TongFu took a convincing win against NeoES.Orange earlier today, cleanly sweeping the Malaysian team 3-1 in the best-of-five series.
As the winner of the semi-finals, TongFu will be facing DK in the grand final. NeoES.Orange and LGD.cn on the other hand, will be slaughtering one another for the third and fourth place decider tomorrow at 11:00 CEST. The winner of that match will walk away with $16,200, double of what the fourth placer will receive.
The grand final of the Dota 2 Super League playoffs will be on the 6th of July. The grand final's games will be played in an offline atmosphere at Feng Yun Esports Arena, Shanghai, China.
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| 1st place | 500,000 RMB (~$81,103) | |
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2nd place | 200,000 RMB (~$32,441) | |
| 3rd place | 100,000 RMB (~$16,220) | |
| 4th place | 50,000 RMB (~$8,110) | |
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Match report
Game 1
TongFu used a very mobile line-up with Storm Spirit, Antimage and Clockwerk. To counter the upcoming aggressiveness, Orange selected Lone Druid and Weaver, two carries that are notorious for their survivability.
The laning stage did not favor any of the teams, with Orange attempting to interrupt Antimage's farm by placing an aggressive trilane against him. However, the first blood was drawn by Tongfu seven minutes into the game, with Hao escaping with almost no health remaining. Kyxy's Lone Druid did not have a difficult time farming top, with KingJ's Clockwerk being unable to compete against him at the top lane. The things were looking good for both the Antimage and Storm Spirit, with both Tongfu's carries having a pretty decent early game. On the other hand, the teams were unable to find the trades they wanted, and the supports lacked the experience needed to properly advance to the mid game.
The balance of the game was disrupted 19 minutes into the game, when TongFu got too aggressive in Orange's jungle. The Malaysians responded fast, and caught the Radiant out of position, picking every hero one-by-one. The result was a complete teamwipe for Tongfu, with Net being the only casualty for Orange. The middle tier-one tower suffered the same fate as TongFu's heroes, further improving the situation for Orange.
Despite the difference in gold and experience favoring them, the Malaysians were quite hesistant when it came to pushing and ?crossing the river. Mushi, Kyxy and Ohyprox were pretty durable, but Net and Xtinct were easy preys for Mu and Hao. These minutes of hesitation gave Hao the chance to build a strong inventory, with Orange getting a 28-minute Roshan in return. Having the Aegis in their possession and realising that the Antimage could be a potential threat, Orange decided to build up their map control, attempting a persistent push against TongFu. Nevertheless, Hao was able to complete his Butterfly just before the 38th minute fight, winning a 3-0 clash for his team. With a privilege in numbers, they rushed to the Rosh pit.
The Dire did not want to give Hao the Aegis, because the teamfight capabilities that it provides would probably cause their doom. They intercepted TongFu's Roshan attempt. Kyxy's Entangles helped Orange win a 4-3 fight. They were unable to take down Hao, who did not hesitate to fill the slot the Aegis would use with an Abyssal Blade. The now 6-slot Antimage looked like a force to be reckoned with.
TongFu decided to seal the deal, abusing Hao's impressive inventory. They rotated middle, entering Orange's base. Orange immediately responded to the Chinese battle hunger, forcing a fight outside the Dire's base. The Malaysians were able to take down Antimage, but not in time - Net, XTinCT and Ohyprox were down, and Orange's carries were the only obstacle between TongFu and the barracks. Hao immediatelly bought back, getting right back into the fight. The buyback was too much for Orange to handle - Mushi and Kyxy went down, and so did the middle and top barracks. The game was called seconds later.
Unfortunately, the end screenshot for game one is not available because the game crashed right after Orange called gg.
Game 2
TongFu added some flavor to the drafts, picking a Timbersaw against Orange's interesting Puck-Sand King bottom lane. However, they also selected Alchemist for Mu, forcing him to go against Mushi's Outworld Devourer, setting him at a disadvantage before the game starts.
The first blood was drawn by KingJ's Timbersaw, with Kyxy's Puck underestimating the survivability and diving to kill the low-health wood cutting robot, four minutes into the game. The Chinese easy lane also managed to take down the first tier-one tower shortly after, showing that TongFu had already won two out of three lanes.
