#Team liquid series#
This would advance them forward to face MVP Phoenix, who had won their series against Virtus.pro on the other side of the bracket. Heavily favoring the picks of Skywrath Mage for BuLba and Tidehunter for DeMoN, Liquid crushed CIS in two straight games, with a combined kill score of 49-12. First up was the favorite CIS, coming out of China, and led by Black^. The tournament marked Team Liquid's last official matches before fighting for the wildcard spot in Seattle in a month and a half's time.Īlthough Liquid earned a trip to Seattle, they still needed four wins to make their way into the main event of the tournament. The team also shuffled positions slightly again, with BuLba moving to support, and DeMoN to the offlane. In early June, the team did manage a small bright spot, with their second place finish in the second season of the American Dota League Season 2, falling to mousesports 1-3 in the finals. Liquid capped off the month with a disappointing group stage exit in the D2L Western Challenge. The team showed some early success against we Try and Relax, but stumbled again when they hit NAR in the semi finals. Demon moved to the carry or offlane, with TC moving to support.
The finals ended up being much more back and forth than any other set between the teams, but after the delayed final game and Liquid's eventual defeat, they were forced to settle with a Play-In position for TI4.įollowing up their disappointing TI4 qualifiers, the team continued to experiment with juggling their roles while playing in the GEST - The Challenge 4. After a close game one, Liquid appeared to have captured the momentum and convincingly took game two, advancing them to play NAR in the finals. Liquid fell 0-2, setting up a match against ex-liquid players ixmike and FLUFF on their new team Sneaky Nyx Assassins. Liquid ended the group stage tied for first, setting up a winners finals against NAR, a team they had yet to ever take a match off. Due to the teams recent struggles, they were not invited as a direct seed to The International 2014, and instead had to fight through another set of qualifiers. Shortly after, TL fell to Evil Geniuses in the final stages of the ESL One Frankfurt qualfiers. After trialing a few players, including Sneyking, DeMoN was added to the roster to take his place.ĭespite some early promise, the team still struggled, falling to Evil Geniuses and North American Rejects in straight sets, and in doing so, failing to qualify for The Summit. The team failed to improve, and Liquid soon parted ways with Fluff. The blog resulted in an ultimatum for FLUFF: win as captain, or be removed from the team. By early Winter, the team started to falter in its online play as well, with the frustration boiling over and being shown by FLUFFNSTUFF on his TL.net blog. After a strong start in online leagues and group stages, the team had major stumbles at both Fall LAN events, falling early at both MLG Columbus and DreamLeague. qojqva of mousesports and Waytosexy of Dignitas eventually filled the ranks. A loss to the defending champions Invictus Gaming saw them out in 7-8th place.Īfter the event the roster changed once more, with ixmike88 going inactive to focus on ixdl, and Korok leaving for school. After a rocky start they fell into the lower half of the bracket by a thin margin, which saw them defeat MUFC and then had one of their defining moments in a stellar performance against LGD.cn, knocking the Chinese behemoth out of the event. In 2013 the team established itself as one of the premier North American organizations with this roster, placing highly in events such as the Raidcall D2L, The Defense Season 3, The Premier League Season 4, and the American Dota League in addition to securing an invite to The International 2013. Following an early knockout, the coL squad disbanded with TC, ixmike88, and FLUFFNSTUFF moving over to Liquid and joining BuLba, who competed at TI2 with Evil Geniuses, and Korok, formerly of Quantic Gaming.
The team's original incarnation has roots in a North American lineup headed by FLUFFNSTUFF called Team FIRE, that went on to represent compLexity Gaming at The International 2012.
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