Group B

Invictus Gaming, Alliance and NeoES.Orange won two more points in their conquest to stay in top four after defeating Virtus Pro, TongFu, and LGD International respectively in playtime #2.

Alliance is currently undefeated in Seattle and although they have secured themselves the spot on the upper half of the playoffs bracket, they are looking for a flawless performance. Virtus.Pro and LGD International on the other hand did not fare so well against their opponents and continued struggling at the bottom of the group.

The highlight of the playtime is undoubtedly the 78 minutes game one between Alliance and TongFu.

Day two - Playtime 2 (20:00 CEST)GameResultsMatch infoiG vs VPiG won 2-0

The Russians continued underperforming in their opening games of groupstage day two. The first game was fairly one-sided towards iG although VP had a small lead in the laning phase. As for the second game, VP's pulled an off-lane Earthshaker strat and that did not pay off at all. As a result, Zhou's Lifestealer had uncontested free-farm and carried iG to victory.

Alliance vs TongFuAlliance won 2-0

TongFu versus Alliance game one took a whopping 78 minutes to end. Both teams traded blows all over the game but it was TongFu's small but crucial mistakes that sealed the deal for the Swedes. The second game was played in a more conventional Alliance style and they took it down without major problems.

Liquid vs RsnakeMatch tied 1-1

The series started with an action packed game one but Rattlesnake was able to secure the Aegis twice, and thus, giving themselves an advantage in mid-game. They slowly overtook Liquid in mid-game and pushed top for the win. Heading into the second game, TeamLiquid made sure RattleSnake were unsafe everywhere outside their base and Rattlesnake's greedy line-up was more or less eaten alive by Korok's Ursa.

Orange vs LGD.IntOrange won 2-0Orange took game 1 of the series in a pubstomping fashion, forcing LGD.int to call GG at the 24-minute mark with a score of 24-5 led by an 8/0/8 snowballed Queen of Pain by Mushi. In game two, Orange overcame LGD.int's early game rotations, got farm on their two cores Shadow Fiend and Naga Siren, and forced LGD.int to tap out after taking their mid barracks 33 minutes in.   The International 3 Coverage Hub It's the holy grail of The International 3 coverage!