The weeks following The International are always the trickiest for most teams in Dota 2, as each one must work through their post-event reflections and emotions to figure out how to move forward. This year will be especially tricky, as many Western and non-Chinese teams didn’t perform as well as they feel they could have, with only two making the top six at TI7.

The new competitive ecosystem will only cause more of a question in this regard. Teams will now have their eyes on optimizing the number of “Qualifying Points” they’ll accumulate through the Majors/Minors system, meaning that teams will likely want to at least qualify for every event possible in order to accumulate a fair number of points.

Here, we’ll be keeping track of every roster change that you need to know about since approximately The International 7’s Main Qualifiers in late June. This post will be updated frequently, so keep it bookmarked!

Note: At the moment, we don’t have word on the roster lock dates but we will update here when that is shared. This is also manually updated.

Chronological Team Announcements

Here, we’ll keep track of the announcements teams make

July 2017

(Composite of whole month; in chronological order)

Team Faceless Disband (Southeast Asia) (July 4)

(Source: Mentioned on stream, reported via SPOUT 360)

Black^ (Dominik Reitmeier, EU) — FROM Team Faceless
iceiceice (Daryl Koh Pei Xiang, SEA) — FROM Team Faceless
Jabz (Anucha Jirawong, SEA) — FROM Team Faceless
NutZ (Wong Jeng Yih, SEA) — FROM Team Faceless
xy- (Toh Wai Hong, SEA) — FROM Team Faceless

Gabbi leaves Clutch Gamers (SEA) (July 9)

(Source: Tweet via Gabbi)

Gabbi (Khim Villafuerte, SEA) — FROM Clutch Gamers TO Execration

XBOCT re-joins Na’vi (Commonwealth of Independent States) as coach (July 30)

(Source: Natus Vincere official site [cached])

XBOCT (Alexander "XBOCT" Dashkevich, CIS) — TO COACHING Natus Vincere

Pajkatt, Biver leave Na’vi (CIS) (July 31)

(Source: Natus Vincere official site [cached])

Pajkatt (Per Anders Olsson Lille, Europe) — FROM Natus Vincere
Biver (Malthe Winther, EU) — FROM Natus Vincere

August 1

C4t leaves SG e-sports (SA)

(Source: ESPN Brazil)

c4t (Emilano Ito Gerotto Yamakawa, South America) — FROM SG e-sports

August 6

Tuho (EU), led by qojqva and iNsania, acquires three new players

(Source: GosuGamers)

Garter (Ylli Ramadani, EU) — TO Tuho
iNsania (Aydin Sarkohi, EU) — TO Tuho
miCKe (Micke Nguyen) — TO Tuho

August 11

DeMoN, Feero leaves compLexity Gaming (NA)

(Source: Tweet via DeMoN, TBS’s Road to The International show)

DeMoN (Jimmy Ho, North America) — FROM compLexity Gaming
Feero (Feras Hroob, EU) — FROM compLexity Gaming

August 14

Virtus.Pro (CIS) announces there will be no changes

(Source: Virtus.Pro official content)

MP, KheZu leave Team Secret (EU)

(Source: Team Secret official site)

MP (Pyo No-a, SEA) — FROM Team Secret
KheZu (Maurice Gutmann, EU) — FROM Team Secret TO w33

Meracle leaves Fnatic (SEA) as sub

(Source: Tweet via Meracle)

Meracle (Galvin Kang Jian Wen, SEA) — FROM Fnatic

343 leaves compLexity coaching role

(Source: Tweet via 343)

343 (Adam Erwann Shah bin Akhtar Hussein, SEA) — FROM COACHING compLexity Gaming

August 15

Gabbi joins, Nando leaves Execration (SEA)

(Source: Execraiton official Facebook)

Gabbi — TO Execration FROM Clutch Gamers
Nando (Fernando Mendoza, SEA) — FROM Execration

August 16

Mineski Pro Team shares new roster, including iceiceice and Jabz

(Source: Manager tweet, tweet to confirm via Mineski Pro Team)

iceiceice (Daryl Koh Pei Xiang, SEA) — TO Mineski Pro Team FROM Faceless
Jabz (Anucha Jirawong, SEA) — TO Mineski Pro Team
Nana (Kam Boon Seng, SEA) — TO Mineski Pro Team
.Ark (Egor Zhabotinskii, SEA) — FROM Mineski Pro Team
Mag~ (Andrey Chipenko, SEA) — FROM Mineski Pro Team
ryOyr (Ryo Hasegawa, SEA) — FROM Mineski Pro Team

August 17

OG Dota 2 (EU) releases Ana; Ana will take a break from competitive Dota 2

(Source: OG official Facebook, tweet via Ana)

