SearchSky defeats Check to win IEST and grab 1st rank
Posted by Patrik "Raistlin" Hellstrand 2 years ago
Photo by: SK-Gaming.com
Xiaofeng "Sky" Li could follow up his disappointing World Cyber Games crashout with a gold medal in yesterday's IEST final after defeating Hyeong Ju "Check" Lee 2-0.
The World Elite front man beat Check on Melting Valley and Twisted Meadows in a match-up that statistically is his worst (61%, says SK-Gaming.com).
Sky's early expansion and quick-tech up to tanks was met with Glaive Throwers and Ancients of War by Check on Melting Valley. Sky then switched to mortars, dragonhawk riders and knights which handed him the first final win.
The second and last game Sky was able to stand against Check's glaive thrower push with solid micro management and better battle stance. Sky's five-leveled archmage and dragonhawk mass could in Check's final attack attempt crush the Night Elf dryads and Warden forcing Check to admit defeat.
The Chinese home-field player defeated Moon, Grubby, Fly100%, Check and Lyn to stand as champion in the somewhat of an after party tournament for WCG.
Sky has therefore climbed to the top position in GosuGamers 1on1 rankings with 26 more points than runner-up June "Lyn" Park.
Check, who was pushed down to the lower bracket by none other than Sky, fought his way back to the finals after wins over both Dmitriy "Happy" Kostin (2-0) and Lyn (2-1).
IEST 2009 Final standings
1. Xiaofeng "Sky" Li
2. Hyeong Ju "Check" Lee
3. June "Lyn" Park
4. Dmitriy "Happy" Kostin
| Links |
| GosuGamers.net - Download replays from the event |
| GosuGamers.net - Full tournament results |
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| he was soooo on fire im just not impressed that he won didnt lose a single game gratz sky im happy for you obs: Happy likes 4º place |
| top 4 , all races now this is what i want to see :P nice one |
| yeah nice sky :) |
| and got 20,000 dollars..... |
| funny that sky plays so good now , but so bad in wcg |
| #5 its great he can bounce back while moon is slumping. |
| good news! go HM king |
| Nice Sky. Hope u feel good after this event. Happy finally have some results. |
| #6 yeah, what's up with moon? |
but no prize money for happy~  |
| moon was sick during the tournament,and he went to the hospital immediately after he finished the game with GB |
| sky had said in his blog that after the defeat in WCG, he felt relax now, and had the mind and chance to try new strategy, and indeed , the games played by sky in IEST were so good, GL Sky, keep on going! |
| Epic Sky !@!!@ gz |
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