By RoLanD
Welcome to another Real-Time match summary of a Diamond League clash of titans! The purpose of this article is to fill people with general information who could not watch Honcast, had to leave, or just want a review of the game. Hope you enjoy!
On a beautiful Sunday, Round 1 starts with hell of a match, between compLexityGaming and Trademark eSports. There has been a sweet rivalry between these two teams for quite some time, and since tdM managed to take 2 games from coL on DreamHack Winter 2024, this is a so-called “revenge” match! Let’s see if compLexity Gaming will be able to maintain their level, or is Trademark eSports just too good for them?
LET THE GAMES BEGIN !
Game 1:
There are some drama going on between coL and tdM, coL wants to remake because of bkid net issues, however Mynuts does not agree to remake because of some past events causing a lot of talking and delay. Call it bad manners, call it rivalry, looks like whatever is between tdM and coL will last for quite some time!
coL starts as Legion and tdM starts as Hellbourne to the first game. Let’s see how things will work out for bkid with his net issues.
Legion Bans: Parasite, Tempest(Blind Bans), Balphagore, Silhouette, Zephyr
Hellbourne Bans: Keeper of the Forest, Wildsoul(Blind Bans), Tundra, Draconis, Wretched Hag
Legion Locks: Pharaoh, Ophelia, Bubbles
Hellbourne Locks: Legionerre, Glacius, Demented Shaman
bkid on Fayde
Franzzii on Engineer
MoonMeander on Pharaoh
Chessie on Ophelia
Haxxeren on Magebane
Mynuts on Legionnaire
noobG on The Dark Lady
iNsania on Aluna
Limmp on Bubbles
zai` on Plague Rider
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The game finally starts! Weird lanes.. Let’s take a look
Pharaoh .vs. Bubbles middle lane
Fayde & Engineer .vs. Aluna & The Dark Lady top lane
Ophelia jungling Hellbourne woods, assisting top lane
Legionerre jungling Legion woods assisting bottom lane
Magebane .vs. Plague Rider bottom lane
At the first look, this is some weird shit. Magebane soloing versus Plague Rider, and actually doing really well while we see Pharaoh versus Bubbles mid. Moonmeander on Pharaoh is having a very good time mid.
* A slow start by both teams, Ophelia tries a gank on Bubbles mid with a Catman but fails. 4 minutes still no bloodlust.
* 1 minute later, Bubbles manages to get a kill on Moonmeander. Even if Limmp on Bubbles is behind in creep kills, he has the level advantage. In the meanwhile, Ophelia assisting top and gets the first tier tower. Bubbles moves to top, while TDL and Aluna moves to mid after getting crushed versus bkid and Franzzii on Fayde and Engineer top.
* A lot of movement from coL, dominating Hellbourne jungle, while trying to gank almost every lane. Moonmeander on Pharaoh gets a kill on Legionerre played by Mynuts.
* 9 minutes and 1-1 on kill score. coL is playing really active, while tdM seems a bit dead at the moment. coL tries to push every lane, and gank every hero the second they see them. Getting another kill on Mynuts, bkid is sitting on Ghost Marchers and 300 GPM.
* After getting that kill, bkid says he keeps getting disconnected, so decides to pause the game.
* A long pause comes out, let’s look at the stats while we wait. coL has 2 kills, tdM has 1. Solo Magebane is sitting on 40 creep kills, top farm in the game. Legionerre was off to a good start, however after getting ganked twice, he received a big setback, sitting on just Marchers and Bottle by 10th minute.
* Mynuts calls out Franzzii and compLexity for ghosting their wards from Honcast while waiting. Tension is increasing in the game.
* Bkid on Fayde finally reconnects. In the meanwhile, Honcast decided to cast a different game, and left the game. Right after Bkid reconnects, he dies. After waiting around 25 minutes, bkid falls from the game again. As coL used their last pause,
* Looks like game is back on, coL does not have anymore pauses. We have seen more talk and discussion than actual playing so far. Let’s hope the sportmanship will win at the end.
* Moonmeander secures a wonderful kill on Legionerre around 12th minute right before Ophelia and few others pushed the bottom lane.
* 15th minute, 4 to 2 kill advantage in favor of Legion side, a very slow game. coL has 3 towers pushed while tdM has not reacted yet. NoobG on TDL finishes runed axe by 14th minute. Moonmeander crushes Aluna, catching him completely off guard right away. A teamfight happens in Hellbourne Jungle, Legion side secures 3 more kills, amazing plays by Moonmeander on Pharaoh, and tdM will be left with nothing again. WOW! Right after iNsania respawns, he walks back in, and he dies once more, this time Chessie on Ophelia gets the kill!
