TI10: Team Secret - the most experienced players in the tournaments from Valve, one of the main favorites on "Int"

The International 10 will start very soon, I decided to collect entertaining statistics for each of the teams in order to understand what to expect from the teams at the main Dota 2 tournament over the past 2 years. Let's start our series of articles with Team Secret.

In 2020, Team Secret made an incredible win streak for the won tournaments, this was in the era of the beginning of the coronavirus COVID-19, they were a very formidable rival and destroyed everyone in Europe and the CIS. 6 championship tournaments in a row for Team Secret, all finals ended with a score of 3: 0, it was just incredible.

After that, I would like to move on to the DPC season in 2021:

- 1st place in the first European DPC season (Online)
- 4th place at ONE Esports Singapore Major 2021 (LAN) - lost to future iG champions
- 4th place in the second European DPC season (Online)
- 16th place at WePlay Animajor 2021 (LAN) - the team did not leave the group
- 9th-12th place at ESL One Summer 2021 (Online) - two losses and elimination

At WePlay Animajor 2021, Team Secret failed to qualify from the group in the Wildcard stage, they had 4 draws and 1 loss, not a single victory. Among their opponents there were iG, Execration, ASM.GMB, Team Nigma and Vici Gaming.

Team Secret at the last tournament for themselves - ESL One Summer 2021, took 9-12th place after defeats to Alliance 0: 2 and Nigma 1: 2.

A lot has definitely changed, a new patch has been released, the last tournament for "Secret" was in June.

My main thought, which will be in all articles: The International is a tournament of a different scale, it cannot be compared with anything else. Any player will have their hands shaking when the prize pool is $ 40 million, and the value of one best of 3-series or card in the group stage reaches over a million dollars. Therefore, I decided to collect some information on the participation of Team Secret players in the TI (The International) tournaments.

Team Secret at The International 10 will feature:

• MATUMBAMAN
  
• Nisha
• zai
• YapzOr
• Puppey
• Heen (coach)

Puppey

- 4th place at The International 2019 with Team Secret
- 5th-6th place at The International 2018 with Team Secret
- 9th-12th place at The International 2017 with Team Secret
- 13-16th place at The International 2016 with Team Secret
- 7th-8th place at The International 2015 with Team Secret
- 7th-8th place at The International 2014 as part of NAVI
- 2nd place at The International 2013 as part of NAVI
- 2nd place at The International 2012 as part of NAVI
- VICTORY at The International 2011 with NAVI

MATUMBAMAN

- 17th-18th place at The International 2019 as a member of Chaos Esports Club
- 4th place at The International 2018 with Team Liquid
- WIN at The International 2017 with Team Liquid
- 7th-8th place at The International 2016 with Team Liquid

Nisha

- 4th place at The International 2019 with Team Secret

zai

- 4th place at The International 2019 with Team Secret
- 7th-8th place at The International 2018 with Optic Gaming
- 9th-12th place at The International 2017 with Evil Geniuses
- 3rd place at The International 2016 with Evil Geniuses
- 7th-8th place at The International 2015 with Team Secret
- 3rd place at The International 2014 with Evil Geniuses

YapzOr

- 4th place at The International 2019 with Team Secret
- 5th-6th place at The International 2018 with Team Secret
- 9th-12th place at The International 2017 with Team Secret
- 13-16th place at The International 2016 with Escape Gaming

Overall, Team Secret's results at The International

- 4th place at The International 2019 (Composition: Nisha, MidOne, zai, YapzOr, Puppey)
- 5-6 place at The International 2018 (Composition: Ace, MidOne, Fata, YapzOr, Puppey)
- 9th-12th place at The International 2017 (Composition: MP, MidOne, KheZu, YapzOr, Puppey)
- 13-16th place at The International 2016 (Composition: Arteezy, EternaLEnVy, BulBa, Puppey, pieliedie)
- 7th-8th place at The International 2015 (Line-up: Arteezy, s4, zai, KuroKy, Puppey)

The best result of Team Secret at the last The International 2019 is 4th place, and the worst is 13-16th place at The International 2016, then "The Secret" lost to LGD Gaming.

Team Secret has very experienced players, but their main weakness will be in Nisha, there will be tremendous pressure on him, he played only one The International, but Topson's experience is always remembered and therefore such statistics do not always bear fruit, but for the sake of objectivity, about this worth telling.

Bookmakers rated Team Secret's victory at The International 10 with a coefficient of 7.1; they give 3.48 to reach the grand final.