Entity’s midlaner has a strong fighting spirit and even stronger belief in his team.
Stormstormer talked with us about the dynamics and upcoming match at TI12.
It had been a tough year for Entity.
They parted ways with their long-time offlaner Tobias Tobi Buchner.
Their next series will be on October 22nd at 22:00 CEST.
We were happy that we instantly qualified for the first major and went to Lima.
Everything started off pretty well and we got to the top 6.
Everybody was working hard.
But still, we didn’t get the results that we were hoping for.
For some reason, we couldn’t play as good of Dota as other teams.
So (he was) the core member part of the first five team members.
We were definitely then looking for agents and were hustling, we were not sure who to find.
So yeah that’s how we ended up getting Gabbi and holy moly it was such a good decision.
Was there any moment when you considered changing roles to have him going in the mid lane?
How has the team dynamic changed since Gabbi joined?
Tobi was a more reserved person, he was always very nice, and very chill.
Whereas Gabbi is more outgoing.
He’s also a bit shy sometimes, but he has a lot of energy.
Its definitely a whole different dynamic.
Also in the game, he’s a very confident player.
What went wrong in that particular series?
It’s tough to tell.
I think it was also definitely the nerves kicking in a little bit.
Tundra lost to nouns and Gaimin Gladiators just lost to Talon.
Moving forward you have a battle for survival with the defending champions.
That’s always a nice position to be in.
They were considered the favorites, they did insanely well in the group stage.
How do feel you match up against them in terms of gameplay?
I think Tundra always strikes me as a very professional team, if that makes sense.
Maybe it’s a weird word to say but they have very strong fundamentals.
They are very strong by-the-book players.
I rate this team very highly of course.
How do you like the hero pool for mid-lane right now?
I like it the way it is right now.
There are always some heroes that openly, seem like the strongest heroes on mid.
There are still some heroes that seem to be stronger than others.
you might maybe even be fast enough to control the enemy Wisdom Rune at minute seven.
I like the way the midlane is right now.
I think you are the first player that enjoys the change the week before TI, the new patch.
And you mentioned of course adding fresh blood to the team as a positive thing.
Are you a fan of big changes?
Absolutely, I’m absolutely a fan of big changes.
I think the patch that came out with the big map, I loved it so much.
I definitely love that.
I like that people are thrown into a little bit of cold water.
And have to adapt quickly and make drafting especially less obvious.
But now it’s nice, new changes, new possibilities and you have to basically invent something new.
Are you a fan of the Heart of Tarrasque meta that seems to be developing at TI12?
It’s really unique.
I think whoever invented that, is an absolute genius.
I don’t know what this hero used to buy…where is your actual item?'
“I think whoever invented that, is an absolute genius.”
I think it’s super exciting.
So I think after TI the item is going to be really dumpstered and being put down.
I think it’s exciting.
What would be a placement result that you will be happy with at TI12?
I don’t care so much about… okay, sure I care about the placement.
I want to go through to the grand finals to play in the stadium.
That’s what is really important to me at least.
I want to make first place.
I want everyone to fight till the end.
I want everyone to still believe.
Were you surprised at all by the teams that got eliminated after the group stage?
One team that I was definitely shocked by was Quest Esports.
So for me, that was the biggest surprise that they got kicked out.
But also big props to Keyd Stars.
