Kaipi
Season IV placing: #2
Statistics: 32-12 (73%)
VS
Pulse Gaming
Season IV placing: #1 (Div 2A)
Statistics: 106-90 (54%)
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David 'Reesion' SiekasReesion is the carry player of team Pulse. Give him a Chaos Knight, give him a Juggernaut: He loves melee carries. Reesion knows how winning a GosuLeague feels, as he was a part of the Infused team which won GosuLeague First Blood season in May.
2
Alexander 'Pinoy' FloresPinoy was the latest addition to the Pulse Gaming roster. He's known for his Shadow Fiend and Queen of Pain play. Right after the 6.75 buffs to Shadow Fiend happened, it looked like we would see that hero more often, but with Sven and aggressive laning appearing to be popular, a Shadow Fiend doesn't get the easy laning that hero needs, so Pinoy has to adapt to this.
3
Niklas 'Wagamama' HögströmWagamama is the most prestigious player on the side of Pulse Gaming. He was the captain in May, back when Infused won the GosuLeague First Blood season. Of today's team, only Pinoy was not a part of that team back then. Wagamama loves mobility. His trademark heroes are Templar Assassin and Mirana, which has been rarely seen in competitive play these days.
4
Hampus 'Mini' OlssonMini is the captain of team Pulse Gaming. With his trademark heroes Wisp and Enchantress, he sits right at the decision point of the game: What strategic decision needs to be done, his heroes will be the first to execute them. This way, he gives much more thinking time to Wagamama to crush upon the enemy's play.
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Olle Sjöland 'Fishbone' ThulinFishbone is the hard support player of Pulse Gaming. Jakiro is not only one of the, if not the, most popular hero in the current patch, but it's also one of the trademark heroes of Fishbone. If he can't get his hands on Jakiro, he also handles the Earthshaker very well, although this hero has moved slightly out of fashion.
This match is tough to call. None of the teams, not Kaipi nor Pulse, count as part of the tier 1 teams of Europe. Both teams are somewhat stable and solid, but never really made it to the big names. Still, Kaipi's Season 4 performance was stunning, finishing even with a 1-1 against Na'Vi in the regular season. They were awarded with well deserved $1,500 prize money for that, but will they fall into phlegmatism just because of that? Probably not. And Pulse Gaming has on paper the more prestigious players, but they are the ones coming from Division 2, not Kaipi.
On top of that, the meta game is really unstable in this November. Push, gank, farm, what strategy do you opt for? Wagamama certainly loves his Templar Assassin. But Pulse might only get that for the cost of allowing Batrider in Kaipi's hands. Kaipi on the other side showed a lot of Tidehunter play, and a bit of Undying mixed into that recently. Will the teams pick on the Sven as so many other teams have? However it ends, both teams will want to join NEXT.kz and MYM in the group of 2-point-teams after playday 1, already getting a map advantage over Empire and Na'Vi.
On top of that, the meta game is really unstable in this November. Push, gank, farm, what strategy do you opt for? Wagamama certainly loves his Templar Assassin. But Pulse might only get that for the cost of allowing Batrider in Kaipi's hands. Kaipi on the other side showed a lot of Tidehunter play, and a bit of Undying mixed into that recently. Will the teams pick on the Sven as so many other teams have? However it ends, both teams will want to join NEXT.kz and MYM in the group of 2-point-teams after playday 1, already getting a map advantage over Empire and Na'Vi.
NEXT.kz versus Team Zero will played today at 16:00 CET, You can find the GosuBet of the match here
