Post TI12 Roster Shuffle Tracker: Offseason's Biggest Dota 2 Transfers

After a historic run at The International 2023, Team Spirit became the second team in Dota 2 esports to claim the Aegis for the second time. While the world was celebrating its epic victory, a domino effect of roster changes commenced amongst other teams. 

Now that TI12 is officially over, Dota 2 teams and organizations will look to make roster changes heading into the next season. In the next few months, the community will be treated to numerous and exciting roster changes across different regions of Dota 2 esports. 

Some of the biggest names in the landscape that have already undergone changes include beastcoast and Evil Geniuses. 

There are going to be a lot of exciting roster moves in Dota 2 this offseason, and we've put together a roster change tracker to help you keep up with the changes with ease.

Dota 2 roster changes during and after TI12

TI12 ended on 29th October and we started seeing roster changes on the same day. Below is a table documenting the roster changes sorted by Team names:

For your convenience, all the developments have also been grouped according to the date of occurrence:

25th October:

• Natthaphon "Masaros" Ouanphakdee left Team SMG and is looking for a new team

29th October:

• beastcoast Dota 2 roster disbanded, and all of the former players are now free agents.

31st October:

• Tobias "Tobi" Buchner left PSG Quest.

•  Daud "db-" Budiawan, and Muhammad Rizky "inYourdreaM" Anugrah bid farewell to Army Geniuses

1st November:

• Ludwig "zai" Wåhlberg announced his indefinite break from Dota 2 esports

• EG disbanded its entire Dota 2 roster amidst another wave of layoffs.

• Carlo "Kuku" Palad left Blacklist and is currently looking for a new team

2nd November:

• Negima Gaming announced it is parting ways with Stanislav "Malr1ne" Potorak, Ivan "Vazya" German, and Vladimir "RodjER" Nikogosianas in a vlog.

• Tri "Jhocam" Kuncoro left Army Geniuses.

• Daryl "iceiceice" Koh confirmed that he is no longer a part of Bleed Esports in a Twitch livestream.

• Ye "BoBoKa" Zhibiao and Yap "xNova" Jian Wei left BOOM Esports.

• Yuri "Yowe" Pacaña parted ways with Army Geniuses.

3rd November:

• BOOM Esports releases their Dota 2 roster.

4th November:

• Karl "Karl" Baldovino left Blacklist International

5th November:

• nouns Dota 2 roster disbanded on their own accord.

• Jaunuel "Jaunuel" Arcilla left Team SMG.

• Marvin "Boomy" Rushton left Polaris Esports.

• 747.live, a new SEA team is introduced. The roster is as follows:

1. Muhammad "inYourdreaM" Anugrah

2. Karl "Karl" Baldovino

3. Daud "db-" Budiawan

4. Marvin "Boomy" Rushton

5. Jaunuel "Jaunuel" Arcilla

6th November:

• New South American roster formed and looking for an organization:

1. Christian "Pakazs" Savina 

2. Jordan "SLATEM$" Vega

3. Rafael "Sacred" Yonatan 

4. Farith "Matthew" Puente 

5. Romel "Mjz" Quinteros Rojas 

• Talon Esports disbands its entire Dota 2 roster.

• Leon "Nine" Kirilin goes on an extended break.

• Daniel "Stormstormer" Schoetzau moved to inactive roster of Entity Gaming.

7th November:

• Tal "Fly" Aizik, Abed "Abed" Yusop and Andreas "Cr1t-" Nielsen left Shopify Rebellion

8th November:

• Evgenii "Chu" Makarov left OG

9th November:

• Geek Fam’s New Dota 2 roster announced. The players are:

1. John "Natsumi-" Vargas

2. John "Jing" Duyan

3. Andrei "skem" Ong

4. Mc "Mac" Villanueva

5. Joshua "Kokz" Maraño 

• Federico "Abeng" Dicdican Jr. left Execration

• Bryle "cml" Alvizo joined Execration as the new pos 5 and team captain

• Oliver "skiter" Lepko and Jingjun "Sneyking" Wu left Tundra Esports

• Team Falcons, a new Dota 2 team is formed. The roster is as follows:

1. Oliver "skiter" Lepko

2. Stanislav "Malr1ne" Potorak

3. Ammar "ATF" Al-Assaf

4. Andreas "Cr1t-" Nielsen

5. Jingjun "Sneyking" Wu

• Armel "Armel" Tabios moved to Team Secret's inactive roster

• Yeik "MidOne" Nai Zheng and Miroslav "BOOM" Bičan rejoin Team Secret as Midlaner and Offlaner respectively.

