Liquid beat Mineski at StarLadder Invitational S3

The group A of StarLadder i-league Invitational S3 Minor continued with a battle between Team Liquid and Mineski. Liquid triumphed 2 to 0.

Team Liquid received a direct invite to StarLadder i-league Invitational S3, and faced Mineski - from the SEA qualifier - in their first group stage match. The best-of-three ended after only two games: in the seconds they overpowered the opponents with a 20 minutes victory.

Liquid will now battle against SG esports at 18:00 CEST. SGE previously had the upper hand against ViCi gaming with a 2-0 score. The recap is available here.

Liquid vs Mineski Bo3 recap

The first game was a close one: Mineski had a slight net worth advantage in the first 30 minutes, but afterwards Liquid claimed the match after a destructive teamfight.

Amer "Miracle-" Al-Barqawi  played Alchemist and achieved an astonishing 915 GPM. He went for the split-pushing build with Radiance, Manta Style, Boots of Travel, and was six-slotted after just 39 minutes.

Mineski wasn’t able to repel his split-pushing, and the Radiance heavily countered Daryl Koh "iceiceice" Pei Xiang's Broodmother.

After a rather balanced match, things changed once Miracle- was ready  for the final fight. A team-wipe at 43 minutes signed the end of the battle as Liquid quickly pushed down the enemy barracks, and forced them to call GG.

Game one - Image: Dotabuff

The second match lasted only 21 minutes, and ended 24 to 7 for Team Liquid. They had the upper hand during all the match, closing it with a 15k gold lead.

Liquid used a bold mid-lane composed of Miracle- on Sven, and Maroun "GH" Merhej on Io. The opponent mid-laner, a Medusa, had no time to build the necessary items as they quickly took control of the map with perfectly timed ganks.

Also Lasse Aukusti "MATUMBAMAN" Urpalainen displayed a great performance, playing Venomancer in the safe lane against Enchantress - he ended the match with a 6-0-5 score.

Game two - Image: Dotabuff

Header Image: Team Liquid