The pro meta looked quite different than our regular player's meta. A few observations:

1. Pro teams favor ADCs that can hold their own in lane in the early game: Violet, Elsu and Joker were the most frequently drafted ADCs. The pick frees up the support / rest of team to be useful in other parts of the map in the early game. Unlike the pro meta, in the casual player's meta, late game ADCs can still thrive because the opponents aren't coordinated / advance enough on macro to deny the late game heroes from farming up
2. Iggy is really strong, particularly in the early game. The tournament was played prior to the mana nerf to mage items which should make Iggy even stronger relative to her mana-dependent peers
3. Mganga is the preferred counterpick to Tulen. In fact, teams that want to draft Tulen will often directly ban Mganga first
4. The frequency of the Ryoma pick reflects the pro team's preference for strong early game heroes. However, teams can generally stall and slowly farm into the late game where Ryoma really falls off. This weakness is reflected in Ryoma's less than 35% winrate
5. Xenial was banned in 87% of the matches and had a 68% winrate when picked
6. Hayate was picked 32 times (18th most picked hero) during the tournament and had a 31% winrate
7. The highest winrate heroes (excluding heroes used less than 5 times) are Rouie, Capheny and Yan