The OMEGA League (which, judging by the calendar, will end the competitive history of Dota 2, as Valve continues to remain silent) was a great sight for neutral fans, but loyal fans of the CIS clubs were pretty nerves. Virtus.pro miraculously passed the group stage, recovering from two defeats, and NAVI completely collapsed into the lower division, where they soon lost first 5men, and then Cyber legacy… Reshuffle is always a last resort for solving problems, but it seems that he is waiting for us in the near future. So let’s fantasize what the lineups of the two main clubs in the region may be like at the next tournament (if, of course, it is ever announced).
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Disclaimer: everything written below is the personal position of the author, which may not coincide with the opinion of the editorial board. The text is for entertainment purposes only and does not call for team replacements or expulsion of players.
No one left untouched
Virtus.pro has been at the top of the scene for so long (at least in the CIS) that the players of the golden roster at some point acquired almost inviolable status. Touch Solo or No.[o]ne? What are you, how can you! But it seems that such a shake-up now could help the team. And this is not a call to send players to retirement – this is a call to knock them out of their comfort zone and force them to look at things from a new angle, including their gameplay.
From No.[o]ne everything is simple – he has said more than once that he would like to try himself as a carry, and given the way VP’s last matches were going, it should suit him perfectly. In fact, Minenko is already playing in the first position and in the vast majority of cases is the very condition of victory for his club. “If Vovan’s game goes on, VP will win” – you can read something like that in the comments before each match. And you must admit that it is more convenient to perform the function of the “main trashman” in the role of a carry.
No.[o]ne | Source: zikurat.media
Another obvious bonus of this rearrangement is that there will be a slot in the mid lane for gpK ~, whom fans wooed at VP for a year. Of course, this is a very naive approach to compiling a roster – “dreamtim” does not always take off, Puppey will not let you lie. However, until VP or NAVI try to play with gpK ~, talk that the top clubs in the CIS ignore the main young star of the region will most likely not subside – it may be time to take a chance.
However, there is another way – to reshuffle VP and VP.Prodigy… After all, the CEO of the club, Sergei Glamazda, almost openly said that training personnel for the game at the base is one of the functions of the youth roster.
Sergey Glamazda:
“In an ideal world, if you had two full teams, transfers would be meaningless. Why pay a lot of money when you can cultivate a talent that suits you according to all the criteria that you put in the values of your club. <...> I don’t see the point in spending a lot of money on signing players every year. If you have high-quality scouting and you competently build the team’s work, then, in theory, you do not need transfers, because you initially assembled the squad that can play for several years <...> Accordingly, if you have built a talent search system, you can minimize the number of transfers. “
Sounds very healthy, and I will be glad if such a sports model really takes root in esports. Fn or epileptick1d are quite capable of completing VP’s roster, and in any of the two core positions. It turns out that in any configuration iLTW must become a victim of circumstances. Filatov, in fact, is difficult to scold – he shows himself well, confidently “presses the buttons” and absolutely deservedly sometimes gets respect-bans from Ember Spirit. But the problem is that you rarely have to praise him. In general, “six out of ten”, as Iceberg once estimated it.
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