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DreamLeague Day Two: Cloud9 takes down Mouz for WB Final spot

In the first match of the day, we saw Cloud9 play their first match of the LAN playoffs against Mouz, who looked utterly dominant against both Fnatic and EG in the two Bo3s they played yesterday. Cloud9 emerged victorious with a 2-1 gamescore, and they will progress to the Winner's bracket finals to meet the winner of Alliance vs Empire, which will be played after this match. 

Game 1

-00:30 - Mouz move into the Radiant Jungle and scout out Puck, but he is paying attention and the arrow misses. 

00:00 - The lanes look weird from the get-go, with MSS's Brewmaster in mid against Singsing's Lycan. Top lane sees Fata soloing the lane against Aui's Visage and EE's Drow.

02:00 - The Mouz tri-lane are forced to rotate to the top lane, becoming a tri-lane vs tri-lane scenario on top as Pieliedie's Earthshaker moves as well. 

03:50 - First Blood! Mouz get a kill on EternalEnvy with a Magic Missile into a Sacred Arrow. 

04:55 - A second kill goes out on Aui at the top tower with the Mouz supports rotating behind them. Bone7's teleport in to counter-gank fails to get a return kill on Mirana, and he dies to the return Sacred Arrow. 

05:30 - The first use of the Brewmaster Ultimate results in a solo kill for MSS on SingSing. 

09:00 - The first moonlight Shadow is used in conjunction with Brewmaster's Primal Split to get another kill on Visage. MSS gets a 9 minute Blink Dagger after that kill. Mouz are leading 5-0. 

10:00 - Another kill goes MSS's way as he smokes into the Radiant jungle and finds Earthshaker alone. 

11:20 - Pajkatt finds a solo kill on Pieliedie's Earthshaker but C9 get a return kill on the Mirana.

12:00 - MSS rotates again to the bottom lane, with another usage of the Brewmaster Ulti getting kills on both Drow Ranger and Visage. 

13:20 - Cloud9 take the first tower of the game by taking out the mid Tier 1 after forcing 3 TP rotations to top. 

15:30 - Fata gets the last hit on the Radiant Bottom Tier 1, and Cloud9 are unable to find a trade across the map. 

16:30 - Misery and Pajkatt combine together to kill Singsing at the bottom lane. 

17:15 - MSS takes Mouz's second tower, with the Top Radiant Tier 1 falling. 

18:05 - Mouz dive behind the Mid Tier 1 and pickoff Singsing, and thereafter taking out the Tier 1 tower itself. 

19:30 - Mouz start on the first Roshan of the game, and it goes down in a mere 20 seconds. Mirana picks up the Aegis. 

20:20 - Mouz find two kills at the top lane with Pas's Nature's Guise scouting out Lycan and Earthshaker in the Dire jungle. 

21:30 - Mouz destroys the top tier 2 - current tower score is C9 1-4 Mouz. 

22:30 - Two kills across the map, with MSS finding a solo kill on EternalEnvy in the Radiant jungle, and Misery & Pajkatt combining to blow up Singsing's Lycan. Mouz lead 15-1. 

24:00 - C9 finally find a kill when they find Pajkatt in their jungle and kill him despite his Aegis. C9 chase the retreating Mouz but they get punished, losing Earthshaker, Lycan and Visage for a kill on Treant. 

25:35 - Mouz are punished for overextending and trying to kill the Bottom Tier 2, with VS and Brewmaster dying. Bone7 gets a 1,085 gold bounty for ending the Brewmaster's monster kill streak. 

26:50 - Cloud9 are able to take down the top Tier 1 with the split-pushing Visage Familiars doing work. 

30:00 - Mouz find the first kill in 5 minutes when they find Pieliedie in their jungle. Mouz move on to take out the second Roshan of the game. Mirana takes the Aegis again. 

31:20 - Mouz find Pieliedie in the Radiant jungle this time, and Mouz's Troll, Vengeful Spirit and Mirana melt C9's Lycan, Puck and Earthshaker without any losses.

32:30 - C9 find a trade when they lose their bottom Tier 2 and get a return Tier 2 at top. 

33:40 - A blind arrow finds Singsing in the Radiant Jungle but he is able to get away with Shapeshift and Armlet toggling. Mouz take out the middle tier 2.

