{"id":6759,"date":"2019-02-19T03:48:32","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T03:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=6759"},"modified":"2020-10-05T22:26:44","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T02:26:44","slug":"team-secret-vs-og-betting-form-patch-impact-esl-one-katowice-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/team-secret-vs-og-betting-form-patch-impact-esl-one-katowice-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Secret vs. OG betting form, patch impact & ESL One Katowice tips"},"content":{"rendered":"

This match-up starts on Tuesday, February 19, 2019 – 19:00 UTC+8<\/strong><\/p>\n

Team Secret will go up against OG in the first Dota 2 encounter between the pair under the 7.21B patch in the group stage of ESL One Katowice<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After successfully earning their ticket to participate in TI9, Team Secret have refused to take a break and have also got another slot in the DreamLeague Season 11 Major.<\/p>\n

In the DreamLeague Season 11 Europe Qualifier, Team Secret performed well below expectations in the group stage, but still whitewashed Kaban twice. They did however lose to Ninja In Pyjamas in a best-of-three series.<\/p>\n

Despite the disappointing performances, they advanced into the winner’s bracket of the playoffs event after taking down Kaban again. Then, they had a solid victory against Liquid and advanced to the main tournament of the DreamLeague Season, along with Ninja In Pyjamas.<\/p>\n

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Looking at their draft against Liquid, Team Secret revealed their hidden strategy in the playoffs by drafting Keeper of the Light in both games. Team Liquid was careless against the strategy and never banned the hero.<\/p>\n

Keeper of the Light is very strong in the most recent patch 7.20 because his ultimate skill, Will-O-Wisp, causes enemies in a 675 radius to stare hypnotized at it for one second and are available to move for another second thereafter.<\/p>\n

Getting a Refresher Orb for this hero enables him to cast Will-O-Wisp twice in the same area, while the first Will-O-Wisp is not working, the second Will-O-Wisp is always able to make the enemies to stare hypnotized at it.<\/p>\n

Enemies literally cannot move for eight seconds until Will-O-Wisp is gone, and thanks to Keeper of the Light\u2019s first ability \u2014 Illuminate \u2014 to deal 500 damage to an area after channelling for five seconds, he is always able to purchase the Refresher Orb before the 30-minute mark.<\/p>\n

Team Liquid had to build at least two Black King Bars, which grants the user immunity to magic, so they can hit and break the Will-O-Wisp. However, if they get Black King Bar before they purchase their core items they will have lesser output damage in team fight. With this dilemma, they decided against getting Black King Bar and Team Secret crushed them with two Will-O-Wisps.<\/p>\n

Team Secret’s strength is in developing strategy and unexpected meta. However, in patch 7.21b, they might not be able to spam Keeper of the Light because his ultimate skill just got nerfed. The second Will-O-Wisp always follows the flicker time of the first Will-O-Wisp. So, the enemies are definitely able to move straight after being hynotized the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n