Coverage by: Bladeknight89
This is the coverage of the finals for Khatib CC's Top 16 Players
Both players played hard to reach the final spot of the day braving the hot sun and the intense competition that they face. In the end,we have been presented with Shifu and Dennis.
FINALS FINALS FINALS FINALS FINALS FINALS FINALS FINALS FINALS FINALS FINALS FINALS FINALS FINALS FINALS
Round 1
Shifu began the match, he set 1 M/T and a monster and ended his turn. It was Dennis turn, Lady Luck was seemingly smiling at him as he looked at his hand. He played Heavy Storm,blowing away Shifu's defenses. Next, he summoned E-Hero Airman and searched for D-Hero Malicious. He played Destiny Draw and sent D-Hero Malicious to the grave. Consecutively he played another Destiny Draw and sent D-Hero Fear Monger to the grave. Dennis D-Hero Malicious's effect and brings it to the field, activates 2 Emergency Teleport to bring out Psychic and Clevonse. He synchro twice with the D-hero Malicious on his Field and E-Hero Airman to bring out Dark Dive Bomber and Dark End Dragon. He activated D-Hero Malicious effect and brings out the last D-Hero Malicious from his deck. With that, Dennis clinched round 1 with a swift swop.
Side Decking begins..and after several moments, play continued
It was Shifu's turn to start first, this time he set 2 M/T and ended his turn. Dennis played Knight of the End and sent Necro Gardna to the grave and declared a direct attack with Knight of the End. Dennis exclaimed, "First Blood!"
Shifu maintained his calmness, he was well prepared. He set a monster facedown and ended. Dennis declared attack with Knight of the End on the set monster, only to hit Des Koala!Ouch!He took considerable damage for it and he set 1 M/T before ending his turn.
Shifu summoned King Tiger Wanghu but was immediately hit by Bottomless Traphole. With no other options, he ended. Dennis played Giant Trunade and returned Shifu's defense to his hand. Next, he played Reinforcement of the Army to search out Dark Grepher. He normal summoned Dark Grepher and activated Dark Grepher's effect to send D-Hero Malicious from his hand to the grave and consecutively sent Zombie Carrier from his deck to the grave. He activated both Zombie Carrier's effect and D-Hero Malicious's. Dark End Dragon reached the field and its effect activated to send Des Koala to the grave.
Dennis decided to take the offensive and declared attack with Knight of the End, Dark Grepher and Dark End Dragon, he set 1 M/T and ended his turn. Shifu's lifepoint fell dangerously low to 1400.Dennis was at 5600.
Shifu drew and played Giant Trunade, paving his path to play Rescue Cat. Rescue Cat's effect was immediately activated to bring out Sea Koala and X-Saber Airbellum. Sea Koala's effect activates to decrease the attack of Dark End Dragon to 0. Shifu played Monster Reborn!Bringing out Rescue Cat from the grave. Its tribute brought about another X-Saber Airbellum and D.D Crazy Beast. Shifu declared attack with the 1st X-Saber Airbellum on Dark End Dragon but was blocked by the Necro Gardna Dennis buried earlier. The 2nd X-Saber Airbellum attacked and brought Dark End Dragon down.Dennis seems to be in trouble.Shifu tuned both X-Saber Airbellum with the 2 other non-tuners to bring out Natural Beast and Goyou Guardian, things seems to be working out well for him. Dennis's field was left with a Dark Grepher and a Knight of the End. Shifu set 2 M/T and ended.
Dennis set 2 M/T and quickly ended. Next turn, Shifu played Cold Wave!and that was it..He summon the 3rd X-Saber Airbellum from his hand and declared attack on all the monsters he has and Dennis conceded.
The score was now 1-1 and both players chose not to sidedeck.
Round 3:
Dennis went 1st, he set a monster and 2 M/T and ended his turn. Shifu summoned King Tiger Wanghu and was hit by Torrential Tribute. He set 3 M/T and ended his turn but his tactics were immediately thwarted when Dennis activated Royal Palace at end phase! Dennis set a monster facedown and ended.Following that, Shifu set a monster and ended. It was Dennis's turn, he fliped his facedown D-Hero Defender and normal summoned Zombie Carrier. He tuned both monsters and brought out Goyou Guardian! With 3 Darks in grave, Dennis played his godly moment, 2 Dark Armed Dragons!!That was all that was needed and the 2009 Khatib Chinese New Year Tournament Winner is Dennis.
Congrats to all top 16 players who battled their heart out for the day. Yi Jie was really sweating alot ^^
Alright Jia You Guys!It was nice observing all of you play.Cheers!Happy Chinese New Year again!Collect lots of hongbao ba..lalala..
Signing off,
Bladeknight89