Vici Gaming managed to prove China’s dominance in a minor tournament after successfully winning Starladder ImbaTV Minor! Taking place from March 7 to 10, there are a total of 8 teams including BOOM ID which is Indonesia’s representative in the tournament.
Vici Gaming is indeed the team that has been favored by the minor champions this time along with OG despite having to be knocked out surprisingly in the group stage. Vici Gaming’s journey was indeed fantastic. In the group stage, they only played 2 games with victory and successfully qualified for the playoffs.
Both Vici Gaming and Gambit Esports are actually equally in a position to build chemistry. Artists “fng” Barshack and Gambit Esports friends performed impressively in several competitions. Later, they qualified for the finals in several competitions, but were also repeatedly hit by a crushing defeat. Before the Kiev Minor, they were also slaughtered 3-0 by Team Secret in the final of ESL One Katowice 2019.
Vici Gaming, even though it was one of the strongest in 2015, but they are now struggling to restore their best performance. Many times Zhang “Paparazi” Chengjun finished in an unsatisfactory position in several competitions: Position 5-6 at MDL Macau 2019 yesterday, position 7-8 at the Kuala Lumpur Major, and position 7-8 at Chongqing Major.
In the first game in the playoffs, Vici managed to finish the shocking journey of the Old But Gold team which had previously defeated TI8 champions OG. Because of the lack of a lower and upper bracket system in this tournament, Vici went straight to the grand final by fighting Gambit Esport.
But once again, it seems that Vici is too strong at a minor tournament this time. Evidently they managed to master the grand final with a landslide score 3-0.
Game 1 and game 2 can even be completed in less than 26 minutes. While game 3 runs for 45 minutes, but they still excel with the acquisition of 15 kills over Gambit Esport. With the victory of Vici Gaming, they have the right to pocket a prize of money of US $ 125,000. They also get 120 DPC points. This victory also ensures Vici Gaming’s place towards the next major tournament, DreamLeague Season 11.
The presence of Vici Gaming also made China’s representatives to the major as the most with 4 teams. Meanwhile, the major DreamLeague Season 11 tournament will take place on the 14th to 24th March 2019.
Located in Stockholm, Sweden the DreamLeague Season 11 event became the third major Dota 2 tournament to be held soon. In total there will be 16 teams that will compete to become champions in order to smooth the steps towards The International 9.
Will Vici Gaming continue its dominance at the major event, or will it fail miserably with heavy opponents?
