Six teams remain in Shanghai, led by Team Liquid and Team Secret

— -- After three days of the Dota 2 Shanghai Major main event, we're left with only six teams. Team Liquid and Team Secret are set to face off in the upper bracket finals, and Evil Geniuses, MVP Phoenix, compLexity Gaming, and Fnatic are left to fight it out in the lower bracket. Four teams that won their way in from qualifiers remain, and none of them are Chinese teams.

With such a stacked remaining field, it's anyone's guess which team should be the tournament favorite. This has been Dota 2 at its finest -- contrasting styles, a high variety of heroes, an underdog narrative and the best quality of play anywhere. Day 3 has proven the intensity that this level of competition can produce, and the finals of this major are almost certain to bring it to yet another level entirely.

Upper bracket -- Round 2

The worst possible matchup for tournament darling MVP Phoenix was Team Liquid. From the stellar rotating supports, JerAx and KuroKy, to the utility player, MinDContRol, Team Liquid can fight aggression with their own brand of it. Without the trump card of speed and fighting prowess, MVP Phoenix was forced to fight a "traditional" game of Dota, and failed in that endeavor -- which should be unsettling for fans of the Korean team.