LIQUID vs TALON - UNBELIEVABLE $1,700,000 BASE RACE!! - RIYADH MASTERS 2023 Dota 2 Highlights

[@crunchtooth5563]

Kudos to Zai for sure but there are some unbelievable plays happening in the last 60 seconds that will likely go unnoticed that, without them, Talon probably wins: (1) at 39:26 Boxi (Rubick) almost dies to 23Savage (Morphling) - Boxi has NO buyback - Boxi (w/ 118 HP) glimmers and force staffs himself in the well then gets Fortune End from Insania (Oracle), (2) at 39:36 Zai (Broodmother) makes it back into the well and, realizing they need a miracle, sells his nullifier and his BKB to buy travel boots then travels to enemy base, (3) this next point is, in my mind, the game winner for Liquid - at 39:51, 23Savage (Morphling) tries to TP back but gets stunned by Rubick's (Boxi) stolen avalanche - then at 39:55 Ember Spirit (Mikoto) tries to TP and gets cancelled by Oracle's (Insania) Fortunes End...Keep in mind that had Boxi not survived in the well (see point #1 above), he would not have been able to cancel Morphling's TP...I suppose one could argue that Brood may have still beat them in the base race even with a Morphling and/or Ember TP but I think it would have been unlikely. One final comment with respect to point #3 above - specifically the Rubick avalanche onto Morphling..There's a camera angle (not shown in this video) of 23Savage (Morphling) standing up and celebrating at the 59:40 IN GAME TIME mark. He takes off his headphones and starts waving both at the crowd and the Team Liquid both. Literally seconds later he realizes it's not over and tries to sit back down in his chair but the chair has spun around and he has to sit on the arm rest. My guess is that, had he not been flustered by his premature celebration, he would have waveformed to a safe TP location, not been stunned, and likely had a shot at stopping Brood. Karma? The clip of the premature celebration by 23Savage (Morphling) - kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGquZWqVa7aejJI EDIT: Some other components - amid the chaos that ensued - that further enabled Zai (Brood) to take the throne in the nick of time: 1) 23Savage (Morphling) prematurely glyphed for radiant at 39:28. 2) When Morphing gets stunned at 39:51, he only had 0.3 seconds left on his TP...crazy. Rubick's blink only comes off of cooldown at 39:52 which is why it was only at the last second that he was able to blink avalanche. 3) Morphling mistakenly uses satanic at 39:57 which he could have used to dispel Fate's Edict one second later. 4) Insania (Oracle) disarms Morphling with Fate's Edict at 39:58. 5) Boxi (Rubick) immediately uses Telekinesis on Morphling right after the disarm ends at 40:01.

[@SuppaCyan]

Thanks for play by play commentary. Appreciate the details. Butterfly effect truly.

[@rogerfederer1622]

Nice comment

[@exxonroy852]

23savage using glyph while fountain diving 😄

[@briansandoval4721]

@@exxonroy852did savage admitted to this? This is my guess also but i cannot find a source

[@radityonugroho2792]

I wonder why mikoto didn’t def when zai doing rat, I mean.. should be easy for ember to go back and forth with his remnant right? especially when talon doing rosh and zai takes bot racks

[@johnreyvillamor2151]

SPOILER BLOCKER! THIS GAME IS TOO GODLY TO BE SPOILED‼️

[@migueochoa4881]

Ty🙏

[@freydomgod7112]

nice

[@closetninja3071]

No need already saw a lot of videos of savage celebrating way too early

[@azer66]

You sir are a true super hero

[@kongdoo1226]

Why did talon didn't destroy liquid's base earlier?

[@BlackMasterones]

Feels like grand finals games... so intense

[@mr.j5112]

That avalanche cancel to the Morph TP at the end is so clutch. Liquid's supports really held on tight at the end.

[@ny-4008]

Insania disarms are more clutch 1 saving boxi and other 2 preventing 23 hitting throne/tower

[@businessmanph3835]

Morph can dive into fountain then die and use bb to defend or kill zai but that is next level play for them to think about it.

[@mr.j5112]

@@businessmanph3835 Possible, if 23savage did not lose focus when he celebrated early.

[@elemenopi4827]

​​​​@@businessmanph3835or you know, DON'T teleport so damn close near fountain? Where there are 2 supports alive could easily cancel teleport? They didn't respect the supports, always respect the supports.

