The International 2016: Main Event - Day 1 predictions

Fnatic vs Escape (1-0 Escape)

The team at The International that should have the most empathy and understanding of Team Secret’s identity issues is Fnatic. While not quite as desperate, Fnatic have shown that they greatly misunderstand each others’ strengths and weaknesses. Swapping Mushi’s role several times in the recent weeks leading up to TI has proved fatal for any sort of upper bracket contention, and from my perspective, this team is totally mismanaged and captained badly. You have an excellent elite tier aggressive support in DJ, you have a superstar explosive core player in Miduan, and you have a phenomenal playmaking offlaner in Ohaiyo. Mushi needs to step back and see the broader picture - he cannot play the invoker and he must recognize his role in the team is to be more farm oriented and less of the lynchpin for Fnatic.

All of Fnatic’s recent success is when Mushi is on a reserved and static type carry such as Medusa and Juggernaut, leading me to believe his role is best kept as the more conservative carry type and less the playmaker of old days. I am expecting Escape to pull out heroes like Lone Druid, Tiny, or Invoker for Qoqvja and then build the team around finding him success.