PSG.LGD is coming into a brand new period for its Dota 2 roster, signing three new gamers from throughout China to fill holes that opened up from some legendary figures deciding to step away from the sport after a number of lengthy seasons.
For the upcoming 2023 Dota Pro Circuit, solely star midlaner NothingToSay and laborious assist y’ have caught with LGD—together with head coach xiao8. The duo will now need to steadiness carrying the profitable runs of the previous and bridging them into the longer term with the three new additions.
With that core in place, LGD has as soon as once more poached some expertise from EHOME, bringing over 21-year outdated carry Guo “shiro” Xuanang and assist Lin “planet” Hao. The ultimate piece is offlaner Li “项羽” Longwu, one other comparatively unknown expertise moving into LGD’s essential roster from CDEC Gaming after solely becoming a member of the workforce again in March.
This shift was introduced on by Faith_bian deciding to retire from aggressive Dota on the finish of LGD’s TI11 run. This was adopted by Ame additionally making the decision to step again, shifting to the group’s inactive roster with no set timeline for a return.
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Given {that a} majority of the highest groups in China went by means of vital rebuilds of their very own, there’s nonetheless an opportunity that LGD finds a strategy to sit atop the area early on. The hole between their ceiling and the stacked rosters like Xtreme Gaming and Vici Gaming has shrunk, nevertheless.
There are nonetheless another massive query marks in China’s scene too, like what is occurring with groups like EHOME and Royal Never Give Up, however LGD has a month to bootcamp forward of the 2023 DPC kicking off in January.
