Team Secret vs Vici Gaming was one of the most hyped series’ of the day. Even though Secret won the series 2-1, Vici Gaming fought hard in all 3 matches. Read the article below to see what happened in the 3 matches in draft and execution.
Game 1
Vici Gaming had 68% draft advantage and they had advantage in disables, pushing, team fight, right click damage, healing and initiation. Whereas Team Secret had advantage in split pushing and nuke damage. Counter picks advantage was almost neutral.
Timeline
| Duration | Attacker | Action | Location | Hero’s Died | Profit to |
| 0 | VG | first blood | top outpost | Secret 1, VG 0 | vg |
| 10 | VG | 4 men rotation | enemy safe lane | Secret 2, VG 0 | vg |
| 17 | VG | 3 men smoke gank | enemy jungle | Secret 3, VG 0 | VG |
| 19 | Secret | casual gank | mid lane | Secret 2, VG 2 | VG |
| 23 | VG | 2 men smoke gank | enemy jungle | Secret 1, VG 0 | VG |
| 24 | VG | casual gank | enemy shrine | Secret 1, VG 0 | Secret |
| 25 | Secret | casual gank | enemy shrine | Secret 1, VG 2 | Secret |
| 28 | VG | casual gank | roshan | Secret 2, VG 4 | Secret |
| 29 | Secret | push | enemy jungle | Secret 0, VG 2 | VG |
| 45 | VG | casual gank | tier 3 mid | Secret 3, VG 1 | VG |
| 46 | VG | push | enemy shrine | Secret 3, VG 1 | Secret |
| 50 | VG | casual gank | tier 3 bot | Secret 1, VG 5 | Secret |
| 51 | Secret | mega creeps secured | enemy shrine | Secret 1, VG 4 | VG |
| 51 | VG | call GG |
Mistakes
Vici had a great start in this game and had a good draft. In the mid game they even controlled the enemy map a little bit. They had 8000 networth lead but they messed up a lot whenever they took fights near the enemy shrine. 3 out of 4 ganks on enemy shrines were unsuccessful. Perhaps Vici just needed to push as 5, destroy some towers and then secure shrine area for Roshan.
Game 2
Even though Secret had a good draft, they were not able to execute their draft because their position 1 hero, Lone Druid was always in danger as he was on offlane since the beginning. He always kept losing the bear and it is known that bear always has items so when the bear dies, that hero’s networth is nothing. Vici’s best advantage was healing and Secret’s best advantage was pushing which they were not able to use.
Timeline
| Duration | Attacker | Action | Location | Hero’s Died | Profit to |
| 10 | VG | casual gank | enemy big camp | Secret 3, VG 0 | VG |
| 12 | Secret | casual gank | bot lane | Secret 1, VG 2 | Secret |
| 26 | VG | casual gank | enemy shrine | Secret 3, VG 2 | VG |
| 28 | VG | casual gank | bottom secret shop | Secret 3, VG 0 | VG |
| 30 | Secret | 3 men smoke gank | mid lane | Secret 4, VG 0 | VG |
| 31 | Secret | call GG |
Mistakes
Mostly this game was an execution mistake by Team Secret. They could have let Lone Druid mid against Kunkka because both the other lanes were dangerous for him. Night Stalker gets easy initiation through trees during the night time and Gyro’s range right clicks don’t allow Lone Druid to farm at all. The biggest problem was that they lost all the lanes. Puck couldn’t handle Gyro and IO whereas Slark died once and gave a little edge to Kunkka.
Game 3
Secret took a risk with an innovative draft, Mars was picked which hasn’t been so popular and Dark Seer was picked but as position 4. Vici had a better draft and their advantages were split pushing, healing, initiation and defending where Secret had advantage in durability, mobility and pushing.
Timeline
| Duration | Attacker | Action | Location | Hero’s Died | Profit to |
| 10 | Secret | casual gank | mid lane | Secret 0, VG 2 | Secret |
| 12 | Secret | 3 men smoke gank | bot lane | Secret 0, VG 3 | Secret |
| 18 | VG | casual gank | top lane | Secret 1, VG 0 | VG |
| 20 | Secret | casual gank | top outpost | Secret 0, VG 3 | Secret |
| 29 | VG | 5 men gank | top outpost | Secret 1, VG 4 | Secret |
| 34 | Secret | casual gank | top outpost | Secret 1, VG4 | Secret |
| 38 | Secret | 5 men gank | top lane | Secret 0, VG 2 | Secret |
| 40 | Secret | casual gank | mid lane | Secret 0, VG 3 | Secret |
| 41 | VG | call GG |
Mistakes
Vici had a good start but around 10 minutes in the game they miscalculated the positions of enemy heroes in the map and started getting picked off around the map. Suddenly Secret took control of the map and Vici couldn’t get it back.
A tip for young players
When you play Lone Druid and your bear has a huge respawn time then fall back to your jungle for a few minutes and let the team create space for you. Even if your team doesn’t secure any kills, it is important to buy some time to Lone Druid to stack 1 bear. So that when Lone Druid has to fight and during the fight if he loses 1 bear he can respawn another bear.
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