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After announcing the departure of Johan "pieliedie" Åström and Ryan "Raging Potato" Qui, Team SMG has finalized its roster for the upcoming The International 2022 (TI11) Regional Qualifiers as they announced the arrival of Daryl “iceiceice” Koh and Wilson "poloson" Koh to bolster their lineup. Team SMG are expected to be one of the teams to challenge for the sole invite in the TI11 Regional Qualifiers with the likes of Fnatic, Talon Esports & T1. Team SMG is expected to debut its new roster featuring iceiceice and poloson at the Gamer Galaxy: Dota 2 Invitational HatYai Thailand.
Iceiceice & Poloson joins Team SMG, replacing Pieliedie & Raging Potato.
For the teams that didn’t manage to qualify for a direct invite to TI11, this is their final chance to revamp their rosters for the upcoming regional qualifiers. Southeast Asia is no exception, as Team SMG announces in a video that they have signed offlaner Iceiceice & hard support Poloson for the upcoming qualifiers after pieliedie departed from the roster & Raging Potato was benched.
Before the roster shuffle, Iceiceice was playing for Team Secret during the Dota Pro Circuit 2021-22 before parting ways with the team and being replaced by Roman "Resolut1on" Fomynok. On the other side, Poloson spent two DPC tours with Nigma Galaxy SEA before moving to China to play with YBB Gaming for DPC Tour III, a Division II team which ended up getting eliminated from the division itself.
Team SMG announced the newest additions on Facebook, where it was portrayed as more of a comedy announcement video where Yeik "MidOne" Nai Zheng was watching his past achievements before being surprised by Iceiceice who was trying to get a drink, and poloson who invited Iceiceice into the team house.
Team SMG to debut its newest roster at the Gamer Galaxy: Dota 2 Invitational HatYai Thailand.
After the announcement, it is safe to say that Team SMG will debut its new roster at the Gamer Galaxy: Dota 2 Invitational HatYai Thailand.
Team SMG’s new roster lineup are:
Yeik "MidOne" Nai Zheng
Kam "Moon" Boon Seng
Daryl "iceiceice" Koh
Tue "ah fu" Soon Chuan
Wilson "poloson" Koh
Team SMG will also retain the new roster ahead of TI11 Regional Qualifiers, against strong oppositions such as Fnatic, Talon Esports, T1 and more. Expect more roster shuffle news to come after the conclusion of PGL Arlington Major 2022.
