Team Aster dismantled Alliance in the grand finals of the StarLadder ImbaTV Dota 2<\/em> Minor today. The Chinese team\u2019s form throughout the tournament saw them enter as favorites, but the clinical efficiency and drafting prowess they displayed against Alliance was a spectacle to behold.<\/p>
Aster took the series 3-1, but the games were not as close as the scoreline indicated. Besides an ultimately inconsequential game three Anti-Mage pick that saw Aster lose the game almost instantly once the hero died, the Chinese crew rarely made a misstep. <\/p>
The first game saw Aster take a leaf out of Alliance\u2019s book by picking the Death Prophet. The Chinese squad used the hero\u2019s pushing potential to methodically take down objective after objective, while Alliance\u2019s single-target lineup was unable to keep down Aster\u2019s cores.\u00a0<\/p>
Besides a minor blip that saw Aster give up their cores\u2019 life for nothing, Alliance\u2019s vaunted teamfighting abilities were shut down by Aster\u2019s durable Death Prophet and Morphling. Game one went the way of Aster\u2019s powerful push.<\/p>
