Jordan Woodruff
OG and Staff Liquid accomplished good runs by means of the preliminary stage of the Elite League Season 2 in Lima, Peru, on Friday, advancing to the second group stage.
OG rallied previous HEROIC 2-1, whereas Staff Liquid downed Shopify Revolt 2-0.
After HEROIC opened with a 42-minute win on pink, OG captured the following two maps, each on inexperienced, in 16 and 34 minutes. Bolivia’s Adrian “Wisper” Dobles topped OG with a mean kill-death-assist ratio of 8.7/3.0/12.7.
Liquid put away Shopify Revolt in 32 minutes on pink and 41 minutes on inexperienced. Sweden’s Michael “miCKe” Vu led Liquid with a 9.0/2.5/8.0 Ok-D-A ratio.
The losers of these matches get one other likelihood to advance on Saturday.
The preliminary group stage of the $800,000 Dota 2 occasion makes use of the Swiss system for all 16 groups, with best-of-three matches. The highest eight groups advance to the second group stage, with the remaining groups eradicated.
The second section, which runs Sunday by means of Wednesday, could have the remaining eight groups play a spherical robin of best-of-two matches. The highest 4 groups transfer into the playoffs’ higher bracket, whereas the decrease 4 groups head to the playoffs’ decrease bracket.
The double-elimination playoffs run Aug. 2-4, with all matches best-of-three till the best-of-five last. The profitable facet will obtain $240,000, and the runner-up will get $120,000.
In Friday matches involving groups that started the day 1-1, Cuyes Esports swept BOOM Esports 2-0, Yellow Submarine got here from behind to beat MOUZ 2-1, beastcoast dumped nouns 2-0 and 1win defeated Execration 2-0.
In elimination matches that includes groups that began the day 0-2, Evil Rabbit overtook Fusion 2-1, and Apex Genesis topped Infinity 2-0.
The Saturday schedule:
Matches involving 2-1 groups
–Yellow Submarine vs. beastcoast
–HEROIC vs. 1win
–Cuyes Esports vs. Shopify Revolt
Matches involving 1-2 groups
–Evil Rabbit vs. nouns
–BOOM Esports vs. MOUZ
–Apex Genesis vs. Execration
Dota Elite League Season 2 — Swiss stage standings
T1. OG, 3-0
T1. Staff Liquid, 3-0
T3. 1win, 2-1
T3. beastcoast, 2-1
T3. Cuyes Esports, 2-1
T3. HEROIC, 2-1
T3. Shopify Revolt, 2-1
T3. Yellow Submarine, 2-1
T9. Apex Genesis, 1-2
T9. BOOM Esports, 1-1
T9. Evil Rabbit, 1-2
T9. Execration, 1-2
T9. MOUZ, 1-2
T9. nouns, 1-2
T15. Fusion, 0-3
T15. Infinity, 0-3
Dota Elite League Season 2 prize pool
1. $240,000
2. $120,000
3. $72,000
4. $56,000
5-6. $52,000
7-8. $32,000
September 11. $24,000
12-14. $16,000
15-16. $12,000 — Fusion, Infinity
–Subject Stage Media