* After that amazing fight, Moonmeander on Pharaoh with 4-1-1 score, finishes his Helm of the Legion and Steamboots.
* Even if coL pushed early a lot, they are sitting on 6k Gold and 2k Experience advantage.
* tdM finally decides to react, however they decided to trade a Tier 1 bottom tower against their own Tier 2 middle tower, of course this is in favor of coL. After coL kills t2 tower mid, they instantly move to t2 tower in top lane. coL gets the tower kill without a hassle again. tdM is not willing to defend their towers just yet. TDL finishing Ghost Marchers by 19th minute, on top of that Runed Axe, almost same farm with Magebane.
* Oops! Bkid times out once again, coL asks a pause from tdM, and they actually get a pause. Some good manners from tdM. Wow! Some tense discussions go between coL and tdM, this is getting out of hand so I’m going to stop about talking about chat from now on.
* Game finally unpauses after bkid comes back. This time Hellbourne paused. 90 mins passed from the time game was supposed to start, we’re just at the 24th minute. Do the math.
* For the FIFTH time, game gets unpaused. This might be the longest game in the history of HoN. Magebane finished his Shrunken Head on top of Runed Axe, maintaining 500 GPM.
* Big teamfight happens middle lane, coL easily DOMINATES tdM, only Bubbles could survive with 100 life. It’s a big question mark if tdM will be able to come back from this.
* Moonmeander makes an awesome initiation, kills Plague Rider and Aluna with help from his team. Magebane has a Firebrand, and a token now, coL is coming too strong and GGWPs come out. WHAT A GAME !
Looks like this game will bring a lot of discussions after itself, it was known that there has been a rivalry between these 2 top teams, but today, it just got into a whole different level. Haxxeren on Magebane was just too strong to handle for Trademark eSpots, I think it is safe to say that the game was 1-Sided from the beginning, even with bkid having connection problems, Complexity Gaming succeeds to come on top! Congratz to them! It is very exciting to see what will happen in Game 2. Will Trademark eSports be able to take coL down once again after the LAN event?
Game 2:
Let’s hope this game will be a more friendly one, with less problems.
This time tdM is on Legion side, and coL is on Hellbourne.
Legion Bans:Fayde, Ophelia(Blind Bans), Draconis, The Dark Lady, Magebane,
Hellbourne Bans:Wildsoul, Tempest(Blind Bans), Demented Shaman, Zephyr, Silhoutte
Legion Locks: Keeper of the Fırest, Bubbles, Wretched Hag
Hellbourne Locks: Parasite, Tundra, Plague Rider
bkid on Magmus
Franzzii on Engineer
MoonMeander on Keeper of the Forest
Chessie on Plague Rider
Haxxeren on Madman
Mynuts on Parasite
noobG on Pollywog Priest
iNsania on Glacius
Limmp on Pebbles
zai` on Wretched Hag
Surprise! Game starts with another long pause ! Looking at the picks, we see Madman. A hero we almost never see in the competitive scene since the nerf. Let’s see how Haxxeren will do on him. GLHFs come from both teams. We <3 HEART <3 friendly games!
Lanes will be;
Madman & Plague .vs. solo Wretched Hag top lane
Magmus & Engineer .vs. Glacius & Pebbles middle lane
Keeper of the Forest .vs. Pollywog Priest bottom lane
While Parasite is jungling Legion woods for the time being.
* Zai` on Hag for the suicide lane is doing really well once again, harassing Plague Rider a lot. Haxxeren in the meantime, is having freefarm.
* Madman scared Hag, so he used blink. Right after that, they initiated on Hag and Haxxeren on Madman got a bloodlust kill on zai` - finishing Steamboots by 4th minute.
* Franzzii on Engineer with the help of Magmus played by bkid gets another kill on iNsania on Glacius. 2-0 in favor of compLexity Gaming at the moment.
* 4 players move to middle lane, tower diveds and gets a kill on Engineer. Was it worth the loss of experience and farm they would get in their lane? Don’t know.
* A lot of pushes, and fights are coming from both teams in the bottom lane. coL denied their t1 tower when it all set and done. Kill score is 4-2 at the moment in favor of complexity. In the meantime, Haxxeren gets another kill on Pollywog Priest, and is off to an awesome start. He already has Steamboots and Sustainer, with 1.2k gold saved up by 11th minute probably going for Runed Axe. Mynuts somehow dies to Neutrals, playing that Parasite while bkid on Magmus kills Limmp on pebbles, and Moonmeander gets a tower kill.
