Dota 2: Yellow Submarine beat The Bot^$ 2–0 at EPL Masters 2026
Both games went past the 43-minute mark, but Yellow Submarine had a huge gold lead in each one. The Bot^$ never found a way back.
By Kevin “Kevin10k”·Dota 2 Expert · Mid & Offlane Player

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- Yellow Submarine won 2–0 on 2026-10-21 at EPL Masters 2026
- Rain had 30 kills in the series, 20 of them in game 2 on Storm Spirit
- Biggest gold lead: 31,911 in game 1; game 2 lasted 44:08
Yellow Submarine beat The Bot^$ 2–0 at EPL Masters 2026 on 2026-10-21. It was a best-of-3 series, so Yellow Submarine needed only two wins. They took both games and did not drop a single one.
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How did Yellow Submarine win the series?
Game 1 lasted 43 minutes.
Yellow Submarine won the kill count 37 to 29. Their biggest gold lead was 31,911 gold at minute 43. That is a huge gap for a game that looked close in kills.
Yellow Submarine won43:00Kills 37 : 29
Yellow Submarine ahead · up to +31.9k gold (min 43)The Bot^$ ahead · up to +478 gold (min 17)
0:0043:00
- rincyq
Nature's Prophet6/7/2534.5k - aik
Dazzle6/5/1414.9k
Rain
Dragon Knight10/5/1924.1k- prblms
Rubick2/7/2015.2k - ⃤⃟⃝⃤⃟⃝⃤⃟⃝⃤
Timbersaw12/5/829.6k
The Bot^$
- ɹǝʞɹɐd
Windranger6/5/825.3k - SLATEM
Earth Spirit3/8/1717.1k - Prada
Hoodwink3/5/1611.1k - Asao
Techies6/13/811.6k - Frnk
Axe11/7/816.9k
MVP · Game 1

rincyq
Yellow Submarine · Nature's Prophet
- K/D/A
- 6/7/25
- Net worth
- 34.5k
- Gold/min
- 929
- Damage
- 55.8k
Best of The Bot^$

ɹǝʞɹɐd
The Bot^$ · Windranger
- K/D/A
- 6/5/8
- Net worth
- 25.3k
- Gold/min
- 710
- Damage
- 37.3k
Match data from Valve via OpenDota. K/D/A = kills, deaths, assists (green = strong, red = weak game). MVP = our score from kills, assists, deaths, net worth and hero damage.
Yellow Submarine won44:08Kills 46 : 24
Yellow Submarine ahead · up to +29.8k gold (min 44)The Bot^$ ahead · up to +186 gold (min 4)
0:0044:08
- rincyq
Io10/3/1438.9k - aik
Hoodwink8/6/2513.9k
Rain
Storm Spirit20/3/1633.3k- prblms
Rubick4/7/2315.3k - ⃤⃟⃝⃤⃟⃝⃤⃟⃝⃤
Dragon Knight4/5/1824.6k
The Bot^$
- ɹǝʞɹɐd
Terrorblade9/6/332.0k - SLATEM
Monkey King4/8/917.3k - Prada
Witch Doctor2/11/98.9k - Asao
Earth Spirit3/14/1410.3k - Frnk
Enigma6/7/1319.7k
MVP · Game 2

Rain
Yellow Submarine · Storm Spirit
- K/D/A
- 20/3/16
- Net worth
- 33.3k
- Gold/min
- 807
- Damage
- 39.9k
Best of The Bot^$

ɹǝʞɹɐd
The Bot^$ · Terrorblade
- K/D/A
- 9/6/3
- Net worth
- 32.0k
- Gold/min
- 897
- Damage
- 34.0k
Match data from Valve via OpenDota. K/D/A = kills, deaths, assists (green = strong, red = weak game). MVP = our score from kills, assists, deaths, net worth and hero damage.

WindrangerField reporter · dota2news.com
What to rememberYellow Submarine did not even need a third game. Rain's 30 kills and two huge gold leads told the whole story.
rincyq played
Nature's Prophet for
Yellow Submarine. He ended game 1 with 6 kills, 7 deaths and 25 assists, and our MVP score named him the best player of the game. Many of those assists came in the team fights that decided the game.
Who was the best player of the series?
Rain, the
Yellow Submarine player on
Storm Spirit and
Dragon Knight, was the best player of the series. He had 30 kills in two games, more than anyone else.
Game 2 was the craziest game. It lasted 44:08, the longest game of the series.
Yellow Submarine won the kill count 46 to 24. Rain went 20/3/16 on
Storm Spirit, a hero who jumps into fights and kills fast. He died only 3 times.
The gold lead was again very big.
Yellow Submarine were 29,775 gold ahead at minute 44. rincyq also played well on
Io in game 2 with 10 kills and a net worth of 38,869.
What about The Bot^$?
The Bot^$ had one strong player in Frnk. He played
Axe in game 1 and
Enigma in game 2, and he had 17 kills in the series.
In game 2, the carry ɹǝʞɹɐd, the player who farms gold for late fights, played
Terrorblade and had a net worth of 32,039. It was not enough against a team with a lead like that.
The Bot^$ had also lost 2–0 to Dawn Bulls a day earlier on 2026-10-20. You can read about their earlier win in Dota 2: The Bot^$ beat Amaru Gaming 3–1 at DreamLeague Season 30 Qualifiers.
On the same day, other series were played at EPL Masters 2026. HULIGANI beat salamit 2–0. Zero Tenacity beat Dawn Bulls 2–1. Inner Circle x Insanity beat _PowerRangers 2–1.
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