#ESLOne 2018: Newbee Is The ESL One Genting 2018 Champion!
A thrilling grand finals!
By Justin Tan — 28 Jan 2018, 08:48 PM
They have finally beaten Team Liquid after nine attempts! Here’s to NEWBEEGINNINGS!
Over 6,000 Dota 2 fans who made the trip to Genting Highlands for the three-day event will go home happy as they witnessed an amazing grand finals that did not disappoint.
Props to our local fans for keeping their energy high throughout the entire event and especially during the grand finals.
It was Newbee's first series win over Team Liquid in 10 attempts.
THANK YOU GENTING!
— ESL Dota2 (@ESLDota2) January 28, 2018
The crowd was simply electric, delivering one of the most amazing stadium atmospheres esports has to offer!
Always a pleasure. pic.twitter.com/OMshWU3con
Song "Sccc" Chun from Newbee was god-like as Newbee took game one
Newbee and Team Liquid started the match very evenly until the 22-minute mark where Newbee team wiped Team Liquid.
Team Liquid called GG at the 29-minute mark as Newbee wiped Team Liquid two more times.
Newbee 1 - 0 Liquid
Finally @NewbeeCN get the 5v5 fight team fight that they've wanted all game!! #ESLOnehttps://t.co/RUTJQiyOsP pic.twitter.com/phTRtxx483
— ESL Dota2 (@ESLDota2) January 28, 2018
Team Liquid bounced back in game two to level the series
Newbee started game two strongly but Team Liquid managed to keep up in farm with the former. As the game dragged on, Amer "Miracle" Al-Barqawi's Terrorblade was too farmed for Newbee to deal with.
Newbee tapped out at the 38-minute mark.
Team Liquid 1 - 1 Newbee.
Boss mode activated!@Liquid_Miracle's Terrorblade could not be contained in game two as @TeamLiquid equalize the series at 1-1! #ESLOnehttps://t.co/RUTJQiyOsP pic.twitter.com/n3SHiyZ1Jz
— ESL Dota2 (@ESLDota2) January 28, 2018
Newbee's duo, Xu "Moogy" Han and Song "Sccc" Chun carried Newbee to a game three victory
Team Liquid picked Invoker for superstar, Miracle. Despite Miracle's best efforts to keep Team Liquid in the game, Newbee's core heroes outpowered everyone else from Team Liquid.
Team Liquid conceded the game after 34 minutes.
Newbee 2 - 1 Team Liquid
.@NewbeeCN have come to play!
— ESL Dota2 (@ESLDota2) January 28, 2018
They give @TeamLiquid the Naga and Invoker but take game three nonetheless.
They are now one win away from winning #ESLOne Genting!https://t.co/RUTJQiyOsP pic.twitter.com/g2DGrPEx2K
Team Liquid takes game four easily to equalise the series
Team Liquid dominated game four right from the start to push the series to a game five. Newbee called GG after losing 2 sets of rax with Team Liquid's core heroes too farmed for Newbee to handle.
Newbee 2 - 2 Team Liquid.
And we're tied AGAIN!
— ESL Dota2 (@ESLDota2) January 28, 2018
For the 2nd time @TeamLiquid equalize the series and it now all comes down to the final game. #ESLOnehttps://t.co/RUTJQiyOsP pic.twitter.com/HCuI2V59lT
Newbee wins!
The early game went terribly for Team Liquid as they were down 17-5 kills before the 20-minute mark. Despite losing out in kills, Team Liquid stayed very much in the game as the gold lead never grew bigger than 3K for Newbee.
Team Liquid turned the game into their favour for a brief moment when they took a great fight at the Roshan pit. Not only did they kill off three heroes from Newbee, they got the Aegis as well.
However, the day belongs to Newbee as they won the next 3 team fights to secure game five as well as the title of ESL One Genting 2018 Champion.
Newbee 3 - 2 Team Liquid.
Your #ESLOne Genting 2018 champions - @NewbeeCN!! pic.twitter.com/bdFshev88D
— ESL Dota2 (@ESLDota2) January 28, 2018
Newbee’s win marks the end to an amazing Dota tournament here in Malaysia!
Newbee will go home with ESL One Trophy, USD160,000 (RM600,000) and 200 Qualifying Points, while Liquid will still go home USD80,000 (RM300,000) richer with 120 points Qualifying Points.
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