Champions of the first The International tournament, Na'Vi has been competing in Dota 2 esports since 2010, and since then they have made several major cuts to the team, primarily in 2015 and 2020.
Arman "Malady" Orazbayev, who has been a member of Na'Vi since February last year, was in the team for the longest time in the current five, but he was also removed from the first team before the official disbandment, since Na'Vi played the last tournament with three substitutions, and only team captain Bakyt "Zayac" Emilzhanov and Artem "Yuragi" Golubiev continued to play for the team.
Like Malady, Sukhbat "sanctity-" Otgondavaa and Dmitry "jade" Tarasich were previously replaced, jade like malady still for DreamLeague qualifiers.
Na'Vi, played for by the legendary Clement "Puppey" Ivanov and Miroslav "BOOM" Bičan, managed to achieve a top 4 finish at the PGL Wallachia S2 tournament which earned them $80,000, but even that was not enough to change the decision, although as stated in the official announcement, some of the changes are not able to continue playing for the team, which certainly influenced the decision.
It remains to be seen if Na'Vi will at some point promote the academy to the first team, now that they no longer have an A team, or if at some point they will try to take over an already established squad." dir="ltr">Famous esports organization Natus Vincere has issued an official statement that they are disbanding their first team, while their Dota 2 Academy will continue to compete.
Champions of the first The International tournament, Na'Vi has been competing in Dota 2 esports since 2010, and since then they have made several major cuts to the team, primarily in 2015 and 2020.
Arman "Malady" Orazbayev, who has been a member of Na'Vi since February last year, was in the team for the longest time in the current five, but he was also removed from the first team before the official disbandment, since Na'Vi played the last tournament with three substitutions, and only team captain Bakyt "Zayac" Emilzhanov and Artem "Yuragi" Golubiev continued to play for the team.
Like Malady, Sukhbat "sanctity-" Otgondavaa and Dmitry "jade" Tarasich were previously replaced, jade like malady still for DreamLeague qualifiers.
Na'Vi, played for by the legendary Clement "Puppey" Ivanov and Miroslav "BOOM" Bičan, managed to achieve a top 4 finish at the PGL Wallachia S2 tournament which earned them $80,000, but even that was not enough to change the decision, although as stated in the official announcement, some of the changes are not able to continue playing for the team, which certainly influenced the decision.
It remains to be seen if Na'Vi will at some point promote the academy to the first team, now that they no longer have an A team, or if at some point they will try to take over an already established squad.
