The International 2022 (TI11) group stage came to an end with a best-of-three tiebreaker between the Group B teams Entity and Talon Esports.
At the end of the group stage marathon, Entity and Talon Esports finished tied for seventh place with a 6-12 game score which pitted them to a final best-of-three decisive battle for a spot into the TI11 playoffs lower bracket.
Entity
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Talon Esports
Through the group play, Talon were able to actually take a 2-0 victory from Entity, however, when put in a bo3 scenario, the SEA representatives got out drafted and ultimately heavily outplayed by the WEU regional qualifiers winners, Entity.
Talon got run over in game one by a Lycan-Leshrac-Morphling trio core coming from Entity and looked to even out the series with a four protect one strategy revolved around Terrorblade. However, while they were focused on their own strategy, they allowed Entity to have comfort picks and dominate the entire game with a carry Pudge and a mid lane Visage.
Talon Esports, who unfortunately couldn’t have their coach in Singapore for the first two days of the group stage, have found themselves eliminated in the 16th/20th place at TI11 along with TSM.FTX, Soniqs and BetBoom Toom.
The International 2022 Playoffs are set to begin on the 20th of October in the Suntec Arena from Singapore.
The International 2022 Maine Event format
Main Event - October 20th - October 23rd, 2022 & October 29th - October 30th, 2022
- Sixteen teams play in a double-elimination bracket.
- Eight teams begin in the Upper Bracket, eight in the Lower Bracket
