Surging Mineski

LGD became the silver metal winner and received $65,000. Due to the fact that the team played with a replacement, the main players of the team will get 67 points in the standings. While their opposition, the team from South-East Asia, earned $150,000 and 150 qualifying points per player.

 

 

This is the second final for Mineski in the new competitive season. Earlier the team reached the final of StarLadder i-League Invitational Season #3, where they lost to Team Liquid by a score of 1-3.

Mineski Ready for the Pro-Circuit

Already on the second minor, Mineski proved their permanent victories in qualifications are not a weakness of the region, but a demonstration of their dominating strength. Again, the team has every chance to be in the final of the next tournament as well.

The audience fell in love with their style of play. They are moderately aggressive, but they act in a coordinated and orderly manner.

 

Daryl Koh «iceiceice» Pei Xiang and Chai «Mushi» Yee Fung in one team managed to implement a mixture of the Asian crazy game and characteristics of the Chinese region. Mineski likes to play simply but their effective style and combinations still look bright, even if they are easy to play.

Unpredictable Side

The most difficult phase for opponents is at the drafting phase of the game. You never know until the last moment which hero will go to which line. Iceiceice seems to feel so comfortable in this line-up and in this meta that he can play anything from classic Timbersaw to Visage and Winter Wyvern. And the necessary space will always be provided by the 9K MMR support Anucha «Jabz» Jirawong.

In Kiev, they were able to stop everyone except the current world champions. The competition in this tournament was slightly lower. The new triumph of Mushi was quite imminent.

Six Facts About Mineski in the PGL

• Mineski did not lose a single series in the championship. The team lost only two games: one in a match against Natus.Vincere and the other against Immortals.
• During the LAN Finals, Mineski used 22 heroes. This is one of the narrowest pools in the tournament.
• Mushi became the best PGL Open player in terms of KDA (6.5). He had the least number of deaths (on average less than 3 times per game).
• Mineski is the only team that used Vengeful Spirit at the tournament. And she won on all four maps.
• On average, for a map, Mineski made 28.1 kills. This is the highest score among the participants in the LAN Finals.
• Mineski never banned the same heroes in the first phase of the draft.
• PGL Open Bucharest was the second minor in the history of DotA 2. The total prize fund of the championship was $300 thousand and 300 qualifying points.