Dota 2’s The Worldwide 2022 was some of the thrilling iterations of the occasion when it comes to storylines. MATUMBAMAN’s last ride was one arc that followers adopted intently all through the occasion, and plenty of puzzled how Group Liquid would fill the void he’d depart behind after lastly hanging up his mouse and keyboard.
The answer to the question turned out to be simply stealing one other participant away from Puppey, as Nisha was formally confirmed as Liquid’s closing member at present following his recent departure from Team Secret’s TI11 runner-up roster.
Contemplating the variety of out there free brokers within the roster shuffle season, Dota followers had a tough time guessing who can be the ultimate piece of the puzzle for Liquid—particularly as soon as a number of the extra standard names fell off the board. And it additionally didn’t assist that captain Aydin “iNSaNiA” Sarkohi shared a Finnish flag on Twitter, main most to imagine Topson would be part of Liquid’s ranks earlier than the two-time TI winner later registered under a secondary OG squad.
Nisha’s departure from Secret caught many off guard as he had been one of many closing constants of the roster after YapzOr went on an extended break final season and had competed with Secret since 2018. That lineup is the place he rose from being a pubstar to some of the revered gamers on the earth. However as lots of Puppey’s younger skills are likely to do, he ultimately left the nest for a rival roster.
As Liquid wraps up its lineup for the season, Nisha’s addition additionally requires a task swap inside the group. MiCKe will transfer over and maintain the ropes within the secure lane whereas the group’s latest addition will take over the mid lane.
Liquid may even begin the 2023 season with out one in all its all-important coaches, with JerAx deciding to return to retirement as he doesn’t “benefit from the recreation the identical manner as I used to” whereas enjoying for OG. Regardless of having a good time at Liquid and feeling at residence, OG’s legendary place 4 mentioned one thing simply didn’t click on for him, which was largely tied to the love he had for Dota.
The finalized roster of Liquid for the 2023 DPC season consists of the next:
- Michael “miCKe” Vu — Place One
- Michał “Nisha” Jankowski — Place Two
- Ludwig “zai” Wåhlberg — Place Three
- Samuel “Boxi” Svahn — Place 4
- Aydin “iNSaNiA” Sarkohi — Place 5
- William “Blitz” Lee — Coach
