Replay Analysis: MCiTY vs dmZ

This is the replay analysis of the enthralling Gosucup - Round 1 fixture showcasing MCiTY and diamondZ. This match demonstrates a very effective push strategy by MCiTY with the help of a repelled Broodmother and Enigma. The main aim was to not allow the dmZ carries Kunkka and Sniper to farm up and end the game as fast as possible.

BANS:

MCiTY:

MCiTY got the first ban and they decided to ban Phantom Lancer. The very good pushing capabilities of PL with his images and radiance makes him a very deadly opponent indeed.

The next ban was Dark Seer who was banned for his excellent combination of powers which makes him a very good supporter.

dmZ:
dmZ banned Tidehunter because of his excellent blink in ulti combination which when doubled with pipe makes him a mass stunner + assister in a team. Also Tide has inbuilt tank capabilities with Kraken Shell.

Vengeful Spirit was banned because of her excellent assist and ganking abilities. With a high damaging stun, an armor and damage reduction spell and a huge damage bonus aura, she is easily one of the best gankers and assists around which can also be played in a pretty aggressive way lategame.

PICKS:

MciTY:
MCiTY start off with picking Slardar. Slithereen Guard is a hero that can very well meld into both the ganker or carry positions with an early sprint-stun combination and late game BKB-blink-stun combination.

They follow up the Slardar pick with picking two disablers Bane Elemental and Enigma. The main focus being on disabling the heroes when Slardar hits them. Enigma could also act as a very good pusher with the Eidolon conversion and after a blink is a deadly mass disabler.

MciTY pick a deadly combo in the last two picks, Omniknight and Broodmother. While Broodmother is a deadly hero for her imbalanced pushing abilities early to mid game, she is all the more deadly with a repel on her. On the other hand, Omniknight here could not only act as a healer but heroes like Slardar and Enigma and Bane could use his shield as well as two out of the three have channeling ultimates.

dmZ:
dmZ start off their picks with lion and puck, disablers and stunners for Slardar. They pick Admiral as their semi-carry, a good and easy farm with useful abilities for ganking and clashes. When put together with Puck's ultimate it is actually a very good combo to ensure the Ghost Ship deals the maximum damage.

Zeus is picked for spamming and constant harassment to the opponent heroes. dmZ seem to be concentrating on an AOE combination with the heroes picked to own team clashes.

As the last pick, dmZ select a hero who can keep fighting from far away and remain safe from the effects of the opponent mass stunners Slardar and Enigma. They pick Dwarven Sniper, a good carry with a nice dps and range.

LANING:

Lanes
MCiTY	dmZ
Sentinel MCiTY^Shatan (Bot) MCiTY^Tonton (Top) MCiTY^seffieRRR (Top) r1sk~ (Top) MCiTY^Chawy (Mid)	Scourge BOOMSHAKALAKA- (Bot) dmZ!StryKe- (Top) dmZ^Kebap- (Top) VA.Y0r1k (Bot) dmZ^hexOr (Mid)

The lanes were pretty interesting with a Broodmother solo bottom and Omniknight solo mid. The top lane had Slardar and Bane in lane with Enigma jungling close by. The Sentinel main aim was to give early level up to the solo heroes and ensure that the carry hero that would come in the scourge top lane is harassed and fed upon early game by the stunner disabler combination in the top lane.

The Scourge followed a more or less conservative laning strategy with Puck and Zeus coming bot for harassing. Kunkka went mid for quick level up and Lion and Sniper went top. The bot heroes had the aim of harassing the Sentinel hero bot and the top Lion had the aim of giving some protection to Sniper while he farms up.

The first blood occurred early at 2 minutes in the top lane with MciTY^Tonton killing dmZ!stryKe- in a well planned but poorly executed gank. The Sentinel managed to get the first blood but Tonton couldn't survive the gank. Enigma, Slardar and Bane continued the pressure top with ganks in regular intervals but they also suffered deaths due to some aggressive ganks and tower diving.

In the mid lane Kunkka was unable to farm before Omniknight due to the degen + heal combination. This along with Omniknight's high base damage made it sure that Kunkka didn't come forward and played defensively.

Bot lane Broodmother managed to hold the lane against two spammers Puck and Zeus by getting a magic stick and using her own spams for pushing. Broodmother didn't move much from the lane and continued her push despite the Scourge ganking her allies in the other lanes. As a result the first bot tower was down in 8 minutes.

The Sentinel strength heroes aimed for early tanking abilities with Omniknight getting a vanguard even before he got boots at the 9th minute. Slardar also rushed vanguard and completed it at the 13th minute.

The match was very close at this moment with luck favoring the brave as can be portrayed by the Broodmother save at the 9th minute.

Slardar and Broodmother farmed at the top and bottom lanes respectively with the other three ganking and pushing at random lanes. The Scourge seemed very confused with the towers going down on all sides. This resulted in some foolish ulties by Puck like in the 13th minute at the bot lane.

dmZ tried to fight back with a good gank in the 14th minute in the top lane but a timely ulti by Enigma and Omniknight saved the day. The scourge carry Kunkka kept dying with close saves for the MciTY heroes like Omniknight and Slardar.






As all this action was taking place in the top lane MciTY^Shatan's brood kept pushing bot lane and the 2nd tower was down in the 14th minute compelling the dmZ heroes to go for bot defense leaving the top open for push. Broodmother quickly came top and they took the first top tower. The Sentinel heroes aggressively guarded each of their towers while strategically taking down each of Scourge's towers one by one by making them run from one part of the map to another.

By the 16th minute Broodmother had a Vladimir's Offering and a PT and was pushing the lanes freely with a safe network of webs in the bot lane for her concealment.






On the other hand Kunkka and Sniper were pretty underfarmed with Kunkka not getting a battlefury yet due to the regular ganks and their inability to farm peacefully in a single lane due to the imminent pushes from all sides.

The Sentinel heroes increased their mobility by both Enigma and Slardar getting a blink dagger in the 19-21 minute mark. Now Enigma and Slardar both had initiator capabilities and the opponent heroes just didnt have enough items to fight against them. Kunkka neither had a battlefury nor a BKB so he wasn't a tank or a dps. The Scourge heroes were at a high disadvantage against the Sentinel combo now.

A nicely executed gank by the sentinel in the top lane in the 21st minute ensured that Slardar got his blink and the Scourge heroes were forced to come top for defense leaving the bot base tower unprotected in front of the relentless push by Broodmother.

The Scourge had a nice gank in the 24th minute in the top lane but they only managed to kill Omniknight with Slardar escaping with minute hp. In all this confusion Broodmother took down the bot base tower and completed her linkens sphere.






Kunkka at last completed his battlefury in the 26th minute, but it was too late as MciTY heroes rushed bot lane and with a quick kill of Sniper they took down the bot raxes. Broodmother with repel and linkens was too much for the Scourge heroes and she bagged a triple kill in the minute killing off Zeus, Lion and Kunkka.

dmZ forfeited the match after they felt that chances of a turnaround wasn't feasible anymore.

Summarizing the match, we can conclude that MciTY went for a push strategy with Broodmother pushing alone while the opponent heroes were kept busy by the constant ganking by her allies. Omniknight played a very important role with his heal and reel proving invaluable during the ganks.






dmZ had planned that Kunkka with an early battlefury may be able to counter the push strategy of MCiTY, but it didn't work out as they planned with the Sentinel adopting an ultra push strategy which kept Kunkka away from farming, rather he was defending his towers in different lanes.