The lower bracket finishes today, the three teams Fnatic, mouz and iCCup will battle it out for the one remaining spot in the grand final. The other spot is won by Virtus.pro already.
Left in the tournament are four teams, one (Virtus.pro) of those four are waiting in the grand final. Their opponent will be decided today as lower bracket will finish the last two matches. First, iCCup will play versus the winners of yesterday; the germans of mousesports. The winner of that match-up will move on to face Fnatic in the lower bracket final. iCCup are the underdog amongst the four with the other three being established longer with the current rosters as well as being invited/qualifed to The International in August.
Below will be given a short presentation of the matches. Also check out the new highlight videos for Group A and Group B. More of those to come, stay tuned. Meanwhile check out all VODs here and the hardware giveaway here.
Schedule
July 25th
18.00 CEST - iCCup vs winner of mouz
21.00 CEST - Fnatic vs winner of iCCup/mouz
July 26th
19.00 CEST - GRAND FINAL
mouz vs iCCup
?iCCUPWins-Losses-Draws : 40-31-2 (54.2%) - matches
Latest 20 matches : 24-12 (67%) - maps
In the tournament : 8 - 3 (73%) - maps
Common :
Look out for : ?MOUSESPORTS
Wins-Losses-Draws : 181-119-16 (60%) - matches
Latest 20 matches : 28-16 (64%) - maps
In the tournament : 9 - 3 (75%) - maps
Common :
Look out for : ?
Yesterday, the "Fortress Dota" from mouz was successful as Kaipi were not able to break it more than one game. Next opponent in line trying to break it will be the players from Ukraine in iCCup. They have been known to carry a few tricks up their sleeve, such as viable split push strategies as well as ultra-aggressive tower diving utilizing heroes such as Batrider and Weaver. It is fair to assume that Batrider will be banned throughout all the games though, very few team let him slip through the bans. If both teams play default strategies, mousesports are favoured because their vast sense of discipline, quick rotations and map control. iCCup are unlikely to win two games vs mouz with basic tactics, they will have to resort to one or more of their pocketed tricks. They have been proved to be extremely resourceful in the past though, so nothing less is expected in this match.
Previous encounters
Fnatic vs ???
??FnaticWins-Losses-Draws : 148-98-1 (60%) - matches
Latest 20 matches : 23-17 (58%) - maps
In the tournament : 6-4 (60%) - maps
Common :
Look out for : ??
Fnatic carry the obvious advantage of having beat both iCCup and mouz earlier in the tournament, giving them an edge no matter who their opponent ends up being. They usually go into the game with a set plan and if they perform it accordingly, they are an extremely tough foe to bring down. They have however been known to cringe on and off if they lose the laning phase, making it both their weakness and their strength. Expect aggressive trilanes with a stable safe lane farmer and a play maker as mid hero. They can also resort to focusing on farming up Era, it will depend on the match-up and the draft. Mousesports will probably have a higher chance of beating Fnatic than iCCup would due the style of mouz more favouring playing vs Fnatic's strategies. Once again, iCCup will find themselves being the underdog if they would proceed into this match. However, if they can beat Fnatic in the laning phase, they have a good chance of winning.
Previous encounters, vs iCCup
Previous encounters, vs mousesports
Corsair Gaming Summer Tournament will be streamed by BeyondtheSummit. Besides the main English stream, we have also arranged a wide variety of shoutcasters of different languages for your convenience.
Streamer List
> BeyondTheSummit (English)
> Sheever (English)
> Versuta (Russian)
> ArenaGamingTV (Portuguese)
> MaschineTV (German)
> FroggedTV (French)
> AntenaDota (Spanish)
Hardware giveaway
Corsair was also generous enough to run a hardware giveaway throughout the competition where the first prize is a fully loaded gaming PC. In addition, there are lots of other products up for grabs, such as M95 mice, K95 keyboards, V2000 headsets and MM800 mousepads. To sign up, all you need to do is follow this link, like Corsair on Facebook and enter your email address. Every day, two new people in the contest will be receiving DotaTV tickets. Winners are contacted by email.
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