9pasha: «The opponent didn't have time to threaten us»

Pavel «9pasha» Hvastunov commented on the match against paiN Gaming. Virtus.pro's off-laner shared some insight on the first game's nuances and the nature of Medusa's threat.

On the first game against paiN Gaming

We had a great team comp with Omniknight, who we love so much – we pick him every time we have the chance. As soon as we farmed enough gold to get our artifacts, our opponents couldn't do anything because of our good early game.

On opponent's picks in the first game

Brewmaster had an awful early because of our correct lane-phase execution. Gyrocopter had to fight back way too much because of our constant pressure. He was very underleveled, so his play-style was reduced to hoping for a comeback. He simply had no time to threaten us.

On Medusa's threat in the second game

Medusa is a dangerous hero. She constantly creates pressure if left unchecked for long enough. We waited for our vital artifacts, knew the perfect timing for our attack and where to attack, so we didn't have any issues. But we would have had some real problems had we delayed the game for too long.