Ana (Anathan Pham, SEA) — FROM OG Dota 2

Fnatic releases Ajit

Ahjit (Lai Jay Son, SEA) — FROM Fnatic

Infamous (SA) releases Timado

(Source: Tweet via Timado)

Timado (Enzo Gianoli, SA) — FROM Infamous

August 18

Alliance (EU) releases Handsken, jonassomfan, Limm

Handsken (Simon Haag, EU) — FROM Alliance
jonassomfan (Jonas Lindholm, EU) — FROM Alliance
Limmp (Linus Blomdin, EU) — FROM Alliance

August 21

TNC Pro Team (SEA) announces there will be no roster changes

(Source: TNC Pro Team official Facebook)

WarriorsGaming.Unity (SEA) drops roster, builds new team from scratch

Feero (Feras Hroob, EU) — TO WG.Unity
Flysolo (Kenneth Coloma, SEA) — TO WG.Unity FROM Clutch Gamers
Meracle (Galvin Kang Jian Wen, SEA) — TO WG.Unity
sQreen (Khaled El-Khabbash, CIS) — TO WG.Unity
Velo (Kim Tae-sung, SEA) — TO WG.Unity
ChYuan (Kee Chyuan Ng, SEA) — FROM WG.Unity
KaNG (Chua Soon Khong, SEA) — FROM WG.Unity
Net (Lim Wai Pern, SEA) — FROM WG.Unity
xNova- (Yap Jian Wei, SEA) — FROM WG.Unity

August 23

Cloud9 (NA) roster disappears from site; CEO confirms shift

Jack Etienne confirms shift in roster: “It was an honor to work with the boys again be apart of TI7. I loved all the support and memes along the way, this is not the end for Cloud9 DOTA.” (Source: Reddit comment via Jack Etienne)

Aui_2000 (Kurtis Ling, NA) — UNKNOWN
EternaLEnVy (Jacky Mao, NA) — FROM Cloud9 TO Fnatic
FATA- (Adrian Trinks, EU) — UNKNOWN
MSS (Arif Anwar, NA) — UNKNOWN
pieliedie (Johan Åström, EU) — FROM Cloud9

August 25

Clutch Gamers shares new roster

Mac ([unknown], SEA) — TO Clutch Gamers
Bokerino (Jun Kanehara, SEA) — TO Clutch Gamers
Jeyo (Jio Madayag, NA) — TO Clutch Gamers
Rapy (Rafael Sicat Palo, SEA) — FROM Clutch Gamers
Flysolo (Kenneth Coloma) — FROM Clutch Gamers TO WG.Unity

Fnatic shares new roster; confirms departures

EternaLEnVy (Jacky Mao, NA) — TO Fnatic FROM Cloud9
pieliedie (Johan Åström, EU) — TO Fnatic FROM Cloud9
Xcalibur (Steve Ye, EU) — TO Fnatic
Febby (Kim Yong-min, SEA) — FROM Fnatic TO Team Phoenix
QO (Kim Seon-yeop, SEA) — FROM Fnatic TO Team Phoenix

August 29

Leviathan revived with new roster

BananaSlamJamma (Brian Canavan, NA) — TO Leviathan FROM coL (streamer)
Jenkins (Andrew Jenkins, NA)
Newsham (Jason Newsham, NA)
Noblewingz (Samuel Anderson, NA)
Slayer (Scott Palmer, NA)

w33ha announces new roster (unnamed, placeholder “w33”)

cancel^^ (Mihai Antonio, EU)
KheZu (Maurice Gutmann) — TO w33 FROM Team Secret
Timado (Enzo Gianoli, SA) — TO w33 FROM Infamous
Saksa (Martin Sazdov) — TO w33 FROM Planet Odd
w33ha — Aliwi Omar

SG e-Sports disbands

(Source: SG e-Sports official Facebook)

hFn (William Medeiros, SA) — FROM SG e-Sports
4dr (Adriano Machado, SA) — FROM SG e-Sports
Tavo (Otavio Gabriel, SA) — FROM SG e-Sports
KINGRD (Danylo Nascimento, SA) — FROM SG e-Sports

August 30

Evil Geniuses (NA) releases zai

(Source: Evil Geniuses official Facebook)

zai (Ludwig Wåhlberg, EU) — FROM Evil Geniuses

August 31

The Alliance drops full roster; to rebuild from scratch around Loda

(Source: Alliance official site)

Era (Adrian Kryeziu, EU) — FROM Alliance TO No Diggity
Pablo (Axel Källman, EU)

September 1

Evil Geniuses announces re-return of Fear

(Source: Evil Geniuses official site)

Fear (Clinton Loomis, NA)

