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Secret stuck with their normal rotations of having Puppey bolster Zai in the offlane, a strong laner mid, and an absolutely secure safelane. Then, when the safelane hero reached level 6-7, he would go gank the enemy safelane/jungle and leave safelane farm to Kuroky. With such judicious moves, Secret would almost inevitably pull ahead. Because the enemy would not expect aggression at this timing, the European giants could seize control of multiple areas without requiring the time investment of many heroes.

The advantage of Secret’s safelane rotation is that they pressure key enemy heroes at a unique timing while leaving secure farm to a support. It’s a similar philosophy to the old 4 protect 1 style of play, except instead of rotating underleveled supports to make space for a lategame carry, you are rotating an overleveled core to make space for a lategame support. Because of the surprising pressure, Secret could dictate the tempo of the game without committing too many resources - i,e their mid can keep farming. Simply moving over the carry forces the enemy to react, giving their fragile safelane support indirect protection.