Natural 9 made it look brutal when Shatan's Phantom Assassin demolished the entire 1stVN lineup with insane critical strikes. The Vietnamese team stood no chance as they are defeated by the South East Asian mix, 25-5.
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The game featured interesting picks from both sides, with 1stVN picking up Pudge in an attempt to counter Natural 9's Phantom Assassin. The early game was passive with little action from Pudge and it was Natural 9 who initiated with a smoke gank at the second day phase at bot lane as 1stVN was pushing into Radiant's tier 1 tower. Godot's Chen scored an ultra kill.
At 20 minutes, there were already three Black King Bars on Phantom Assassin, Enigma and Sven although the latter did not have any damage items at all. Sensing their advantage, Natural 9 pushed into top barracks at 26 minutes, which lead to a team wipe for N9 set up by a 4-man black hole by Enigma.
Phantom Assassin was spiralling out of control with a Diffusal Blade, Basher, Vladmir's Offering, Black King Bar and Power Treads at 30 minutes. A final push into bot barracks sealed the deal for Natural 9 as Shatan's Phantom Assassin went unstoppable in Dire's base with no one focusing him down. 
