminosity Gaming VS. NRG eSports – The Rematch

LGvsNRG

Game 1

LG Picks: Cu Chulainn (Aquarius), Ne Zha (Mask), Hachiman (BaRRaCCuDDa), Ganesha (JeffHindla), Janus (Baskin) – Bans: Serqet, Ullr, Cabrakan, Hou Yi

NRG Picks: Sylvanus (iRaffer), Ravana (Adapting), Raijin (Yammyn), Artio (maniaKK), Rama (emilitoo) – Bans: Fafnir, Ah Muzen Cab, The Morrigan, Geb

It was the usual farming and counter invading for the early game, but Adapting of NRG found a crucial first blood on Aquarius, giving maniaKK’s Artio a lead. This wouldn’t slow down LG when Baskin of shows his skills as a hyper carry early with a huge triple kill at 11:00. NRG shows off their veteran skills at 14:30 by getting 2 picks on LG, plus a Gold Fury and Portal Demon. The slug fest would continue with LG and NRG trading blows and players, with both teams finding 6 kills from 16:30-18:30. An early Fire Giant is taken by NRG thanks to Adapting’s positioning and triple kill. NRG would maintain their objective control by taking all of LG’s towers, establishing a 10k gold lead. A great engage by NRG leads to 3 kills, a phoenix, and a Fire Giant at 25:00. A carefully planned siege afterward would secure a Game 1 victory for NRG eSports. Adapting showed his genius as usual and led his team for the win with a 7/2/9 KDA.

Game 2

LG Picks: Cabrakan (Aquarius), Cu Chulainn (Mask), Hachiman (BaRRaCCuDDa), Xing Tian (JeffHindla), Discordia (Baskin) – Bans: Ullr, Ah Muzen Cab, Hou Yi, Geb

NRG Picks: Ravana (Adapting), Erlang Shen (maniaKK), Raijin (Yammyn), Athena (iRaffer), Rama (emilitoo)  – Bans: Fafnir, Sylvanus, The Morrigan, Ganesha

Blood is spilled early in Game 2 at 1:00, emilitoo and BaRRa trade shots and Yammyn gets the finish for the first blood. Mask of LG quickly follows with Cu Chulainn’s transformation by killing maniaKK in solo. The game would have a slow pace after the early action, with NRG slowly controlling the game by way of consistent kills (1 kill per 2 minutes) and buff steals. Better positioning and awareness from NRG leads to a Fire Giant secure at 15:50, and a 12k gold lead. LG, however, was able to mount a base defense with a huge ultimate from JeffHindla’s Xing Tian at 20:00 despite the gold deficit. NRG prepares for another siege with a Fire Giant secure at 21:45, which leads to a Deicide and a resounding victory in Game 2 for NRG eSports. The Athena pick caught LG off guard and this allowed Yammyn to dominate the second game. The set MVP is of course Adapting, his high level play and team presence with Ravana was the most critical part of NRG’s strategy. NRG advances to Semifinals.

Those were some epic games so far. Stay tuned, two more quarterfinal matches are still to come, I’ll see you all again for EUnited vs. Black Dragons and Elevate vs. Obey.

Any thoughts or opinions expressed are mine alone. I am not affiliated with any SMITE organizations mentioned or Hi-Rez Studios. Images credited to SMITE eSports and Hi-Rez Studios.