Gaaaaaaaaaa!
South America continues to surge at The International 2022.
Veteran squad beastcoast took down tournament favoritesEvil Geniuseswith a clean 2-0 sweep in the lower bracket of theTI11 Playoffs.
Both squads have had a long history together with Evil Geniuses helping beastcoast qualify for The International 2021. EG eliminated NoPing e-sports, TNC Predator, and Team Nigma from the WePlay AniMajor last year. This prevented the three squads from securing more DPC points that would have knocked beastcoast out of theDPC 2021 rankings.
Beastcoast repaid the favor by helping Evil Geniuses secure their direct invite for TI11. The South American squad defeated both Fnatic and Outsiders at the PGL Arlington Major which secured EG an 11th-place finish in theDPC 2022 rankings.
With both teams having a clean slate, beastcoast continued South America’s hot streak by eliminating the final North American squad fromThe International 2022.
Beastcoast upsets EG from TI11 after countering their bald buff attempt
Before the match,EG’s Artour “Arteezy” Babaevdecided to shave his head, following in the footsteps ofTI10 champion Illya “Yatoro” Mulyarchukwho offered his hair to the Dota gods.
Unfortunately for the superstar carry,beastcoast’s assistant coach Eduardo “Raykill” Nuñezalso shaved his head to give his team their ownbald buff.
The SA squad got off to a hot start ingame onewith Elvis “Gojira” Peña’s support Snapfire dishing out heavy damage in the early team fights.
EG could not find a way back into the game. Adrián “Wisper” Dobles’ great initiation plays with Mars’ Arena of Blood ultimate tipped the rest of the team’s fights toward bc’s favor.
The South American squad eventually took a 40-14 kill score lead, and EG decided to call GG at the 36-minute mark.
The final game of the series came down to a hard carry battle between Arteezy’s Lifestealer and Héctor “K1” Rodríguez’s Naga Siren. After an even laning phase, beastcoast slowly built up their net worth with K1’s Naga Siren farming all over the map.
Meanwhile, Steven “StingeR” Mamani’s support Chen constantly pushed into the Dire jungle and took control of EG’s neutral creeps. This denied the NA squad crucial farm for Arteezy’s Lifestealer.
After amassing a 24,000 net worth lead, beastcoast decided to end the game by going for EG’s Dire Ancient at the 40-minute mark of game two.
Beastcoast is now set to face PSG.LGD in a lower bracket elimination match on October 23 at 10:00 a.m. GMT+8 | October 22, 7:00 p.m. PT | 2:00 a.m. GMT.
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