The summary of the draft is once again Blacklist using their Ube strategy. While in game 1, NXPE doesn't have any solid counter to the lineup of Blacklist, due to BLCK banning claude but in the 2nd game, they immediately picked the claude after BLCK picked the estes. For now, Blacklist is sitting in the top tier of the leaderboards while NXPE sits in the middle tier, if NXPE manages to defeat BLCK; it will make it easier for them to get a spot in the playoffs.

By picking the estes Blacklist managed to easily breeze through the early to the mid game making it hard for NXPE to engage or start a team fight as they need enough damage plus a dominance ice for them to be able to burst down and kill the heroes of Blacklist. This made the score of the match 1-1, as both team focused on farming and getting objectives. After seeing beatrix clear the top lane, Blacklist burst down the lord and pushed down the middle lane and after the team fight that happened in the lord pit DomengDR sniped Super Red providing space for his team, but alas Edward with SS Flicker combo of Arlott sealed the deal and Blacklist was able to push down the middle and end the game.

game 2 and suprisingly NXPE didn't ban the estes that made it hard for them to initiate the team fight in game 1. Same scenario happened where after Blacklist scaled their heroes and acquired the cheap items to make their tanks sustain damage, NXPE was unable to win the skirmishes. All the lord were taken by BLCK but DomengDR was able to get the towers in the bot lane and top lane and even destroyed one inhibitor turret of Blacklist International after he saw that Blacklist are committed to pushing with 5 of their members, but DingDR was not able to properly check all the bushes resulting in Super Red and Yue getting back to their base. 

DRAFT

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MVP

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