Despite falling behind in game one, the Singaporean wonderboys plus one have managed to stage a convincing comeback against team Complexity in the first round of the Winner's Bracket.
Naga Siren was able to get a great start early on with the aid of FluffnStuff's Chen coming in to bot lane for ganks and allowing Naga Siren to farm. Meanwhile, Chen and Rubick opened up space for Invoker at mid lane, picking off Tinker a couple of times and preventing an early Boots of Travel.
The game eventually turned into a one-sided affair for Complexity, with Invoker dictating most of the play after fifteen minutes and Naga Siren using her Song tactically to claim Roshan and turn most of the teamfights in their favor. The GG was eventually called by hyhy at 30 minutes, putting them one game down and in threat of being sent to the Loser's Bracket.
Zenith was able to take the lead early on despite playing conservatively, netting four kills in the first fifteen minutes. Shortly after, the team proceeded to abuse the global strategy afforded by Ice Blast and Sun Strike to look for kills over the map. It seemed too simple for Zenith who was able to take out weak heroes like Lich and Leshrac across the map with the amount of burst damage they stacked on their heroes.
The score was 19-4 at twenty minutes and the game was all but over. Hyhy's Morphling ended the game on a Holy Shit streak as Complexity forfeited after 25 minutes of play.
Similar to how game two turned out, early Sun Strikes by iceiceice connected on many of Zenith's gank attempts and that lead to an early advantage for the Singaporean powerhouse. Adopting the same Ice Blats and Sun Strike combination from the previous game, Morphling was able to rack up 90 cs at 15 minutes and finishing as the top farmer of the game (with Invoker a close second).
Despite a passive 6-3 killscore in favor of Zenith at 20 minutes, a Blink Dagger on Tidehunter allowed Zenith to focus on Anti Mage during every fight and take him out early with their burst. The game soon became one controlled by Blink Ravages and by 35 minutes, a push into Complexity's bot barracks spelt the end of the road for them in the Winner's Bracket.
More information: The International 2012 coverage, Match Info
