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Team Liquid\u2019s performance at The International 2017 was one of the most historic runs in the tournament\u2019s history. Fans didn’t expect them to be in the lower bracket after topping their group, but it was just the start of an alternate journey that would lead Liquid to the Aegis of Champions.<\/p>

In 2017, Liquid\u2019s roster featured the perfect combination of talent and experience. With KuroKy at the helm, MATUMBAMAN, Miracle-, MinD_ContRoL, and GH rose to the top, but a poor result before TI7 could have broken the legendary roster. Yaroslav Vladimirovich “NS” Kuznetsov, a Dota 2<\/em> analyst from the EEU region, shared that<\/a> Liquid\u2019s TI7 roster was on the verge of splitting as TI7 was rolling around.\u00a0<\/p>

According to CyberSport.ru<\/a>\u2019s transcription, Liquid\u2019s representatives contacted the tournament organizers of EPICENTER 2017<\/a>, the last major event before TI7.<\/p>

\u201cLiquid said they wanted to change players,\u201d NS said, \u201cbut they were told it was impossible because they were invited with their current roster.”<\/p>

NS added that Liquid representatives also informed EPICENTER that the team would have problems if they were to participate with their existing roster, which ended up winning the Major. Liquid also went on to win TI7, and the squad stuck together for another year.<\/p>

Despite placing fourth in TI8, Liquid parted ways with MATUMBAMAN and replaced him with w33, which made NS think Matu could have been kicked before TI7 if the team underperformed at EPICENTER 2017.<\/p>

Though Liquid finished second in TI9, NS believed the roster change was essentially a downgrade because Matu was at his prime. The roster without Matu rebranded into Nigma Galaxy after TI9, which also marked their peak.<\/p>

Nigma still consists of its original four players. The team have yet to be able to qualify for another TI, even relegated to the second division<\/a> as Matu returned to his former banner and is currently locked in for a top-four finish at TI11.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"