ClassicDota

Game 5 in a Bo5. Naked throne on both sides and two rapiers. Definitely one of the highlights of this amazing series.

89 kills in 22 minutes!

Darer and mousesports go against each other in an incredibly bloody match leading to an average of one kill every 15 seconds. Both teams are super aggressive and determined to win, disregarding any losses. The result is a tightly packed game with countless, highly entertaining team fights.
If you like Rambo this match is pretty much the Dota 2 equivalent.

Alliance push strat featuring AXE.

Final teamfight lasts for 5 minutes and is an absolute rollercoaster of emotions: From buybacks to perfect ultimates and base races, this game has it all in just one fight.
Right before the final fight, Tobi does not believe the AI when it still favors the team that's behind.

This game was also a milestone for the story of the tournament, with both LGD and OG (an incredibly coordinated team with extreme precision vs *the* underdog going into the tournament) just one game away from having a safe spot in the grand finals of TI8.

NaVi's quest to make it back to the top clashes with VG.Reborn's quest to make China great again.

"That is one of the best games of Dota I've seen in my life. The plays that happened, the stories..."
- GoDz, shortly after the game

Insane back and forth endgame. No definitive winner until last seconds.

An instant classic. 1 of the greatest games ever played at TI. it's 1 hour and 47 minutes long and you have no clue who's going to win until the end. a position 4 buys a rapier which turns out to be the first of many rapiers bought in this game. There are insane and disastrous plays. Crazy support builds. On paper RNGs draft looks stronger in the lategame than Entity's zoo draft which seems more suited to push/snowball oriented play, but the game is incredibly tense and it feels like anyone could win off of a single mistake. Impossible not to enjoy.

The comeback of Naga Radiance rush presented by Meracle.

Burning vs Sylar at its best - PL vs AM. Truly deserving of the epic tag.

A good indication of an overpowered hero is when he receives a special nickname by the community (mostly used by those on the receiving end of the pain). This game was played during a time where Phantom Lancer was mostly referred to as "Cancer Lancer", since his split-push potential was fantastic and he was quite hard to control.
DK try to utilize this newly buffed hero and LGD counter with their own Anti Mage pick for Burning who's famous for wrecking havoc with AM. Cue an amazing game with the constant question: Whose carry is going to be the last one standing?

"THE BUBBLES!!!"

Fan favourite Nigma struggles to keep up with a very mobile Alliance who prove way harder to control than predicted. Featuring a relentless Storm Spirit, an Arc Warden with insane reflexes, super mikromanaging Nature's Prophet, two Undyings and a Phoenix that has trouble rising from its ashes.
Wonderful teamfights in the most unusual locations - entertaining from beginning to end.

The legend of the BurNIng Anti-Mage continues.

Team Secret is up against Invictus Gaming in their first game of the lower bracket. Team Secret seems at quite an advantage from the beginning onwards, leaving only spare space to farm for IG's struggling core heroes. Will Secret secure their well-deserved victory or can Invictus make a come back?

Not a single rax falls until over 60 minutes in the game. 5-Man Black Hole. Rubick has the time of his life - stealing spells left an right. Still, the game stays close pretty much the whole time. All-around great match.

Bonus: Darkseer+long game=particle madness. Flaming Spectre, Divine Tidehunter.

The Blackest of Holes.

BIG DADDY!

Wherein a certain team throws a 30000 gold lead.