With every iteration of the Dota Professional Circuit, followers are left questioning what techniques Dendi and B8 Esports will go to with the intention to safe a spot and compete regardless of constantly underperforming. And for the 2023 season, the legendary participant has reached deeper into his bag of methods than ever earlier than—confirming that B8 can be competing in North America relatively than Jap Europe for the primary time.
In accordance to a couple eagle-eyed followers who caught a change in possession, Dendi and his group apparently acquired Wildcard Gaming’s Division I slot within the NA DPC for the upcoming season and can arrange store within the area to compete.
The vast majority of this new B8 roster is made up of Ukrainian gamers who will make the journey over with Dendi—together with a single South American veteran, MoOz. That’s proper, the brand new NA group doesn’t have a single participant from NA.
Dendi’s former NAVI teammate Glib “Funn1k” Lipatnikov will be a part of him on this new enterprise, alongside former Nemiga Gaming help Oleg “Lodine” Kvasha and ex-Staff DogChamp carry Denis “StoneBank” Korzh. StoneBank and MoOz really do have current expertise in NA regardless of not frequenting the area.
That is the primary time Dendi and B8 have really swapped areas, although it isn’t the primary time the org’s roster has been made up of principally gamers from one other area—throwing it back to the Midas Club lineup in January 2021. It additionally isn’t the primary time the org has opted to merge with another roster after falling out of competition or being relegated within the DPC.
B8’s rebuilds are notorious for being fast and frequent, with gamers rotating out and in a number of occasions per season. Transferring over to NA, nonetheless, provides Dendi an actual likelihood to solidify a roster—however it was additionally partially carried out in an effort to convey help again to Ukraine amidst the continuing struggle with Russia.
“There’s a full scale struggle in Ukraine. Russia capturing missiles, killing individuals, terrorizing our houses and significant infrastructure,” Dendi said. “Insane quantities of individuals don’t have mild/warmth of their houses as a consequence of these terror assaults. To maintain my group going and do what I devoted an enormous a part of my life [to], I determine to attempt to take part in a unique area, which I imagine, will assist me to contain extra individuals in supporting Ukraine”
Since disbanding the last roster in June, he had additionally been “getting hungrier” to compete when this chance opened up. And, after scouting greater than 100 gamers, he chosen this lineup and can transfer ahead with pursuing a brand new problem alongside them.
With solely three actual rosters to take care of in NA as of now—TSM, the ex-Evil Geniunses lineup, and nouns—B8 would possibly really be capable to flip round its poor luck and make some noise in a DPC season whereas additionally drawing consideration to his trigger.