[@satyam168]

​@@businessmanph3835that's a very nice move

[@imserge9559]

Both teams are equally good. Excited to see what Ti is bringing this year

[@pacificsword1632]

That boxi tp cancel had s4 ti winning style all over it. Gg great game. And thanks DD❤

[@solitudegaming]

Was worth roughly the same amount of money as well...

[@ny-4008]

Insania disarm

[@dimensius8610]

23Savage's Fault

[@zackrum]

O M G, Zai selling his BKB buying BoT with his 2 other cores dead and Talon on their fountain and going straight to the one T4 tower left with 4 creeps is the 200 IQ Million dollar play!

[@Thepippinator2]

I love watching Dota! Thank you for uploading this gem of a match ❤️

[@rafa2657]

I saw the video showing 23 savage, so actually he used glyph, take his headset off and get up of his chair celebrating before the game ends. That guy fucked the game in only 5 seconds. lol

[@mr.nobody896]

Classic sea player

[@solitudegaming]

Savage was cookin. But Zai too cold, dude makes his own ice. Great clutch by liquid in the end with the TP cancels so Zai could do work, Talon had them dead to rights there. Great series.

[@agedretainer]

still savage would have totally avoided the tp cancel if he didn't celebrate too early. He hastily sat back and TP'd without waving out to safer location to tp. Those precious seconds he stood up waving, he deserves to loose for that.

[@captaindarling9805]

​@@agedretaineranother 11k MMR flaming pro players, really brother??

[@agedretainer]

@@captaindarling9805 so there's MMR requirement to flame brother? You can flame all you want because they fuck up, that's what the verb is for.

[@greatleecher2404]

@@captaindarling9805 Even 2k dogs can see 23savage was at fault here unless youre worse than them then youll prolly not see the mistakes, stop sucking someone's balls and see the picture clearly

[@satyam168]

​@@agedretainerstfu Deserve losing?? 😂

[@alifomar3092]

32:45 the caster accidentally call nisha , nishit 😂

[@27elrich]

that tp cancel on morph, then disarm, and stun, prevented morp to attack, thats insane!

[@creepaholiccreep1649]

the power of experience, zai has been playing dota since dota 1, well deserved. I also wish they can win TI.

[@treinhertneat4940]

Freaking crazy from Zai That was a fantastic match from both side

[@sequeltopretending]

You made sea proud talon nevertheless.I hope this is just the beginning of a terrific team!!

[@delta9thailand]

Sea needs to win sth bro

[@agedretainer]

Karma for Savage, he was celebrating then he realize Zai already in their base, so he sat back and TP without waveforming to a safe location. If he was focused he could have waveout tp to avoid getting cancelled. Karma indeed, early celebration gone wrong.

[@zodiac4372]

Zai got the win but that clutch stun by boxi to stop the tp was sweet.

[@cheanlamazing]

Zai so cold even after game 3.

[@undyingyomiyomi6786]

What an another historical game again it's been so long since i see this backdoor game and i love it to see it again

[@sduaduabackup-qr4ut]

When was the last time we see micke not top 1 networth by min 20,no matter the result of the game. Mickes farming ability is just krezi

[@afriend8888]

man i feel bad for talon they should have expected the rat play, zai has been doing it whole game :(

[@jetherarroz1118]

Yeah the fact that they bm the glyph cost them the game hahahhaha

[@O2OW]

Let's me just mention 23 standing up from his chair with his hands up in a "winning" position BEFORE the game ended :D

[@ElShamoo]

Dude was celebrating early like a tool. Lmao

[@nerftech742]

Lol true. Idiot 23 hahaha

[@jcynicalanimations6539]

23sausage lmao

[@kidofabyulas]

He also activated the glyph for no reason when he did the fountain dive.

[@ElShamoo]

@@kidofabyulas It wasnt for no reason, it was for BM-ing Team Liquid, hahaha karma

[@Hankblue]

All that damage reduction from Rubick W made a big difference at the end there

[@aldwinbuenaventura644]

Disarm from oracle and avalanche + telekenesis + fadebolt fromcrubick defense to win the base race 3vs5 with 2 cores dead without buyback on liquid

[@CurrentlyOffliner]

23 threw so hard tho , he get up to celebrate losing (?) and prematurely wasted glyph to bm (?) also he had satanic to dispel oracle disarm but didn't , also he could have dived to fountain then bb to defend also he could have waveform tp back. He did so many things wrong it's hard to give credits to rubick and oracle he was the mvp for Liquid aside from Zai.

