“I began to better understand what to do on the map” – Resolut1on about his game, iLTW, haters and the match with OG

Offuser of Virtus.pro Dota 2 roster Roman Resolut1on Fominok commented on the match results with Og at the ESL One Los Angeles 2023 – Online Championship. In the podcast Vitaly v1lat Volochaya Resolut1on also said that with the advent Igor iLTW Filatov he began to better understand his role on the map.

About the match with OG

“The games were gorgeous. OG constantly surprises, comes up with some unexpected line-ups, unexpected moves around the game. Her players constantly use early timings to the maximum. As soon as they feel that they are minimally stronger than the opponent, they will always run to you and always make you react.

Along the lines, they surprised us somewhere in three or four games. We all thought out what they could do, but in the end they generally put something like Enigma in mid, triple in hard and Beastmaster in solo bot – OG does some unrealistic things that ordinary teams don’t do. Games seemed very colorful, very interesting. Being and playing these games, experiencing these emotions is incredibly cool, especially in my current team with these guys. We have such a pleasant atmosphere. <…> I just sit and go nuts on how we press buttons in this command. Being a player, even as a spectator, it’s nice to watch such a game. ”

About iLTW Transition

“It [переход iLTW] very much added to us what we lacked. We really needed an active carry, which at some point could lead to a game, and at some point, sacrifice our game for the team’s game. Or, when he feels that he is strong, he will go and make a space for the team. We really missed such an element in previous rosters. This played a major role in how much we got involved in the last tournament.

Igor and I wanted to play after the end of The International, but he constantly actively drove us. He said: “No guys, I have Team Spirit here, I have friends. I can’t leave them.” We wrote to him constantly and wanted to try, but it didn’t work out. As a result, at the very last moment, he was also fired up with desire, and, as you see, it turned out well. <…> Sometimes such point changes are really what the team needs to start breathing deeply. ”

About his game form

“It was well influenced that I played a lot of these characters. Bakyt and I also talked a lot about lining and the game, who should perform what functions. The arrival of Igor influenced, I began to better understand what to do on the map. When such an active core appears, it unties your hands much more. ”

About the current meta in Dota 2

“Considering that we win, while everything is pleasant. In fact, the games are high, and I see that most teams play absolutely their meta. For example, we have Techies + Mars raspik, OG has something completely different – it can take Silencer + Enigma. It all depends solely on what priorities the teams themselves put on the heroes. Of course, there are some super-strong “fours” and “fives” like Phoenix, Oracle, KotL, but besides this you have a huge number of options for draft ”.

About haters

“I have been blasphemed for so long … <…> No matter how long I have been in e-sports, it’s still really hard for me to cope with all this when this hat is from all sides, no matter where you look. My advice [другим игрокам] – just keep doing what you do what you like. Sooner or later you will come to what you want. It is necessary to abstract as much as possible from this. <…> I understand that now this works in two directions – those people who said bad things about me can now say good things. It turns out that this is completely biased. It is clear that winners will always be praised, but just the moments when everything is bad are important. These are the people who support you at such moments, your relatives and friends, even fans who are completely unfamiliar to you – these very notes of positive are very important. When everything is fine with you, then, in principle, this support is not especially necessary for you.

Due to the fact that this took so long, I didn’t have the desire to come to streams or even post something on Instagram. There was simply no desire to interact with the audience when you are so vilified. There is no desire to give anything to such people. ”

Readiness for Major in Los Angeles

“I was sure that we will perform well at that tournament. We trained a lot and played a lot. From the scrims it was clear that we were right in very good shape at that moment. Of course, we were all very upset that all this had happened – the major had been canceled, and quarantine had begun. At that moment we felt very cool, trained with Zaur, and then this whole situation: Zaur is not given a visa – who should I take with a stand? Fn? ILTW? Igor flew to Europe to make a visa, but quarantine began there, and he stayed there for another week and a half. In general, we were very confident and really wanted to go and show what we were capable of. ”

On April 19, Virtus.pro became the champion of ESL One Los Angeles 2023 – Online Championship. In the final, the team defeated OG with a score of 3: 2. The most valuable player in the championship recognized Vladimir No[o]ne Minenko.