OG announces shares new roster, including Resolut1on

(Source: OG official Facebook)

Resolut1on (Roman Fomynok, CIS) — TO OG FROM Planet Odd

QO hints at return of MVP.Phoenix roster

(Source: QO via twitter)

September 2

EHOME (CN) announces new roster; Garder leaves, Hym joins

(Source: EHOME official Twitter)

Hym (Xu Zhi, CN) — TO EHOME FROM Vici Gaming
Garder (Liu Xinzhou, CN) — FROM EHOME

September 4

Crystallize, RodjER join Natus Vincere

(Source: Natus Vincere official site)

Crystallize (Vadislav Krystanek, CIS) — TO Natus Vincere FROM Double Dimension
RodjER (Vladimir Nikogosyan, CIS) — TO Natus Vincere FROM Team Empire

fy transfers to LGD-Gaming (CN)

(Source: LGD official Facebook)

fy (Xu Linsen, CN) — TO LGD-Gaming FROM VG.J

No Diggity, European stack forms including syndereN, Era

(Source: syndereN via Twitter)

Era (Adrian Kryeziu, EU) — TO No Diggity FROM Alliance
Handsken (Simon Haag) — TO No Diggity FROM Alliance
jonhassomfan (Jonas Lindholm) — TO No Diggity FROM Alliance
MagE- (Anas Hirzallah) — TO No Diggity FROM Elements Pro Gaming
syndereN (Troels Lyngholt Nielsen) — TO No Diggity FROM Crescendo

September 5

Team Secret announces new roster including Ace, FATA-

(Source: Team Secret official site)

Ace (Marcus Hoelgaard, EU) — TO Team Secret FROM Danish Bears
FATA- (Adrian Trinks, EU) — TO Team Secret FROM Cloud9

Mixed-region Western squad Team Dire announced, featuring PPD, MiSeRy

(Source: Zai via Twitter)

CC&C (Quinn Callahan, NA) — TO OpTic Gaming (The Dire) FROM CompLexity (Streamer)
MiSeRy (RAmsus Filipsen, EU) — TO OpTic Gaming (The Dire) FROM Planet Odd
Pajkatt (Per Anders Olson Lille, EU) — TO OpTic Gaming (The Dire) FROM Natus Vincere
PPD (Peter Dager, NA) — TO OpTic Gaming (The Dire) FROM Evil Geniuses [CEO]
zai (Ludwig Wåhlberg, EU) — TO OpTic Gaming (The Dire) FROM Evil Geniuses

Infamous acquires new squad

(Source: Infamous official Twitter)

Accel (Christian Cruz, SA) — TO Infamous
Kotaro Hayama (Alonso León, SA) — TO Infamous FROM Elite Wolves
Leostyle- (Leonardo Sifuentes, SA) TO Infamous FROM Elite Wolves
Papita (Mariano Caneda, SA) TO Infamous (Formerly Coach)
StingeR (Steven Vargas, SA) TO Infamous FROM Elite Wolves

Mousesports (EU) announces there will be no changes

(Source: SsaSpartan via Twitter)

September 6

Invictus Gaming announces new roster; BurNIng on hiatus

(Source: Invictus Gaming official Twitter)

GazEoD (Yang Pu, CN) — TO Invictus Gaming FROM Vici Gaming (Sub)
BurNIng (Xu Zhilei, CN) — HIATUS

Vici Gaming announces new roster; four of five replaced

(Source: Vici Gaming official Twitter)

eLeVeN (Ren Yangwei, CN) — TO Vici Gaming FROM LGD-Gaming
Fenrir (Lu Chao, CN) — TO Vici Gaming FROM VG.J
LaNm (Zhang Zhicheng, CN) — TO Vici Gaming FROM Vici Gaming (Main Roster, Coach)
Paparazi (Zhang Chengjun, CN) — TO Vici Gaming FROM iG.Vitality
Chuan (Wong Hock Chuan, CN) — FROM Vici Gaming
Hao (Chen Zhihao, CN) — FROM Vici Gaming
Hym (Xu Zhi, CN) — FROM Vici Gaming TO EHOME
Yang (Zhou Haiyang, CN) — FROM Vici Gaming TO VGJ.Thunder

VG.J rebrands to VGJ.Thunder; revamps roster

(Source: Vici Gaming official Twitter)

