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 Workforce Vitality
Nova Esports, broadly thought to be one of many match favorites, discovered themselves in a precarious place after taking the primary sport in opposition to Workforce Vitality. The European squad responded forcefully, profitable three consecutive video games to place Nova on match level with a 3-1 benefit. Nevertheless, Nova Esports demonstrated their championship pedigree by profitable the following 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.
✨”Desires forward, courageous hearts prevail”
The Supernova @NovaEsportsTeam the tables, rallying from 1:3 to an exhilarating 4:3 victory! Welcome to the finals of #HOKInvitationalS3 !🏆
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Within the decisive Final Battle, each groups chosen 4 an identical 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 staff, 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. Nevertheless, the South Korean squad displayed exceptional resilience, profitable three consecutive video games by turning round essential staff fights after weathering Blacklist’s early aggression in every contest.
The journey continues, the final battle of #HOKInvitationalS3 is awaiting.✨
Nongshim RedForce 🇰🇷, welcome to the finals！🔥
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Of their second straight Final Battle of the match, Nongshim Redforce confirmed refined ways with a extra different 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 staff and silencing the house crowd.
The Final Battle system has emerged as a game-changer within the match, with three of the six Knockout Stage matches requiring all seven video games. Nongshim Redforce turns into the one staff 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 at present, March 1. The winner will likely be topped champion of the primary half of the Honor of Kings season and obtain the most important share of the US$100,000 prize from the match’s US$300,000 prize pool.
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