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33 before TI13 grand final: "There's no late-game decision-making against Gaimin Gladiators. Just get us to the mid-game"

Team Liquid released their vlog from The International 2024, allowing fans to peek behind the scenes of the team at the tournament. Their team talk before the grand final revealed they were quite confident in their moves and what to expect from Gaimin Gladiators, despite losing every grand final to them in the past. The video came out on YouTube.

Liquid's preparation was mostly based on the winners' final, which they won 2:0. During the discussion, their coach, Damien "Kpii" Chok Sau-jing, reminded the team of the opponents' habits and moves. Neta "33" Shapira pointed out that GG tend to panic in response to aggressive moves.

Kpii: Yesterday [in the winners' final], every single move GG did, maybe 95% of them, we had it in mind, we planned it, and nothing was a surprise. When the game is kind of even, or you're unsure what's happening when they don't show up for a long time, just remember to be tight. I'm not saying you have to play scared. Obviously, you should still play your game, be brave and everything.

33: In the game we just watched, they were super panicking. Every time there was an aggressive move down on them, they smashed all the five TPs. Good or bad, in their heads, it was, "Guys, we have to react. We can play so much faster than them," and they smashed five TPs. So, if it's good, we can still fight, if it's bad, we can just chill.

Kpii: We can take advantage of that, too. You can just poke someone and then just back off.

Keep your eyes on Quinn, because he's their usual killer. The other heroes are kind of AFK creep and tower hitters. And always: If they pressure us, we will pressure them back, hard. We're not going to be like Tundra. We're not gonna go AFK and farm jungle under pressure.

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When Kpii started talking about the late-game scenario, the offlaner stopped him and mockingly stated that there was no need to discuss this against GG.

Kpii: Another thing I talked about was late-game decision-making. This one is not usually a problem, as long as we do the same thing, it's going to be good...

33: There's no late-game decision-making against Gaimin Gladiators, just get us to the mid-game.

Kpii: [laughs] Okay.

Team Liquid won the grand final of TI13 with a 3:0 score. Gaimin Gladiators are famous for playing very aggressively, banking on early engagements and getting together in the first part of the game. This TI was no different. Every time a game went over 40 minutes, they ended up losing, except for an hour-long clash against Tundra that granted them passage to the grand final.

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