Join us as we guide you through all the crucial changes during the Dota 2 post-TI12 roster shuffle, with announcements, info, and details.
The International 2023 is in the books, and the postseason roster shuffle for Dota 2 is well underway. Despite high finishes, incredible performances, and seemingly dedicated stacks willing to ride-or-die together, the post-TI shuffle affects almost every team. We’ll be keeping track of some of the shuffles and changes across Dota 2 rosters post-TI12.
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Confirmed Roster Changes
Taiga will play in SEA with BLEED Esports next year (Image via Valve)
Below are all confirmed roster changes, reported by teams or official accounts and statements.
Nov. 30
Nov. 28
- LGD Gaming reveals new Dota 2 roster for 2024 season.
- Azure Ray unveils new Dota 2 roster. Somnus, Chalince, and fy depart.
Nov. 16
- Things quieting down as ESL One KL approaches
Nov. 15
- BLEED Esports officially announces its roster via release, signing Tommy "Taiga" Le and Natthanpon "Masaros" Oaunphakdee.
Nov. 14
- 9Pandas MieRo` allowed to explore other options, moved to inactive roster.
Nov. 13
- beastcoast will skip ESL One KL, no roster reveal.
- Talon and Aurora Gaming reveal their rosters
Nov. 12
- Nouns Esports signs Fly, resigns Gunnar and Lelis, and takes on StormStormer and Yuma as stand-ins for ESL One KL
- BOOM Esports unveils its roster
- OG confirms its roster for Kuala Lumpur
Nov. 11
- With the below, Team Aster has effectively disbanded.
- Invictus Gaming unveils its roster on their Weibo. The roster will consist of Du "Monet" Peng Cheng, "NothingToSay" Jin Xiang, Thiay "JT-" Jun Wen, Ye "BoBoKa" Zhibiao, and Yap "xNova" Jian Wei.
Nov. 10
- Alliance is retaining its roster for ESL One KL.
- Gaimin Gladiators will also reportedly announce its roster today, with Seleri and Dyrachyo tweeting.
- Team Liquid will announce its roster at 4p.m. CET.
- 33 has left Tundra Esports, confirming earlier reports
Nov. 9
- Execration's roster will be Palos, Bob, Tino, Shanks, cml for ESL One KL
- Team Secret's roster of Crystallis, MidOne, BOOM, yamich, Puppey, and coach ah fu confirmed
- Team Falcon's roster is revealed through signups to ESL Kuala Lumpur. The team is Stanislav "Malr1ne" Potorak, Ammar "ATF" Al-Assaf, Andreas "Cr1t-" Nielsen, Jingjun "Sneyking" Wu, Oliver "skiter" Lepko
- Tundra Esports only has Topson on roster, suggesting that the team will be rebuilding or acquiring another roster soon. Tundra says farewell to Skiter and Sneyking.
Nov. 8
- Blacklist International posts a picture puzzle of their roster on Facebook. This seems to suggest the roster is as follows: Polo "Raven" Fausto (The crow), Abed "Abed" Yusop (The bed), Kim "Gabbi" Santos (For the night), Timothy John "TIMS" Randrup (The Microsoft Teams logo), Carlo "Carlo" Manalo (For BDZ, his former nickname).
- Evgenii "Chu" Makarov is released from OG. Chu had been a coach, support player, and assistant coach, although had struggled with visa issues.
Nov. 7
- Egyptian organization Gamax Esports joins Dota 2 with a roster consisting of Forever, Replicate, Megoway, Hadi " TheVeryFamous.ar3a" Diaa el Din, and Mutaz "MeetYourBob" Hesham. Replicate is a Russian player, who is currently rank 178th on the european Dota 2 Leaderboard. The remaining players are Egyptian.
- Leon "Nine" Kirilin has been released from Tundra Esports. He is taking an extended break from competition.
- Abed "Abed" Yusop, Andreas "Cr1t-" Nielsen, and Tal "Fly" Aizik are out of Shopify Rebellion, as per a farewell post from the team posted on Nov. 7.
Nov. 6
- Nouns Esports has released their entire roster.
- Daniel "Stormstormer" Schoetzau has been moved to the inactive roster of Entity and is LFT.
- Tundra Esports parts ways with Leon "Nine" Kirilin.
- Talon Esports drops its entire roster.
Nov. 5
- A new stack helmed by former EG and Thunder Predator players will compete in ESL One Kuala Lumpur qualifiers. The stack consists of Crhistian "Pakazs" Savina, Jordan "SLATEM$" Vega, Rafael "Sacred" Yonatan, Farith "Matthew" Puente, and Romel "Mjz" Quinteros Rojas. The stack was revealed by former EG coach Igor "kaffs" Furtado on Nov. 5.
- 747 Live unveils a new Dota 2 stack featuring Muhammad "inYourdreaM" Anugrah, Karl "Karl" Baldovino, Daud "db-" Budiawan, Marvin "Boomy" Rushton, and Jaunuel "Jaunuel" Arcilla.
Nov. 3
- BOOM esports has released their entire roster. One new player has been signed, as per the team's CEO, but who that is has not been confirmed.
- (Verified Rumour): Taiga will play in SEA next year.
Nov. 2
- Jhocam, db-, and inYourdreaM have left Army Geniuses
- Negima Gaming parts ways with Malr1ne, Vazya, and RodjER as per a vlog by the team
- PSG.Quest registers for the Waldner Cup with TA2000, No!ob, Malik, OmaR, and kaori. Abdimalik "Malik" Sailau who had been a temporary stand-in from NAVI now seems to be on roster.
Nov. 1
- Carlo "Kuku" Palad leaves Blacklist, is LFT
- EG apparently drops their Dota 2 amid mass layoffs. Team Manager looking for new opportunities.
- Zai confirms retirement/indefinite break. Zai was also removed from the team officially. Team Liquid to continue to look for replacement offlaner, and have talked with "every single free agent offlaner." This will inevitably spark rumors.
Oct. 31
- Tobias "Tobi" Buchner leaves PSG Quest.
Oct. 30
- Tommy "Taiga" Le has a new team in a new region (not WEU).
Oct. 29
- Beastcoast releases their roster
- Team Liquid “will not kick anyone,” Zai on break.
Looking for Team (LFT)
(Image via Valve)
A compiled list of players who are noteworthy and looking for team (LFT).
Nov. 6
Nov. 5
Nov. 2
- Kasra "Mikey" Mesbah is exploring options, but still under contract with Nigma Galaxy
- Ye "BoBoKa" Zhibiao is LFT after leaving Boom as per his Weibo