* Looking good for Complexity Gaming, 3k gold and almost 4k experience advantage. A much more action-filled game in comparison with the first one.
* Big teamfight happens near t2 tower of tdM in top lane, amazing ulti by Engineer, Haxxeren. Fight ended with 2 heroes exchanged from both teams. The kill score is set to 9-6 in favor of coL once again. Haxxeren just bought a Blessed Orb at 15th minute, going for that Nullstone.
* 16th Minute, Pebbles buys a Portal Key while Pollywog Priest buys the first part of his Hellflower. Surprisingly, Moonmeander on Keeper of the Forest also finishes his Portal Key, doing a great job in comparison to his solo enemy Polly.
* Complexity is determined to push more towers, catches Pebbles off guard and kills him. In the meanwhile, Haxxeren on madman finishes his Nullstone. Mynuts on Parasite got his first kill by 17th minute. He’s sitting on a score of 1/2/3 as Parasite, with only Grave Locket, Striders and Power Supply.
* A pause comes out from Hellbourne side. Buys us time to check the GPM chart, Madman on 450 GPM followed by enemy team’s Pebbles on 300 GPM. coL maintains their advantages, now being 4k Gold and 3k Exp advantage.
* It gets unpaused, as tdM 4-men initiates on Moonmeander playing that Keeper of the Forest, bursting him down quite fast. tdM manages to get t2 mid tower of coL without them even defending. Haxxeren is ofcourse still having a great time, working towards his Shrunken Head, while Hag on tdM gets closer to his Hellflower as well as Pollywog. Mynuts on Parasite, could only buy a Bound Eye, until the 22 minutes into the game. Looking good for Complexity Gaming at the moment!
* noobG on Pollywog Priest decides to go get his Portal Key before finishing his Hellflower. Haxxeren maintains a GPM of 500 at the moment, finishing that Shrunken head.
* The gold and experience advantage is almost zero after the tower kill tdM got in middle lane and their pickoffs. A teamfight happens top lane, coL caught Glacius off guard, and got a kill on him. Hag barely got away.
* Pebbles and Parasite tries to make some pickoffs in Hellbourne jungle, but they get picked off, a double tap comes off to Chessie on Plague Rider, with that awesome Plaguuuu
* The game lost momentum, both teams continue their farming. As game goes on, it looks like Madman will get closer to his peak but you never know!
* coL tries a Kongor attempt at 27th minute, as Zai on Hag finishes his Hellflower. tdM has no knowledge that coL is at Kongor since they have no wards there. Haxxeren on Madman gets the token, things just got more scary!
* 30 Minutes in, tdM decided to get a t1 tower while giving up their t2 bottom lane tower. Complexity Gaming knows they did a smart exchange and backs immediately.
* A minute later, Pollywog finishes his Hellflower too. tdM started to look scary. Madman just bought a Slayer, moving towards his Savage Mace. He’s now hitting like a truck with his ulti.
* coL is confident in their level, and farm advantage. They push t2 middle tower, tdM does not even try to defend.
* Mynuts on Parasite gets caught top lane, all alone by 3 from coL, and Moonmeander just adds another kill to his score table.
* Looking at the damage chart, Engineer has the highest damage in coL, well done by Franzzii, while both Pollywog and Pebbles leading their team with their 14% percent.
* Again, coL pushes middle lane, almost dives into tdM’s base, getting over confident. Madman is like a 1man army, melted Pebbles down. However very good team coordination from tdM, they almost genocided coL, and they come on top after that teamfight.
* After the last fight, tdM showed that they can come on top after playing a passive game, now getting a 4k gold and 6k experience advantage. Really amazing team plays from tdM.
* coL is really outleveled at the moment, almost all of tdM is higher than coL except Madman.
* Zai on Hag snipes a kill on Magmus played by Bkid bottom lane, right before 3 of tdM gets another kill on Moonmeander playing Keeper of the Forest. tdM is on FIRE!
* After another long pause, we see tdM pushing coL’s base right now from bottom lane. tdM backed off, and looks like they are just standing near Kong pit trying to cath someone off guard.
* Nothing happened, Haxxeren still on 500 GPM followed by 3 of tdM on 400 GPM. There is now a 8k gold and 12k experience advantage in favor of tdM. coL tries to Kong, but this time tdM realizes it and scares them off quick enough.
