Dota 2 News: The International 2018 Day 1 Review 

GROUP B

#SERIES 1

We saw 3 clean victories and 1 draw in the Group B series 1 games. Let’s take a look.

Team Secret vs Team Serenity [1-1]

Team secret vs Team Serenity was the only draw in this series as Serenity humiliated Secret with a 42-14 in the first game and Secret replied with a 22-2 victory over Team serenity. Another BO2 series ending with a draw.

Optic Gaming vs Virtus.Pro [0-2]

VP entered the tournament as a clear favorite and as expected they snatched the series with a 2-0 victory over Optic Gaming. As No[O]ne and Ramzes666 seem to be unstoppable. VP won the first game by 44-29 kill margin as No[O]ne finished 16-7 on his Storm Spirit and Ramzes finished 11-5 on his Spectre. Game 2 was even a bigger disaster for Optic as No[O]one destroyed them with his weaver finishing 14-1 on his Weaver while Ramzes finished 12-3 on his Brood helping VP winning the 2nd game and the BO2 series.

Vici Gaming vs VGJ.Storm [0-2]

VGJ.S won the series again VG quiet comfortably. As the won the Game 1 by 20-7 kill margin and Game 2 by 35-27. Even though Paparazi was quite brilliant on the Weaver but that was not enough to win the game.

Newbee vs TNC Predator [2-0]

Newbee snatched both games and the series as the former TI finalists met TNC in the Group B Series 1. Kpii’s necro in the game 1 and Sccc’s storm with Moogy’s Clinkz secured the BO2 series for them.

#SERIES 2

Group B series 2 finished with two draws and two clean victories.

TNC Predator defeated Vici Gaming with 2-0, winning the BO2 series while VGJ.Storm whitewashed Team Secret in the other BO2. Newbee and Pain Gaming won 1 game each as the series ended with a draw between these teams. On the other hand, even though most fans predicted a clean win for VP they ended up with a 1-1 draw against Team Serenity.