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Zoro: Takes second place at Gold Series tournament
Zoro placed second at the Gold Series 2015 Grand Finals, falling to Zhangbo.
ANALYSIS
Zoro had an incredible start to the tournament, topping his portion of the Group Stage event, and advancing to the Round of 16. Here, he had a tough five game series against 浪味仙 but still proved victorious. In the Round of 8, he had a similar fate, winding his way to a critical Game Five matchup against LoveCX. After starting this series down 0-2, he played a slower final three games, winning each of them to secure his spot in the Semifinals. Eager to prove the earlier Playoff matches were flukes, he took a quick series against MagicWind 3-1 with the help of his Warrior, Paladin and Druid decks to advance to the Finals. Once there, Zoro played well, but not well enough to claim first place. He lost the first game against ZhangBo's Druid, but quickly evened the series in a Warrior mirror matchup. Despite this, ZhangBo was able to take the next game using his Warrior to gain an edge in the series. This pattern continued, with each player trading wins until the final game of the series where Zoro's Paladin was up against ZhangBo's Shaman. Despite getting two extremely early buffed Secretkeepers, Zoro was unable to match the tempo of ZhangBo and was defeated. He finished the Gold Series 2015 Grand Finals in second place.
Zoro had an incredible start to the tournament, topping his portion of the Group Stage event, and advancing to the Round of 16. Here, he had a tough five game series against 浪味仙 but still proved victorious. In the Round of 8, he had a similar fate, winding his way to a critical Game Five matchup against LoveCX. After starting this series down 0-2, he played a slower final three games, winning each of them to secure his spot in the Semifinals. Eager to prove the earlier Playoff matches were flukes, he took a quick series against MagicWind 3-1 with the help of his Warrior, Paladin and Druid decks to advance to the Finals. Once there, Zoro played well, but not well enough to claim first place. He lost the first game against ZhangBo's Druid, but quickly evened the series in a Warrior mirror matchup. Despite this, ZhangBo was able to take the next game using his Warrior to gain an edge in the series. This pattern continued, with each player trading wins until the final game of the series where Zoro's Paladin was up against ZhangBo's Shaman. Despite getting two extremely early buffed Secretkeepers, Zoro was unable to match the tempo of ZhangBo and was defeated. He finished the Gold Series 2015 Grand Finals in second place.