Orange's lane selections were not working well - Gyrocopter's freefarm gave him his core items really early, allowing TongFu to get a 13-minute Roshan. They decided to venture inside Orange's jungle right after taking down Roshan, but this proved to be a bad move, as Orange were able to acquire the correct positions for the fight, winning 4-1, reducing the gold and experience gap between them and TongFu.
The Chinese decided to capitalize on their early game domination and keep pressuring Orange. With their continuous bottom lane pushing, they were able to get three pick-offs against Kyxy, Net and XTiNCT, taking the bottom tier-two down and turning the score from 4-2 to 4-5. It looked like the 4-1 disaster had never happened, and the Dire were looking pretty confident just as the game hit the 20th minute mark.
TongFu were playing the game they wanted, with no big teamfights taking place with a 30-minute score of 4-6. TongFu's pushing power enabled them to destroy all the tier-two towers relatively fast, also attempting to take down the bottom barracks. With Gyrocopter's Aegis fading, they chose to wait until the 32-minute Roshan before they decide to force a fight. The safe route taken by the Chinese is a tribute to Orange's strength.
While TongFu were waiting for Roshan to respawn, Orange were eager to take a fight but TongFu were playing safely, making sure they don't go too far out. Once Roshan respawned, TongFu waited for Orange to be occupied taking their top tier one tower and moved in for the kill. The Chinese's final push came easily on the bottom lane with the Aegis and Cheese in hand.
Game 3
Orange started game three with a greedy line-up and placed Anti-Mage on the middle lane against Dragon Knight. Both of the heroes have quite a sufficient farm with Anti-Mage having the slight edge with the last hits. Orange was off to a good start, taking down the two supports of TongFu's offensive trilane due to themselves being too aggressive.
The first big fight broke out on the middle lane with all five members from both teams converging at the river. Despite the high survivability of TongFu heroes, Orange were able to pick off the supports and most importantly, the Weaver after he ran into four of Orange. After the engagement stopped at 12 minutes, Orange were five kills ahead of TongFu and had a 3,000 gold lead. Rubick also stole Shukuchi from Weaver and that was a menace for TongFu to handle.
19 minutes into the game, Orange was already rushing into TongFu's base, killing heroes and getting away successfully. TongFu went for one last push on the top lane and when it started going sour with Orange coming flanking them from the jungle, TongFu called the immediate gg.
Game 4
Orange decided to abandon the off-lane in this game and left TongFu's Weaver to free farm on the top lane. At the same time, TongFu's Clockwerk was constantly using Cog to divert the creeps into the jungle on the bottom lane to disrupt Orange's creep equilibrium. Tongfu were also one step ahead of Orange, picking up the Nature's Prophet to jungle, knowing that the Dark Seer would abandon the lane. A quick teleport from the Weaver to the bottom lane nailed TongFu the First Blood despite going against the trilane.
10 minutes into the game, the kill score was 2-1 in favour of TongFu but their farm was much more superior compared to Orange due to the abandoned lanes. With the small lead they had, TongFu grouped as five and pushed the tier one tower on the bottom lane. TongFu immediately moved into the Rosh pit and took the Aegis without any retaliation from Orange.
TongFu moved up and down the river taking down towers after towers, increasing the gold advantage and conquering bigger portions of the map for farming purposes. The Chinese team started playing more passively as the Aegis was reclaimed and farmed for the next four minutes. As Roshan respawned, both teams had a short stand-off at the river but Orange eventually moved away. TongFu capitalized on this and moved in for the Rosh considering there was no way Orange could make it back in time. As a result, TongFu pushed mid and were successful in doing so despite Mushi's best effort to take down Clockwerk and Rubick.
32 minutes in, Orange was limited to the confine of their base and had a tough time stopping Weaver's ability in split pushing. While Orange was busy trying to stop the Weaver from pushing the top lane, the rest of TongFu rushed in from the middle lane and cleared up Orange's supports. There was no way Orange can turn this around now and surrendered.
