Dota 2: Cignal, Suha clash in The Nationals season finale

Games Saturday, June 1 (Gariath Concepts Eastwood City)

1 pm – Cignal Ultra Warriors vs Suha-Execration Punishers (best-of-three)

6 pm – Loser of Match 1 vs PLDT-Smart Omega (best-of-three) 

Game Sunday, June 2 (Gariath Concepts Eastwood City)

2:30 pm – Winner of Match 1 vs Winner of Match 2 (best-of-five)

MANILA, Philippines – The Cignal Ultra Warriors and the Suha-Execration Punishers collide in The Nationals Dota 2 season finale on Saturday, June 1 at the Gariath Concepts Eastwood City in Libis, Quezon City.

PLDT also competes as a wild card in the finals offering a P600,000 prize pool, with P300,000 going to the winner, P200,000 to the runner-up, and P100,000 to the 3rd placer.

After ruling the first two conferences of Dota 2, Cignal and Suha will face off in a best-of-three series with the winner advancing to the finals. The losing team will take on PLDT in a three-game playoff for the last finals berth.

Last weekend, Suha completely outplayed Cignal in the grand finals of the second Dota 2 conference, closing out a best-of-five series in a clean 3-0 sweep. 

The Punishers, upending the results of the first conference, pulled it off after a consistent run that saw them topping the group stage capped by a 2-1 tiebreaker win against the Warriors in the elimination round.

While results between the two teams were always close, the championship was totally different. After an intense back-and-forth in Game 1, Suha capitalized on its momentum and never looked back by winning the conference finals on consecutive games.

The Warriors, who were no strangers to come-from-behind wins, weren’t able to close the gap as they fizzled out towards the end. 

Earlier in the day, they were able to climb out of a 0-1 hole against PLDT-Smart Omega in the semifinals.

With the victory, the Punishers took home the P400,000 cash prize, while the Warriors received P200,000 as runner-up and Omega got P100,000 for finishing 3rd.

Both Happy Feet Emperors and Bren Epro, meanwhile, failed to advance to the playoffs again despite compiling a better record compared than the previous conference.

Action in the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang gets going in June, while Tekken 7 stage is scheduled to start in August. More franchises are slated to be introduced once ML:BB starts.

Follow The Nationals through its social media on Facebook (with livestream of games), Twitter, and Instagram at PHNationals, and on TV at 5Plus via ESPN5, and One Sports and eGG Network via Cignal TV. – Rappler.com