The quarter finals had begun. Some of the matches everyone was waiting for were played this round, they did not disappoint.
TyRanT Z (vs) TyRanT B
Two of the tournament favourites going head to head here. Game one showed us how well these teams work together. TheViper and Jordan both drush their opponents and Jordan_23 shows some of his amazing defensive skills to take the game by pushing Daut back. Game 2 also opens the same way with nearly everyone drushing. With TheViper tanking most of the early damage while Jordan_23 is able to fast Imperial and win the game with an eagle flood. Game 3 is a testament to the play of TyRanT B that managed to get the GG before the 22 minute mark. TyRanT B will be moving on to the semi-finals and TyRanT Z will have their chance to fight their way back up the losers bracket to the finals.
A detailed set overview can be found under the spoilers.
Game 1, everyone except DreaIVIS opts to get some militia involved at the start. DreaIVIS defends well however loses his mill. DreaIVIS quikly gets out some scouts to harass followed by a fast 2 range, however TheViper is set up to tight for any harass to do damage. Jordan_23 and Daut both fast castle and lock into a crossbow war. Some good team work from DreaIVIS and Daut gets them into Jordan_23’s base, but some good mangonel shots from the defender stop anything happening. TheVIper has been able to contain DreaIVIS to his base with crossbows and slowly pushes him back to the towncenter. Daut and Jordan_23 both hit Imperial and Daut begins his assault on Jordan_23’s base with plumbed archers and trebuchets. Amazingly Jordan_23 is able to push this back with onagers and hand cannons. DreaIVIS manages to get some harass on TheVipers woodline while Daut switches into elite eagle but is pushed back to his base by Jordan_23 where he is able to get into the trade line and force the resign.
After an impressive game one, the heavy weights took of extremely quickly. TheViper opening with a drush which DreaIVIS defended extremely easy by putting up some smart walls. Jordan_23 also chose to drush Daut who lost his scout defending making his early scout push a lot less successful. DreaIVIS was able to poke TheViper with some mild scout harass but some quick reaction time stopped anything to major happening. Jordan_23 proceeded to wall himself leaving TheViper to taste the wrath of Daut and DreaIVIS’s scouts, however this gave Jordan_23 the time he needed to hit Imperial Age and flood eagles into Dauts base and secure the game.
Game 3, if TyRanT B win this, it pushes TyRanT Z down to the losers bracket so this is going to be a tough one from the start. TheViper and DreaIVIS open straight into a drush war, while Daut decides to drush Jordan_23. TheViper seems to come out ontop of the drush war killing of a villager of DreaIVIS. Daut manages to fast castle but some great agresive play from Jordan_23 hits Dauts lumber and kills off to many villagers for Daut to continue and the GG is given.
SY A (vs) VNS B
This series was another long awaited one. With 5 games played, everyone has to be pretty happy. Bacgioifro and Yellow show how good their teamwork is be expertly taking the first game with a combined push against _Mars. Throughout this series both teams have showed just how talented they are and how well they work together. VNS B managed to take the set 3-2 after some amazing and crazy games and will be advancing to the semi-finals!
A detailed set overview can be found under the spoilers.
Game 1 starts off with a heavy drush war between bacgioifro and Moments. Bacgioifro then pushes Moments back to base and starts getting up some towers. Moments sneakily managers to wall in bacgioifro’s forward army and villagers buying some valuable time. Yellow and _Mars both fast castle and _Mars is able to get some harass onto bacgioifro while Yellow gets some plumbed archers out. There are small battles going on all over the map and the archer harass is everywhere. _Mars hits Imperial and starts his eagle warrior flood into bacgioifro’s base while Yellow drops a castle on the front of _Mar’s base. Bacgioifro is able to reinforce Yellow’s push with Paladins and from there are able to take game one.
Game 2 kicks off with everyone drushing and it going in favour of SY A. Moments manages to get some forward towers up on bacgioifro while _Mars does the exact same thing to Yellow. Bacgioifro manages to hold the push and transitions into conquistadors and goes to bail out Yellow. _Mars makes a transition into knights where he is able to break Yellows towncenter. A crazy amount of harass later Moments manages a siege ram halberdier push into bacgioifro’s base and with some backup from _Mars’s paladins take the game making it 1-1.
After a 1-1 score game 3 is where the advantage will be taken putting pressure on the loser. The game opens with a drush from bacgioifro and a forward tower from Moments. Bacgioifro manages a fast castle and gets some great harass onto _Mars, but _Mars hits castle and busts out the knights to get some harass and defend the push from bacgioifro. Bacgioifro and Yellow then mount a massive assault into Moments base which he is barely able to defend. Bacgioifro then pushes into _Mars’s base and with no help available from Moments Mars’s is forced to GG out.
Game 4 plays out fairly standard with no one taking a clear advantage, until bacgioifro gets into Moment’s wood and kills of four villagers. Light cavalry and knight raiding happens all of the map with no one getting to much harass. Bacgioifro manages to switch into cavalry archers but it’s not enough to stop the knight raiding from _Mars. Yellow takes a massive hit from the knight raiding and is forced to GG out leaving this at 2-2.
Game 5, with the winner going to the semi-finals it’s safe to say that both teams played extremely standard and didn’t risk much. The game was extremely tight until _Mars found a hole in Yellow’s wall. Bacgioifro had walled himself in meaning all the harass was directed at Yellow. However, Yellow was able to fight through and get some knights out to harass _Mars. Bacgioifro and Moments both hit Imperials as they were locked in a battle outside bacgioifro’s base. With some smart play from bacgioifro he was able to push Moments forward castle back. After a truly intense Imperial Age war bacgioifro and Yellow were able to pull ahead and secure the game earning themselves a spot in the semi-finals after a 3-2 victory against SY A.
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