Tombsite said:
It was guaranteed that one lane of rax was going down, and there was no way they could stop the push without every member of Na'vi back. By going straight for throne, they'd either force Alliance to go for a base race, which Na'vi would win seeing how much damage PA was putting out, crit or no crit, or ALLIANCE would TP back to defend, which would result in two ways:
1) Alliance would abandon taking the rax to TP back immediately, which would put Na'vi out on top because their rax was still standing.
2) Alliance would take the rax and then TP back to defend, which would also put Na'vi on top, because the tier 4's would be dead or dying, allowing Na'vi to do what Alliance did and go straight for throne.
Alliance didn't have the damage or the lockdown to beat Na'vi in a straight base race. If Na'vi had pushed instead of running back to defend, I'm fairly sure they'd have won instead. Or if they really wanted, Batrider could have TP'd back to interrupt any of Alliance's TP attempts. And he's great at stopping pushes as well, and his autoattack damage isn't that high, so it wouldn't make that much of an impact on taking towers.
I have been put into a situation like this in a competitive match, so I am speaking from experience (somewhat). Of course, maybe Alliance had enough damage to take the rax faster, or Na'vi didn't have enough damage to dent the tier 4s. My estimates may be completely off, but I think Na'vi would have stood a better chance if they decided to stay and push rather than running all the way back to base after their TPs got cancelled.
1) Alliance would abandon taking the rax to TP back immediately, which would put Na'vi out on top because their rax was still standing.
2) Alliance would take the rax and then TP back to defend, which would also put Na'vi on top, because the tier 4's would be dead or dying, allowing Na'vi to do what Alliance did and go straight for throne.
Alliance didn't have the damage or the lockdown to beat Na'vi in a straight base race. If Na'vi had pushed instead of running back to defend, I'm fairly sure they'd have won instead. Or if they really wanted, Batrider could have TP'd back to interrupt any of Alliance's TP attempts. And he's great at stopping pushes as well, and his autoattack damage isn't that high, so it wouldn't make that much of an impact on taking towers.
I have been put into a situation like this in a competitive match, so I am speaking from experience (somewhat). Of course, maybe Alliance had enough damage to take the rax faster, or Na'vi didn't have enough damage to dent the tier 4s. My estimates may be completely off, but I think Na'vi would have stood a better chance if they decided to stay and push rather than running all the way back to base after their TPs got cancelled.
