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Lockdown Time: Let's Watch Some Classics!

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Lockdown Time: Let's Watch Some Classics!

May 10th, 2020 16:50 GMT
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Amid these times of global crisis and lockdown where we know not what day of the week it is, LiquidDota brings to you a short list of some of the best competitive games in Dota 2’s 10-year history. Sit down and buckle up as we take you through eight iconic games during this time of restlessness. Relive some of the most absurd and amazing games that have shaped the competitive history of the game we all love. Choosing eight of them was, by no means easy at all as there are so many memorable games. Everyone has different opinions, but we hope that you find these games as enjoyable as we had considered them. These games are placed in no order except chronological (oldest to newest), and without further ado, let us turn the pages of Dota 2’s competitive history.

2013
RaidCall ESL Major Series One
[A]lliance vs iNfernity



This game can quite simply be characterised as the dominance of [A]lliance back in the summer of 2013, only a couple of months before their fated conquest of The International 3. Of all the things for [A]lliance to do in an online competitive match, they chose to take on TobiWan’s challenge: Take rax in the first 10 minutes. They went above and beyond that, they drew “ggwp” out of iNfernity only a few seconds before they took the bottom melee rax at 7:57. Using an exclusive draft and particularly captained in this game by [A]dmiralBulldog, they gave up no kills, and simply grouped as 5 around the 6-minute mark to rampage down the bottom lane.

TI3 Upper Bracket Semi-finals Game 3
Na`Vi vs TongFu



Two words: Fountain hook. A legendary game bearing witness to the old Chen send back + Pudge hook combo that single-handedly turned a losing game around. Perhaps the most famous aftermath of this game remains Loda’s apparent outrage in the player lounge after the game: “HOW IS THAT BALANCED? TONGFU HAD THAT GAME.” Curiously though, Hao, the main victim of these fountain hooks, had no real problem with it. His opinion could be summarised as, “It happens. It was cheesy and we had to play around it. But we were weak and failed to play around it.”. This game is worth revisiting for the sheer absurdity of the plays that brought Na`Vi to their third consecutive TI Grand Finals.

TI3 Grand Finals Game 5
[A]lliance vs Na`Vi



Perhaps the most famous game in Dota 2 history for the high-stakes plays and back-and-forth nature of the game, surely we had to include it in this list. Since I joined LiquidDota in 2016, one of the TL admins has always upheld the opinion that XBOCT won TI3. Disastrous 4-man ganks from [A]lliance during the laning phase saw miraculous jukes and turnarounds from XBOCT’s Alchemist. Dendi’s TA utterly crushed s4’s puck in the mid lane, and Na`Vi’s aggressive trilane around the Batrider secured a good transition for him. Again and again, Na`Vi held the lead in this game, but as with so many games, the Rosh Pit changed things. Constant long, protracted fights around the Pit kept [A]lliance in the game, forcing Na`Vi to commit far more resources than expected to securing the Aegis for a high-ground push. In the meantime, [A]lliance’s infamous first-phase Furion + Wisp did its job: Kills mean nothing, throne means everything.

ESL One Frankfurt 2014 Quarterfinals Game 2
[A]lliance vs Cloud9



The final LAN before The International 2014, ESL One Frankfurt would identify the teams on whose backs targets were placed at TI4. In the quarterfinal, this game stood out as [A]lliance’s signature Furion + Wisp combo came into play, its immense split pushing capabilities fully demonstrated in an otherwise one-sided game in favour of C9.

TI5 Lower Bracket Round 2 Game 1
Vici Gaming vs Cloud9



After being run over by TI5’s dark horse CDEC in the Upper Bracket, Cloud9 were faced with yet another formidable opponent. For many, this game cemented fy’s status as one of, if not the best, Rubick players in the world, absurd steal after steal sealing C9’s fate in a 70-minutes long slugfest for their tournament lives. That alone makes this game worth revisiting, as we observe the Prince of Chinese Dota.

Frankfurt Major 2015 Upper Bracket Finals Game 1
EG vs Secret



Two words, maybe three: Mag + Ember. The Mag + melee carry combo has become a staple of basic Dota combos, replicated in pubs and pro games alike, but this game truly demonstrated its potential as Secret, despite a massive deficit throughout the game, defended their highground repeatedly, and swiftly dismantled EG in a number of absurdly bold double Rapier plays from EternaLEnVy’s Ember Spirit.

TI6 Upper Bracket Round 1 Game 1
MVP.Phoenix vs OG



As unthinkable as picking five strength heroes into Timbersaw is nowadays, it was unthinkable to pick five melee heroes into Timbersaw back then. This game featured the essence of Korean Dota, and to some extent, SEA Dota. Certainly, it was the embodiment of QO’s signature aggressive manfighting style, as the two-time Major winning favourites OG were rattled in their first game on the mainstage of TI. Savour the sheer skill and ragged elegance of MVP.Phoenix in this game.

