KillerB's Arabia Cup - Viper v Dogao - Match report

Full bracket is here.

Format: Arabia, Best of 5, Random Civs, Two restarts of which one can be "veto'd" by the other player. Restarts re-roll civs and not just maps.

Viper (seed 1) - Dagao - (seed 8)

Game 1

Viper - Vietnamese

Dogao - Magyars

Early game

Viper - Drush FC

Dogao - a few scouts

Castle age

Viper - double range crossbows (slightly faster onto eco) and eles

Dogao - Knights, mangonels

Dogao on the front foot, Viper defending with a few towers only

Imperial

Dogao - Paladins, Trebs, a few CAs -

Viper - Imp skirms, Halberds, bombard cannons and techs into elephants

Viper nicks the rest of five relics from Dogao

Temporary victory in the mid-imperial for Dogao but as the gold depletes Viper turns the screw.

Viper outplays the trash war, with the five relics. More than an hour game time - a cracking match.

1hr20 game time

Viper 1 v 0 Dogao

Game 2

Viper - Saracens

Dogao - Chinese

Early game

Viper - Scouts

Dogao - Scouts

Castle age

Viper - Camels & monks

Dogao - Camels

Imperial age

Viper - Camels & monks, trebs and increasingly full skirm

Dogao - Cho-nu-ku, a few camels, and trebs adding in a few light cav

Late game siege ram and light cav/hussar from both. Viper wears down Dogao, and wins the trash war.

1h30 game time

Viper 2 v 0 Dogao

Exhausting...

Game 3

Viper - Koreans

Dogao - Persian

Restart by Dogao was veto'd.

Early game

Viper - archers just kidding - tower rush

Dogao - resisting the tower rush (thanks for the clip snapesnaps)

Castle age

Viper - monks, warwagons

Dogao - double stable knights

Viper's warwagons win the day. Dogao very unlucky to lost the series 3-0.

KillerB is streaming these (recorded) quarter final matches today. Their Twitch is here and I am sure they will make the VODs available.