Rumor Mill 2015: post TI5 shuffle - CIS Rejects a new all stars line-up
All the latest confirmed and speculated roster changes in one place.
Dota 2 event
- Prize pool US$18,429,613
- Start date 26 Jul 2015
- End date 9 Aug 2015
Prize pool - $18,429,613
| 1. $6,634,661 USD | 5-6. $1,197,925 USD |
| 2. $2,856,590 USD | 7-8. $829,333 USD |
| 3. $2,211,554 USD | 9-12. $221,155 USD |
| 4. $1,566,517 USD | 13-16. $55,289 USD |
Structure
Participating teams
| Vici Gaming | Evil Geniuses |
| Invictus Gaming | Team Secret |
| LGD Gaming | Cloud9 |
 Team Empire |
Virtus.pro |
| Newbee | Fnatic |
| EHOME | compLexity Gaming |
| MVP HOT6ix | Natus Vincere |
| CDEC Gaming | MVP Phoenix |
Main event
Group stage
- Two groups of eight teams each
- Round-Robin
- Best-of-two series
- Top four teams in each group advance to upper bracket of the Playoffs
- Bottom four teams in each group advance to lower bracket of the Playoffs
- Status: Completed
Playoffs
- Double-Elimination
- Best-of-three series
- Losers' bracket Round 1: Best-of-one series
- Grand Finals: Best-of-five series
- Status: Completed
Location: Seattle, United States
Regional qualifiers
China
- Double-Elimination
- Best-of-three series
- Grand Finals: Best-of-five series
- Top 1 team advance to Main Event
Americas
- Double-Elimination
- Best-of-three series
- Grand Finals: Best-of-five series
- Top 1 team advance to Main Event
South-East Asia (SEA)
- Double-Elimination
- Best-of-three series
- Grand Finals: Best-of-five series
- Top 1 team advance to Main Event
Europe
- Double-Elimination
- Best-of-three series
- Grand Finals: Best-of-five series
- Top 1 team advance to Main Event
Tournaments
The International 2015 - All-Star Match |
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The International 2015 - Tiebreaker |
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The International 2015 |
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| Main Event - Playoffs | ||
| Group A - Group Stage | ||
| Group B - Group Stage | ||
| Wild card qualifiers - Wild card qualifiers | ||
The International 2015 - Qualifiers |
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| Europe - Brackets | ||
| SEA - Brackets | ||
| Americas - Brackets | ||
| China - Brackets | ||
| Group A - SEA Groups | ||
| Group B - SEA Groups | ||
| Group A - EU Groups | ||
| Group B - EU Groups | ||
| SEA Group B - Tiebreakers | ||
| Group A - China Groups | ||
| Group B - China Groups | ||
| Group A - Americas Groups | ||
| Group B - Americas Groups | ||
VODs
News & Features
A new Alliance with s4
Alliance revealed the new roster with the returning captain s4 in his mid position and Mynuts rejoining the team as well.
Fnatic reveals new roster: Black^, Net and Chrissy join Mushi and Ohaiyo
The rumors regarding Dominik 'Black^' Reitmeier joining Fnatic turned real as the organization made an official announcement about their reformed DotA squad.
ddc and rOtk join LGD, xiao8 and Yao step back
After rOtK made his decision to join LGD Gaming public, the Chinese organization officially announced their roster changes today. rOtks’s EHOME teammate, ddc is joining him at LGD.
rOtK leaves EHOME to join LGD
In a long, emotional weibo post rOtK announced that he decided to leave EHOME and join LGD after some differences between him and the team coach 71.
Aui_2000 kicked from EG, Arteezy to replace
In a shocking announcement, manager of Evil Geniuses Charlie Yang tweeted that they have removed Kurtis 'Aui_2000' Ling from the team and Ling is to be replaced by former Secret player Artour 'Arteezy' Babaev
Evil Geniuses Immortals at The International 2015
It is a glorious conclusion to an amazing tournament in which we've witnessed the fall of old champions and the rise of brand new shining stars. Dota 2 just got better than ever before.
TI5: EG advance to the Grand Finals
Evil Geniuses with a solid performance and spot on drafting look ready to redeem themselves in front of CDEC in The International 5 Grand Finals.
Day 5 schedule: Who will be $6,400,000 richer?
The final day of The International 5 is starting in a few hours, featuring the loser bracket finals between EG ,the last western team standing, and LGD, the Chinese power house. The grand finals will be played following the loser bracket finals.
Day 5 Recap: LGD eliminate VG and VP, only three remain
The fifth day of the International featured LGD eliminating VG and VP and CDEC continuing their dominance by beating EG 2-0.