9 Pandas with a substitution take top-3 at the ESL One Berlin Major
🇪🇺Team Liquid advanced to the grand final of the 🇩🇪ESL One Berlin Major 2023 Grand Final. Now they will have to defeat their principal opponent, the 🇪🇺Gladiators. 🇷🇺9 Pandas are in the top-3, and that is a fantastic result for a team with a substitution.
The first map was a tense one. Both teams were afraid to make mistakes, but at one moment, they didn't have the strength to stop the Phantom Lancer. As a result, 9 Pandas, as an outsider, started the series against Team Liquid with a victory.
On the second map, 9 Pandas had a good draft. Team Liquid surprised us with the appearance of Medusa on the offlane. Previously, this helped Tundra Esports to win. zai also played at a high level and finished the map with a 2/0/20 stat.
On the third map, Team Liquid took some crazy pressure early in the game. Nisha played Lone Druid in response to Storm Spirit, and the offlane had a strong bunch of IO + Witch Doctor that just couldn't be killed. To the 11th minute, Liquid pushed t4, which could be called fantastic. All in all, a pretty easy map for Team Liquid and a pass to main opponents.
Gladiators are considered Team Liquid's kryptonite because it was dyrachyo's team that won the Major in Lima and DreamLeague. Well, 9 Pandas had a marvelous run in this tournament. Third place guarantees them $75,000 and 400 DPC points.