Here you have all the important updates regarding the roster changes, all packed in one place.
Here you have all the important updates regarding the roster changes, all packed in one place.
The 2017 Spring Shuffle ahead of the Kiev Major ended on January 9. Most of the tier one teams chose stability while many of the squads that missed either the TI6 or the Boston Major looked to secure a roster that would give them better chances at the next Major.
For the first time since Puppey and Kuroky left the organization Na’Vi has looked outside the CIS region when adding new players to their team and rebuilt an international roster lead by the former Digital Chaos coach, Per Anders Olsson "Pajkatt" Lille.
Natus Vincere roster:
Per Anders Olsson "Pajkatt" Lille
Danil “Dendi” Ishutin
Viktor “GeneRaL” Nigrini
Roman "rmN-" Paley
Malthe ""Biver" Winther
Dropped from the Na’Vi roster in this shuffle, Ditya Ra and SoNNeikO reunited at Vega Squadron.
Vega Squadron roster:
Dmitry 'Ditya Ra' Minenkov
Sergey 'G' Bragin
Andrey 'MAg-' Chipenko
Syoma 'CeMaTheSlayeR' Krivulya
Akbar 'SoNNeikO' Butaev
After playing for almost a year at Vega Squadron, fn found a new place to call home, at team Empire
Team Empire roster:
Vladimir 'Chappie' Kuzmenko
Rostislav 'fn' Lozovoi
Andrey 'Ghostik' Kadyk
Yaroslav 'Miposhka' Naidenov
Rinat 'KingR' Abdullin
Without signing any players in the post TI6 Shuffle, Team Spirit announced back in September that the CIS organization will make a return to Dota 2 when the time feels right and the Kiev Major from April looks like the right moment.
Team Spirit roster:
Stanislav 'Bzz' Glushan
Bogdan 'Iceberg' Vasilenko
Alexander 'DkPhobos' Kucheria
Artsiom 'fng' Barshack
Ivan 'VANSKOR' Skorokhod
VG.J has decided to change it up between their own rosters as Fy reunites with Lu "Fenrir" Chao to form one of the most formidable duos in Dota history, and Freeze, who had joined Vici Gaming previously as their analyst, is set to replace Nono as the midlaner.
VG.J Roster:
Sun "Agressif" Zheng
Liu "Freeze" Chang
Bai "rOtk" Fan
Xu "fy" Linsen
Lu "Fenrir" Chao
EHOME completely overhauled their main roster, replacing four players. Only Zhang 'LaNm' Zhi Cheng and Ren 'eLeVeN' Yang Wei will be staying with the organization; LaNm will be taking the role of coach, while eLeVeN will be a sub for the team.
EHOME roster:
Chen 'CTY' Tian Yu
Wang 'oldchicken' Zhi Yong
Hu 'Sen' Sen
Luo 'Xi' Yin Qi
Jiang 'JDH' Dong Hao
EG’s CEO and former captain, Peter 'PPD' Dager chose an interesting mix of carry and midlane players to mark his return to the competitive scene. Three of his teammates are known for mainly playing in the mid lane but also capable of playing carry.
WanteD roster:
Peter 'PPD' Dager
Jio 'Jeyo' Madayag
Rasmus 'Chessie' Blomdin
Kim 'QO' Seon-yeop
Bill 'Boris' Oliver
Team Onyx was formed at the start of 2017 and features DeMoN reunited with TI4-Star Mason and former Evil Genius BuLba along with MVP Phoenix's beastly support player DuBu and the SEA prodigy youngster Abed.
Team Onyx roster:
Mason 'mason' Verne
Abed 'Abed' Yusop
Sam 'BuLba' Sosale
Kim 'DuBu' Doo-young
Jimmy 'DeMoN' Ho
Unfortunately the 2017 Spring Shuffle marks the end of the existence for MVP Phoenix. Four of their players will be playing in different European and NA teams. However, the organization will continue to search for young talents and will try to bring more Korean players into the professional scene via MVP Aegis. At the same time, MVP signed five Kyrgyz squad NoLifer.Reborn 5 and will have them moving to South Korea to play under MVP Revolution tag.
MVP Revolution roster:
Bektur 'Runec' Kulov
Duulat 'StormC4t' Subankulov
Ilgiz 'NapaleoshQa' Dzhunushaliev
Evgenii 'Blizzy' Ri
Bakyt 'w_Zayac' Emilzhanov
Fnatic failed to secure a five man roster to register with for the Spring Major. On the 9th of Janury the team announced the departure of Rizky 'InYourDream'Anugrah due to a family emergency while Ng 'YamateH' Wei Poong ended his temporally stay with the team.
Fnatic roster:
Chai 'Mushi' Yee Fung
Chong Xin 'Ohaiyo' Khoo
Kim 'Febby' Yong-Min
After over a year of absence from the Dota 2 scene, Cloud 9 makes a return by signing the five ex-Imperial Danish players.
Cloud 9 roster:
Marcus 'Ace' Hoelgaard
Jon 'BabyKnight' Andersen
Mikki 'HesteJoe-Rotten' Junget
Danny 'Noia' Junget
Christopher 'Ryze' Winther
Replacing Sam 'BuLba' Sosale, after their performance in the qualifiers for the Boston Major, Team Liquid welcomed aboard Maroun 'GH' Merhej.
Team Liquid roster:
Lasse 'MATUMBAMAN' Urpalainen
Amer 'Miracle-' Al-Barkawi
Ivan 'MinD_ContRoL' Borislavov
Kuro 'KuroKy' Salehi Takhasomi
Maroun 'GH' Merhej
The former Team Liquid member Adrian "FATA-" Trinks who took a break from the competitive scene after TI6, returned with the Spring Shuffle and formed Team B)ears.
Team B)ears roster:
Feras 'Feero' Hroob
Adrian 'FATA-' Trinks
Lee 'FoREv' Sang-don
Yazied 'YapzOr' Jaradat
Adam '343' Shah
Escape Gaming dropped their entire Dota 2 squad this shuffle but three of their members will continue to play together under the 25th January team tag. syndereN’s new team marks a very unexpected player return, Kai 'H4nn1' Hanbückers deciding to play again competitively after a break of almost two years.
25th January roster:
Adrian 'Era' Kryeziu
Max 'qojqva' Bröcker
Kai 'H4nn1' Hanbückers
Kalle 'Trixi' Saarinen
Troels 'syndereN' Nielsen
