WCA 2015 VoDS playoffs quarterfinals
The dark horse of the event, Wings Gaming, were able to defeat Team Leviathan, 2:1. The North American hopefuls put up a fight to become the success story of the event. Having had secured their place in the playoffs after Newbee’s withdrawal provided an opening, they were then matched up against the impressive Chinese rising stars. Wings Gaming stomped all over Leviathan in only 22 minutes with a score of 21:5 in the first game. Leviathan fought back long and hard in the second game to take the victory in 54 minutes and forced a deciding third game. The Chinese team was undeterred in their journey to reach the finals, as they easily seized the last game.
Armed with Henrik “AdmiralBulldog” Ahnberg’s Nature’s Prophet, Alliance bested CDEC, 2:1. The first game went in favor of Alliance, as AdmiralBulldog was able to build Power Treads and Vanguard on Bristleback, in only 11 minutes, which made him unstoppable. The second game went to CDEC, who took the lead after the midgame and were able to snowball to the end. Sun “Agressif” Zheng did outstandingly on Gyrocopter, being double the net-worth of Alliance’s most farmed hero and having a score of 11:3:12. The deciding game 3 was all Alliance, with Bulldog’s Nature’s Prophet going 10:1:10 and a Keeper of the Light pick for Joakim “Akke” Akterhall.
Team Liquid swept through TnC, 2:0. In two very heavily one-sided games in favor of the Europeans, Team Liquid continued to dominate. Jesse “JerAx” Vainikka was able to once again show his skills on his famed Earth Spirit and Adrian “FATA-“ Trinks continued to delight with his Invoker, recently buffed.
LGD Gaming bested Team Empire, 2:1 to give China two candidates for the championship title. After falling to the CIS team in only 28 minutes during the first game, LGD then came back in the second game with a convincing victory. Gyrocopter and Lina continued to be strong heroes for the Chinese team, with them both being featured in two games each. The last deciding game between the two teams was a complete push over, with LGD taking the victory in 32 minutes, with a score of 14:4.
WCA 2015 VoDS playoffs semifinals
Alliance headed to the semifinals next to face Wings Gaming. With perfect execution and fantastic game play, the Swedish squad easily took the first game in only 21 minutes. The second game took much longer to secure, extending to the one hour mark. Alliance were still able to take the victory with patience and control, keeping the Chinese team inline. With the 2:0 victory, Alliance became the first team to advance to the play offs and Wings Gaming will compete in the third place decider series.
Team Liquid and LGD went head to head in the semi finals. While Team Liquid were looking to be top notch condition going into the series and had taken first in their group, LGD destroyed the European team in a matter of minutes. The first game was LGD’s right from the beginning. Liquid never had a chance against Liu “Sylar” Jiajun’s perfect juggernaut and lost in 33 minutes. The second game lasted a bit longer but was equally as brutal with an end score of 40:9 in 44 minutes. Jerax’s earth spirit couldn’t help them against Sylar and Lu “Maybe” Yao on Ember Spirit. LGD swept through Team Liquid 2:0 and will face Alliance in the grand finals.
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