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28th August 2008, 16:15

zENith wins ESWC; Yamateh to leave KS?

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The Grand Final of the DotA-tournament at ESWC was played yesterday evening, and in a stunning fashion, Singaporean representative Singapore zENith took the victory - going undefeated through the entire tournament.

ESWC Grand Final

Game 1 history:

Game1 replay: HERE


Picks: *note* We don't know in which order the heroes were picked


Malaysia KingSurfSingapore zENith
First pick:Terroblade Soul Keeper-
-Rexxar /Necrolyte Necrolyte
Warlock /Queen of Pain QoP-
-Lion Demon Witch/ Puck
THD Jakiro/Nerubian Weaver N Weaver
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Last pick:-Moon Rider Luna

From the start of the match, it was obvious that the biggest battle was going to be about map-control. As KingSurf started deploying Nerubian Weaver's watchers all over the map, zENith upped their ward-ratio, eventually investing in a gem on the Beastmaster.

KING's Luna was the main figure in the match, as he made a school example of how to farm it up to total domination. Within 30 minutes he had above 150 creepkills in total and at the 40 minute-mark he had his first Aegis; and well above 200 creeps.

In the end, KingSurf simply couldn't do anything against the combination of mass AOE disable and Luna's high DPS. Even though KS had survived for several minutes with top and mid raxxes down, they couldn't avoid the unavoidable and eventually surrendered to zENith. The victory secured zENith $13,000, while KingSurf grabbed $8,000 for their 2nd place.


zENith KING, man of the match - click for larger image

YamateH wants to leave KS

The Malaysian team was reportedly not satisfied with their performance at the event though, and dota.sgamer.com is quoted saying that their star-player Malaysia YamateH will leave the team after ESWC. According to sgamer it is dissatisfaction with the team's tactics that has lead to his departure from KingSurf.

MYM takes Bronze and $5,000

For Denmark MYM, who is yet to produce a top three placing in 6.53, the third place decider at ESWC was one of the most important games of the year. Pitted against Canada EG, MYM picked a very push-heavy lineup, getting Chen and Terrorblade in the same lineup. As a counter, the Cannucks based their lineup heavily on farming - thus trying to force the game into a marathon-match.

And while Remstar got his Skeleton King frightening good farmed, MYM's pusher-lineup gave them the victory. The damage-output massed by three Chen-creeps, three TB's and Jakiro's fire-parade, was simply too much for EG to cope with.

Download MYM vs. EG-replay right here

For more information about the tournament, go to our ESWC Grand Finals Coverage.


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(3 months ago)  #1 [Aut]m3w
 
rumors.....
(3 months ago)  #2 Luck92
Luck92
sad for Ks, if Yamateh leaves, hes a star player !!
(3 months ago)  #3 iryutmd
 
according to dota.sgamer.com, yamateh is leaving ks cos he and papaxiong prefer to play "ganking style" but their team leader ordered them to play farming. yamateh already confirmed himself that he is leaving ks after eswc and papaxiong decides to stay on with ks for now
(3 months ago)  #4 AndyJackson
AndyJackson
ahh k
Only the strong survive!
(3 months ago)  #5 siegetanks
 
yameteh is needed by all teams.. goodluck yamateh..
(3 months ago)  #6 exLeye-
eye-
congratz zenith :]
Ray Of Light
(3 months ago)  #7 SaCRe)Kaka-
 
tt Ks.. Gratz to Zenith, they deserved it entirely...

Hope any dispute within Ks would be settled maturely :(...
(3 months ago)  #8 BlackStar_
 
sad news for KS
(3 months ago)  #9 ayam
ayam
yamateh confirmed he is leaving ks, about time he finds a better team i think
(3 months ago)  #10 DmkBassAgents
DmkBassAgents
this is a very big loses for Ks if yamateh leaving .He is like a spokeperson for Ks .

according the source from sg.game.com ,Ks 'YamateH will most prossible joining Ks'Int .so let wait for the comfirmation from Yameteh himself in few day time .

