Moon wins ESWC Masters, 'Sky pattern' broken

Jang Jae "Moon" Ho must really like Paris. Last weekend he ended 1st place at the World Wide Invitational - today he can add the ESWC Masters 2008 to his long list of achievements.

Despite the bumpy start, losing two games to LiiLD.C and one to FoV, Moon managed to end up first in his group and make his way to the playoffs where he showed once again why he is nicknamed 'the fifth race'. Steamrolling all the way to the 1st place by defeating ReiGn, WhO and finally Sky in the grand final.

But in the first game of the grand final, Moon was back on the bumpy road. On Terenas Stand, Moon was unable to push back Sky's aggressive play. Despite the very strengthy heroes Panda and Pitlord Moon was forced to type out, giving the first game to Sky.

Second game, played on Twisted Meadows, we saw Sky performing a tower rush which was able to kill off one of Moon's wisps and preventing him to get his early Beastmaster. But once the Beastmaster was bought, Moon could finish Sky off and tie the match to 1-1.

Third and final game on Echo Isles, was very 'beary'. Sky went for a fast expansion on Echo Isles, while Moon ravaged on and hindered Sky's Archmage to reach the important level 3. Moon went an early second hero in the form of Naga Sea Witch, which Sky later on mimicked.

After two decisive battles where Moon managed to take down Sky's Naga both times, Moon's heroes was buffed enough, and with a high amount of bears Sky was unable to push back.

The win meant that Moon finally broke the 'Moon vs. Sky pattern', a pattern where Moon and Sky was never able to win two matches in a row versus each other. Last match between the two was in PGL Season 3, where Moon came out on top.

This also means that we will see Moon, Sky and ToD in the ESWC Grand Finals in San José later in the fall.

Third place went to ToD, after WhO with a 2-1 score.

Final positions

1. MYM.Moon $2500
2. WE.Sky $1500
3. mouz.ToD $1,000