"Chase Storm, Nyx. Focus all your skills on him."
"If they tried to stop you using Echo Stomp, immediately use silence."
"Time your Ice Path right before Imapale's stun duration runs out."
"Do not dawdle, after what I said, leave Storm to me and keep yourself safe. After that, we'll kill those left behind."
Kite's instructions reverberated again in the Radiant's team.
"Okay." They all chorused without asking him.
"Kite we're low health now, if this continues, we'll die in exchange for Storm," Leo lamented.
"Nope, just stay at the back. I'm coming."
Then the heat-seeking missiles came out which brought them to the present situation.
With Storm dead, their main concern right now is to stay alive.
"Just back while keeping some vision. My Rockets will handle them. If you can make their retreat slower, you may. But don't die as much as possible," Kite told them.
"Let's focus sa pinaka-malambot at malapit. AA!"
So the retreat and pursuit situation unfolded again.
The Radiant heroes went to surround the Ancient Apparition after keeping a safe distance between death.
Elder Titan used his Earth Splitter in an attempt to damage/kill their opponents and to scatter them.
The Radiant heroes immediately scattered whilst keeping a fair distance within the AA.
With the AA being nearest to them and the newly arrived Tinker, he was soon killed by the constant combos from Tinker and with the help of his allies.
Their next target instantly shifted to the Elder Titan.
Ice Path was thrown as the longest-range stun available.
Hit!
"Stunned."
Afterwards, this need not to be said. The ET crumpled against the siege of the enemies. Only the DS were lucky enough to escape with the help of his Surge.
With this, the momentum sparked in favor of the Radiant.
After respawning, the Dire heroes went to quickly do their respective roles.
The supports went to their carry's side which is currently having a hard time in a 1v1 against Void with his Time Lock and Time Walk which made it possible to constantly harass the Sven while taking miniscule amount of harassment to himself.
Storm went to defend his now low-health mid tower and to farm faster and get his items that are needed in order to face their opponents onslaught.
But of course, the Radiant are not going to be waiting for them.
With the momentum on their side, constant ganks were made.
Starting with the sneaky tailing and attacks from the Nyx, combined with the timely reinforcement from Tinker almost anywhere the map, the Dire's are of comfort was further shrunk.
The Dire are now betting their all to their Sven, and to the possible catch from the backside of the Storm to the Tinker at their clash.
But reality wasn't good ti everyone.
As time passes by, the Radiant's items are increasing a whole lot faster than the Dire's. Leaving them Level and Item gapped.
The networth now has 3 Radiant core heroes on at the top, with Tinker at the highest part. Only Sven was at the 3rd rank.
The Radiant focused their ganks on the Storm when Tinker got his Dagger.
Whenever a stun manages to connect, a mana-burn or a heat-seeking missile and Laser will surely come next. With the mana-burn being lethal against high-mana heroes like Storm, and the 2 skills of Tinker being maxed out, the burst is like a pierce to the heart for Jeremy.
What comes next is the Faceless Void having completed his Aghs. With this, he made his first-ever debut to the teamfights by showing at the middle and catching the Storm plus 2 of the supports trying to help him, in Chronosphere. Then the rest of his team focused their skills.
The immobilized enemies became perfect targets for Macropyre, and the Tinker with his dagger flashing back and forths with Lasers and Rockets spewing from his side.
With this, the killing spree continues.
Jeremy's plan of crushing his opponents became a reality but not on their team. They became the prey instead.
Jeremy also noticed their main problem. The lack of a sure-stun.
Whenever a lone hero would be sighted, A Rocket and Laser, together with a few attacks from Tinker will be the last thing thay they'll see before dying.
Jeremy and Sven were the only difference.
His Storm only needs to be extra cautious. As long as he's not caught with any stuns, it's almost impossible for the enemy to kill him. Once they saw him at the other side of the map, that's only the time that he can go out and farm.
The Sven, being protected and farming in the safe grounds, was relatively safe and has been slowly amassing his items. He now has Sange and Yasha and Mask of Madness as his main item. The next one will be the Black King Bar. Once he gets this, the Dire will finally make an attempt to counter attack.
Naturally, Kite knew this. That's why he sought his teammates to go for a sod gank.
"Go and find the Sven. If you see him, don't hesitate to use your Chrono. Even if ET chooses to disrupt you, don't worry. I'm right behind you."
"Their skills needed time to be cast, before they are able to complete this, Rachel should have used his Macropyre."
"Also, don't stick too close. Their combos are deadly for us."
"Even is you can't catch him, just driving him away from his farmsite is already a win."
"In any case, we really need to stop him from getting his bkb."
Kite told this to his teammates. Within 20 minutes, he only got Travel, Dagger, a level 1 Dagon and Aether Lens, with the Scythe of Vyse still needing the Ultimate Orb to be completed.
His early prediction of being able to get Sheepstick before 20 minutes wasn't realized because of the enemy's overly cautious approach.
However, this should be fine.
Kite looked at Leo's DR. He has now completed his S&Y, Dragon Lance, soon to be Hurricane Pike, and Shadow Blade. This should be enough to deal with those inside the Chronosphere. At most, he should go for BKB first before Hurricane Pike in order to cement their momentum.
Kite told Leo about his thoughts, and the other nodded without raising any question.
