Dota 2 News: The International 2018 Day 1 Review 

#SERIES 3

PSG.LGD vs Team Liquid [1-1]

Arguably 2 of the top 3 teams to enter this TI and what a series as it ended with a 1-1 draw. As LGD won the first game with 56-35, another MindControl Blood Seeker but it’s not going to work every time. Team Liquid came back in the game 2 of the BO2 series and snatched the victory with a 31-16 scoreline. Miracle finished with 12-3 on his Mirana and Matumbaman finished 10-1 on his Brood Mother.

Evil Geniuses vs Mineski [2-0]

Another clean sweep from EG. While most of the teams are finishing their BO2 series with a draw EG is clean sweeping them. EG won the first game with 36-22 and the 2nd game with 30-33 as we watched Sumail Strom Spirit and RTZ templar assassin snatching the game and the series from Mineski.

Fnatic vs VGJ.Thunder [2-0]

Another series where we actually got one winner and not a draw. Fnatic met VGJ.T in the Group A series 3 and won the series with 2-0. Fnatic won their first game with 24-11 as Abed finished 8-1 on his Visage. Game 2 had another Abed Visage but DJ’s Wind Ranger took the spotlight as he finished 11-1 on his WR snatching the victory with a 30-12 Kill margin.

Winstrike vs Invictus Gaming [2-0]

And another clean sweep as Winstrike won the series against IG with a 2-0 score. The first game finished with Winstrike 26-12 IG and the Game 2 with a Winstrike 39 – 23 IG scoreline. Iceberg finished with 12-2 on his invoker, Nongrata 14-5 on his weaver and Silent 11-5 on his Drow Ranger destroying IG in the game 2 with their Drow Line up.