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]]>Similar to what we expected from Flying Penguins, they drafted Shadow Shaman in all three games played against RNG yesterday.
In game one, they put Shadow Shaman to babysit Necrophos in off-lane, which went well for them because their opponent Doom Bringer has zero armour and Shadow Shaman has base attack of 78 at level one. Doom Bringer could not find any farm in the lane and was zoned into farming Neutral Creeps in laning phase.
Necrophos free farmed in laning phase and purchase Guardian Greeves by 21-minute mark. After he had the Guardian Greeves, Flying Penguin started to stick together and get objective by taking down all tower outside of enemy base.
Thanks to Shadow Shaman’s Mass Serpent Ward, those objectives were easy jobs for them. RNG called GG when Flying Penguins were breaking down their throne.
In game two, FP went for a greedy draft which includes 3 micro-management heroes and Shadow Shaman.
Lycan, Brewmaster and Chen are heroes able to micro more than 2 units, they are definitely the best pushers in this game. However, RNG countered them by last picking Medusa.
Medusa is a hero very good in countering heroes that controls many units thanks to his first ability – Split Shot – Allows him to hit three extra targets with 75% of his damage.
In game three, FP still first picked Shadow Shaman regardless of their pushing strategy failed in game two.
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They drafted commonly in this game, no more pushers other than Shadow Shaman and it worked because Shadow Shaman support Venomancer in laning phase. Ursa from enemy team had no way to farm and get countered so hard by Venomancer during team fight.
After taking down RNG, FP awaited the winner of OG versus Old but Gold. Old but Gold took down OG with 2-1 score and faced FP in winner’s match.
Old But Gold respected FP’s Shadow Shaman and banned him in first banning phase in game one. That was the first time FrancisLee, the position four support player from FP picked Lion, a hero other than Shadow Shaman in this tournament.
FP won the game because EternalEnvy, the position one player from the squad went unstoppable in that game after securing himself Radiance and Crimson Guard. He was using Spectre in that game, he haunted behind Drow Ranger to start every single team fight and finished off Drow Ranger before he could deal any damage to the members of FP.
Fast forward to game three, Old but Gold did not ban Shadow Shaman in the first banning phase and FP just picked him without any hesitation. In that game, they picked Warlock as another support which was great because Warlock is a hero to summon Golem helping the squad in winning team fight and pushing.
Other than two support pushers, they also drafted Terrorblade as their carry. Terrorblade is a very famous pick thanks to his illusion to help him in farming and pushing. As his opponent, you will never let him alone in the lane for more than 1 minute, because he can break through a lane of barracks with only 1-minute time frame in early phase of the game.
Old but Gold unable to control the growing of Terrorblade in the game because FP constantly pushing and pressuring the lane to create space for him.
By 45-minute mark, FP tore down 3 lanes of barracks and secured themselves Megacreeps. Old but Gold had no choice but to surrender when FP started to break down their throne.
Flying Penguins drafted five games of Shadow Shaman out of six games they played in group stage. This is not a good sign for them because their opponent from Group B will be banning this hero against them in the playoffs.
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]]>Flying Penguins will face Royal Never Give Up (RNGU) in Dota 2 for the first time in the group stage of the StarLadder ImbaTV Dota 2 Minor.
The Penguins have a lot of star players, such as EternalEnvy, Ryoya, Sneyking and Liposa.
Every one of them is renowned for their great plays on the professional scene, although there might be some different opinions towards EternalEnvy because he ‘throws’ the game sometimes while trying to make big plays.
We still consider him one of the best Dota 2 players in the world due to his fast reactions in toggling Armlet of Mordiggian and using Manta Style to dodge skills.
Flying Penguins’ last appearance in a professional match was against J.Storm in the ESL One Mumbai 2019 North America Qualifier on March 2. 2019.
They showed some nous in the draft by picking Shadow Shaman at position four in both games because they understood that he is very good at disabling enemies in team fights and makes pushing easier for allies with his Mass Serpent Wards.
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In game two the Penguins drafted Nature Prophet to work with Shadow Shaman and both did a decent job of babysitting their carries.
Royal Never Give Up ranks among the very best Dota 2 teams in China because Mikasa, their coach, is a sharp strategist who know the hero pool inside-out and provides detailed analysis of opposition teams.
Similar to Flying Penguins, their last professional match was against Keen Gaming in the ESL One Mumbai 2019 China Qualifier.
RNGU drafted according to the meta, picking Chen because in patch 7.21b his second skill – Divine Favor – provided attack damage up to 96 for non-hero units.
In game one they picked Chen to work with Lone Druid, who has the ability to summon Spirit Bear – the only summoned unit who can carry items.
In game two they opted for Beastmaster because he can summon Boar, whose attacks can slow down enemies.
Although RNGU lost both games, it was clear they had full knowledge of the meta.
Flying Penguins vs. Royal Never Give Up betting prediction
Royal Never Give Up are short-priced favourites, but we give Flying Penguin a 70% chance of winning at least one game in this best-of-three clash.
Online bookmaker BetOnline is paying -112.36 odds for the Penguins to get on the scoreboard.
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