[HotS] eSportsWall.com Kill the King 2 Finals Coverage

[HotS] Kill the King 2 Finals Coverage: New Order of Bosses vs. Mouse Control

On July 12th, the ‘Kill the King 2’ Heroes of the Storm tournament culminated in a finals match between New Order of Bosses, otherwise known as NOoB and captained by Nijo, and Mouse Control, captained by Marcel. The round-robin tournament was part of a series of weekly amateur HotS tournaments created and run by eSports Wall, a site for all things gaming and eSports. Fail House and Wisey Gaming casted the final matches, finishing with a close, twenty-minute battle which ended in a victory for NOoB.

Mouse Control featured the likes of Razilat playing Johanna, SolidSMD playing Valla, Praedyn playing Rehgar, Filiberke playing Falstad, and Larke playing Sylvanas. On the side of NOoB, Nijo played Muradin, Xact played Kael’thas, Nazeebo was played by Slyte, Tyrande was played by Inrakie, and Zolor played Malfurion.

The match was played on Sky Temple, one of Heroes of the Storm’s eight maps. On Sky Temple, players are required to capture three objectives periodically in order to destroy the enemy team’s structures. The hard-fought match remained close throughout, with the teams staying less than two levels apart for its entirety.

Despite the game’s closeness and Mouse Control gaining a slight experience lead at one point, New Order of Bosses managed to use emerge victorious through a series of critical objectives and team fights. With all structures on the map demolished except each team’s core and keeps, Mouse Control gained an important advantage, reaching level 20 and gaining a very strong set of additional ability upgrades ahead of their opponents. With this advantage, MC attempted to push NOoB’s bottom lane but took a few heavy hits from the double-support team, giving NOoB the chance to capture the middle temple as soon as it activated. In the fight which would ensue, excellent positioning and well-targeted abilities allowed NOoB to eliminate all of MC’s players except Larke and SolidSMD, creating an opportunity to push and destroy Mouse Control’s core.

Good game and well played to both teams; you can find a VOD of the match on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLvvQaNGuog and be sure to check eSportsWall.com for their weekly Heroes of the Storm tournaments, open to any interested players and teams.

Written by 
Jeff "goliath" Light
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