No Surprises In Moon Studio Mid-Autumn League’s Group Stages

Moon Studio Mid-Autumn League- which features multiple Tier 2 teams of Southeast Asia and China, competing for $55,000 USD in prize money, has culminated its group stage. The league involved two groups-one from Southeast Asia and one from China. 12 out of a total of 19 teams have moved to the playoffs of the tournament. 

Moon Studio Mid-Autumn League Southeast Asia Group Results

The results of the Southeast Asian group stage have been rather expected with BTS Pro Series Season 3: Southeast Asia winners Motivate.Trust Gaming topping the Southeast Asian group.

Galaxy Racer, who finalized their roster just weeks back with the likes of 343, AlaCrity and kYxY stand at the number two spot with 4 wins and 4 draws. It is a significant accomplishment already for a new team that attained the 11-12th spot in the previous iteration of Moon Studio league.

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Neon Esports and IO Dota2 are the next two teams to reach the playoffs in the league. While Neon Esports has been performing decently in the last two SEA tournaments, IO Dota2, the Malaysian stack formed by Mushi and Ohaiyo had been looking lacklustre in recent times. They will now look to convert this good form into a tournament victory.

BOOM Esports and Cignal Ultra are the final teams to secure a playoffs spot. A tiebreaker match was played between the two to determine the 5th and 6th spot. BOOM Esports has had a string of successful performances in the last 10 months so a 5th place finish in the group stages will not please them much. They will look to identify the loopholes in their performance and come back stronger in the latter half of the league.

496 Gaming and Execration have been knocked out of the tournament. Both these teams have had a string of dismal performances in recent times. The stack formed by QO and Forev, Phantasm, withdrew from the tournament midway. No official communication was provided regarding this. QO is currently working at ESL One Germany 2020 as an analyst. 

Chinese Group Results 

LBZS came out on top in the Chinese Division. Though LBZS is a relatively unknown team, it showed its potential at the recently concluded China Dota2 Pro Cup Season 1. Team Sirius, featuring Kamma and also Fade as a stand-in, finished in second place to move to the playoffs. Another new squad competing in the league, DeMonster, also impressed as it put up some strong performances to reach the playoffs. 

Team MagMa, iG Vitality and Matador are the final 3 teams from the group to secure a place in the playoffs. Team MagMa has certainly bounced back from China Dota 2 Pro Cup S1 where they finished last. 

Aster.Aries and Team Trust are the two teams to get eliminated while Phoenix Gaming, who had a spectacular showing at China Dota 2 Pro Cup, finishing at the 4th position, withdrew from the tournament. Team Black, the champions of the Moon Studio Asian League were removed and banned from any Moon Studio events for being reported for suspicious gameplay. 

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The playoffs of the league will start on October 21 with Matador taking on BOOM Esports followed by iG Vitality taking on Cigna Ultra in the Lower Bracket R1. Some exciting cross-region Dota 2 action awaits us as 12 teams are going to battle it out to emerge as the ultimate champion.