Yatoro: "Gaimin Gladiators will not find a better player than dyrachyo"
2024-10-21 11:07:00Team Spirit inactive Illya "Yatoro" Mulyarchuk commented on the changes in Gaimin Gladiators Dota 2 roster. In his opinion, the team became weaker after replacing Anton "dyrachyo" Shkredov with Alimzhan "watson" Islambekov. The carry shared his opinion on stream of BetBoom Dacha Dota 2 2024.
To be honest, this was a replacement for the sake of replacement, mostly. There were questionable things not only regarding dyrachyo, but also regarding other players. They just needed to make a replacement, because they had been playing together for too long. They needed to find a scapegoat.
Gladiators will not find a better player than dyrachyo. <...> This is the worst replacement. Watson simply does not suit their style. This is as if I would join Gladiators: I would have been out immediately after the first official.
Gaimin Gladiators replaced dyrachyo with watson on October 4. The roster made changes, despite winning Riyadh Masters and taking 2nd place at The International 2024. Many pointed out the different playstyles of the two carries. The Russian is considered to be more of a selfless and risky player, while watson leans towards a traditional hard-carry type, taking a lot more space.
Gaimin Gladiators continue to fight at BetBoom Dacha run by FISSURE. This is their debut event with watson. So far, they lost one series, won another, and scored a draw. In the following match the team will face nouns. The game will start at 15:00 CEST, October 21.