Tundra Esports’ Dota 2 roster is imploding, and its items are fueling the WEU roster shuffle. Out of the wreckage, Staff Liquid snatched Tundra’s TI-winning offlaner Neta “33” Shapira to finish its roster.
Proper after The Worldwide 2023, Staff Liquid kicked off the WEU Dota 2 roster shuffle as its star participant stepped down. With Ludwig “zai” Wåhlberg retiring after the massive occasion, Liquid abruptly discovered itself available in the market for an offlaner, and the staff discovered probably the most appropriate one, in keeping with the fans.
33 is coming off a legendary stint with Tundra, the place he lifted the Aegis of Champions in 2022. Throughout TI 2022, Tundra Esports dominated the Dota 2 world, and swept Staff Secret within the finals in probably the most dominant runs in TI historical past.
Regardless of performing regionally nicely in 2023, Tundra confronted numerous difficulties in 2023 because it needed to transfer key participant Saksa to the inactive Dota 2 roster forward of TI12 title protection. Tundra added Topson to finish its roster in time, however the brand new iteration crashed out of the match after a stable group stage efficiency.
In an October interview with Dot Esports, 9 mentioned Tundra’s Topson signing won’t final previous Dota 2’s TI 2023, and the staff hadn’t given a thought to what would occur after TI. From that unsure future, implosion arose as different groups picked up Tundra members.
Falcons swooped up Sneyking and Skiter whereas 33 headed to Liquid. Contemplating 9 walked away from the sport and selected to retire, Tundra’s Dota 2 roster is just left with the short-term signing, Topson.
It’s at the moment unclear whether or not Tundra will stick round with one other Dota 2 squad, doubtlessly centered round Topson, or select to depart altogether, leaving Topson teamless initially of a aggressive season but once more.