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Dota 27 years agoAndreea "divushka" Esanu

DAC 2017: OG remain uncontested leaders in Group A


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Another group stage day ended in China at Dota 2 Asia Championships, and OG continue to march forward without dropping a single game.

The 12 points already accumulated by OG in the first two days of the group stage are securing them the top seed of Group A regardless of the results coming in tomorrow. By winning their group, OG have secured a comfortable upper bracket start in the DAC 2017 main event and will be playing their first series against the second place finishers of Group B.

Team Empire had a very good day one, finishing second, only two points behind OG. In their first series against the Major Champions OG they looked to prove themselves against one of the most successful Meepo players, Johan 'N0tail' Sundstein, and went with two drafts featuring the hero, losing both games. Almost baiting Empire to pick the Meepo, OG prepared a massive AoE control lineupfor the first game, countering not only Vladimir 'Chappie' Kuzmenko but also Yaroslav 'Miposhka' Naidenov’s Monkey King. The second game brought the first Arc Warden played at DAC, OG reserving the surprise for their last pick. Nonetheless, Empire managed to execute VG J today, again Rostislav 'fn' Lozovoi grabbing the spotlight with an incredibly well played Invoker (14 minutes Aghanim's Scepter courtesy of early Sun Strike kills).

To maintain their second position in the group, all Empire has to do now is to achieve at least a draw against the TI6 Champions, Wings Gaming. However, to avoid a possible tiebreaker with LGD Forever Young, Empire must win the series 2-0 and luckily for the only CIS team playing at DAC 2017, their matchup is the very last one scheduled on the third day, meaning that they will know what score is needed for them to start the main event in the upper bracket before entering the battle .

Day three Group A schedule:

03:00 CEST: LGD Forever Young vs Team Faceless
05:30 CEST: OG vs VG J
08:00 CEST: Wings Gaming vs Team Empire

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