Crew Secret haven’t had a straightforward 12 months within the 2023 Dota Professional Circuit, bouncing backwards and forwards between Division I and II whereas consistently swapping gamers and positions to attempt to discover some steadiness after an unimaginable run at The Worldwide 11 final 12 months. Now, after one other disappointing efficiency on the Summer time Tour, the group launched Miroslav “BOOM” Bičan in the present day and is probably going making huge strikes forward of a qualifier run to TI12.
BOOM was the massive addition Secret made after Nisha left to hitch Crew Liquid post-TI11, sparking issues for the group’s future for the reason that departing participant is arguably among the many finest midlaners on the earth.
These issues have been shortly validated with Secret ending useless final within the opening Tour of the DPC season and getting relegated to Division II for the primary time. That led to Puppey and group administration pivoting even additional away from the roster that completed second at TI11, dropping Resolut1on and Zayac, bringing in Armel and yamich, and shifting BOOM from the midlane to offlane—in a transfer that shocked quite a lot of followers.
Initially, the most recent set of adjustments regarded like stable course correction from Puppey. However after making it out of Division II within the Spring Tour, they have been pushed again down following one other eighth-place end within the Summer time Tour. This implies Secret don’t have any DPC factors to their identify on the 12 months and must battle it out within the Regional Qualifiers for a spot at TI12.
“Loads of occasions, you simply find yourself unfortunate in a manner as a result of issues don’t work out,” Puppey informed Dot Esports. “This [season] is a type of occasions I really feel the place I’ve been sort of unfortunate for a bit. I imply, I’ve additionally possibly not performed as nicely [as I could have], however there’s quite a lot of issues concerned.”
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Along with his record as a TI-all-timer on the line and hopes that his subsequent look on Dota’s largest stage will internet him his second Aegis of Champions, Puppey and Secret are making one final roster shuffle forward of these qualifiers.
BOOM is out and it’s unclear if any of Secret’s different current additions will comply with, however I don’t assume we must always take Secret’s follow-up tweet about soccer star Lionel Messi swapping professions too severely.
For now, it seems the group will simply be looking for an offlaner to assist attempt to push them by one of the stacked regional qualifiers on the earth in opposition to the likes of Entity, OG, Nigma Galaxy, and extra. Now we simply should see if Valve will host another Last Chance Qualifier this time round.
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