ESL One Malaysia 2022: Fnatic prevented BOOM Esports comeback on the second map and won the series
Maksym ShylovThe first gaming day of ESL One Malaysia 2022 has crossed the equator. You can find the results of the first and second series of matches in Group A in the relevant news. Now we move on to the fights in group B.
OG vs Team Liquid
Liquid's first map got off to a pretty good start. The team focused on killing heroes quickly with a combination of ultimate abilities from Ancient Apparition, Dawnbreaker, and Puck. In 10 minutes MATUMBAMAN and the team led with a score of 5:0. OG built their pick around more late heroes and focused more on farming. At the same time, Team Liquid was able to impose their pace of the game and outplay the two-time Dota 2 world champions in fights for the next 10 minutes. At the same time, the situation in terms of the total cost remained equal. OG, having won the fight, were able to take Roshan. Aegis got bzm on Templar Assassin. OG players managed to turn the tide of the fight and beat Team Liquid on the first map with a score of 21:21 in 33 minutes. The first really equal confrontation in the group stage.
The second map started very dynamically. In 8 minutes of the game, there were a number of fights under the T1 towers on the top and bottom lanes, as a result of which the score was 6:5 in favor of Team Liquid. The teams continued regular battles. At the 16th minute, OG prevailed in the fight with a quality Pangolier ultimate and took the lead by more than 5,000 gold. The score was 14:12. OG failed to implement Aegis near Team Liquid's central T3 tower. In 30 minutes, OG broke two sides of Liquid and took the lead significantly. But just a minute later, Yuragi made an unfortunate mistake and went to the tavern for 100 seconds. MATUMBAMAN makes an ultra kill on his Lone Druid. As a result, Chuvash and the team had 36 minutes to triumph on the second map as well.
OG 2:0 Team Liquid
BOOM Esports vs Fnatic
BOOM Esports and Fnatic started off with a competitive battle on the first map, which lasted for the first 20 minutes of the game. After that, Jaunuel and the team began to gain momentum. In 34 minutes, Fnatic opened the scoring in the series, defeating BOOM Esports with a score of 38:17.
Fnatic scored 5 kills on the map in the first 5 minutes of the match. But Fbz and TIMS managed to cleverly catch Palos, who was playing Templar Assassin, and kill the opposing team's carries. In the 9th minute, Fnatic's carry again died at the hands of BOOM in the mid lane, and the score was 4:7 in favor of Fnatic. Things were not going well for Palos, which acted as a replacement for Raven. The player at 12 minutes had the 6th total cost on the map. At the 23rd minute, Fnatic were leading with a score of 23:10 and had an advantage of 8,000 gold. At the 34th minute, Fnatic kill the entire opposing team, but do not have time to realize the time received before the revival of the heroes of BOOM Esports. BOOM's trump card was JaCkky, who played the Phantom Lancer, which gradually acquired the necessary items. The GAMERS GALAXY: Invitational Series Thailand 2022 champions broke Fnatic's upper side in the 44th minute. It seemed that BOOM Esports had finally made a comeback, but Fnatic players in the 50th minute made a dash for the enemy team's Ancient and were able to take it down, despite the opponent's desperate attempts to return and prevent it.
BOOM Esports 0:2 Fnatic
Nigma Galaxy vs. TSM
The first part of the bo2 series between Nigma and TSM was dictated by KuroKy and the team. The team confidently outplayed its opponent. The first map lasted almost 32 minutes, Nigma Galaxy defeated their opponents with a score of 25:9. It is worth noting the debut of Dreamocel, which replaces Miracle-. We wrote about this change earlier. The Lone Druid player played 3-0-6.
TSM played much better on the second map than on the previous one. DuBu and the team were able to defeat Nigma Galaxy and lead the series to a draw in 33 minutes with a score of 27:15. KuroKy and the team, although they resisted, it was not enough.
Nigma Galaxy 1:1 TSM
Matches history: ESL One Malaysia 2022
Recall that ESL One Malaysia 2022 runs from August 23rd to 28th this year. The venue is the Arena of Stars located in Genting Highland, Malaysia. 12 teams compete for a $400,000 prize pool. The winner of the tournament will receive the main prize of $175,000.
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Maksym has been working at EGamersWorld since 2017. Joining the company during his first year at university, he worked as a translator until 2022. After that, Maksym began working as an editor. His main discipline is Dota 2, and over time, Maksym's responsibilities expanded to include CS:GO, CS2 and Valorant. Additionally, as an editor, he publishes various materials on gaming topics.