Gaimin Gladiators is still the favorite despite an early fall to the lower bracket at TI 2023.
The team of the year is looking to close off a perfect DPC season by claiming the Aegis of Champions in Seattle. However, a loss to Talon in the group stage deciding match has set the team back. WIN.gg got to catch up with the triple-Major champion at The International to learn how they bounced back and if the team’s unique style is suffering from success.
An interview with Gaimin Gladiators at TI 2023
WIN.gg: The loss to Talon was a heart-breaker. What was the team room like after that match? What did you do to recover?
Dyrachyo: I can answer. We just flame each other, say “You are trash.”
(Group laughs.)
Dyrachyo: We just watch replays and decide what we will do better.
Seleri: We got tilted for 30 minutes. We didn’t want to look at each other
Dyrachyo: But they’re already eliminated, so… Unlucky for Talon.
ToFu: It’s also rough because we were really expecting to win that game. We won a good position but then we messed up the games from positions where I think we were already learned out mistakes from, but then we messed it up anyway. Then it’s also very punishing because you go between upper and lower and then we ended up in lower for games that we should have won, and people were just in a bad mood. But next day we just play again.
Dyrachyo: Next time I think we just chill six days in a row.
ToFu: (Laughs) Maybe you will.
Winning all the majors has put a target on your back, so are you trying to play in an unusual way to throw other teams off?
Dyrachyo: I think its all just the same. Just play Dota, hit creeps, hit the creeps, gank the heroes. Nothing changed.
Are there any heroes this patch that particularly disgust you?
Dyrachyo: (Before the question is over) Bristleback.
Seleri: I thought you hated Venge?
Dyrachyo: Bristleback, Primal Beast…
Seleri: Chaos Knight. But you hate Venge the most, right? 40 mana W just wins.
Dyrachyo: Yeah, 40 mana, 16 second cooldown, 55 damage, reduce armor and damage…
Seleri: You’ve said this a lot. Like, everyday. Every morning at boot camp you walk in and you say that.
Dyrachyo: It’s a broken spell. They kinda fixed it now, but still broken… Oh, and Kunkka.
ToFu: Some of the broken dudes that just run in like Bristleback or Spirit Breaker. They’re unreasonably strong and they don’t require high execution. They just run their heads against your wall.
Cy-: Unga bunga.
(Group laughs.)
Seleri: Spirit Breaker is definitely unga bunga.
Tofu, Zai and Mira are your strongest opponents for the most handsome player at The International. Any plans to strengthen your lead?
ToFu: I’m not sure if it will be to my advantage, but if we lose I might go bald.
Ace: You’re really gonna try being bald?
ToFu: Yeah. Then we can rub it for good luck.
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