In a replay of the winner bracket final, WE RLY CARE had the upper hand as they only had to win one out of two best of three series to take the title. They also took the lead as they won the very first match on Ruins of Lordaeron, but that was also as far as they got since Nihilum totally dominated the rest of the games and managed to win the first set with a 3-1, and the second 3-0.

WE RLY CARE vs Nihilum, Game 1 Screenshots
1-0 Ruins of Lordaeron
1-1 Blade's Edge Arena
1-2 Ruins of Lordaeron
1-3 Nagrand Arena

WE RLY CARE vs Nihilum, Game 2 Screenshots
0-1 Blade's Edge Arena
0-2 Nagrand Arena
0-3 Blade's Edge Arena

WE RLY CARE: Rogue, Mage, Priest, Warlock, Druid
Nihilum: Warrior, Hunter, Shaman, Priest, Paladin

Just after the game we caught up with Nihilum's Priest and team captain Phixus for a few questions.

Congrats for winning the second tour! What changes did you guys do since your loss against WRC in the WB final?
Thanks! Well the first match we had against WRC in the winners bracket we tried to pressure the mage almost permanently and never really paid much attention to the warlock. We also tried a lot more to kite pretty much permanently back then, the switches were mostly rogue-mage and we played pretty static according to that (and what was in LoS/range etc).

In the finals we kited somewhat less and focussed a lot more on pure DPS, just hard dps on the mage to reduce his dps. When he blocks we usually switched to the warlock now (this was a big change in our tactic) and tried to finish him off. We don't remove iceblocks against them because we dont really want to zerg the mage in that sense. We mostly want to reduce his dmg. So when he pops back out of his iceblock we're usually back on him after a few seconds unless the warlock (or anyone else we switched to for whatever reason) was really low.

Ofcourse we kill mage pets instantly, but that's nothing new. I just dispel the mage completely at the start and that really helps Hammee and Cherez' dps (which is insane to say the least on a dry mage).

Long games against them aren't really bad (can kite pretty much forever if we do it properly and viper sting keeps doing it's job). So the "objective" is really to have huge dps on their mage/lock to force them into a defensive position, but not to really ZERG THEM DOWN in the classical sense. So we switch a lot and that's that pretty much :p

Before the final we had a chat with Hammee who explained your sudden change of setup for this tournament, does this mean that this is your new "main" setup?
Mm yea, we played hunter/lock drainburn setup before but I personally hated that setup (NEED HEROISM) and the playstyle that comes with it. So I signed us up with hunter/shaman even though we had only played 1-2 days with it before.

It's a really fun setup though if you like the super aggresive playstyle, and yeah I think we'll stick with this for a while. Also I don't think any of the 2.4 nerfs will hit that setup very hard, so yeah I don't see any reason atm to change the setup (unless maybe to try something new like 3melee which I'd personally like to try). But we'll see what the future brings.

How does the setup work for you guys in the bracket, any special teams(setups) that you feel are easier or harder?
We haven't really met any real cockblocks yet, although I must say that 3healer teams can be pretty hard because of our lack of CC (they train me, while our dps gets cc'ed away and healed up). Just in general I can say that team with HIGH dps are very hard for us because of our lack of CC. If a team manages to spot really good switches and they have their dps in order it'll be really hard for us.

So against 2345/6 for example we have to REALLY be constantly watching their dps, because if we dont switch to them really fast and they get to many bolts etc off (remember we dont have CoT) someone will die. So the setup is really all about the switching, switching from a manaburning priest to a shaman thats nuking etc etc. We just have to pressure enough so that priests stop burning and start healing etc. But sometimes that's just really hard.

How do you feel that the Cyclone battlegroup is progressing lately with the tournaments and new teams?
Oh Cyclone is great :) Like I said on my gameriot interview, Millenium really needs to come here and then I feel Cyclone is "complete". We'll have all the best teams in EU for sure. Especially now that ajukreizi and some others transfered recently. The tournaments are fun too, it's to bad there's no prices or anything but meh. These tournaments keep people sharp and they're a great way to see cool 5v5 matches if more people start frapsing. 3v3 is fine too ofcourse, that bracket has a lot more serious tournaments then 5v5. I think a "sponsored" 5v5 tournament would be great, it's something I really miss.

Allright well thanks for your time and congratulations to the win once again, any shoutouts?
Just want to say thanks to N|Ghorok! You're always in our vent channel supporting us, we couldn't have done it without you mate!!!!! And ofcourse thanks Seita from Knockout for organising the tournament and Nessaj for being a little cuddlebear.