Kite smiled at this since Leo already knew the importance of having Black King Bar. Most of all, he should be able to see the near power-spike for the team. With his BKB, they can finally go for Roshan which Kite has been avoiding for the danger of being comboed inside is high. The walls of Roshan's lair being a natural choke point for any team trying to Rosh. But with a BKB, their team more or less should win the team fight.
As Kite was thinking about this, his hero was constantly farming the top lane.
"Dagger, Soul Ring, March, Rearm, Soul Ring, March, Dagger, Travel."
After returning to his base, he saw something at the bottom lane. .
The Sven was farming the creeps in between the tier 1 and tier 2 Radiant towers location then walking back to the Radiant's jungle camp. His team composed of Faceless Void, Jakiro, and Nyx Assasin went to smoke gank him.
With the wards being unable to scout any hero besides him, and the Storm Spirit at toplane clearing the creepwaves, the Radiant's decision seems plausible.
However, Kite had his own thoughts. He immediately told his team to retreat.
"Back! Back! Naka smoke yung mga yan kaya wala diyan!" he called.
However, he was too late. His team having passed a downward slope which created a choke point, became the perfect place for execution of the enemies' combo.
Before Void could time walk, a Vacuum-Wall combo pulled the three of them, together with the flying Storm Hammer from Sven aoe stunning the Radiant heroes.
Only the Nyx Assasin was able to negate some of the damage with his Spiked Carapace. But the status can't be negated. So he was still stunned.
Their replicates were formed. A fissure in the ground creeping towards them. And an Ice Blast slowly approaching them. Then a Spirit channeling the Echo Stomp appeared.
As all of these were happening, Kite was already Traveling towards them in an attempt to help his teammates.
Rockets, Lasers, robots marching became evident in the battlefield.
However, it wasn't going to be enough to keep his team alive.
At the most, Nyx was able to release an Impale towards the ET right before the Echo Stomp was completed. With the Impale traveling, the Echo Stomp wasn't canceled. Rachel was also able to release his Macropyre onto the Sven and Dark Seer. Void also decided to commit his Chronosphere. It caught the 2 supports of the other team and Dark Seer. Unfortunately, Sven was pushed by the Force Staff from Dark Seer.
All of these were done before their death. Even Void's timewalk would've been negates due to the Ice Blast. All in all, this is the best that they could do in their situation.
Kite of course, wouldn't let this chance go. With all his maneuvers laid down, an icon of Tinker appearing and disappearing like a ghost from here and there is the only thing that could be seen in the mini map.
With the help of his friends, Kite was able to kill 3 of the enemies except for Sven.
Kite gritted his teeth. He wasn't planning to let anyone go.
After going back to the base, he saw through the wards where Sven was retreating.
He Traveled to the nearest creepwave and used the shortest route available through his Dagger and Rearm.
Whilst doing so, Rockets kept on flying after every rearm, heading towards Sven.
And then, Tinker finally had Sven within his Laser Range. And so, he began his onslaught.
Sven pretty much still has 70%. Even so, Kite wasn't afraid of this.
"Dagon! Laser! Dagger to Sven's front! Rearm!"
"Soul Ring, Rocket! Dagon! Laser! Dagger to his left side! Rearm!"
"Soul Ring, Rocket! Dagon! Laser! Dagger to his right side! Rearm!"
"Soul Ring, Rocket! Dagon! Laser! Dagger to his behind! Rearm!"
And the Rockets summoned earlier finally reached Sven.
These combos were completed in merely 3 seconds. With Sven even having released his Storm Hammer, it was still dodged by the constant Dagger from Tinker.
Tinker was like a magician-con in front of Sven. Confusing him of his whereabout while constantly ebbing on his life.
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Rachel has been focusing on Kite's Tinker after having her hero was killed on the unexpected gank from the enemy team.
She was dejected by the turnaround of events.
At once, they held the upper hand. Their team was full of confidence after having crush their enemies numerous times.
Hoever, as they said, 'it won't be hard to commit a mistake once you've been blinded by confidence'. And they became just like that. They were blinded by their continues success and has forgotten to be prudent. Thus, resulted to this situation.
She knew that this could be the start that the enemy was waiting for. The start of their counter-attack. A moment where the sure-held victory became blurred in their hands.
Rachel really felt sorry for this. And she knew that her teammates felt the same way. The only way to keep their momentum going was to be able to turn the situation around.
But with Leo currently farming the Ancients at the jungle near the Secret Shop, and having no Tp in his inventory, it would be too late for him to walk all the way to their rescue.
The only person that she could place his hopes upon this almost impossible situation was the person right next to him.
She saw that Kite was frowning. Utterly confirming the severity of the situation.
Rachel felt guilty for this. She wss about to apologize when Kite's demeanor turned into full concentration.
Afterwards, she saw one of the most magnificent scenes in her life of playing DOTA.
Kite's left hand was like a Pianist's performing his favorite piece. The slender fingers gracefully landing on every keys in an orderly tempo yet at the same time being unbelievably fast. Yes. Fast enough to dazzle her.
His right hand constantly swaying with the mouse like that of a dancer being led by the music.
The both of them working together like a well-practiced show meant to keep their audience in awe.
And it did just that. Rachel couldn't help help but gasp.
When she looked at the screen, all of the enemies were killed. Including Sven.
It was a dazzling turnaround!
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