Mineski DotA 2 Becomes DAC Champion 2021

The major event for the MOBA DotA 2 Valve Circuit game, titled DotA 2 Asia Championships (DAC) 2021 has just ended. The DAC 2021 champion has been obtained, namely the Mineski team that was able to beat the other finalists from the 2021 DAC Grand Final, LGD Gaming.

Mineski’s Journey to Become DAC Champion 2021

DotA 2 Asia Championships 2021 contains 16 participants with the initial tournament format in the form of groups divided into groups A and B and continued with the playoff format. This DotA 2 international tournament starts on March 29, 2021 and ends today on April 7, 2021. The tournament prize pool is worth 1 million US dollars with an additional prize of 1500 pro circuit points.

In the group stage format, TNC Pro Team, LGD Gaming, OpTic Gaming, Team Liquid, Newbee, Vici Gaming, OG, and Keen Gaming entered Group A. While group B was inhabited by Virtus Pro, Mineski, Evil Geniuses, Team Secret, Invictus Gaming, VGJ. Thunder, Effects and Pain Gaming.

The competition in Group A is very tight, so the determination of positions 1 to 7 in the group must go through a tie breaker system. From the tie breaker system, TNC Pro Team topped the group followed by LGD Gaming in second, OpTic Gaming in third, Team Liquid in fourth, Newbee in fifth, Vici Gaming in sixth, and OG in seventh. TNC and LGD have the right to be directly in the upper bracket round 1. While OpTic Gaming, Team Liquid, Newbee, and Vici Gaming have the right to advance to the breakout round. OG and Keen Gaming were eliminated from the tournament.

In contrast to group A, Virtus Pro appeared dominant in group B by topping the group, followed by Mineski, EG, Team Secret, IG, VGJ. Thunder, Effects and PG. Virtus and Mineski have the right to go straight to the upper bracket round 1. Meanwhile, EG, Team Secret, IG, VGJ. Thunder has the right to fight in the breakout round. Effect and PaIN Gaming were eliminated from the tournament.

The first round of the playoffs aka the breakout round of the DAC 2021 eSports event held a match between EG against Newbee with a final score of 2-0, Team Liquid against VGJ.Thunder with a final score of 2-0, OpTic Gaming against IG with a final score of 2-0, and Team Secret against Vici Gaming with a final score of 0-2. EG, Team Liquid, OpTic Gaming, and VG were entitled to the upper bracket round 1. While Newbee, VGJ.Thunder, IG, and Team Secret were eliminated.

In the upper bracket round 1 LGD won 2-0 over EG, Virtus Pro lost 0-2 against Team Liquid, Mineski won 2-0 against OpTic Gaming, and TNC Pro lost 1-2 against Vici Gaming. LGD, Team Liquid, Mineski, and Vici Gaming are entitled to the Upper Bracket round 2. EG, Virtus Pro, OpTic Gaming, and TNC Pro competed in the Lower Bracket round 1.

In the Lower Bracket round 1, the DotA 2 team Virtus Pro won 1-0 over EG, and TNC Pro won 1-0 over OpTic Gaming. Virtus Pro and TNC advanced to the Lower Bracket round 2. EG and OpTic Gaming were eliminated from the competition. Upper Bracket round 2 pitted LGD against Team Liquid and Mineski against Vici Gaming. Team Liquid had to admit the superiority of LGD’s strategy and had to give up with a score of 1-2. Meanwhile Mineski also managed to beat VG with the same score 2-1. The victory brought Mineski and LGD to compete in the Upper Bracket final. Meanwhile, VG and Team Liquid had to be willing to compete in the Lower Bracket round 2.

In the Lower Bracket round 2, Virtus Pro managed to defeat Vici Gaming, and TNC defeated Team Liquid with a score of 1-0. Team Liquid and VG were eliminated from the event. While TNC and Virtus continued to the Lower Bracket round 3. In the Lower Bracket round 3, Virtus managed to beat TNC with a score of 2-1. Virtus has the right to advance to the final round of the Lower Bracket.

In the Upper Bracket final, LGD was forced by Mineski to give up without a significant fight with a score of 2-0 and had to be willing to compete in the Lower Bracket final against Virtus. Mineski became the first team to advance to the 2021 DAC Grand Final. In the Lower Bracket final, LGD managed to overcome Virtus with a tight match, 2-1. The 2021 DAC Grand Final pitted LGD against Mineski.

Mineski Vs LGD Gaming Grand Final DAC 2021

The DAC Grand Final ended with a score of 3-2 which made Mineski the DAC 2021 champion. In the first match, LGD won easily over Mineski with a combo of Slardar, Tiny, Phantom Assassin and Ancient Apparition. In the second match, Mineski won by relying on IceIce who played Magnus. The third game was won by LGD, which relied on the good game of Kunkka and Clockwerk.

Mineski tried hard to become the DAC 2021 champion by forcing to play the fifth game. His efforts were not in vain because Mineski managed to win the fourth game. In the fourth match, Mineski managed to stop the selection of Slardar by LGD who wanted to repeat the hero combo from the first match. The issue of the Tiny, PA, and AA combo was also successfully suppressed through Luna’s brilliant game.

In the fifth match, Naga Siren from Mineski really gave extraordinary support because it was able to reduce LGD’s attacks which were based on Leshrac, Anti Mage, and Underlord. Mineski finally won the DotA 2 Pro Valve Circuit major event title. By becoming the DAC 2021 champion, Mineski is entitled to 370 thousand dollars and 750 DPC. The victory in Valve’s major event made the team from Southeast Asia push into fourth place in the world. That’s the eSports news about Mineski who won DAC 2021.

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