Quincy Crew Wins Another Trophy, at BTS Pro Series S3

Quincy Crew has claimed its 7^th important trophy of 2020 by winning the competition at BTS Pro Series S3. By now it’s clear that they truly have no rival in the Americas. The sad part is that we don’t know how strong this team is relative to other top competitors in the world, from regions like China and Europe. If we exclude this issue and just focus on North and South America, QC has achieved the same status that Team Secret achieved in Europe/CIS and is now practically unbeatable. In order for a rival to win a Bo5 match against them, either a massive patch needs to be released or they need to stop training for at least a few weeks.

How Quincy Crew Won at BTS Pro Series S3

Quincy Crew started this tournament with an almost flawless Group Stage: 7 wins – 2 draws – 0 losses. They drew against beastcoast and Team Brasil. Everyone else did not present a real challenge. In the Playoffs, they faced Team Brasil one more time. This time, the Brazilians got demolished in 2 quick games. Only one hero remained the same in the 2^nd draft: Mirana. QC is known to rely heavily on this hero and several others, and Team Brasil’s mistake of not banning it cost them the game.

The second match of the Playoffs was even shorter: 2 – 0 against Infamous, in 26 and 27 minutes respectively. This was an absolute masterclass in effective Dota 2. I can’t tell if Infamous is just really bad or if Quincy Crew is really that strong, but the 3^rd best team in the Group Stage looked like a complete amateur against Quinn’s crew.

And finally, we had the Grand Final. This was the only challenging match for Quincy Crew at BTS Pro Series S3. First they lost game 1, which was a bit surprising. Then they managed to win in game two, in the same amount of time it took CR4ZY to win game one, plus one second: 40:06. Game three was the one that decided everything. Because after 86 minutes of trying to win, Quincy Crew finally closed the game and CR4ZY had nothing left in the tank for games 4 and 5. Their fatigue made them pick a conveniently simple line-up in game 4, but QC read their strategy and countered it well. The game was over in under 30 minutes.