34:00 - Mouz goes high ground and Misery swaps out EternalEnvy and he is blown up. He buysback immediately, but Cloud9 are unable to defend their middle barracks despite the buyback. Mouz takes a decisive team fight and decides to take out the Tier 4s instead. Multiple buybacks from C9 seem to help them defend their throne after the Tier 4s go down, but Primal Split proves too much when combined with the Mouz buybacks. 

36:55 - Mouz takes the throne, and lead the series 1-0. 

Final Scoreboard

 

 

Game 2

-00:45 - C9 invade the Radiant jungle but nothing happens. 

00:00 - The game starts with Fata soloing mid on Batrider against Singsing's Kunkka. Bone7 immediately starts in the jungle and C9 run a tri-lane at top with Jakiro, Wraith King and Tidehunter. MSS is in the Radiant safelane on Weaver, while Misery's Bane and Pas's AA are supporting him.

2:45 - First Blood! C9 do a smoke rotation behind Pajkatt's Prophet and take him out. Mouz get the trade in the meantime, taking out the Bottom Tier 1 tower. 

4:25 - Mouz dive all the way to outside C9's base at the bottom lane and are able to find a kill on Aui's Jakiro. 

6:00 - C9 find a pickoff on Batrider with Kunkka's Ship and AA's Chilling Touch.

7:50 - Pajkatt who was hiding behind the trees for almost 30 seconds moves in to deny the Top Tier 1 when Aui tries to backdoor it. 

10:20 - The first Doom rotation by Bone7 sees Weaver getting denied, but at the same time Doom dies to the Batrider Lasso. 

11:00 - C9 take out the Mid Tier 1 despite AA's Ice Blast. Jakiro gets the last hit. 

12:45 - Aui gets the last hit on the Bottom Tier 1, but dies in exchange. Pajkatt gets picked off at the top lane as well. 

15:30 - Doom finds a solo pickoff on Prophet, while C9 attempt Roshan but give up halfway. 

16:45 - An invis Batrider finds a kill on Jakiro in the Dire jungle, but C9 blow Ravage to ensure he dies. 

19:50 - C9 attempty Roshan and kill Fata as he comes in with a Doom. Ancient Apparition's Ultimate manages to pickoff Tidehunter, however. 

21:30 - A huge teamfight breaks out near the middle lane, with Tidehunter and Doom both dying in return for Batrider. 

23:10 - Mouz find yet another pickoff on Doom with AA's Ice Blast ticking him over. 

24:50 - C9 find the second Roshan but the AA ultimate again finds a kill on TideHunter. EE gets the Aegis. 

28:00 - A large team fight breaks out in mid, with Weaver and Bane dying in return for Jakiro and Tidehunter. 

32:30 - Mouz pick up the top Tier 2 with Pajkatt's Necronomicons.  Current score: 11-11. 

35:50 - An initiation by Mouz's Batrider goes poorly as they are unable to kill the Tidehunter before he uses Ravage. They lose Batrider, Weaver and Bane for Tidehunter, but also get the mid Tier 2 in exchange. 

37:40 - Cloud9 pickup the Roshan, with the Aegis going to Doom. 

38:20 - Another big fight breaks out in the Dire jungle, with a 4 for 2 trade going C9's way. Mouz's only survivor Pajkatt and they only get the two C9 supports in return. 

42:25 - Fata tries to initiate on Doom but gets Doomed instead and dies. C9 pushes down the bottom Tier 2 while Pajkatt tries to splitpush the Top Tier 3. 

47:05 - C9 take down Roshan again. Wraith King gets the Aegis and Tidehunter gets the Cheese. 

49:00 - C9 attempt to push the Mid Tier 2 but the Pajkatt splitpush forces them back. Misery blinks into three retreating heroes and dies. 

51:00 - C9 take out both the mid tier 1 and tier 2, as well as kills on AA, Bane and Weaver. In the meantime Prophet successfully takes out the Ranged Barracks at top. Weaver is forced to buyback, and C9 continue their seiege at bottom, taking out the tier 3. However C9 overstay their siege and lose Doom, Tidehunter, and Jakiro as well as the Aegis. EternalEnvy manages to find a kill on the Bane in return. 

