Tundra Esports have defeated Staff Falcons at TI13, eliminating the event favorites from rivalry in a unbelievable collection. Tundra 2-0’d the Falcons within the Decrease Bracket on Sep. 14, ending their opponent’s run and rocketing themselves right into a minimal of third place in Dota 2‘s most prestigious event.
The collection, like each single sport this The Worldwide 2024 Playoffs, was a 2-0, with Tundra sweeping their opponents in convincing style. Recreation One was an announcement sport by Tundra Esports which positive their carry, Ivan “Pure” Moskalenko, decide up a Lone Druid and turn into unstoppable. In what snowballed right into a 6v5 towards Falcons, the Saudi-backed crew couldn’t muster sufficient to take down greater than a single Druid bear and some helps.
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In Recreation Two, Tundra’s different cores clearly weren’t content material to let Pure have all of the enjoyable. In an ideal Alchemist sport, Pure dominated, however Topias “Topson” Taavitsainen, and Roman “RAMZES666” Kushnarev had been shut behind with spectacular performances on Sniper and Doom.
In each video games, the normally assured Falcons appeared unnerved by the only mindedness through which Tundra performed. Falcons, who had made their mark on this event by catching out very important heroes on the proper time, simply couldn’t infiltrate Tundra’s strains.
With the elimination, Falcons head house from TI13 in 4th place, securing not less than $150,000 of the prize pool, or 6% of the whole quantity. Regardless of a yr that has seen them triumph in 5 of the seven tournaments they competed in, TI was only one step too far.
Tundra, then again, advance to the Decrease Bracket Finals. The crew now has the prospect to make historical past by turning into simply one in all two organizations to win The Worldwide twice, and to make Topson the one three-time TI winner in historical past. Stand-in teammate Saksa will even turn into a two-time winner with a victory within the finals.
No matter occurs, it’s been a historic run for Tundra. With a stand-in, and a roster made up of a gathering of prodigal expertise, Tundra has crushed the percentages and now stands on the cusp of general victory.
