GGnet vs Virus

Hey guys, after waiting for so long, i finally have made my choice of which replay to cast. Today's cast will be none other than the match between GGnet, former NWO, going up against the rising clan, Virus, Ex- Blast. I have seen this replay before casting just to familiarize myself with certain stuffs and, after watching the whole replay, i have decided to cast this replay. Reason being is that, there is not many good replays available on gosugamers, and i have seen 3 replays so far, its either too boring or its between the teams that i am not interested in. But i have chosen this 1 for u guys because it is with decent climax and actions.

Introduction: Picks and Ban

Fairly unorthodox picks coming from both sides. It seems that Kuroky would not be playing hard carry for a while, and his role is going to be taken over by AZEN and Piecat. I have been quite impressed with Virus recently, because of their strategy and team play, and lets how how they are going to pull this off.

Mid game analysis: Kuroky went for BKB instead of the typical scepter build from other teamplays, whereas piecat has farmed up the usual radiance vanguard build at the 25 mins mark. Azen hasnt been doing all tat bad at all, and has picked up manta style, and an eaglehorn near the 30 mins mark. Over the scourge, Shadow fiend has picked up the usual BKB and has developed into the infamous yaphet's s and y build, followed by an eaglehorn, whereas potm has gone for a very special and untypical build, which consist of MKB and linken's sphere for survivability.

End game analysis:I feel that Virus hasnt been making alot of mistakes throughout the whole game. And it's juz because of the mistake near the end that really costed them the game. They havent really been too outfarmed by the sentinel. Over the sentinel sides, we can see two very farmed carries, Alchemist and Sniper.

I have to mention, its all because of piecat's performance which has lead to GGnet's victory. Alot of alchemists being played by different players has failed to farm up/outfarm the opponents, and because of that, he doesnt have the presence (as i have mentioned before, alchemist is a presence hero) for the enemies to focus him down. The theory behind alchemist's end game build is generally: BoT, Assault Cruiass, Heart of Tarasque, Shiva's, Pipe, and Radiance. As we can see all the above items make alchemist a tank and a presence hero, that either gives him the presence and benefits to his team mates, or makes him to have the extra HP, which cant be EASILY focused down. And also i would like to point out Azen's superior glass cannon play. As shown, he is not buying the silly vanguard build ( i have seen tournament players playing it) or a BKB, which are all not required, judging from having an alchemist tanking the damage, or even if shit happens, venge is in position to swap him outa the battle. And i somehow have to mention, i am not very impressed with Kuroky's play recently, with any of his heroes, but i guess every1 will have a bad day now and then.

Over at the scourge side, as i have mentioned repeatedly before, i actually do not know why they lost to GGnet, it seems to me, they had the advantages in the beginning but in the end, due to Piecat and Azen, they have lost it. Maybe the only recommendation that i can give the scourge  is that, they might want to pressure the alchemist and stopping him to farm a little, as we can see from the screenshots, scourge has failed to cease the alchemist from farming throughout the game, therefore, it costed them the game. Scourge has actually been fairly well, just up untill the end, where they juz get devoured by piecat's and azen's right click. All in all, an epic game :) i hope you guys enjoy my commentaries, and please leave feedbacks or any replays for me to cast in the future. This is ideal signing off