The Deadlock Night Shift EU #53 started with Leviathan hard-stomping Abrahams and returning to the money stage after more than two months.
Buff Enjoyers vs Leviathan
Game 1: Greedy is good
Hidden King: Leviathan Archmother: Buff Enjoyers
Bans:
Pocket,
Graves,
Lash,
Sinclair
In the first game, Buff Enjoyers decided to go greedy with Zerggy’s
Warden, cosmetical’s
Venator, and hoot’s
Mirage. On the other hand, Leviathan went with a more team fight focused draft with Irezumi’s
Dynamo, overseas’
Billy, and sanya_sniper’s
Celeste.
Leviathan had a clear plan: do well in the early game and win the mid-fights with their heavy area crowd control. However, Buff Enjoyers survived the early game and went uncontested in both mid-bosses of the game. Irezumi’s Dynamo, who was the main engine of their teamfights, didn't land a single Singularity for the first 20 minutes, and when he used it, it was completely nullified by Obykim’s Rem.
Game 2: Leviathan went Buff Enjoyers mode but struggled in the end
Hidden King: Buff Enjoyers Archmother: Leviathan
Bans:
Lash,
Sinclair,
Calico,
Mirage
For the second game, both teams swapped picks, with Buff Enjoyers picking
Dynamo for hoot and Leviathan stealing
Graves for Dimov and the infamous empty dreams’
Pocket.
The game turned into a huge snowball for Buff Enjoyers, building a good early lead and Hoot managing to hit good Singularities. Yet, Leviathan copied Buff Enjoyers' draft and decided to play their style. Around the 20-minute mark, they contested the first mid-boss of the game and did pretty well, with Empty Dreams’ Pocket putting a 4-man Affliction. The second mid-boss was even wilder, with Leviathan avoiding and kiting all of Buff Enjoyers' spells. Dimov’s Graves messed with the enemies, and Empty Dreams cleaned up the party to take the lead.
However, Buff Enjoyers always found a way to win. First, they ambushed Leviathan close to their base, killing five players and putting down the shrines as a result. Then they forced a Rift fight to close the game.












