After an intense 4 days, 1win Collection Dota 2 Spring event witnessed a detailed grand finals between Virtus.professional and Entity. Each groups having gone with no single event win since 2022 have been eager for this victory, value and morale on the road.
Virtus.professional reached the grand finals undefeated, not dropping a single sport regardless of going in opposition to robust opponents like L1GA, Staff Spirit, and Staff Liquid.
Entity additionally had an identical story, defeating 1win and MOUZ, after which they swept Liquid clear, all odds stacked in opposition to them, to achieve the grand finals,
Right here all of it got here all the way down to a best-of-five sequence the place the winner was topped because the champions whereas additionally strolling away with lion’s share of the prize pool.
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The primary sport began with Entity opting to play it secure as they went with their trusted picks of Meepo carry and Brewmaster offlane.
Nonetheless, Virtus.professional having learnt from Entity’s sport in opposition to Liquid countered this draft with a Gyrocopter carry. Entity took this sport previous the 40-minute mark regardless of the counterpick by Virtus.professional however quickly gave approach after a vital Divine Rapier was picked by Gyrocopter, rendering Entity powerless as they have been unable to maintain the huge harm out.
This resulted within the sport getting over in 44 minutes, Entity waving a white flag whereas plotting for the following sport.
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Virtus.professional nonetheless undefeated all through the event at this level moved on to the second sport of the evening. With the momentum on its aspect and feeling optimistic Virtus.professional opted for an Alchemist carry in hopes of snowballing within the sport on the again of large gold benefit.
Then again, Entity was prepared with its technique which they executed completely to carry the sport till Alimzhan “watson” Islambekov’s Phantom Murderer was capable of struggle head-to-head with the Alchemist.
The sport ultimately concluded after Dzmitry “Fishman” Palishchuk on Bane was capable of get a vital Fiend’s Grip on Alchemist on the 47th minute mark.
Alchemist was gone with no buyback and shortly after Entity was capable of equalize the rating within the grand finals, breaking Virtus.professional’s excellent rating on the event.
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Within the third sport of the grand finals, Entity went with a Venomancer decide for Dmitry “DM” Dorokhin in opposition to Virtus.professional’s Sven carry, for sure, Sven struggled to farm and had a foul lane.
So as to add gas to the fireplace, Entity maintained the stress on Virtus.professional and sniped Virtus.professional’s carry who tried to get well from a foul lane.
In the meantime, watson’s Terrorblade was having the time of his life and because of his illusions he was farming extremely quick. On the again of a large gold benefit that Entity had constructed over Virtus.professional, they have been capable of push relentlessly and the sport got here to an finish after 39 minutes.
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Within the remaining sport of the sequence, Virtus.professional surprisingly opted for an Omniknight carry which didn’t go based on no matter that they had deliberate. Entity now donning a Sven carry, had an enormous harm output to strengthen its push energy.
Notably, Volodymyr “No[o]ne-” Minenko’s Ember Spirit additionally placed on a present throughout the sport and had a KDA of 10/0/13 on the 30th minute mark.
Fishman, now taking part in Bane for the third sport in a row, began a group struggle on the 38th minute mark with a Fiend’s Grip on Ilya “squad1x” Kuvaldin’s Leshrac.
Unable to carry the aggression and maintain the harm from Entity, Virtus.professional ultimately conceded defeat after a remaining protection try that was simply shrugged off by Entity.
After an intense 3-1 sequence showdown on the 1win Collection Dota 2 Spring, Entity received its first event since 2022 and broke its streak of losses, taking residence $50,000 whereas Virtus.professional needed to accept a nonetheless respectable runners-up end and $30,000.