[@jericksonlapitan4115]

@@CurrentlyOfflineragreed!

[@agedretainer]

@@CurrentlyOffliner the glyph was for nothing - somebody panicked. Savaged stood up and waved - that's few seconds, he sat back uncomfortably and TP'd in panick. Has he been more focused, he waved out then tp, but he chose to wave his arms instead.

[@MrOklah123]

While watching the game live i just keep having question on why didnt mikoto ember switched to boots of travels, would have ease the split push problem so much

[@uchihamadara9967]

OMG!! I fuckin' killed the reply. That TP cancel was soooooooooo satisfying.

[@chadmaree7674]

ZAI PLAYING OUT OF HIS MIND

[@bethstclair5532]

Talon recovered insanely well and really should have won. Even Zai said that in post match interview. All SEA and neutral fans hearts break. GG Liquid and Talon lets keep the fight going in LB

[@dylanjones9145]

Such an insane game, thank you!!!

[@inyourears2596]

There's a video about savage early celebration

[@rafa2657]

Wow I saw it, nice. Zai takes some seconds to get up from the chair after the game, that was intense as fuck. lol

[@johnreydelatorre3450]

23 was cancelled, disarmed, and stunned by the Boxi and Insania. WP

[@espionne3513]

man this should be a final match. omg. both good. gogo

[@edoy8530]

10:30 the moment jabz knew he fked up

[@buntasbasworo2516]

oh man, both upper bracket semis are soooooo freakin awesome

[@scottthong9274]

31:47 wait, how does Dark Seer use Normal Punch while stuck in Chronosphere?

[@thexgamer8240]

Game 3 was a masterpiece from both teams: Chaotic and fun. Also, that throne-to-throne game was immaculate. It reminds me of the base race/back door strategy in League.

[@X2beta2]

here after seeing 23 savages reaction 😂

[@CastlesKingSide]

Talon and Liquid somehow, someway have a habit of ending up in very entertaining series. Ty for the show. P.S. Hope Liquid wins TI...just for Zai (and maybe Nisha). Man has 5 top 4 finishes at TI (4x3 and 1x4), second only to Puppey, he deserves a TI under his belt.

[@NaofumiShinomiya]

Liquid's problem is Micke's aggressiveness

[@sduaduabackup-qr4ut]

Man why do teams like to pick storm, that hero cant dominate anymore because heroes and items got buffed in general -> no more easy pick off. 18:00 storm with bkb can only kill lion while also sacrificing his life

[@jenithunghumtsoe490]

The fight aint over till its over!!

[@Spyro5500]

"No Buybacks even remotely close" as Sven only needs 1 more gold lmao

[@alfredeugenelasangue6630]

What a game!!!😊

[@poof252]

This play from zai reminded me of old liquids jugular with miracle on troll warlord XD

[@arkyudetoo9555]

If understand correctly during the post match interview of Zai, he pretty much muted his teamates at this point which means that there was no communication during this entire throne race and the supports just immediately reacts.

[@hesusmariajosef]

I think he got disappointed when his cores kept misplaying (micke whiffing chronos for example) so he was like I can’t trust them and just decided to win the game on his own terms. It’s the 1v9 solo queue mentality. He was playing together with the two supports though, from start to end. Anyway the stone face upon winning was probably because he wasn’t very happy with how they won that game. Even post-game he had no problem praising Talon for playing well but said him and his team needed to do better.

[@arkyudetoo9555]

@@hesusmariajosef Those 2 supports man, without communication and they were able to disable Morph's TP and Ember's. If one of those guys was able to TP Talon wins the game.

[@mikzmarquez3360]

Great Job DD. :)

[@Benson.BereTV]

Damn Talon! Playing like not from SEA. Im a filipino. But Talon is years ahead of Dota PH gaming. Just admiring how they play and position. We have good players. But hoping we can form a team of this caliber soon.

[@geno4206]

Lil bro celebrated too early KEKW 😂😂😂

[@businessmanph3835]

If you watch it live 23 celebrating in that moment 😅 the toss back zai if they kill no rat push. Savage or ember can dive to fountain to die then buyback but this is next level play for them to think in that moment.

[@septianbima-j8q]

10:30 the best backup from liquid

[@Dmcinc]

Zai god! Great game from both teams :) And Sunsfan is just the best !!!

