The International 2016: 10 teams to watch out for

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The only team to win two Majors will be looking to add a TI crown to their collection

#2 Wings Gaming

Wings Gaming
Can Wings be this year’s CDEC?

Wings are not a team that succumbs to indecision. They will fight you on your turf or their turf; with a disadvantage or an advantage, because they think they can win. This is a team that is incredibly reminiscent of CDEC, the wildcard team that brought an incredible early aggressive rotation and gank based playstyle to The International 2015 and pushed through the event with a very commendable second place finish. With an excellent record over this patch and great set wins over Newbee, Liquid, Na`vi and OG Wings have proven themselves to be a contender for first place at The International 2016.

I’ve ranked them second simply because not only do I think they can reach second in the entire event but because they’re the only team in recent times who have been proven to be able to beat Liquid and OG on a consistent basis. Wings is a firm believer in the ‘pick what you want’ style of play and their ingenuity in the drafting stage translates extremely well into the server. Wings can be expected to bring out a plethora of heroes, sometimes nonsensical picks, and incredibly well organized and aggressive early and mid gameplay.

Player to watch: Faith_Bian

Faith_Bian is one of those offlaners who brings a ton of momentum and playmaking with him when he leaves the lane. This is a guy who is very capable of wreaking havoc on the offlane with his signature Batrider and making incredibly clutch plays when needed.

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