GL Ks
(3 months ago)  #11 imported_Alpin
imported_Alpin
WTFFF !!!! he should find a better team.. So far Ymteh always carry KS though.... KS without Ymteh is nothing imo...
Fnatic. Yamateh would be great.. ^.^ Go Rinoa, approach him...
(3 months ago)  #12 ayam
ayam
doubt he will join fnatic tho.most probably he'll join ks.int or dna-sk
(3 months ago)  #13 IGGSirNeo
SirNeo
Zenith > all
TT i still can't belive it

SirNeo's here take a beer !
(3 months ago)  #14 imported_Alpin
imported_Alpin
I see..... can't read the mandarin in the KS official website... Now i know what it says...
(3 months ago)  #15 F!D|FlirT
FlirT
ks.int would be nice :D
We know the way to Aldeigju Upstream the river Alode
(3 months ago)  #16 BeN-
BeN-
gg zenith :D
(3 months ago)  #17 XsKDarky-_-
Darky-_-
yeh guy who dont speak english at all and have totally diffrent timezones will join Russian team ks.int. sure..
(3 months ago)  #45 RAAMZES
 
+1
:D
(3 months ago)  #18 Moratia
 
Zenith lost to Fearz..
(3 months ago)  #19 ggNotCheese
NotCheese
Cannucks? EG is 3/5 U.S.
(3 months ago)  #20 ASCJustinKong
JustinKong
Re: http://kingsurf.net/

Someone has claims that yamateh is quitting Kingsurf but the fact is everytime Kingsurf lose a major tournament all of the players will have a break to calm down themselve. Stop the rumour!
Last edited by JustinKong at 28.08.2008, 20:46
(3 months ago)  #21 Riddle-
Riddle-
Quoting JustinKong:

Re: http://kingsurf.net/



Someone has claims that yamateh is quitting Kingsurf but the fact is everytime Kingsurf lose a major tournament all of the players will have a break to calm down themselve. Stop the rumour!</BLOCKQUOTE>
Last edited by JustinKong at 28.08.2008, 20:46


Yes he's just quitting temporarily. He'll be back =D
(3 months ago)  #22 kausiNho
kausiNho
congratz zenith :)
Duarte " KAUS " Martins
(3 months ago)  #23 dl2agon
 
lol @ anyone who thought he was actually quitting...
(3 months ago)  #24 -mashi-
 
lol @ anyone who thought he will go to ks.int
(3 months ago)  #25 shiGGsanity
 
man, i really wanted MYM to win this, they seem like they really deserve to win lately with the way they have been playing and success they've made in the picking strategy of the game, i guess the game has become more strategy based now without the blink daggers though, the Asians seem to be ahead in strategy, but a 3rd place finish with victories over EG and TEG is imo still very successful and a great accomplishment.
(3 months ago)  #26 EGWhisper
Whisper
Actually, we're 4/5 American :)
(3 months ago)  #31 ggNotCheese
NotCheese
Whoops, yeah...well the point still stands!
(3 months ago)  #27 DgT
 
xiaogui is the one who should quit, his carry sux
(3 months ago)  #28 kasaif
kasaif
EHOME+fnatic > zenith + it is just BO1 game..
(3 months ago)  #29 amimamimo
amimamimo
I think yamateh is a better carry and ganker than ks leader, xiaogui.
Its just not suitable to ask yamateh farm like rush3D light!
Cant imagine if yamateh works with vigoss
(3 months ago)  #40 -mashi-
 
Try imagine this, papaxiong, yamateh, vigoss, ars-art in the same team. :)
Of course that wouldn't happen, right?
Last edited by -mashi- at 29.08.2008, 07:45
(3 months ago)  #46 RAAMZES
 
well the point is that vigoss and yamathe is the same kind of players....they farm pretty much but gank a lot 2...so that would be like old VP :P...ofc every player can farm but none of them can farm like Rush3d.Light :/ he is just 2 good in that....