The Dota 2 scene is shuffling once more as teams prepare to set up their final rosters to earn themselves a TI invite for 2015. If you are confused by what is going on right now, this is the place for you.
- UPDATE -
After LV-Gaming took the first place at the D2L lan finals, standin Chai 'Mushi' Yee Fung posted on his facebook page that the team LV-Gaming fielded will be staying under the new banner of EHOME.
EHOME's roster:
Yang 'Zyf' Pu
He 'Inflame' Yong Zheng
Leong 'DDC' Fat-Meng
Chai 'Mushi' Yee Fung
Khoo 'Ohaiyo' Chong Xin
Former Team DK coach 71 has appeared to make progress in his project to bring back the Ehome brand. What seemed like too expensive sounds like it is going to become a reality. The current LV-Gaming squad that is attending the D2L LAN finals in Las Vegas is supposed to be the first and premier squad of the prestigious brand.
In a surprise move, CDEC removed 333 from their roster. His replacement will be found after Chinese New Year, for now, their coach Mikasa will standin for the team.
CDEC-Gaming roster:
Yao 'Maybe' Lu
Lin 'garder' Xinzhou
Zhang 'Q' Yi
Sun 'Xiaohong' Zheng
Junjie 'Mikasa' Tong (Coach + stand-in)
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Alliance's manager has published the official roster for the Swedes in the upcoming DAC qualifiers:
Aliance's roster for DAC:
Jonathan 'Loda' Berg
Joachim 'Akke' Akterhall
Pelle Olsson 'Pajkatt' Lille
Johann 'mynuts' Andersson
Jerry 'EGM' Lundkvist
The Swedish juggernaut has been without an official roster for quite some time. Operating with a variety of stand-ins in official matches, Alliance has now decided to take things slow and build up their roster. ComeWithMe has tweeted that the roster is currently comprised of Loda, Akke, MyNuts, AdmiralBulldog and either Pajkatt or 7ckngMad, clarified later however that the Frenchman seems to be out of the question after all and that either Chessie or Pajkatt would make the race, which wouldn't be too far off considering manager KellyMilkies tweeting out that four out of five players are confirmed, with a fifth being a tryout. At the same time however, she mentions that nothing is final yet and that supposed leaks are not true.
Change: Unknown
As reported by GosuGamers, Cloud 9 is currently practicing with former Team Secret player BigDaddy-N0tail. It appears as if MiSeRy- is his support partner, which would mean the departure of both Aui_2000 and pieliedie. While the Canadian seems to be settling with Evil Geniuses, no news regarding pieliedie's future has broken out just yet.
Change: Aui_2000 and pieliedie out, BigDaddy-N0tail and MiSeRy- in
Former Team DK coach 71 has appeared to make progress in his project to bring back the Ehome brand. What seemed like too expensive sounds like it is going to become a reality. The current LV-Gaming squad that is attending the D2L LAN finals in Las Vegas is supposed to be the first and premier squad of the prestigious brand.
Change: LV-Gaming to Ehome
SumaiL, also known as D3M0N, has confirmed via his Facebook page that he is set to stand-in for the North-Americans during D2L, whereas Arteezy has mentioned on stream that he will not attend the event. Following that announcement, DAC leaked the rosters for Evil Geniuses and Team Secret for the Chinese LAN and EG was listed with both SumaiL and Aui_2000 instead of zai and Arteezy. Aui_2000 will in fact attend D2L as well instead of zai, as confirmed by Ayesee on reddit. Evil Geniuses has not made a statement regarding roster issues yet, although Fear's recent tweet indicates that the change is in fact true.
Change: Zai and Arteezy out, Aui_2000 and SumaiL in
H4nn1 and Co.
According to Kai 'H4nn1' Hanbückers, him, Fly, pieliedie, w33ha and Xcalibur are currently scrimming together to see if they could work together.
Change: Potentially a new team
Chisbug has announced that he will leave the team after the StarLadder Season XI LAN finals - prior to that ChuaN has mentioned in an AMA that the team is set to undergo roster changes. Whether or not Chisbug is the only player to be changed remains to be seen. There are rumors about Faith possibly returning to iG, but neither them nor LGD-Gaming has stated anything in that regard. A hot prospect seems to be BurNing, former Team DK player. He acted as a stand-in during the StarLadder playoffs and will travel with the team to Kiev. Rumor has it he is in talks with iG about a competitive return.
Change: Chisbug out, BurNing maybe in
The Swedish lions have acquired themselves a new sponsor and are now the first Dota 2 team for the prestigious eSports orgnization Ninjas in Pyjamas.
Change: picked up by NiP
The squad is currently practicing and playing with both Mushi and Ohaiyo as stand-ins, both of which will attend the D2L LAN finals with them. 71 has announced that he wants this roster to be the flagship of a possible EHOME comeback. While the former Team DK coach has set his eyes on this team, it appears as if neither Mushi nor Ohaiyo have completely agreed just yet, according to insiders. If the team continues to play together, the question remains whether or not it will run as LV-Gaming or if EHOME returns. According to the DAC qualifier invite list, LV-Gaming has not been invited - but EHOME has.
Change: Mushi and Ohayio maybe in, possibly changing sponsors/organizations
Shortly after their participation at the Ok.Dota2 Cup, Filipino team Mineski has chosen to go with a full Filipino line-up again. Johnny and Ah-Fu have been removed and replaced with Yamaguchi and Polo. The team is already set to compete in the upcoming Asia qualifiers for the DAC.
Change: Johnny and Ah-Fu out, Yamaguchi and Polo in
Much like Evil Geniuses, Secret's roster for the upcoming DAC LAN finals has been leaked on their website, mentioning a completely new roster with Zai and Arteezy. The TeamSecret twitter has since confirmed these changes.
Change: BigDaddy-N0tail and MiSeRy- out, Zai and Arteezy in
iG image by Kelly Kline, NiP image by aftonbladet.se, Secret image by wykhrm
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