Secret continue to soar, OG struggle at ESL One Birmingham Online
CMD368 – Day two of the biggest ESL One Birmingham Online bracket is in the books, and aside from Team Secret, some of the top teams are still struggling. OG dropped their first series to FlyToMoon despite having their full team available for the first time in over two months. FTM isn’t a bad team by any means, but the return of Topson should have left them as severe underdogs against OG. Outside of a back-and-forth opening game where OG pulled away late, however, FTM crushed the defending TI champions and completely shut down MidOne.
The usually consistent player hasn’t been able to find his groove playing away from the team, only posting one positive performance in the team’s game one win at 12/4/24 and 34k damage. Though the blame doesn’t fall just on his shoulders as Topson and SumaiL, to a lesser extent, also looked lost in the second half of the series.
What a series! In the end it’s @FTM_dota2 walking away with the 2-1 victory over @OGesports! 👏#ESLOne https://t.co/RUTJQihdBh pic.twitter.com/mestpdmNAs
— ESL Dota2 (@ESLDota2) May 25, 2020
And while OG needed to integrate Topson into their lineup again, Alliance and Team Liquid both dropped a second straight series, falling to the bottom of the standings. Liquid looked completely lost as they were swept by a very competent Vikin.gg squad.
Only Secret, Ninjas in Pyjamas, and Nigma came out of their matches with wins in games that they were heavily favored in. VP.Prodigy also beat HellRaisers, but those two teams were at least somewhat even in terms of skill. Heading into the third day of competition, Secret and NiP have pulled away from the pack in their respective groups, while Alliance, OG, and Liquid will need to get some wins on the board to avoid some early seeding issues.
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