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iG dominates TongFu to win Sina Cup Supernova Dota 2 Open

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Invictus Gaming took down their modern day rival TongFu in convincing fashion to win the gold in Sina Cup. With the 3-0 victory, iG place first for 18.000 RMB, while TongFu and LGD will settle for 6.000 RMB and 3.000 RMB consecutively.

The new and reconditioned Invictus Gaming is looking pretty powerful, and they proved their strength today with a flawless victory in Sina Cup grand finals. Stunning performance by Jiang'YYF' Cen, giving a lot of potential to the offensive trilane of iG with Troll Warlord. TongFu attempted to change between strategies to catch iG by surprise, but the former International champions showed a lot more consistency and readiness in their teamfights.

Game 1

Extreme aggression from iG for the first game, placing a Leshrac-Shadow Demon-Troll line-up against Zhou's Alchemist. The pressure was immense for TongFu, with Zhou dying 9 times and finishing with only a Shadow Blade by minute 36. Xtt's Beastmaster was only able to delay the inevitable, as Hao and YYF were getting to big to deal with. The Naix-Puck bomb combined with Battle Trance ripped TongFu's line-up apart, granting a comfortable win to iG.

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Game 2

TongFu opted for high AOE damage for the second game, with Outworld Devourer, Gyrocopter and Tidehunter selections. However, the second Troll Warlord pick by YYF, aided by the huge single target burst potential by iG's drafts did not allow Mu to play the game he wanted. With Outworld Devourer getting devoured in every fight, TongFu lacked the damage required to win the important teamfights, especially after the two Black King Bar purchases by the Radiant.

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Game 3

The third game was a full fledged stomp from iG. Picking a strong pushing line-up, they were able to completely destroy TongFu, with Zhou's Antimage being unable to get even ten minutes of free farm. The four-protect-one line-up from TongFu revealed many problems in the team's drafting, as they showed close to zero resistance against iG's aggression.

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1. China iG - 18,000 RMB (~$2,940)
2. China TongFu - 6,000 RMB (~$980)
3. China LGD.cn - 3,000 RMB (~$490)
Participating teams: 1,000 RMB (~$163)

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Andreas "drouks" StThere's really not much to say about Andreas 'drouks' Stavridakis, except that he sleeps two hours a day, plays the guitar and survives solely on Diet Coke. He also writes about DotA sometimes.

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