The Weekly CourierDendi and Na'Vi Part Ways, Valve Releases Patch 7.19b, and Post-TI8 Roster Shuffle Begins
Dendi and Na'Vi Part Ways
Thank you for the 8 years of support and trust. I enjoyed every minute and wish future teams the best of luck!
— Danil Ishutin (@DendiBoss) September 1, 2018
After hinting that it was unlikely Dendi stays with Na'Vi, Na'Vi's CEO, Yevhen Zolotarov, announced the team's newest roster, without their 8 year franchise player. The roster now consists of SoNNeikO , Crystallize, Magical, and Blizzy. Dendi, now a free agent, has yet to announce his future plans with Dota. But in a twitlonger post back in June, he talked at length reflecting on his Dota career, Na'Vi's trajectory, and his future plans. For now, it seems that his intention is to work even harder and come back to the scene.
Patch 7.19 Released
In a quick turnaround, Valve released a mini patch in the aftermath of TI8. There were some early nerfs to Grimstroke, but 7.19b added a larger swath of nerfs to the meta heroes established at TI. Alchemist, Dark Willow, Spectre, and Enchantress received the brunt of the changes, while Buyback's mechanic shifted from % time to a constant +25s across the board, limiting some of the reflexive early-mid game buybacks we saw throughout the tournament. We still expect a larger meta patch soon, but for now, fans who rushed to play TI's best heroes may not find the same success anymore.
TI8 Roster Shuffle Begins
Aui EE Waytosexy Jeyo Febby Bringing it back
— EternaLEnVy (@EternaLEnVy1991) September 2, 2018
The post-TI roster shuffle has started. Here's a summary of the confirmed changes to date:
- Yesterday, Envy announced his new team with: Kurtis “Aui_2000” Ling, Jio “Jeyo” Madayag, Kim “Febby” Yong-min, Peter “Waytosexy” Nguyen
- PSG.LGD, Team Liquid, Winstrike, and Virtus.Pro will likely maintain the same rosters.
- Resolut1on confirms his next season's roster, essentially replacing Sneyking with Universe in VGJ.S's lineup: Resolution, Universe, Yawar, MSS, and SVG.
- Complexity is down to two players, Zfreek and Limmp, after the departure of Moo, Moonmeander, and Adam.
- With the fracture of multiple teams, a number of in-demand pros are available, while a few veterans, like Black and synderen, have also announced their free agency. With the roster deadline on September 15th, we can expect to see more changes in the next two weeks.
VGJ.S FTW!!! finally good offlaner Universe
Yes. Universe actually has a shot at something now.
VGJ.S going strong! Hope Dendi is able to get in a good team. Would like to for him to win some!
EE's team is just for WESG.
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blessrng исправьте
не читабельно
Spec still too good please nerf even more ty
I like this
Dendi made golden moments for us .. legend!!
Fnatic.Dendi?
Dendi!
You are the hero of DotA since DotA1!
Welp, Dendi's departure wasn't a surprise, tbh.
Dendi is the most interesting persona in competitive Dota. There really isn't anyone else like him!
my brudda
i will remember you
only 8 years. maybe at the 9th he could have did the best.
legend
Good luck Dendi, will always be your fan
Dendi needs to step down from Na'Vi then come back next year, he needs to tryhard ranked games and understand the new meta while also reviewing other teams' playstyle and improve his own. I bet if he does that he can come back to the pro scene again.
Offlane Secret.Dendi?????????? jk