Comrade José
Deadlock Night Shift APAC #2 came through this Friday morning, heating up the rivalry between AUSKR and OT. This time, OT easily beat the Chinese team DOG6 to reach the money stage.
Game 1: One Mistake, One Game
AUSKR came into this week with three major roster changes: they kicked Disco Virtuoso to keep Faxfox, Decay came back to the team, and ttv Fragmaz couldn't attend, being replaced by Teru. However, they didn't seem to feel the changes, at least in the first game.
AUSKR started a little cold as always, giving OT the early advantage. But they were warming up as the game progressed. At the 20-minute mark, they were in a stalemate, with both teams searching for an opening to get the mid-boss and start building momentum. And AUSKR found it: they picked off Sire's 
Pocket inside his jungle and immediately moved to the mid-boss. OT tried to contest but were demolished in the 6v5 scenario. After this, AUSKR just followed the game script, keeping the ball rolling to close out the map.
Game 2: OT's Deathball
In their recent clashes, OT has mostly had a better early game but has had difficulties closing out the map. This time, they brought a composition focused on winning from the lanes with Adam's 
Billy, Elias Lidgren's 
Shiv, and nicoos' 
Rem.
The game followed the script for OT: better early game and some flaws in the mid game. However, this time the team managed to stay focused and didn't allow AUSKR to recover. AUSKR had some windows to come back into the game, with Teru's 
Holliday leading the ganking squad. But they fell into OT's trap to end the game.
Game 3: Always a Game 3
Once again, AUSKR and OT clashed, and once again they went to the final game. This time, AUSKR decided on a greedier draft with Birdring (2nd account)'s 
Wraith and Faxfox's 
Warden, leaving the rest of the team fighting for resources around the map. OT, on the other hand, came with a more stable composition.
Both teams always deliver very entertaining games and this was one of them. AUSKR did very well in the early game, getting a bunch of kills with Bischu's 
Abrams and later with Faxfox's Warden. Both teams managed to take down the walkers early, keeping the map open for whoever won the next big fight. OT got a good trade around the 22-minute mark and went to the mid-boss; however, AUSKR contested it, taking away any advantage OT had gained.
It all came down to the last mid-boss: after OT ambushed AUSKR in their jungle, they had a good window to take down the objective and the game. AUSKR jumped in as a last desperate resort and got demolished, giving the game and the series to OT.
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