https://www.cybersport.ru/dota-2/articles/poigral-s-dendi-i-sobral-odium-put-lil-ot-virtus-pro-k-vp-prodigy

Kane Dane September 22, 2020 Dota 2, FREE Games, Game Platforms, News

Played with Dendi under the direction of XBOCT

February 1, 2018 Ilyuk joined the roster Natus Vincere… “Once upon a time, starting my professional career, I dreamed of playing under the NAVI tag. This is perhaps the best gift of fate, ”Lil said when he moved from VP to the Ukrainian club. Did his expectations come true?

The first test was the qualification for the Major Dota 2 Asia Championships 2018, where the team did not manage to get through, but this could be attributed to the lack of play of the team after the arrival of Ilyuk. A couple of weeks later, NAVI performed at ESL One Katowice 2018, but even there they stopped at 13-16th place. The first more or less successful tournament for the team was The bucharest major, where NAVI lacked one victory before reaching the playoffs – they took 9-11 places.

Then again, NAVI did not work out with rating tournaments. Lil and his team took 3-4 place at GESC: Indonesia Dota2 Minor, did not qualify for MDL Changsha Major, but qualified for ESL One Birmingham 2018, which the roster had to skip due to line-up changes: Nikola LeBronDota Popovich left the club, Lil moved up to fifth position and finished fourth Fedor velheor Rusikhin… Later, NAVI played at EPICENTER XL and China Dota2 Supermajor, where they could not rise above 11th place.

NAVI and Ilyuka parted ways a couple of months after qualifying for The International 2018, where the team was unable to pass even open qualifiers. “I regard this experience as neutral”, – commented Lil time spent with NAVI players.

Did he experience the emotions that he dreamed of from the start of his career? Maybe. Did you achieve the results you wanted? Unlikely.

Gathered its composition

In September 2018, Lil announced the creation of his team, which named Odium, which translated from Latin means “hatred”. He decided to assemble the team on his own: “I have come to the conclusion that I will not look for a“ new family ”. I’ll create it myself. A team where they will trust me and will believe in me. The way I will trust and believe in my team. ” The Odium roster includes Andrey Ghostik Kadik, Victor GeneRaL Nigrini, Semyon CeMaTheSlayeR Krivulya and Alik V-Tune Sparrow…

The new team could not qualify for The kuala lumpur major and for minor DreamLeague Season 10, and a week later V-Tune and GeneRaL left the team. Lil found a replacement for them and with an updated roster took 5th-6th place at Reshuffle Madness, but a couple of days later Ghostik also left the roster due to “unsatisfactory results and mistrust of each other.” On October 3, Lil announced the disbandment of the lineup.

Step into Europe

After Odium, Ilyuk did conclusions after four years of performances on the professional stage of Dota 2. He characterized the players in the CIS with four words – “laziness, fear, hypocrisy and greed” – and clarified that Virtus.pro achieved success because its players did not stop working after the first results … As a result, in order to find the same efficient teammates, Ilyuk decided to play in a European team, and two weeks later joined to the MangoBay mix.

The roster did not perform well in the open qualifiers for The Chongqing Major, and Lil statedthat he began to “feel the gap in understanding the game” between himself and his teammates, so he left the team. Then Ilyuk played in mixes such as Pudge and badge and Mr. Meeseeks, for which he also played Giorgos SsaSpartan Giannokopoulosbut after each unsuccessful qualification, these teams fell apart.

Trying to realize yourself in North America

In February 2019, Lil announced that he would try to join a team from the Americas. In March, Ilyuk became a raw player [Burning Bridges], but did not last long there either. With the team, he finished second at BTS Spring Cup: Americas and then moved to the roster Jackie EternaLEnVy Mao Flying Penguins…

With the line-up of Mao Lil participated in the qualifiers for MDL Disneyland® Paris Major, but the team failed to qualify for the Major, which is why the roster soon fell apart. After that, Ilyuk spoke about the players’ unwillingness to work for the result in the mixes and notedthat there are no organizations and contracts yet – this is “cyber kindergarten”, not cybersport. But Lil did not give up on this, and a month later announced the search for a team again.

Flight to the moon and back

In April 2019, Ilyuk became a standin Winstrike Team, and a month later the organization signed a contract with him. Lil later said that he realized that performing in mixes was “a completely useless experience, without which he would be much better.” Ilyuk represented Winstrike for almost six months. During this time, the team took part in several qualifications, took 7-8 place in StarLadder ImbaTV Dota 2 Minor Season 2 and stopped a step away The International 2019 – in the final of the qualifiers, the team lost to NAVI.

In the new season, the results of Winstrike became worse: the team took 16-18 position on WePlay! Reshuffle Madness 2019 and could not qualify for ESL One Hamburg 2019 and MDL Chengdu Major… In October, Lil announced that he had become a free agent and was looking for a new lineup. He also said that he will spend “his spare time learning another role to double the chances of getting on any team.” At the end of November, Ilyuk joined Mango Tree with Khaled sQreen El-Habbash and Rasmus MISERY Philipsen… The team played in the qualifiers for DreamLeague Leipzig Major, but never got a slot in the Major.

Return to SsaSpartan, play as standin and team with Petushara

In January 2023, Lil decided to play with SsaSpartan again, and they put together a lineup under the tag Aggressive Mode… The team qualified for the Hainan Master Spring Invitational, and then performed at WePlay! Dota 2 Tug of War: Mad Moon, where he took 5-6 place. Ilyuk was dissatisfied with the team’s result at the WePlay! and called the team’s game unprincipled, for which he apologized to the fans.

In March, Lil became a Cyber ​​Legacy standin, and at the end of the month appeared rumorsthat he can join Alliance… The information about the transfer to the Swedish club was never confirmed, but Ilyuk played for Alliance in the match against Ninjas in Pajamas at ESL One Los Angeles 2023 as a standin. Lil later helped FlyToMoon 2.0 in several matches of the group stage of Parimatch League Season 3.

In July, Ilyuk joined the squad with Vladislav Petushara Kozlovsky entitled MEMENAME… The team qualified for the closed qualifier for the OMEGA League, and then changed the tag to OmegaLil… A few days later, the organizers of the tournament announced that the team would perform at the championship without Ilyuk.

It turned out that this was all a social experiment from Lil: he played several matches at the OMEGA League under the nickname john doe to find out “how people’s perception will change when they look and evaluate only skill, without any bias.” Later, Ilyuk said that he did not give his teammates promises to continue playing together and therefore would be ready to leave OmegaLil as soon as he received a good offer. It seems that on September 22nd Ilyyuk received it.

What will happen to Lil’s career in the future? Will he be able to unleash his potential with VP.Prodigy players? Will the club sign him and will he be able to find his true “family” again? Let’s hope that Ilyuk in VP.P will manage to find his “home”, and the number of news on Cybersport.ru with the headline “Lil announced the search for a team” will be significantly reduced.