Nova Esports and Nongshim Redforce Advance to Honor of Kings Invitational Season 3 Finals Avid gamers Enviornment

In a day crammed with intense competitors and dramatic comebacks, Nova Esports and Nongshim Redforce secured their spots within the grand finals of the Honor of Kings Invitational Season 3. Each groups emerged victorious from Final Battles within the semifinal matches on February 28.

Nova Survives Group Vitality 

Nova Esports, broadly considered one of many event favorites, discovered themselves in a precarious place after taking the primary recreation in opposition to Group Vitality. The European squad responded forcefully, successful three consecutive video games to place Nova on match level with a 3-1 benefit. Nonetheless, Nova Esports demonstrated their championship pedigree by successful the subsequent two video games to power an Final Battle – a novel format the place groups conduct a blind draft with no restrictions, probably choosing the identical heroes.

Within the decisive Final Battle, each groups chosen 4 equivalent heroes: Dharma, Augran, Arli, and Dyadia. The distinction got here within the mid lane, the place Nova’s Wang “Wendy” Jinwen selected Yixing in opposition to Guan “Wen” Ren Hao’s Mai Shiranui. Wendy’s masterful control-oriented gameplay proved essential as Nova shut down Vitality’s aggression to safe the victory.

Nongshim Redforce Completes Reverse Sweep

The second semifinal featured a dramatic momentum shift as Blacklist Worldwide, the final remaining hometown crew, stormed to a commanding 3-0 lead in opposition to Nongshim Redforce. With the Filipino crowd behind them, Blacklist appeared poised for a clear sweep. Nonetheless, the South Korean squad displayed outstanding resilience, successful three consecutive video games by turning round essential crew fights after weathering Blacklist’s early aggression in every contest.

Of their second straight Final Battle of the event, Nongshim Redforce confirmed refined ways with a extra assorted hero choice. Solely Augran and Mai Shiranui had been picked by each groups. Nongshim secured an early Pentakill that set the tone for his or her victory, eliminating the final Filipino crew and silencing the house crowd.

The Final Battle system has emerged as a game-changer within the event, with three of the six Knockout Stage matches requiring all seven video games. Nongshim Redforce turns into the one crew to win back-to-back Final Battles within the competitors.

The Honor of Kings Invitational Season 3 grand finals between Nova Esports and Nongshim Redforce will happen right now, March 1. The winner will probably be topped champion of the primary half of the Honor of Kings season and obtain the biggest share of the US$100,000 prize from the event’s US$300,000 prize pool.

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