Ayo (Fan Tianou, CN) — TO VG.Thunder FROM Vici Gaming Potential
Fade (Pan Yi, CN) — TO VG.Thunder FROM Vici Gaming Potential
ghost (Zheng Jie, CN) — TO VG.Thunder FROM Vici Gaming Potential (Sub)
Sylar (Liu Jiajun, CN) — TO VG.Thunder
Yang (Zhou Haiyang) — TO VG.Thunder FROM Vici Gaming (Main Roster)
Agressif (Sun Zheng, CN) — FROM VG.J TO For The Dream Club
Fenrir (Lu Chao, CN) — FROM VG.J TO Vici Gaming (Main Roster)
Freeze (Liu Chang, CN) — FROM VG.J TO VG.Potential
fy (Xi Linsen, CN) — FROM VG.J TO LGD.Gaming
rOtK (Bai Fan, CN) — Now Coaching

Vici Gaming & Jeremy Lin announce Vici Storm, North American sister squad, from Is GG roster

(Source: Vici Gaming official Twitter)

FrancisLee (Francis Lee, NA) — TO VGJ.Storm FROM is GG
Ritsu (Ravindu Kodippili, NA) — TO VGJ.Storm FROM is GG
Ryoya (Formerly ‘747’; Eric Dong, NA) — TO VGJ.Storm FROM is GG
Sneyking (Jingjun Wu, NA) — TO VGJ.Storm FROM is GG
Stan King (Stanley Yang, NA)— TO VGJ.Storm FROM is GG

CompLexity announces new roster; Limmp, Chessie join

(Source: CompLexity official site)

Chessie (Rasmus Blomdin, EU) — TO CompLexity
Limmp (Linus Blomdin, EU) — TO CompLexity FROM Alliance

Hellraisers (EU) announces new roster; SexyBamboe to join, Swiftending leaves

(Source: Hellraisers official site)

SexyBamboe (Alaan Faraj, EU) — TO Hellraisers FROM Geek Fam
Swiftending (Uroš Galić, EU) — FROM Hellraisers

Digital Chaos.SA (SA) premieres in King’s Cup

(Source: Dotabuff team page)

Atun (Juan Ochoa, SA) — TO DC.SA FROM Mad Kings
hFn (William Medeiros, SA) — TO DC.SA FROM SG e-sports
KINGRD (Danylo Nascimento, SA) — TO DC.SA FROM SG e-sports
Kingteka (Renato Garcia, SA) — TO DC.SA FROM Infamous
Matthew (Farith Puente, SA) — TO DC.SA FROM Infamous

September 7

Team Phoenix (SEA), South Korean squad, announced by QO

(Source: QO via Twitter)

DuBu (Kim Doo-young, SEA) — TO Team Phoenix FROM Digital Chaos
Febby (Kim Yong-min, SEA) — TO Team Phoenix FROM Fnatic
Forev (Lee Sang-don, SEA) — TO Team Phoenix FROM Digital Chaos
MP (Pyo No-a, SEA) — TO Team Phoenix FROM Team Secret
QO (Kim Seon-yeop, SEA) — TO Team Phoenix FROM Fnatic

September 10

Newbee (CN) announces there will be no changes

(Source: Newbee official Twitter)

SG e-sports announces new roster

(Source: SG e-sports official Facebook)

Bardo (Lucas Barbosa, SA) — TO SG e-sports FROM Midas Club Elite
FuckinEh (Guilherme Silva, SA) — TO SG e-sports FROM Midas Club Elite
Liposa (Rodrigo Lelis, SA) — TO SG e-sports FROM Midas Club Elite
Thiolicor (Thiago Cordeiro) — TO SG e-sports FROM Midas Club Elite

September 11

Team Tuho acquires DeMoN

(Source: GosuGamers)

DeMoN (Jimmy Ho, NA) — TO Team Tuho FROM CompLexity Gaming
asuna (Salvador Khamis, EU) — FROM Team Tuho

September 12

LGD.Forever Young (CN) announces there will be no changes

(Source: Weibo)

Team Empire acquires VANSKOR

(Source: Team Empire official site)

VANSKOR (Ivan Skorokhod, CIS) — TO Team Empire (FROM Team Spirit)
RodjER (Yaroslav Naidenov, CIS) — FROM Team Empire TO Natus Vincere

September 13

Ndree announces managerial role with DC.SA, confirming team

(Source: Ndree via Facebook)

Immortals acquires Team Phoenix

(Source: Immortals official site)

September 26

Flysolo re-joins Clutch Gamers

(Source: Clutch Gamers official Facebook)

Flysolo (Kenneth Coloma, SEA) — TO Clutch Gamers FROM WarriorsGaming.Unity
Mac ([unknown], SEA) — FROM Clutch Gamers

OpTic Gaming acquires The Dire (PPD Stack)

(Source: OpTic Gaming official site)

Updated Team Rosters

(Teams in alphabetical order that have confirmed changes. For this shuffle period, we’ll mostly be keeping track of teams and banner that attended Valve/Majors events thus far, were notable within Qualifiers, and/or have several players that have attended such events.)