Team Liquid has officially unveiled their new Dota 2 roster, which will compete in the upcoming Dota Pro Circuit season. The organization was prompted into signing a new lineup after their own decided to leave shortly after The International. Team Liquid has filled that vacancy with the previous Alliance roster, who recently parted ways with their own organization.
Team Liquid’s previous Dota 2 roster consisted of multiple big names, most of whom were on the Liquid lineup that won The International in 2017. Their most recent roster came together in June of this year when Aliwi “w33” Omar signed with the team. The European squad earned themselves a top-five spot in the Dota Pro Circuit standings after finishing second at the EPICENTER Major with their new lineup. They were favored to make a decent run at The International, though struggled in the group stage. They eventually made an unprecedented lower bracket run to reach the Grand Final, where they lost 1-3 to OG. The roster then decided to split from the organization in September, citing the desire to pursue their own project as a motivation. It is currently unclear where the ex-Liquid roster will end up next.
The European organization has now signed the former Alliance roster to represent them in Dota 2. This roster found minimal success under the Alliance banner, with their best results from recent months being a 5-6th place exit from the EPICENTER Major and a win at DOTA Summit 10.
The International 2019's group stage saw Alliance just barely miss out on an upper bracket berth, forcing them to begin their play-off run in the lower bracket. They were eliminated in 13-16th place after falling to Royal Never Give Up in the lower bracket's first round. The roster then parted ways with the Alliance organization following The International, and has now made the move to Team Liquid. Many of the ex-Alliance players were involved with the organization for years. Aydin “iNSaNiA” Sarkohi, Tommy “Taiga” Le, Samuel “Boxi” Svahn, and Michael “miCKe” Vu all joined the organization in 2017. Maximilian “qojqva” Bröcker signed with the team in 2018.
Team Liquid will debut with their new roster at the MDL Chengdu Major European Closed Qualifier, which is set to begin on October 5th.