• Tue "ah fu" Soon Chuan left Team SMG, joined Team Secret as a Coach

10th November:

• Kim "Gabbi" Santos transferred to Blacklist International from Entity

• Abed "Abed" Yusop and Carlo "Carlo" Manalo  joined Blacklist International

• Neta "33" Shapira transfers to Team Liquid from Tundra Esports

• Matthew "Ari" Walker part ways with TSM

11th November:

• Zhou "Emo" Yi, Nicholas "zeal" Lim, and Xiong "Pyw" Jiahan left Invcitus Gaming

• Li "项羽" Longwu's loan expires with iG.Vitality

• Du "Monet" Peng, Sumail "SumaiL" Hassan, Lin "Xxs" Jing and Hu "Kaka" Liangzhi left Team Aster

• Invictus Gaming revealed its new roster:

1. Du "Monet" Peng

2. Cheng "NothingToSay" Jin Xiang

3. Thiay "JT-" Jun Wen

4. Ye "BoBoKa" Zhibiao

5. Yap "xNova" Jian Wei 

• Team Aster revealed its new roster:

1. Yang "Erika" Shaohan

2. Xu "Echo" Ziliang

3. Xiao "生死" Yihu

4. Pan "Fade" Yi

5. Yu "皮球" Yajun

• Aleksandr "Immersion" Khmelevskoi joined TSM

• Abdimalik "Malik" Sailau joined PSG Quest

12th November:

• nouns reveal three players are in the roster: 

1. TBD

2. TBD

3. Nicolas "Gunnar" Lopez

4. Rodrigo "Lelis" Santos

5. Tal "Fly" Aizik

• Volodymyr "No[o]ne-" Minenko left Team SMG and joined Entity along with Dmitry "DM" Dorokhi

• Dmitry "nefrit" Tarasich and Tamir "daze" Tokpanov joined Na'Vi

• Adrián "Wisper" Dobles  and Matthew "Ari" Walker joined OG

• Kim "DuBu" Doo-young part ways with Bleed Esports

13th November:

• Aurora revealed its new Dota 2 roster:

1. Nuengnara "23savage" Teeramahanon

2. Armel "Armel" Tabios

3. Anucha "Jabz" Jirawong

4. Worawit "Q" Mekchai

5. Chan "Oli" Chon Kien

• Talon Esports reveal their new Dota 2 roster:

  1. Eljohn "Akashi" Andales

  2. TBD

  3. Chung "Ws" Wei Shen

  4. Tri "Jhocam" Kuncoro

  5. Pang "ponyo" Sze Xuan

• Matvey "MieRo`" Vasyunin is moved to 9Pandas' inactive roster

14th November:

• Maxim "7jesu" Senchinevich left B8 Esports

• Tasos "Focus" Michailidis joined B8 Esports

15th November:

• Natthaphon "Masaros" Ouanphakdee and Tommy "Taiga" Le joined Bleed Esports

21st November:

• Baqyt "Zayac" Emiljanov joined Natus Vincere

• Erin Jasper "Yopaj" Ferrer, Thiago "Thiolicor" Cordeiro, and Kartik "Kitrak" Rathi joined Shopify Rebellion

28th November:

• Lu "Somnus" Yao, Yang "Chalice" Shenyi and Xu "fy" Linsen leave Azure Ray.

