Rattlesnake is the first team to join the invited teams in Phase 3. The Chinese impressed with superior performance and are looking strong.

MUFC vs. Rattlesnake

MUFC
      vs      
Rattlesnake



Game 1




MUFC had a rough start when TFG gave away first blood to LaNm's Gyrocopter, but got back on track by rotating two supports to help out their offlane Weaver. Thus, HONTRASHPLAYER's Lone Druid was given freefarm. Rattlesnake could've cared less as they dominated their safelane with good ganks and pushes, securing an early tower for Icy's Phantom Lancer.

One bad engagement in the midlane, where Rattlesnake killed three heroes without any collateral damage gave the Chinese the edge and the advantage.

They gained map control and the item and gold advantage grew too big for the Malaysians to handle, seeing as only Lone Druid farmed up. On top of that, he invested his farm into a Radiance, without being able to splitpush and contributing almost nothing to teamfights.

Kabu on his Clockwerk and Luo on his Dark Seer won Rattlesnake several teamfights and ultimately game 1.


Game 2


Once again Rattlesnake opted for a defensive trilane, which MUFC contested. It worked out well for the Malaysians at first, getting first blood and keeping the Anti-Mage from farming, but they overextended and gave away return kills. Ganks from fzfz however turned everything into MUFC's favor and with HONTRASHPLAYER dominating the bottom lane, MUFC took an early gold lead. However, the GEST February title holder did not profit from this advantage, giving away space for Icy's Anti-Mage to farm up, while Kabu once again showed impressive performance on his Clockwerk.

TFG got himself a Linken's Sphere on his Mirana, delaying his damage output for quite some time and it gave Rattlesnake the window of opportunity to strike back. MUFC then decided to smoke-gank the AM but a missed RP was the opportunity for Clockwerk to get a 4-Man Cogs off, leading into a 4-Man Split-Earth and a disaster for MUFC.

Rattlesnake controlled the map from here on and Icy snowballed on his AM. On top of that, Luo farmed himself a Scythe of Vise, setting up easy pick-offs. It was just a matter of time until Rattlesnake breached highground and when they did they annhiliated MUFC.

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