* Pebbles initiates on madman and gets the kill quickly! Haxxeren bought back, Keeper and Engineer are down, tdM looking really good here, killed Magmus too, Haxxeren is alone there, he dies too and tdM officially genocided coL. Concede vote called, but failed by coL.
* coL tries kong again, Peb initiates and this is seriously like a repeat of the last fight. Haxxeren buys back again. tdM looks really strong right now, there is nothing coL can do about it, they cannot even kill a single hero. tdM almost genocides coL again and now coL concedes.
What a game 2, tdM came on top but it was close. Game 3 will be the decider!
Game 3:
My fingers literally started to hurt. This better be a good game! coL is legion, and tdM is Hellbourne once again.
Legion Bans: Parasite, Tempest (Blind Bans), Engineer, Demented Shaman, Silhouette
Hellbourne Bans: Wildsoul, Fayde (Blind Bans), Tundra, Draconis, Pebbles
Legion Locks: Bubbles, Plague Rider, Pollywog Priest
Hellbourne Locks: Keeper of the Forest, Ophelia, Wretched Hag
bkid on Bubbles
Franzzii on Rhapsody
MoonMeander on Balphagore
Chessie on Ophelia
Haxxeren on Zephyr
Mynuts on Keeper of the Forest
noobG on Torturer
iNsania on Glacius
Limmp on Moraxus
zai` on Wretched Hag
Lanes are;
solo Balph .vs. Moraxus & Glacius middle lane
solo Hag .vs. Rhapsody & Zephyr bottom lane
Ophelia and Keeper of the Forest jungling their own woods
Bubbles .vs. Torturer top lane
* No bloodlusts for 5 minutes, tdM pushes middle t1 tower with 3 players. coL did not respond.
* A lot of towers are getting pushed, while a very few gank attempts are done. Push strat to the max by both teams. Interesting to see what will happen. Total of 4 towers pushed on the map right now in 9 minutes.
* Zephyr has finished Helm of the Legion by 10th minute, all 4 of coL is pushing t2 mid tower at the moment. tdM chooses not to defend as Keeper pushed top lane’s t1 tower. Not a good exchange if you ask me.
* Currently 2k experience and 1k gold advantage in favor of tdM
* coL forces a teamfight bottom lane, awesome team cooperation, killing both Moracus and Glacius, now off to push t2 tower. BUT it gets denied! Both dead heroes from tdM teleports back in and kills Balphagore and Rhapsody. What a comeback! Great plays from tdM!
* Zephyr finished his Shamans while Moraxus buys a Portal Key. Both teams are all in into the pushing strategy. Big micro’ing from Chessie once again. A must-to see performance by both teams.
* The gold and experience lead keeps increasing in favor of tdM. This game can easily go either ways at the moment.
* coL tries to push t3 tower top lane, tdM is there to defend though. Looks like coL is going back to farm. In the meanwhile, tdM is farming and pushing lanes.
* As usual, Haxxeren leads the GPM chart with 500 GPM playing zephyr, finishing Sols Bulwark - adding more to his team’s pushing power. 4-4 kill score in 20th minute despite a lot of tower pushes. Both teams have been playing really carefully, and cautious.
* Game cooled down a bit, both teams are off to farming and defending their lanes, counter pushing. Franzzii on Rhapsody gets caught off top lane, Limmp on Moraxus gets the kill at 22th minute.
* coL gets grouped up once again tries to push top once more. Let’s see if tdM will defend. Tower got to almost half life but coL backed off. Now zephyr over extended, Keeper jumped in and ult’d all 5 of coL, amazing initiation and damage output from tdM, GENOCIDING compLexity Gaming, securing 14k experience and 10k gold advantage.
* Lead of tdM keeps getting increased, Hag finishes his Hellflower, Moraxus finishes his Shrunken Head, as well as Torturer while there are no new items on coL’s side.
* coL tries to push top lane again, and succeeds this time. Another team fight, tdM jumps in again with an amazing Keeper ult, amazing team coordination once again killing almost everyone on coL, and GGs come out.
Trademark eSports has officially beat compLexity Gaming 2 to 1 in HoNTour Winners Bracket. GGWPs to both teams. This game will definitely bring a lot of drama, but after all, this is a game and tdM is the winner.
CompLexity Gaming is going down to Losers Bracket and Trademark eSports moved one step closer to Finals in Winners Bracket.
- RoLanD
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[E]Damny
old format was better imo
Posted about 9 months ago
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