Dota 2: Lil summarizes the reason why Na`Vi failed in the TI8 open qualifiers

Support player Ilya “Lil” Natus Vincere’s Ilyuk Visited Maincast and Vitalii “v1lat” Volochai in the beginning of the TI8 closed qualifiers. Here, he cast a few matches and talked about why Na`Vi lost, the status of his contract with the team, DkPhobos’ health problems and his opinion on the analysis team.

The status quo with Na`Vi

Currently, I still officially have a contract with Na`Vi, with the contract will be extended for about half a year. I do not know [khi nào họ sẽ thông báo chi tiết về tương lai đội hình].

About being eliminated in the open round #2

First, specifically regarding the current meta, it allows any team to beat anyone. As for the BO1 format, it’s like tossing a coin. Speaking of the team itself, we’ve always had a strange BO1 history, which plays a big part here too. You draft well: you win, you draft badly: you lose. You play well: you win, you play badly: you lose.

It happened here and we lost BO1 to mix team ALOHADANCE [imagine hehe]. They played well, we played badly. They have a good draft and ours may not be as good against theirs.

Speaking of ESPADA, I don’t know. I think we simply didn’t play the right way. I have no explanation. I don’t know what the reason is anymore.

About casting or analysis

I always liked to cast with v1lat, just you. I respect him so much, he’s amazing. This is probably the only thing that interests me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyTwoUPCewk

About the match analysis team

I myself always listen to analysis until The International 2015. Then I really use listening. Because you realize you know more than they analyze. You understand why I picked these heroes, you understand why I did those things. While analysts are simply guessing.

They guess and sometimes it backfires. Because they impose their ideas on viewers. Then when you go to a pub game and people start saying random things, it makes you wonder where they learned these things. It turned out that someone had imposed an ideology on them.

About the health status of DkPhobos (Team Spirit’s offlane)

Lil: here’s insider information: did you know that DkPhobos hasn’t played a pub game in over two months? As far as I know, it’s his back.

V1lat: Yes, because of my back, I can’t sit for a long time […] He exercises several times a day.

Lil: This is a genetic problem.

V1lat: Yes, this is not an injury. He simply can’t sit for long […] Can’t play for long.

Natus Vincere was eliminated from The International 2018 CIS Open Qualifiers, at the hands of ESPADA in the quarterfinals and then imagine here in Round 16. This was the second time in a row they missed The International, with the team competing. at its lowest level ever.