No home win for MidOne as Virtus.pro claim Kuala Lumpur Major title

Virtus.pro became the winners of the first Major of the season by beating Team Secret in a five-game thriller at the Kuala Lumpur Major on Sunday.

No surprise who's been getting the loudest cheer inside the Axiata Arena... Game 4 coming up! Don't forget, you can watch #KualaLumpurMajor on eGG Network. pic.twitter.com/NxiDzvDRHg

— Stadium Astro (@stadiumastro) November 18, 2018

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The victory for the Russian side, who lost to Secret in the Upper Bracket Finals and had to overcome Evil Geniuses in the Lower Bracket, denied a home win for Team Secret's Yeik "MidOne" Nai Zheng, who was a crowd favourite as he was the remaining Malaysian player left in the country's first-ever Dota 2 Major tournament.

VP drew first blood before their opponents took a 2-1 lead with strong performances by Yazied "YapzOr" Jaradat and MidOne in Game 2 and 3 respectively.

Secret looked favourites to seal the KL Major crown in Game 4 with good early plays, but Roman "Ramzes666" Kushnarev inspired a late comeback for VP by outfarming his opponents with his usage of Terrorblade.

Ramzes666 struck again with Terrorblade in the decisive game to seal the Major and US$350,000 for his side, while Secret as runners-up took home US$170,000.