Puppey Power: The Only Dota Player Who Still Attends Every Tournament

Clement ‘Puppey’ Ivanov is the only player to have attended every The International since Dota 2 was born.

This year is the 10th event of the most prestigious Dota 2 tournament on the planet – The International. Ninety players will be in Bucharest, Romania for TI10. Over the years, many players have had the honor of appearing at the tournament many times. However, the form cannot be maintained forever and those faces also change.

In 2017 and 2018, the list of players who attended TI was reduced to four. Kuro ‘Kuroky’ Salehi Takhasomi, Saahil ‘UNiVeRsE’ Arora, Clement ‘Puppey’ Ivanov, and Liang “DDC” Fa Ming stood the test of time time to continue to participate at TI.

2019, KuroKy and Puppey are the two remaining names on the list, showing that age does not matter.

Now, 2021… we have only Puppey left.

Champion or not, this legendary name still deserves respect.

POWER PUPPEY

Clement ‘Puppey’ Ivanov

Current Team: Team Secret

Puppey is a multi-talented player and one of the most successful players in Dota 2. The Estonian’s first four years played for a variety of squads, with a number of notable achievements. It was not until June 2021 that Puppey found a place at Natus Vincere – the organization that helped him become a standout player for the next three years.

Two months after joining Na’Vi with Ivan ‘ArtStyle’ Antonov, Danil ‘Dendi’ Ishutin, Oleksandr ‘XBOCT’ Dashkevych, Dmitriy ‘LighTofHeaveN’ Kupriyanov, The International took place and gave out invitations to the teams that got the key. beta three weeks earlier. Na`Vi went undefeated throughout the tournament and took home $1 million in prize money, an unprecedented amount.

Puppey’s professionalism and talent earned him the position of captain of Na`Vi after ArtStyle left the team after TI1. Under Puppey’s leadership, Na`Vi achieved many titles during her tenure, including runner-up at TI2 and TI3. After a disappointing result, reaching only 7-8 at TI4, Puppey and teammate KuroKy parted ways with the Ukrainian organization to form Team Secret.

Team Secret creates a breath of fresh air when they are present in the professional arena. The superstar team easily beat every opponent and was considered a strong candidate for the TI5 championship. However, the internal turmoil caused the team to only reach 7-8. Months in a row are filled with drama, conflict and instability. TI6 witnessed the lowest form with a ranking of only 13-16.

With Puppey, it’s just a matter of tactics and rebuilding the squad. The start of the TI7 season was quite difficult, but the team gradually asserted its position. This promised a chance for the Roshan shield to par for Puppey but ended up disappointing at 9-12.

Team Secret finished the 2018 season at 4th on the DPC rankings and top 4 again, but only ranked 5-6 at TI8. At TI9, Puppey rose 2 places to 4th place.

With the achievement getting closer and closer to 1, Team Secret fans hope this will be the most appropriate year for Puppey to have his second Aegis – marking the achievement of attending 10 times at TI and ending a decade of competition. His memorable Dota 2 fight.

The International 10

The International is scheduled to take place in October. The group stage will run from October 7 to 10, the playoffs from October 12, and the finals from October 17.

The tournament will be held at the National Stadium in Bucharest, Romania. This is the largest stadium in the capital city, with a capacity of 55,000 spectators.

According to gosugamers

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