Tundra Esports advance to The International 11 grand finals
Maksym ShylovThe final of the upper bracket at the Dota 2 World Championship has come to an end. The European derby was fought between Tundra Esports and Team Secret . Previously, Team Liquid made it to the finals of the lower bracket , defeating Team Aster . Below we will tell you how the bo3 confrontation between some of the best teams in Western Europe went.
First map
The start was more confident for Team Secret, Puppey and Saksa took the creeps from the bottom lane deep into the jungle, where they fought for each creep. At the 13th minute, the score was 5:5, and Team Secret was ahead of Tundra Esports by 2,000 gold. At the 34th minute, there was a massive brawl involving buybacks, which resulted in a score of 20:18 in favor of Team Secret, but Tundra were leading by 5,000 gold in total value. Also, Nine and the team took the Aegis of the Immortal. Tundra Esports created a lot of problems for Team Secret by winning fights from time to time.
Also in 50 minutes, Tundra left Puppey and his teammates without a top lane and T3 with a barrack in the middle. Skiter and the team were 31,000 gold ahead of their European opponents. On the 57th Team Secret desperately fight back on the high ground, saving Ancient with a third of health. Crystallis buys Divine Rapier. As a result of 67 minutes of play, Tundra Esports outplayed Secret with a score of 47:45, having 62,000 gold advantage.
Second map
At the start, Team Secret switched lanes, Puppey went to the hard lane, and Zayac on Nyx Assassin went to the bottom lane to help Crystallis. At the 12th minute, the score was 4:3 in favor of Team Secret. Thanks to the mobile pick, Secret continued to gank the opponent around the map. Tundra equalize their position in the 22nd minute, Puppey and the team began to make mistakes. But this did not prevent them from maintaining the initiative. Crystallis makes an ultrakill at the 36th minute, and meanwhile his team is leading with a score of 23:17. Team Secret take the series to the third map in the 45th minute.
Third card
Tundra Esports picked up the pace on the third map. Puppey and his teammates regularly made mistakes, losing fights. Unlike the previous map, here Resolut1on fell out of the game in terms of farming. It took Skiter and the team 35 minutes to win the series 2-1.
Tundra Esports become participants in the grand final of The International 11 and will compete for the main prize this year. Team Secret will still have the opportunity to fight them, but first they will need to play against Team Liquid in the lower bracket final.
Matches history: The International 2022
Recall that The International 2022 runs from October 15 to 30 this year. The top 20 teams from around the world compete in LAN format for the title of world champion, as well as the largest prize pool of the year. At the moment, its amount is $18,490,932. The venue is Suntec Singapore and Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore.
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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.