LGD crashes out of The International 3 in day two. Check out the full recap and find out what happened in the second day of The International 3.
Upper bracket
The first match of the day was Alliance versus LGD and according to the analysts, Alliance actually chose LGD to play against because they want to defeat the best. Their plan worked like a charm because they ended up defeating LGD in straight games albeit teh first game was pretty tough. With that said and done, Alliance moved into the WB semis while LGD was thrown to the loser bracket.
DK versus iG was also a long series. The second game of the series went on for 98 minutes and although DK lost the game, they quickly bounced back in the third game and caught iG off-guard with their aggressive plays. DK won game three and will move on to face Alliance tomorrow.
Na`Vi, TongFu, Alliance and DK are now guaranteed top six finishers.
Lower bracket
No surprise in the first round of the loser bracket as Invasion-MUFC and Virtus.Pro got eliminated by Team Liquid and Zenith respectively. The real surprise is the elimination of LGD in the second round by Team Liquid. The game was pretty close and as LD and Luminous said, LGD are the king of comebacks. They nearly pulled off a huge return but excellent plays by Bulba on the Clockwerk secured their win.
Zenith on the other hand, played rather disappointingly in the second round of the loser bracket. The game was almost decided by the way the lanes were ran. Their combo was good but because they have to group up to even kill a single hero each time, Zhou (Morphling) and YYF (Lifestealer) will get a free-farming lane for a few minutes. Came mid-game, these two were already too big to stop and Zenith will take their exit from The International 3.
NeoES.Orange, Fnatic, Liquid, and iG are now in the third round of the loser bracket and is guaranteed a top eight finish.
1v1 grand final
| Mushi vs iceiceice | ||
|---|---|---|
  Mushi | 0-2 |   iceiceice |
Game 1: Puck
Game 2: Timbersaw
Mushi got off to an early lead, sniping iceiceice's courier after he got overconfident. From there on, Mushi dominated the lane and even forced iceiceice to return to base because he had not bottle and consumables. iceiceice returned to the lane later and while he was playing it passively, Mushi was on the offensive. In fact, so offensive that he gave away the First Blood due to iceiceice maxing Warning Rift instead of the Orb. The second kill came when Mushi was taking down iceiceice's tier-one tower. Mushi nearly killed iceiceice but a GREAT Phase Shift dodged both the Orb and the Warning Rift from Mushi. iceiceice right clicked Mushi to death and survived on 3 hp.
In the second game, it was iceiceice who got off to an early start due to his Timberchain increase. His choice of Arcane boots against Mushi's cloak paid off as he was able to harrass Mushi a lot. Despite that, Mushi staged a small comeback and was on even ground with iceiceice at 15 minutes. iceiceice opted for the Blademail and once he showed up on the lane, he dived the tower and Mushi's natural reaction was to cast everything. He just didn't expect himself to be receiving damage from Blademail as well. He had an invisible rune and he quickly used it. Iceiceice walked around a little and pulled off a blind Timberchain to finish off Mushi for the gg.
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Editor's pick (ReiNNNN):
The opening game of the day is also the best game of the day. The game went back and forth for a long while and both teams played really well. The game ends with an exciting base race, both teams were going on the throne.
>> Alliance vs LGD (Epic game 1)
>> DK vs iG (Super long game 2)
>> Liquid vs InV-MUFC
>> Zenith vs VP
>> Liquid vs LGD (Huge upset)
>> Zenith vs iG
>> iceiceice vs Mushi - 1v1 grand final (Epic)
Schedule for tomorrow (09/08/13)
Day three of the main event will begin with Na`Vi versus TongFu. No more fluff or mini tournaments will be on from here out as the tournament switch to a more serious gear. The day bizarrely end with one game of the LB round four played.
21:00 - Alliance vs DK (bo3)
00:00 - Na`Vi vs TongFu (bo3)
03:00 - NeoES.Orange vs Fnatic (bo1)
04:00 - iG versus Liquid (bo1)
05:00 - LB Round 4 Game 1 (bo3)