56:00  - Fata finds the Tidehunter in the Dire jungle, but Doom is there to counter-initiate. Pajkatt dies to the Doom while Tidehunter goes down as well. 

57:40 - A Blink Doom finds a kill on Batrider, while Bane also goes down. Batrider is forced to buyout to defend their exposed Bottom Barracks. 

58:45 - C9 dive deep into the Radiant base, killing off Prophet and AA but losing Doom in the process. C9 manage to get the Bottom Barracks in return. 

59:20 - Mouz calls the GG as C9 turns on them and kills Batrider and Bane. 

Final Scoreboard

 

 

Game 3

00:00 - Cloud9 have surprised everyone with a Meepo pick, with Singsing playing it, together with EE on a farming Silencer. They go up against the strong teamfight of Mouz with Tidehunter and Enigma, coupled with a farming Naga. 

02:20 - First Blood! Fata's Troll Warlord finds the Bane alone in the jungle and together with Disruptor's Glimpse gets a kill. 

04:45 - C9 get on the board with the Bane and Jakiro rotations allowing them to get a kill on Pajkatt's Naga. 

07:10 - A gank on the solo farming Bane fails as he teleports out.

08:30 - A smoke Gank on Naga fails as he is able to Song before they doom him, setting up for an Enigma Black Hole that is immediately cancelled by Global silence. The final trade is 1 for 1, with Naga dying in return for Jakiro. 

11:50 - Doom rotates in and gets a kill on Enigma on the bottom lane. However, they still do not push down the tower. 

14:00 - Mouz attempts to push the bottom tier 1 but they end up losing Enigma, Disruptor and Troll in the process. However, Naga manages to get the mid Tier 1 in return. 

15:00 - C9 pushes and gets the bottom Tier 1, but loses Bane to a Disruptor Glimpse.

16:30 - An attempted initiation by Cloud9 at the mid Tier 1fails, and Bane nearly dies to the Static Storm but manages to get out in time. 

17:40 - C9 finally take down the mid Tier 1, with Jakiro's Liquid Fire doing work. They continue to push the Mid Tier 2 and take it down uncontested as well. A teamfight erupts after a Sleep initiation that sees Tidehunter dying in exchange for Bane and Silencer.

19:30 - Naga has finally picked up her Radiance, let the splitpush begin!

21:45 - Doom and an Aghanims Global Silence allows C9 to get 3 kills on Mouz - Troll, Naga and Enigma all fall, with Naga dying to the final ticks of the Curse of the Silent.  

25:00 - 25 minutes in, C9 lead by 10k gold and 12k experience, and also lead the kill score 10-5. 

27:00 - Singsing solos Roshan and picks up the Aegis. 

28:20 - Aui gets picked off after overextending to take the Mid Tier 2 with SingSing. Fata also gets a tower in return. 

29:40 - A Ravage is used on a solo SingSing, which sets up for a solo Black Hole as well. However, it is cancelled by the Global silence and Doom rotates in for C9 to get a 4 for 0 exchange - Meepo does not even lose the Aegis. 

31:45 - C9 dive the mid Tier 3 and kills Disruptor and Enigma in exchange for Doom. They manage to get the mid Barracks as well. However, they get over confident and attempt to get the bottom tier 3, and a welltimed Ravage causes them to lose Jakiro and Bane as well. Singsing loses his aegis in the process, but gets a kill on Fata's Troll.

34:50 - C9 gather at the Bot lane to attempt the highground push again. C9 take yet another good teamfight at the Tier 3 tower, with Disruptor and Troll falling. Meepo is Beyond Godlike. 

36:55 - Mouz use all their ultis and end up killing four of C9. They successfully defend their Bottom Barracks and force a Meepo buyback. 

38:20 - C9 go for Roshan again while Fata gets caught at his ancient camp and ends up dying to the Doom. Singsing gets the Aegis again. 

39:45 - C9 go high ground and take out the bottom Barracks on the back of a Global Silence. With refresher up, they are ready to go again and make the move towards the Top lane.

40:30 - Doom goes out on Fata but Naga song saves him. Tidehunter whiffs his Ravage as it hits nothing, and Mouz call the GG. Mouz will go down to the loser's bracket, while C9 progress to the winner's bracket finals. 

Final Scoreboard

 

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