Alliance and Cloud9 emerged victorious from their best-of-three matches, and they have secured a spot in the Winners Bracket final of DreamLeague playoffs. Empire and Mousesports will have to survive the Lower Bracket in order to reach the Grand Final of the competition.
Live game updates
Empire vs Alliance
Game One
Draft - Alliance decide to deploy the Sven-Io combo, along with Puck, Treant Protector and Bulldog's signature Nature's Prophet. In teamfights, they will probably aim to keep the opponents in-place while Sven and Nature's Prophet unleash their physical DPS. Empire went for a familiar strategy, with Bane-Mirana and Lich-Ember Spirit dual lanes along with the solo Dark Seer.
3:19 - Alliance grabs the first blood! Bane goes down to the tethered Treant Protector's right-clicks inside the Radiant jungle.
5:00 - s4 goes down to Resolut1on and Silent, but ALWAYSWANNAFLY goes down as well.
8:00 - Resolut1on's Flame Guard slays s4's Puck once again! The score is now 2-2 with Loda's Sven leading in terms of total networth.
12:00 - A massive teamfight takes place near the Dire top tier-one tower, with Empire completely destroying Alliance using the Flame Guard - Ion Shell combination. The fight ends 4-1 in favor of Empire.
14:00 - A careless Relocate gank against Mirana turns into a disaster for the Swedes as both Loda and Akke go down.
17:30 - Alliance manage to grab a kill on VANSKOR, but his buyback results in the deaths of both AdmiralBulldog and S4.
21:00 - The score is still 11- 4, and we have entered a farming period. s4 has his Blink Dagger and Loda just bought his Black King Bar and a Morbid Mask, which will probably turn into Mask of Madness.
25:00 - A five-man gank against Mirana is successful, but the four heroes of Empire try to chase the retreating Alliance. Loda escapes in the last second through EGM's Relocate, and Alliance takes down two more heroes as well. The outcome of the engagement is a 3-0 victory for Alliance.
29:00 - Both VANSKOR and Resolut1on go down to Alliance's smart ganks. The score is now 11-9, and the Swedes are slowly closing the gap.
30:45 - VANSKOR and Resolut1on go down yet again! AdmiralBulldog uses his Blink Dagger and Orchid to isolate the targets, and Loda's Sven and EGM's Io relocate right on top of the victim to take them down.
32:00 - Empire tries to bait and gank AdmiralBulldog, but the result is disastrous as four heroes go down without any casualties for Alliance!
35:00 - A Sacred Arrow lands on s4 and he goes down along with the bottom tier-one tower of the Dire. Score : 13-15 for Alliance.
37:00 - Silent gets caught out, and gets trapped by Dream Coil trying to retreat! The whole line-up of Empire goes down and it is a 5-0 teamwipe by Alliance!
40:00 - GG! Alliance's advantage is just too much for Empire, and the Russians forfeit the first game of the best-of-three series.
Game Two
3:00 - Mag's Clockwerk dives under the bottom tier-one tower and takes down AdmiralBulldog for the first blood! He dies to the tower hits as he tries to escape.
4:30 - The teams are going rampant! With four more kills at the top lane, the score is now 3-3.
7:20 - Akke gets caught out and slain by Mag, Silent and VANSKOR, as the bottom Radiant tier-one tower was going down. ALWAYSWANNAFLY lost his life to AdmiralBulldog's Doom.
9:30 - Alliance's side lanes are in jeopardy! Loda gets dived and slain, but the four-man rotation against Mag makes the score 5-5. S4 has been free farming for the entire gaming.
12:20 - Empire attempts a Relocate gank against AdmiralBulldog, but he manages to avoid the Hookshot and escape with his life! Loda's rotation results in the death of Mag's Clockwerk.
16:00 - The Russians dive under the top tier-two tower and EGM gets blown up. Akke's Paralyzing Casks prevent further casualties for the Swedes, and VANSKOR goes down.
18:00 - What a disaster for Alliance! The Call Down - Ice Black combination lands on five heroes near the bottom Radiant tier-two tower, resulting in a 5-0 teamwipe by Empire! The score is now 7-12 for the Dire.
21:00 - Roshan goes down to Empire, but ALWAYSWANNAFLY gets caught out and slain in the Dire jungle.
23:00 - All the outer buildings have fallen for Alliance. Empire will now attempt to breach Alliance's base through the middle lane.
25:00 - Mag lands a Hookshot on AdmiralBulldog, but s4 saves him from the Ice Blast using Astral Imprisonment. The Swedes attempt to counter-initiate and they take down both Resolut1ion and Silent, but Silent's Flack Cannon takes down three heroes! The clash ends with a 3-2 exchange favoring Empire.
29:40 - Alliance's defense is very strong. Empire decides to take down Roshan once again, because they need the Aegis to take down the barracks.
31:00 - GG! Empire enters the Radiant base through the bottom lane, and s4 gets forced inside four enemies! He gets back into the fight with a buyback, but Mag lands an impessive Hookshot-Cog combo on two heroes, isolating two more outside their base! The fight ends with a killscore of 4-0 favorite Empire, and the Swedes forfeit the game!
Game Three
10:00 - It seems that Alliance is currently dominating every lane, with a score of 4-0 and s4's Tidehunter participating in every kill so far.
14:32 - A Relocate gang against AdmiralBulldog turns into a massacre as s4 teleports inside the action and lands a three-man Ravage. AdmiralBulldog escapes with his life and three heroes go down for Empire.
16:50 - Alliance seems unstoppable! 16 minutes into the game and they are have already destroyed the bottom tier-three tower! Their push strategy is really effective.
18:00 - Storm Spirit goes down once again to EGM's Fiend's Grip, and the retreating Mag goes down as well, along with the mid tier-two tower of Empire.
19:42 - The Swedes return to the bottom lane to finish the job! The bottom barracks go down before the 20th minute mark!
21:00 - Resolut1on and ALWAYSWANNAFLY get caught near the Dire top tier-two, but only ALWAYSWANNAFLY's Rubick escapes with his life, as the Morphling goes down.
23:00 - Alliance keeps fighting kills around the map! With Mag going down once again, the score is now 2-15 for the Swedes.
24:00 - Mag goes down once again, and he is forced to buyback as Alliance takes down the middle set of barracks! Chen and Akke are slain before they escape the Radiant jungle.
26:30 - Alliance gets another free Roshan, and they will now attempt to demolish the top barracks and finish the game.
27:00 - GG! Empire can no longer defend against the massive pushing power of Alliance, and they surrender!
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