OG obliterated Newbee 2-0 today to kick off the second day of The International 2019 main event. The former Forward roster couldn’t solve the OG puzzle and are now headed down to the lower bracket.<\/p>
Newbee threw a curveball at OG with a first phase Visage pick in game one and then followed it up with the popular Lifestealer. OG took their newly-minted carry Io once again and picked the ever-solid Bristleback for Topias \u201cTopson\u201d Taavitsainen, even though he had no professional experience on the hero.<\/p>
This marks the fifth time OG have picked Io at TI9, and everybody knew what OG\u2019s gameplan was. The onus was on Newbee to try and prevent the Guardian Wisp from reaching its timings, but they failed to do much in the early stage.<\/p>
OG let Anathan \u201cana\u201d Pham farm the entire jungle, allowing him to get a 16-minute Aghanim\u2019s Scepter, while Topson simply showed off. It sure didn\u2019t look like Topson\u2019s first time on Bristleback because he excelled in his usual space creation role.<\/p>
Once Io hit the level 15 power spike, OG secured the Aegis for ana right before ramming into Newbee\u2019s base like a freight train.<\/p>