• Guo "Xm" Hongcheng, Lin "Xxs" Jing, and Zhao "XinQ" Zixing joined Azure Ray

• Lin "planet" Hao moved to LGD Gaming's inactive roster

• Zhou "Emo" Yi and Xiong "Pyw" Jiahan joined LGD Gaming

30th November:

• Ryan "Raging Potato" Qui left Neon Esports

5th December:

• TSM disbanded and announced its exit from NA Dota, Team roster continues under "Team Undying" name

6th December:

• BOOM Esports disbands its entire roster again

7th December:

• Ng "ChYuaN" Kee Chyuan left Alliance

8th December:

• Invictus Gaming partners with G2 Esports and is renamed to G2.iG

• Vivo Keyd Stars Disband

11th December:

• Wang "Ame" Chunyu joined Xtreme Gaming

20th December:

• Ivan "MinD_ContRoL" Ivanov, Yuma "Yuma" Langlet,and Kasra "Mikey" Mesbah left Nigma Galaxy while Maroun "GH" Merhej is moved to inactive roster

• Roman "RAMZES666" Kushnarev left 9Pandas

21st December:

• Sumail "SumaiL" Hassan rejoined Nigma Galaxy.

• Alliance Dota 2 roster disbanded

• Yuma "Yuma" Langlet joined Nouns Esports

22nd December:

• Amer "Miracle-" Al-Barkawi joins Nigma Galaxy's Active Roster

24th December:

• Ivan "Pure" Moskalenko moves to inactive roster

27th December:

• Guo "Xm" Hongcheng, Lin "Xxs" Jing, and Zhao "XinQ" Zixing transfers to Xtreme Gaming from Azure Ray

• Mario "LittleBoy" Valdivia, Rodrigo "n1ght" Cruz, Jose "Panda" Padilla joined BOOM Esports

28th December:

• Tommy "Taiga" Le leaves Bleed Esports

• Ni "ButterflyEffect" Weijie and He "TK" Boyi joins Team Bright

• Abdimalik "Malik" Sailau joins PSG.Quest

31st December:

• Zhang "Faith_bian" Ruida and Zeng "Ori" Jiaoyang come out of retirement to join Azure Ray with Xu "fy" Linsen 

2nd January 2024:

• Enzo "Timado" Gianoli, Jonathan Bryle "Bryle" De Guia, Ilyas "kasane" Gainullin, and Aleksandr "Immersion" Khmelevskoi part ways with Tundra Esports.

4th January 2024:

• New Team, Heroic is formed and the roster includes:

  1. Héctor "K1" Rodríguez

  2. João "4nalog" Giannini

  3. Cedric "Davai Lama" Deckmyn

  4. Elvis "Scofield" Peña

  5. Matheus "KJ" Diniz

5th January 2024:

• Jordan "SLATEM$" Vega rejoins BOOM Esports

• New team, L1ga Team is formed and roster includes:

  1. Roman "RAMZES666" Kushnarev

  2. Gleb "kiyotaka" Zyryanov

  3. Ilyas "kasane" Gainullin

  4. Aleksandr "Immersion" Khmelevskoi

  5. Vladimir "RodjER" Nikogosian

• Daniel "Ghost" Chan and Roman "rmN-" Paley joined Nigma Galaxy.

6th January 2024:

• Daniyal "yamich" Lazebnyy and Yeik "MidOne" Nai Zheng moves to inactive roster of Team Secret.

• Teng "Kordan" Tjin Yao and Marcel "Ekki" Hołowienko joined Team Secret.

• Edgar "9Class" Naltakian joined Tundra Esports

8th January 2024:

• Wilson "poloson" Koh and Rafli "Mikoto" Fathur Rahman joined Bleed Esports

• Darklord^ and Albert "alberkaaa" Chernoivanov joined 9Pandas

• Ivan "MinD_ContRoL" Ivanov and Topias "Topson" Taavitsainen joined Tundra Esports

11th January 2024:

• Ivan "Pure" Moskalenko joined Tundra Esports as its carry on loan

• Matvey "MieRo`" Vasyunin joined BetBoom Team.