The Dota 2 The Summit 9 event gave us a bit of a buzz ahead of TI8, with the final round just coming to an end on July 30. Evil Geniuses are the champions. Beyond the Summit house saw 6 teams compete in the past 5 days. This period is seen as an opportunity for teams to practice ahead of TI and test new strategies.
The #DotaSummit 9 Grand Finals are here! @EvilGeniuses with. @FNATIC in a best of FIVE! How long will this series take? ?
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?️ @keepingitKyle with @Team_VGJ .Storm’s @MSSDota @SVGDota @Clairvoyance102 @KBBQDotA pic.twitter.com/DU2F4fSqqf— Beyond the Summit (@BeyondTheSummit) July 29, 2018
After Fnatic beat VGJ.Storm in the loser bracket, it seemed like the boys of EE-sama were ready for revenge – but after losing game 1, especially since they were so much in the lead, Fnatic slowly disbanded. . Game 2 was too easy for EG and Fnatic couldn’t find themselves. The third, and final game of the series, saw the two sides fight back and forth – but Fnatic couldn’t keep up with the competition, surrendering to EG.
Your #DotaSummit 9 Champions are @EvilGeniuses ! Congratulations to @Arteezy @SumaaaaiL @s4dota @Cr1tdota @Fly_dota2 for the dominant performance here!
Winner’s interview now LIVE on https://t.co/VZnt4kO1Z3 pic.twitter.com/K3ygqqD5aB
— Beyond the Summit (@BeyondTheSummit) July 29, 2018
This is EG’s 3rd win at The Summit and EG looks ready for TI, losing only 3 games in total during the Summit event. Each team receives $1,000 for each group stage win and the remaining $70,000 is divided among the teams depending on playoff rankings. The final rankings of the teams are as follows:
Firstclass: Evil Geniuses
Second: Fnatic
Third place: VGJ.Storm
Fourth: Let’s Do It
Rank 5/6: paiN Gaming/OpTic Gaming
As we’ve seen recently, Crystal Maiden is starting to stand out and is the hero with the most total ban/pick ratio in the league. Pudge and Necrophos are two overwhelming picks for teams, both with over 50% win rates. Heroes that were not picked include Naga Siren, Earth Spirit, Night Stalker and Bounty Hunter – these heroes were heavily competitive before the event.
With just 3 weeks before The International 2018 kicks off, let’s see how the meta will affect when patch 7.19 is released right after The Beyond Summit.
Dota 2: Update 7.19 details, Daily Bonus Hero reduced from 2 Mango to 1
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