In a thrilling three game best-of-three series, Alliance defeated Secret 2-1 and will proceed to face Newbee in the next round, while Secret has been eliminated from the event.
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Game one
Coming from the laning stage, Secret looked strong, being able to secure their core farms and support levels by out-laning Alliance. Several rotations utilizing Puck's dream coil gave Secret a comfortable lead, but when they over-commited for one of the rotations, the team was wiped by Alliance. This opening eventually allowed Alliance to secure Roshan and find multiple pickoffs with their Tiny's blink. The lead eventually became insurmountable and Secret called GG.
Game two
Alliance were outplayed and out-drafted, trying to play an aggressive mid-game line-up but failing to find appropriate initiations. As Secret farmed up, they started to counter-initiate against Alliance, build a sizeable gold lead and take control of the map. With their draft's strengths all negated, Alliance crumbled.
Game three
One smoke, two kills. Alliance were propelled to an explosive start after their pre-game smoke into Secret's jungle yielded two kills. The following laning stage also finished in Alliance's favor, with their Lone Druid free farming throughout most of it. Bulldozing down Secret's towers, Alliance eventually managed to siege high ground and take a three sets of rax, albeit with a few difficulties due to Secret's Axe's good initiations.
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