Kiev Major 2021 Quarter Finals [Review dan Analisis]

The Kiev Major has been running for a few days and has entered the semifinal main event. The semifinalists in the quarter-finals of the Kiev Major 2021 have already bagged their names. The top four of this international tournament are Chinese team Invictus Gaming, Russian team Virtus Pro, European team OG, and North American team Evil Geniuses.

In the quarter-finals of Valve’s Dota 2 tournament, Invictus Gaming beat Team Liquid, Virtus Pro beat Vici Gaming J, OG beat Team Faceless, and Evil Geniuses beat SG e-sports. There are also the results of the Kiev Major 2021 quarter-finals, the explanation is as follows.

Invictus Gaming vs Team Liquid

iG’s first game in the quarter-finals of the Kiev Major 2021 against Team Liquid started with the aggressiveness of Team Liquid who got first blood and pushed the bottom line of iG occupied by Xxs. The beginning of the game was dominated by Team Liquid until finally iG managed to come back and balance the game. The game continues to be balanced until the running time is 20 minutes. After 20 minutes, Team Liquid killed Roshan and claimed Aegis. Team Liquid pushed the line and forced iG to hold on. The first and second towers were destroyed. After 30 minutes of the match, things turned around with iG’s advantage. Morphling and Ember Spirit played by Burning and OP have already become and tear apart Team Liquid’s defense. Seeing this, Team Liquid was helpless and declared surrender in the first game.

Game Two went rather casually. It took 2 minutes for the first blood to occur. The beginning of the second game was fully controlled by Team iG. All lines are pushed towards The Dire. The second game was very relaxed and slow. Each team is careful with their game. In the end, Team Liquid won the second game thanks to a brilliant game from Matumbaman who played Specter.

The third game had to be played because the position of the game was 1:1. Team Liquid started again aggressively in this game. GH managed to get first blood after killing Xxs in the forest. Team Liquid continued to play an aggressive game early in the game. They managed to make the kill hero score reach 7:1. In the middle of the game, iG managed to take advantage of the momentum to make a good comeback after Team Liquid played too confidently. In the battle in the middle line, 3 members of Team Liquid were slaughtered easily so that the line could be pushed back. iG continues to push but the game is still evenly matched. However, in the end Team Liquid had to give up losing in the third game thanks to Xxs’ brilliant game with his dark seer.

Virtus Pro vs Vici Gaming J

Virtus Pro (VP) has launched an attack on Vici Gaming J (VGJ) since the hero draft began. rOtk was forced to be unable to play the five frequently played heroes. However, the tactical brilliance of Vici Gaming J managed to get them Warlock, Mongkey King and Sand King to play. When the game starts, the three heroes are played by Vici Gaming on the offlane. However, this strategy makes it difficult for Vici Gaming to develop, so Virtus Pro dominates the game from the beginning to the middle of the game. After 27 minutes of the match, the goddess of fortune smiled at Vici Gaming. Virtus Pro made a mistake in a big battle, so he had to lose 3 towers and melee barracks in the offlane. Virtus Pro attempted to make a comeback, but VGJ continued to dominate until the game was over.

The second game started well by VGJ. The lane occupied by Phantom Assassin has been fully controlled. Phantom Assassin’s duet with Purist went well until 15 minutes. VGJ became very confident about it, and they casually farmed Roshan. This overly confident attitude resulted in a comeback for the VP team. They managed to turn the game around after brilliantly butting VGJ who was farming Roshan. Item smoke plays a big role in this VP comeback. 4 VGJ members died in this battle. VP manages to get the Aegis given to Ursa. With 2 lives, Ursa went crazy and continued to push VGJ’s lane until finally VGJ lost.

The flow of the third game is almost the same as the second game, VGJ kicked off at the beginning of the game. Support Fy who played Pugna overwhelmed Ramsez666 who played Slark. VP is far behind at the start of the game. Slark and Ursa the VP team continued to be bullied throughout the early to mid-game. But after BKB was obtained by the two heroes, the game turned around. It is the support of the VP team from Dark Seer and Disruptor who managed to lock all the VGJ team’s hero spells. Thanks to the brilliance of Solo and 9pasha who played these two heroes, Virtus Pro managed to advance to the semifinals.

OG vs Team Faceless

In the first game of the quarter-finals of the Kiev Major 2021, OG was given the opportunity to play their best hero by Team Faceless. Therefore, it is not surprising that OG gets first blood. However, Team Faceless turned everything upside down with a brilliant game from Black^ who played the hero Slark. Slowly but surely, Team Faceless made OG lose.

The second game in the quarter-finals of the Kiev Major 2021 started OG with a strong start. OG did not lose focus and confidence despite losing the first game. Pudge and Disruptor played by Jerax and Fly shattered Team Faceless’s defense. Thanks to these two reliable supports, Ana who played Templar Assassin managed to get Beyond Godlike. In the end, the second game was won by OG.

The third game started with OG’s aggressive game. But thanks to good hero rotation and placement, Team Faceless managed to keep up with OG’s game. N0tail gives OG the lead thanks to his brilliant game in escaping from encirclement and dealing high damage during big battles. With Ana’s Terrorblade, N0tail brought OG to win the match with his Dragon Siren.

Evil Geniuses vs SG e-Sports

The beginning of the first game was dominated by the EG team. However, the game in the quarter-finals of the Kiev Major 2021 was not one-sided. The two teams outperformed each other. The tempo of the game is like a roller coaster. The two teams continued to push each other. At minute 60, the EG team again dominated the game. SG e-Sports was provoked to increase their aggressiveness. With pride, they smoked happily into the EG forest which was eventually slaughtered. After that, EG’s game continued to craze and EG got their first win.

EG started the second game aggressively. Zai played a good riki which put the EG team ahead early in the game. EG didn’t take advantage of the initial advantage well, so Terrorblade SG was able to farm well. When the Terrorblade is ready, Tavo with his Enigma and 4dr with his Puck provide their best support through coils and black holes during the battle. The SG team dominated the game, and after that won the second game.

EG’s third game of the 2021 Kiev Major quarter-finals was high-tempo and full of action. There were three recorded incidents where the entire team was slaughtered. EG plays with a 3 hero strategy on the toplane. This strategy does not work well for the three heroes. But all paid off, Sumail and Universe can farm well in the midlane and botlane. Through their second game, especially Sumail, EG managed to win the third game after playing in approximately 46 minutes. Despite SG e-Sports’ elimination, their three matches against EG showed that Dota 2 is highly developed in South America. The regional team is highly anticipated for their continued work in various international Dota 2 tournaments.

That’s the latest news containing the quarter-finals of the Kiev Major 2021. Stay tuned for more news about the 2021 Kiev Major in the Games News!

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