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Or don't find him at all. He'll prefer it that way.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tan-guan-hao-570b26a0\/","https:\/\/x.com\/draconiques"],"url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/author\/tanguanhao"}]}},"raw_content":"This article is proudly\u00a0brought to you by\u00a0GamerzClass. The defending champions have had a long road back to the top, but after a messy game one, OG bounced back and took down PSG.LGD to secure a spot in the grand finals at The International 2019.\u00a0 Related: OG and PSG.LGD are destined to clash again at The International 2019 Game one saw the Chinese powerhouse pick up two burst carries in Ember Spirit and Gyrocopter, while OG went for global potential in Zeus and Nature\u2019s Prophet, rounding out their draft with a focus on teamfights. OG got off to an early lead, making good use of their highly mobile lineup. S\u00e9bastien \"Ceb\" Debs dominated on his Nature\u2019s Prophet, setting up some immense teamfights for the European squad as they could immediately descended on any LGD heroes, pushing that advantage.\u00a0 However, LGD had their own fair share of highlights. A deafening crowd cheered on Wang \u201cAme\u201d Chunyu as he executed a perfect solo kill on Ceb and got his team back on track.\u00a0 The game remained even between the two sides, with both teams keeping an eye on their big right click carries in Lu \u201cSomnus\u201d Yao and Anathan \u201cana\u201d Pham. There wasn\u2019t a heavy swing in the match until LGD took a risk, running a teamfight on OG\u2019s side of the map.\u00a0 LGD went on to secure the first Aegis for Somnus after some erroneous execution from OG in the Roshan Pit.\u00a0 LGD used the map to their advantage as the Chinese squad farmed faster and harder than their European opposition. While both teams continued to trade kills, the pendulum was swinging towards LGD. OG committed several uncharacteristic mistakes, allowing LGD to swiftly take down objective after objective. Ana bought back for a Roshan fight and lost his life soon after due to bad timing, allowing LGD to take out the big threat of the Chronosphere, and the unstoppable push into OG\u2019s base began. After failing to stop that push, OG called GGs and started plotting for game two, where they picked up the highly used Tiny along with an Alchemist and Chen combo to piece together a powerful mid game threat. LGD went with two tanky strength cores in Sven and Dragon Knight as a response.\u00a0 Despite facing a Chen and Tiny, LGD decided to go for two Hand of Midas on both Ame and Somnus. While a standard item choice for Ame\u2019s Sven, Somnus\u2019 Dragon Knight could not stand up to the overwhelming pressure from OG\u2019s lineup. Left unable to invade OG\u2019s jungle, the Alchemist appeared with a 10-minute Radiance, and promptly ran over LGD. LGD meekly conceded defeat, sending the series to a game three decider with the momentum firmly on OG\u2019s side. Once again, OG and LGD\u2019s battle stretched to the final game on the main stage. But early in the draft, LGD seemed to make a big error.\u00a0 OG was able to secure a second game with both Alchemist and Chen as LGD prioritized keeping the Io off the table and picking up Tiny for themselves. The Europeans rounded out their roster with a Topias \u201cTopson\u201d Taavitsainen Tidehunter while LGD proceeded with the two support kings this tournament, Elder Titan and Shadow Demon. This time, LGD did a much better job of keeping the Alchemist in check. With a mid Tiny, it became much easier to invade the enemy jungle, and Alchemist only managed to farm a 15-minute Radiance, a far cry from ana\u2019s game two performance. However, the Radiance power spike was still too powerful, and LGD still could not handle the Alchemist.\u00a0 LGD focused all their efforts on shutting down the Alchemist, but OG spent their own on trying to protect him. The multitude of buffs available for OG helped the Alchemist survive multiple bad situations, allowing ana to have another imperious performance.\u00a0 LGD found themselves on the back foot once more to the Chen and Alchemist combo. OG secured the Aegis and went up the high ground, only to be repelled by a perfectly executed combo as LGD pulled off an incredible defensive team wipe.\u00a0 No matter how big the advantage for the enemy team, OG never looked like they were thrown off their game. In another show of just how good their teamwork is, OG shook off the team wipe and decimated the remainder of LGD\u2019s defenses to take the 2-1 victory.\u00a0 The TI8 champions forged their path to yet another championship, getting the opportunity to defend their title in the grand finals against one of LGD, Team Liquid, or Team Secret. This is the first time a team has made back to back TI finals since Natus Vincere did it three times at TI1, TI2, and TI3.\u00a0 LDG will have to fight for another chance at OG when they play the winner of Liquid and Secret\u2019s bout at 9pm CT on Aug. 24. 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S\u00e9bastien \"Ceb\" Debs dominated on his Nature\u2019s Prophet, setting up some immense teamfights for the European squad as they could immediately descended on any LGD heroes, pushing that advantage.\u00a0 However, LGD had their own fair share of highlights. A deafening crowd cheered on Wang \u201cAme\u201d Chunyu as he executed a perfect solo kill on Ceb and got his team back on track.\u00a0 The game remained even between the two sides, with both teams keeping an eye on their big right click carries in Lu \u201cSomnus\u201d Yao and Anathan \u201cana\u201d Pham. There wasn\u2019t a heavy swing in the match until LGD took a risk, running a teamfight on OG\u2019s side of the map.\u00a0 LGD went on to secure the first Aegis for Somnus after some erroneous execution from OG in the Roshan Pit.\u00a0 LGD used the map to their advantage as the Chinese squad farmed faster and harder than their European opposition. While both teams continued to trade kills, the pendulum was swinging towards LGD. OG committed several uncharacteristic mistakes, allowing LGD to swiftly take down objective after objective. Ana bought back for a Roshan fight and lost his life soon after due to bad timing, allowing LGD to take out the big threat of the Chronosphere, and the unstoppable push into OG\u2019s base began. After failing to stop that push, OG called GGs and started plotting for game two, where they picked up the highly used Tiny along with an Alchemist and Chen combo to piece together a powerful mid game threat. LGD went with two tanky strength cores in Sven and Dragon Knight as a response.\u00a0 Despite facing a Chen and Tiny, LGD decided to go for two Hand of Midas on both Ame and Somnus. While a standard item choice for Ame\u2019s Sven, Somnus\u2019 Dragon Knight could not stand up to the overwhelming pressure from OG\u2019s lineup. Left unable to invade OG\u2019s jungle, the Alchemist appeared with a 10-minute Radiance, and promptly ran over LGD. LGD meekly conceded defeat, sending the series to a game three decider with the momentum firmly on OG\u2019s side. Once again, OG and LGD\u2019s battle stretched to the final game on the main stage. But early in the draft, LGD seemed to make a big error.\u00a0 OG was able to secure a second game with both Alchemist and Chen as LGD prioritized keeping the Io off the table and picking up Tiny for themselves. The Europeans rounded out their roster with a Topias \u201cTopson\u201d Taavitsainen Tidehunter while LGD proceeded with the two support kings this tournament, Elder Titan and Shadow Demon. This time, LGD did a much better job of keeping the Alchemist in check. With a mid Tiny, it became much easier to invade the enemy jungle, and Alchemist only managed to farm a 15-minute Radiance, a far cry from ana\u2019s game two performance. 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LGD used the map to their advantage as the Chinese squad farmed faster and harder than their European opposition. While both teams continued to trade kills, the pendulum was swinging towards LGD.<\/p>

OG committed several uncharacteristic mistakes, allowing LGD to swiftly take down objective after objective. Ana bought back for a Roshan fight and lost his life soon after due to bad timing, allowing LGD to take out the big threat of the Chronosphere, and the unstoppable push into OG\u2019s base began.<\/p>