LAGWAR's Demigod Tourny! SEMI FINALS!

it would be really helpfull for the community if you guys could upload the replays of the best games in the tournament to see some quality high lvl play. Thank you.

Very high level of play. I watched some good replays, there. Please upload as many as possible at GAMEREPLAYS.
ErsakConti has a really interessting ultra speed Sedna build, along with Sakke1's assasin Oak. Pacov and Kalel, too bad you are out already.

Keep it up.

They only do the speed build if they think they are going to lose They do other stuff if they are winning.

 

I didnt know speed was so effective. The chasing capabilities of her and sakke1's oak with wrap are unreal. The match where they are so behind in warscore but then turn the game with giants out is very impressive. I was like: is this really happening?

Chasing doesn't mean much with stopping power.

Also any legitimate tournament should have replays available from every game played in it.

I'm not sure I want my replays up... I played because tournament was free, not becuase I'm that good   A game with playgroundlegend and morpheous last night showed me I've still got some things to learn Last thing my ego needs is a good bashing by all the better players here!!

It's only super effective in 2v2 matches where ganking is more difficult, and the position and location of the 2 players is essential. If you watch the Sedna, once she gets Journeyman's, she will actually run into the archer towers to proc it, then run to your portal in about 3 seconds.If she sees an incoming portal, she runs back, you waste your gold -.-

Humorously enough, once they were at my portal and I was pushing theirs. Their Sedna managed to f'king run all the way across the diagonal before I could cap the flag (she started running as I passed the double towers).

I've never played against Sakke's build with my PM but when I do occasionally pug against them, I actually get the Amulet of Teleportation, which lets me teleport with reckless abandon. Speed stacking is very cheap (as opposed to being very strong but having to burn teleports all the time without getting into actual engagements). It's a war of a attrition and it's very important that you are able to chase them off any flag at any given time.

High level 2v2 is radically different than 3v3 (I prefer 2v2 and I try to play that more often but sometimes it doesn't happen). Creeps are more powerful and actually your main tower-pushers, you can only shop a few times the entire game, and speed is very very powerful.

Competely agree.  Speed senda is particularly a nice option in 2v2, especially if your opponents are not adapting their game play to counter.  But in 3v3's its not as viable IMO and experience, or to be clear, I've never seen it used well in a 3v3 game.  I really do appreciate Erska and Sakkes adaptive style of play.  I've played other 2v2's against them where they just drop whatever game plan they had going to switch to speed or try different tactics based on need.  I haven't come across many players willing to change up strategy like that on the fly... the speed change makes them effectively weaker in fights, but giving a big speed advantage for flags/trapping/chasing. 

K posting the game vs Clockspiders(obs & king) here

you gotta accept a worse quality rundown of the games. as we lost both games due to sakkes game crashing.

 

Game1: <Link>

Erska(Sedna) & Sakke1(Oak) vs Obscenitor(Unclean Beast) & Kingslet(Oak)

Game2: <Link>


and yea, disappointed in this. Game1 we were about one minute from actually finishing the game, and Obsc & Kings were able to take advantage and swing the game into their favor very quickly. (I regret not switching to speed right away when sakke left)

 

in game2 I played bad in beginning letting Obs get a kill or two. And just when we had come back from the deficit the game crashed for sakke, and this time Obsc &  Kings were easily able to simply dominate  the map and pick flags at will. I sold everything hoping to get 2 lanes of giants to push them back but that failed partly due to them being strong enough to kill the giants without huge problems and partly due to the fact that they were able to easily keep our left portal.

we were winning both of the rounds, until it crashed, in both rounds, as you can see in the replays

 

i have played about 500 games, i allways finish my games, but only have 90% game completion, the games not finished are crashes, which i started getting after the 1.19 update, i think about every fourth game crashes

 

i am too tired of the crashes, and not going to play much demigod from now on, i might play if my friends want to play with me, and will probably check out the new demigods when they get released, but not much more, cya!

 

also, me and erska want to forfeit our next match for #3 spot in the tournament, we accept the spot as #4

Sorry Erska/Sakke.  That's a real bummer about the crashes.  Lousy way to get bumped out. 

Erska/Sakke have a very good 2v2, mostly due to the massive overpowerdness of the oak shield/hearth in 2v2.  The fact that you can't interrupt ports or pots with the shield is pretty silly.  It can be beat (and tshughes and I have beaten it in all but one game that we played them) but it's pretty cheese.

I agree that oak shield after level 3 is ridicously strong for actions where interupting is important.

Wow look at you , calling other peoples strats cheezy. But, hey at least you won, right? because its essential everyone on the forum knows what a registered BA you are

Oh, I'm a bad ass.  I'm mother fucking awesome.  That doesn't change the cheese factor of oak shield

haha.

Whelp, its all decided for the final round then!

 

Sorry to hear about the D/C's Sakke 

 

are you guys 100% sure about forfeiting your match to determine 3rd place?

 

As per usual, when i get home i will photo shop the brackets and throw up a nice post about the final round! stay tuned