Team Secret vs TNC TI9

Team Secret vs TNC

Both teams have been acknowledged as fierce and tough competitors in the dota2 scene though team secret is more intimidating than TNC considering their current stance in the group stage.

Team secret’s run in The International 9 group stage has been an amazing start for the team making them strongest contender within their bracket.
With their 4-0 (8points) standing, they’ve proven themselves to be upright by unanimously defeating Alliance, Newbee, Keen Gaming and the TI7 champions Team liquid.
TNC on the other hand struggled a little bit in their past performances having an upset loss towards Mineski (2-0). Amidst immense work against tough teams Keen Gaming (2-0), LGD (1-1), Alliance(1-1) and Newbee(1-1) They would easily be swayed by Team Secret as the latter teams have been crushed by Team Secret already.
When it comes to team strategies, execution and drafting, Team Secret has a great advantage against TNC as Team Secret is led by Puppey, a veteran captain that has a vast and deep understanding of the game and is known to perform explicitly in big events like Majors and The International itself.

The individual skills of each player is also a great impact in determining the match up victor. Midone who has been known to dominate the midlane whether it is in ranked games or in competitive tournaments. Although Armel wouldn’t have any problem dealing with him but the probability of Midone controlling Armel is higher than it is the other way around.
Nisha and Gabi has quite different play-style, nonetheless being position 1 players. Nisha has an excellent KDR (kill:death ratio) as a carry player which indicates an outstanding performance throughout their campaign in The International 9.

One notable angle of this match up is that Eyyou once has been asked as to stand-in in team secret. Hence, the TNC might know certain strategies and play-style that team secret posses through him. They could certainly use this advantage to extract team secret’s game-plan and counter it.
However, we can’t ignore the fact that TNC has been known to withstand against tier 1 teams and completely crushing them claiming the glorious victory.
Being said that, a blood bath could be anticipated but Team secret could undoubtedly defeat TNC in this match up.