[@somewrenz]

Man zai is really working on those objectives . GG

[@onehourmusic3]

I mean what about the disarms on morf? xd bro would've dealt 3 times the dmg of brood per hit

[@jomarieysalas2908]

Dude literally waved in front so oracle can reach him easily 😅

[@francissibuan]

​@@jomarieysalas2908he probably was already tilted and shocked thats why he wanted to hit oracle and not the throne 😂😂😂

[@jeckerzz]

In any sports or aspects of life, never celebrate too early 😂

[@mizuhim3]

I didn't see he did Tp someone tell me the exact time plz

[@pierrypracajr4851]

right there, they knew its the Defense of the ancients

[@halcyon__r3289]

Thats a good ass dota match With come back on two side But i know player wanna win so they play safe But damn

[@Cursey69]

23 should’ve just waited for the winter curse to be done before using his chronos.

[@vermouthsavage4750]

What a game!

[@libraman7916]

23 let Zai cook.

[@rimeprime8586]

Alliance would be proud of this

[@calebevangelista5525]

Careless two TP by 23 savage and Mikoto lol

[@jkim-d3w]

LOL at the end of the game. EPIC!

[@alessandro.kenneth]

Zai cold as ice ❄️

[@baloghbotond4250]

Broodmother is like: See ya later, nerds!

[@hadi15022]

OH MY GODD!!!! Didn't see any game like this for a long time

[@sleepingsound1210]

Im so Amaze with RIYADH MASTERS 2023 the prize pool is like TI hahaha and all the Game is also like TI!

[@roaringgod6305]

When morphs tp cancelled. I think they could still when the game. I mean he has a lot of damage not until 39:57 - 40:03 he was disabled. Shessshhhhh thats gonna hurt hahahaha

[@RGollie03]

Jabz continually showing all which are bad pos3

[@gaodavid2965]

Please add 23garbage dance clip after his morph kill 2 bbs inside base

[@aegisrunestone5573]

Love this game omg

[@stiffanypanorel2131]

one of the best game ever

[@patrickalmanuel3169]

Best race base this year 👏👏

[@karlranile4601]

Not a single “GG” is called after game 3 😂

[@wolverinetejas]

OMG, just observed that now

[@otaktakcentre917]

dk what Micke was doing in 3rd game... Thank god they have Zai to carry their ass

[@yellowcloud0115]

That glyph bm in fountain sold zai the game xD

[@adenilsonrodrigues1484]

Zai carregou na última

[@VinzkieBolivar]

I hope GG won't make a lower bracket run. One team winning and dominating all tournament is bad for the pro scene.

[@wahyuiriandy2910]

MamaMia! This is the SHIT!!! What a game and what an Ending 👏👏👏

[@theone9288]

Man Zai is such a beast

[@gianfajardo4251]

23savage will remember forever

[@TendouKuroba1412]

you missed timings from 32 - 39 mins that liquid taken mid racks

[@liborcerny945]

Just another day in Zai's office :D

[@Netorius00]

I love that 23comedy 😂

[@jabzxc]

23savage still sitting down after this game

[@bickdig511]

never celebrate too early 23

[@HadessYui]

bro every matches there in riyadh masters was grandfinals

[@ferzupoMithos]

the last second of last game, wth

[@euthaliaavilyngonzaga7050]

WHAT A GAMEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@channrongeng9493]

Zai Zai Zai you are always the best in every team, even in EG before ... this guy is ubsolutely a monster pro player

[@feitopuns]

23savage celebrated early

[@yasha886]

Spider rat, spider rat, does what ever a spider rat can

[@reun1clus]

It’s so funny how 23sav was crying after the series 😂😂 dude disrespectfully taunting before the game ended… serves him right 🤣🤣🤣

[@ksy6177]

Thanks for the bet, sea team. Will always mess it up against weu

[@agedretainer]

39:33 Radiant structures fortified for what???? who pressed that fucking glyph? now their ancient have no defense LOL

[@jimnikki4507]

after pango void dieback they trashtalk-glyph

[@crayan14]

You have to give credit where credit is due. even how much you hate SEA teams. I'm down to any team if every game will be this good.

[@cythefly]

Why spoil it with the title..

[@lennon0670]

SEA + Choking. Name a better combo.

[@ianneilablay1628]

god damn that game 3 final seconds. zai made the right decision, and im glad oracle canceled that tp, and rubicks fade bolt man, fuckk. gg bois. sad 23 celebrate too early hahaha

[@geraldpineda3277]

Unbelievable :)

[@sabinshrestha4624]

LOL Zai nailed it //