“I don’t feel Gaimin Gladiators are unbeatable”

I had a singular probability to take a seat down with Dzmitry “Fishman” Palishchuk  for a brief interview only a week away from DreamLeague S21.

We mentioned their efficiency at Regional Qualifiers, his new teammate (Gabbi) and expectations main into The International 2023.

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Marcus Wong: Congratulations on qualifying for TI12. That stated, the outcomes have been sudden, particularly since Quest Esports is the fan favourite in TI12 Western Europe regional qualifiers.

Are you happy with the group’s efficiency and do you assume the outcomes would have been completely different when you had confronted Quest Esports?

Fishman: Thanks! Sure, the group has carried out very well all through the qualifiers. The outcomes have been undoubtedly sudden. We performed scrims with Gabbi from the Philippines with 200 ping for about 2 weeks and 1 day earlier than the qualifiers he traveled to Serbia, however the ping points continued. Quest is a robust group and given our type, the outcomes might’ve gone both manner. They’re a fantastic group, I’m trying ahead to taking part in in opposition to them in TI.

What’s your group’s mindset going into TI12, particularly together with your new teammate, Gabbi?

Fishman: Final 12 months I felt that our group obtained beneath a little bit of stress with the hype of our efficiency within the qualifiers and we have been attempting to attain one thing huge, We obtained caught up within the noise and couldn’t actually get pleasure from the primary occasion.

I hope we’ll have extra enjoyable and fewer stress to garner good outcomes this time. So our mindset is to simply strive our greatest and play this match like every other match.

What was the rationale behind Entity’s determination to deliver Gabbi into the group?

Fishman: It’s really a reasonably lengthy story. But when I needed to put it in just a few phrases, I felt that Gabbi had the potential and I felt dangerous that he was losing his expertise on ineffective streams. I made a decision to place his expertise to higher use.

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Marcus Wong: Your regional rival, Gaimin Gladiators have taken the Dota 2 Esports by storm, turning into the primary group to win three consecutive majors in a DPC season.

Do you assume Gaimin is unbeatable at their present type?

Fishman: They’re a strong group, they’ve proved it again and again. However I don’t really feel they’re unbeatable. I wish to return to the TI norms, the place groups like this battle on the massive stage. Let’s see how this 12 months pans out for them.

Marcus Wong: In addition to Gaimin, which groups do you take into account to be your strongest opponents at TI12?

Fishman: I feel Virtus.Professional and Thunder Awaken are two groups who would possibly give us a tough time within the match.

Are there any OP heroes in 7.34 that you just plan to concentrate on throughout TI12?

Fishman: It’s robust to reply this query now as a result of there can be a patch replace after Dreamleague, proper earlier than TI, we will anticipate some adjustments then. However for now it’s Treant Protector for me.

Lastly, are you able to give us a prediction for who will win TI12?

 I strongly really feel it will be a group from Europe (wink)(wink)

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