TI7 Lower Bracket Round 4 Game 1
Team Liquid vs Virtus.Pro



A highlight of Team Liquid’s legendary TI7 run as they engaged in a 100-minute bloodbath against the CIS giants, this game featured the best Dota 2 players of the 2016-17 season on both teams. Amazing plays and the impregnability of a late-game Bloodseeker kept Liquid on their toes, ultimately split pushing their way to victory after narrowly avoiding a base race.


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Dracolich70
Profile Joined May 2011
Denmark2895 Posts
May 10 2020 21:09 GMT
#2
3 [A] games doesn't make a very good selection. Na'vi vs IG could have been in there. The counter wombo combo is probably one of the most memorable things in Dota 2.

LiangHao
Diavlo
Profile Joined July 2011
Belgium1849 Posts
May 10 2020 21:58 GMT
#3
It's nuts to me that the TI6 game you chose was the OG-MVP one instead of the EG-Ehome one.
That game had everything: mega creeps, rapier, triple dagons...

Still the most hype game in my eyes.

"I don't know how many years on this Earth I got left. I'm gonna get real weird with it."
Erasme
Profile Joined February 2011
Bahamas9167 Posts
May 11 2020 00:28 GMT
#4
watching these games makes me laugh at the sheer absurdity of players thinking they're better than those guys at ti3 "because it's 7years later"
Any Alliance game during ti3 is almost perfect
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7lxwFEB6FI “‘Drain the swamp’? Stupid saying, means nothing, but you guys loved it so I kept saying it.”
Geisterkarle
Profile Joined September 2008
Germany1564 Posts
May 11 2020 06:27 GMT
#5
On May 11 2020 09:28 Erasme wrote:
watching these games makes me laugh at the sheer absurdity of players thinking they're better than those guys at ti3 "because it's 7years later"
Any Alliance game during ti3 is almost perfect

Hm, I think map movement overall is better by most teams. Also we have a "different game" now. A current Ember Spirit with Aga and Mjoellnir laughs about a Furion Split Push!
Also, was it possible during TI3 to Teleportscroll back to base and BoT back to your team? We had that a time...

For Highlights:
I don't remember the game, I think it was a TI, where a team used the Underlord Ulti to teleport directly into the Rosh pit behind the enemy team... that was incredible!

There can only be one Geisterkarle
Damned627
Profile Joined November 2016
Indonesia264 Posts
May 11 2020 07:45 GMT
#6
On May 11 2020 06:58 Diavlo wrote:
It's nuts to me that the TI6 game you chose was the OG-MVP one instead of the EG-Ehome one.
That game had everything: mega creeps, rapier, triple dagons...

Still the most hype game in my eyes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFyNbVyUS-k


Thinking the same, I mean that game was THE most memorable thing at TI6, not only because it is the first mega creep comeback in TI history, but it also stopped EHOME's momentum to a halt and cemented ppd's EG as one of the all time greats.
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Archeon
Profile Joined May 2011
1994 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-05-11 08:15:53
May 11 2020 08:12 GMT
#7
On May 11 2020 09:28 Erasme wrote:
watching these games makes me laugh at the sheer absurdity of players thinking they're better than those guys at ti3 "because it's 7years later"
Any Alliance game during ti3 is almost perfect

Imo ti3 was a huge step up and it's much harder to say for that although I still think that the execution generally rosesince then. But I would say that f.e. most divine players today are mechanically and probably game knowledge wise better than most ti2 players. During ti2 most Chinese teams f.e. hadn't make the switch yet and it really shows, the execution just wasn't very good back then compared to now.

Not that you can't get songed-vacuum-ravaged today, but teams generally approach fights better and more coordinated nowadays and the macro game rose up a ton.
low gravity, yes-yes!
Dracolich70
Profile Joined May 2011
Denmark2895 Posts
May 11 2020 11:29 GMT
#8
Players, movement, strategies are much better today. Back in the day, it was mostly just Chinese teams that were run like professionals with a whole staff behind them. You need to be a complete idiot to not think these things evolve massively over 7 years. You also have much better tools to prepare for other teams.

[A] massive camp stacking would be more punished today.
LiangHao
yakeo653
Profile Joined January 2013
3 Posts
May 22 2020 00:55 GMT
#9
As a huge fanboy of the NoTail Fly era OG, its a shame that thats the game they will be remembered by. Incredibly dominant team, I think people forget how far ahead of the world Miracle was at one point.
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