Team Liquidhas easily become a household name on the Dota 2 landscape.
And they have receipts to prove why.
Three of those five were Majors.
Nisha assumed the mid-lane role in the roster and since then Team Liquid has been on fire.
As always, the Swede was all smiles, easygoing, and talkative.
How confident are you and the team feeling going into the playoffs?
I think we always feel pretty confident.
Was that a one-off, or did you change anything after that defeat?
I think Azure Ray kind of got one on us.
You guys are one of the favorites here.
Who do you see as your top two main challengers in the pursuit of the Aegis?
I think the favorites for winning TI are Team Spirit – they looked really really hot recently.
There have been some unexpected outcomes I think.
They have a lot of veterans.
So I would probably say Spirit and Azure Ray.
We actually scrimmed BetBoom and Shopify a lot going into TI.
We had to see what happened because there was a lot of info on both sides.
So I was a little bit surprised that we did as well as we did.
Was that just fatigue?
I think we came off of a pretty long break after Riyadh.
I don’t think that any of us took it too harshly.
We kind of knew what we got ourselves into.
Eastern Europe has suddenly turned out to be the dominant region at this TI.
Do you think the new patch is favorable for their playstyle?
I’m not sure if that’s necessarily the case.
I think they played the same region as us in Europe.
In terms of the patch, maybe, but it’s hard to say.
I think so far I prefer the old system.
I like the idea of building momentum when you play day by day and you ramp it up.
So far that’s my take on it.
Whether it is better for viewership or broadcasts and stuff, I don’t know.
So there might be some other advantages but from a player’s perspective, the old system felt nicer.
How do you like the current meta?
Have the last few balance patches changed the viable hero pool significantly?
I think the latest ones, the last 3 or 4 patches they really mixed things up.
Now it feels like it is a completely different style of Dota which is really fun.
I really like what they have done with the patch.
We are all still exploring even though we are halfway through TI.
There is new stuff popping up every day.
Do you think that is the case?
I think it will be this way for a while until people figure stuff out.
And then after a while, it settled in with everyone knowing where to farm.
Now I feel like people are figuring out which areas to control and where to look for kills.
It’s just a natural progress of big changes in Dota.
Speaking of dying and not farming how does the position 5 role feel right now?
I am overall happy.
So I am happy about that.
How has your experience in Seattle been so far?
Do you like the city?
Do you think that the second-place curse affects you at all?
Is it something that is in the back of your mind?
But I don’t really think about it.
