The Defense Season 5

League Information

Series:

The Defense

Organizer:

joinDOTA

Type:

Online & Offline

Location:

Berlin

Format:

Online Group Stage
Offline Playoffs

Prize Pool:

$78,586 USD

Start Date:

2015-09-07

End Date:

2015-12-06

Game:

Dota 2

Teams:

18

Dota TV Ticket:

$2.99

Liquipedia Tier:

Tier 2

Links

The Defense is back with The Defense Season 5 following nearly a 2 year break! The tournament features 18 teams competing for a prize pool of more than $75,000 USD; and, for the first time in the history of The Defense, the tournament will feature LAN finals.

Overview[edit]

Format[edit]

First Stage: Twelve teams join the first group stage (two groups of six), with six teams progressing to the second stage.
- The teams play Bo2s, with each 2-0 being worth 3 points, each 1-1 being worth 1, and each 0-2 being worth 0
Second Stage: The six teams progressing from stage 1 will be divided again into two groups of six after being joined by six directly invited teams.
Third Stage and Final Stage Details of the playoffs as well as the first-ever The Defense LAN finals will be released in the future.

Broadcast Talent[edit]

Host:
- Soe (Soe Gschwind Penski)

Commentators/Analysts:
- Blitz (William Lee)
- Capitalist (Austin Walsh)
- Gareth (Gareth Bateson)
- RyuUboruZ (Alan Andersen)
- TobiWan (Toby Dawson)

Prize Pool[edit]

The base prize pool set by joinDota is $75,000. 25% of proceeds from all purchases of the DotaTV ticket and item bundle will be added to the prize pool.
As of December 6th, 2015, the prize pool was $78,586. ^[1]

Participating Teams[edit]

Stage 1 Invites[edit]

4 Clover & Lepricon

1	Swiftending
2	Pajkatt
3	SexyBamboe
4	Saksa
5	EGM

Team Liquid²

1	MATUMBAMAN
2	FATA-
3	MinD_ContRoL
4	JerAx
5	KuroKy

Arcade.PowerRangers

1	TpoH
2	Ar1se
3	chshrct
4	j4
5	Bignum

Danish Bears

1	Ace
2	HesteJoe-Rotten
3	NoiA
4	miGGel
5	Ryze

Golden Boys

1	Keyser Soze
2	Madara
3	SkyLark
4	Maybe Next Time
5	SKANKS224

Lemondogs

1	Chrillee
2	eskillz
3	eresloco
4	Steffstyle
5	Frigoleet

OG³

1	Miracle-
2	BigDaddy
3	MoonMeander
4	Cr1t-
5	Fly

Monkey Freedom Fighters

1	SingSing
2	Neqroman
3	PARIS
4	7ckngMad
5	YapzOr

newteam123123

1	fn
2	yoky-
3	Sedoy
4	NoFear
5	Goblak

ScaryFaceZ

1	RAMZES666
2	GeneRaL
3	State21
4	ArsZeeqq
5	Sh4dowehhh

STARK eSports¹

1	okcya
2	nemphy
3	Trixi
4	Vaalix
5	Buugi

Team Alternate

1	Exotic Deer
2	Supreme
3	sasu
4	eL lisasH
5	Nisha

¹ 4 Anchors + Sea Captain were acquired by STARK eSports on September 28, 2015. ^[2]

² Team Liquid acquired 5Jungz on October 9, 2015.^[3]

³ (monkey) Business was signed by OG on October 31, 2015.^[4]

Stage 2 Invites[edit]

Vega Squadron

1	9pashaebashu
2	No[o]ne
3	Mag~
4	Solo
5	CemaTheSlayeR

Virtus.pro

1	Illidan
2	God
3	DkPhobos
4	Lil
5	fng

Ninjas in Pyjamas

1	Era
2	Limmp
3	jonassomfan
4	Handsken
5	Sealkid

Team Empire

1	Silent
2	Resolut1on
3	yoky-
4	ALOHADANCE
5	NoFear

Alliance

1	Loda
2	s4
3	AdmiralBulldog
4	Akke
5	Kebap

compLexity

1	Zyzz
2	swindlemelonzz
3	MJW
4	Zfreek
5	wayto

Results[edit]

Stage 1[edit]

Group A
1.	ScaryFaceZ	4-1-0	9-1	*13p*
2.	5Jungz	3-2-0	8-2	*11p*
3.	ALTERNATE aTTaX	2-1-2	5-5	7p
4.	Danish Bears	1-2-2	4-6	5p
5.	Newteam123123	1-1-3	3-7	4p
6.	Lemondogs	0-1-4	1-9	1p

Group B
1.	(monkey) Business	4-1-0	9-1	*13p*
2.	4 Clover & Lepricon	2-3-0	7-3	9p
3.	Arcade.PowerRangers	1-3-1	5-5	6p
4.	STARK¹	2-0-3	4-6	6p
5.	Monkey Freedom Fighters	1-1-3	3-7	4p
6.	Golden Boys	0-2-3	2-8	2p

For detailed results, see this.

Stage 2[edit]

Group A
1.	Alliance	8-2
1.	OG^1,2	8-2
3.	Virtus.pro ²	6-4
4.	ALTERNATE aTTaX³	4-6
5.	Team Empire ²	4-6
6.	ScaryFaceZ	0-10

Group B
1.	Team Liquid	7-3
2.	4 Clover & Lepricon²	6-4
3.	Vega Squadron¹	6-4
4.	Ninjas in Pyjamas	5-5
4.	Arcade.PowerRangers	5-5
6.	compLexity Gaming	1-9