The International 5

It's broken! Techies has 700 range! What are you going to do? There is no counter!

-SyndereN

It was good play from Secret, they forces C9 into 27 minute game with the push power.
I think the Techies pick was amazing there, even if C9 counters the early lane very, very nicely, the support presence of Remote Mines help them a lot at controlling the game (basically free wards). I personally prefer that gameplay of techies than the usual "lots of bombs in one spot to kill 1 useless support".

Well, unto Navi vs Secret... I'm starting to get sleepy here -_-

Na'vi vs Secret? Old teams battle it out. :D

I think Zai won Secret that game 2 at the end with a Walrus Punch and an Ice Shards. The Punch that got a pick-off on Envy let them push the lanes out to the point where they could siege top. And his Ice Shards that cut Envy off from going straight back forced out a level 2 song. And that meant they had no way to set up that perfect 5 man combo (Since they had DS Blink), or at least set-up the good one. Combined with the fact that then forced out the terrible Wall.

Also he got that Ice Shards at the Rosh fight that caught two. And the Snowball save of RTZ's Aegis to lead into two kils after that.

So yeah, Zai played out of his mind, and the Dark Seer played kinda badly.

Dendi Pudge? Hopes?

Hmm, I doubt it. Pudge isn't good on mid anymore, weak on lane and also doesn't need too much XP and gold to be efficient, I think the role that suits him best is support, which is not Dendi's role. We shall see though, good games so far!

Nah, they managed to take Leshrekt this pick, should be able to secure some lead?
Oh, and look at Secret's bans, Sonneiko fear is real lol

The Panel basically made this whole point.

I imagine we will see it eventually however, even if it's just a yolo to please fans.

No Lich or Abaddon picks? How can I improve my best heroes if the best players don't pick them? At least Wraith King is seeing some action.

Yeah, we saw quite a bit of Support Wraith King last year. It's good to see him being used so efficiently.

-BK