Team OG have secured themselves a seat within the closing spherical of the International 2018, because of a nail-biting 2-1 win over PSG.LGD in Vancouver Friday.
OG got here out swinging within the first match, aggressively shutting down and killing PSG.LGD’s carries. With Sebastian “Ceb” Debs enjoying Enchantress and the opposing carries down, OG was capable of management the tempo of the primary game and finally win out.
Perhaps feeling overconfident after the first-round win, OG received caught out in game 2, as PSG.LGD had been capable of cease Topias “Topson” Taavitsainen’s Invoker after a powerful opening. Lu “Somnus” Yao managed to get better from a rocky begin to take management of the late game, and PSG.LGD would go on to a convincing win in Game 2.
With all the things on the road, PSG.LGD fought their means as much as OG’s very gates within the closing match. Topson and Jesse “JerAx” Vainikka, enjoying Spectre and Earthshaker respectively, created room for OG to maneuver. PSG.LGD managed to interrupt into OG’s base to take a barracks, however the ensuing combat left solely Yang “Chalice” Shenyi as Enchantress alive. With the remainder of the workforce down, OG had been capable of roll into the PSG.LGD base and take down the Ancient for the 2-1 win, and a visit to the Grand Finals.
For their half, PSG.LGD will now head to the decrease bracket to face off in opposition to Evil Geniuses, who defeated defending champions Team Liquid 2-0 Friday. It’ll be the winner of this match that finally ends up in opposition to OG within the closing contest for the Aegis of Champions, and the International’s $11.1 million USD grand prize.
OG’s journey to the Grand Finals was a protracted one – after some disappointing early-season outcomes and the departure of Roman “Resolut1on” Fominok from the workforce, OG misplaced eligibility for a direct invite to the International 2018. Instead, OG needed to work their means up by way of open qualifiers to safe their berth.
The decrease bracket closing between PSG.LGD and Evil Geniuses is scheduled to start right this moment at 12:00 PDT, with the five-game Grand Final set to start at 16:00.
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