The International 2018 : The Year of China - Part 1

#3 Team Serenity

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Honestly, covering Team Serenity is a trouble. The DOTA2 circuit barely knows anything about them. The team that is getting called “Wings Gaming” of 2018 is a newly built team with new players that have no history in the scene whatsoever.

Let’s have a look at the Team Serenity’s Roster

Jin “zhizhizhi” Zhiyi

Zhang “Zyd” Quanda

Zhao “XinQ” Zixing

Xiong “Pyw” Jiahan

Xiao “XCJ” Chaojian

Team Serenity is a new team, they have not been into any LAN yet they shocked the whole community by qualifying for the TI8. All we know about Serenity is that their owner went to last year TI and was inspired by watching other Chinese teams playing in the event. The team did not see the face of success whole season yet somehow they managed to qualify for TI8. And guess what? This will be their first ever LAN event.

Many have started calling them the Wings Gaming of 2018 but honestly, it's unfair to compare this team with Wings Gaming. Wings had early success before the TI run and crushed the Chinese qualifiers. Wings Gaming was way more convincing than Serenity is now. While Wings had amazing map movement and team-play Serenity’s plays are mostly 4-protect-1 scenarios. Serenity’s gameplay moves around zhizhizhi. They either crush their enemy successfully with their 4-protect-1 style or they fall apart. Keep an eye on zhizhizhi and you will know how well Serenity will perform then again its the year 2018 with TI8 knocking on the door and we are talking about a Chinese Team here.

Winning Chances

Even though I am not ready to compare Serenity with Wings yet that does not mean they are a bad team. This year’s Chinese qualifier was relatively easier than the years before but they did manage to beat IG and LFY. Two legendary teams that can beat any top tier team on a good day. So’ I would rather wait and watch instead of saying Serenity has no chance.