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