ana reunites with OG ahead of DreamLeague Season 15

Steven Rondina • Apr 11, 10:14

Anathan “ana” Pham is returning to skilled Dota 2, and he’s becoming a member of some outdated buddies.

The Australian carry has returned to the lineup of OG to rejoin most of his former teammates from the two-time The Worldwide championship staff. He replaces Yeik “MidOne” Nai Zheng, who was faraway from the facet after it did not qualify for the ONE Esports Singapore Main. The information was introduced on the group’s social media channels.

With the addition of ana, OG’s Dota 2 roster is made up of the next gamers:

1. Anathan “ana” Pham
2. Topias Miikka “Topson” Taavitsainen
3. Sebastian “Ceb” Debs
4. Martin “Saksa” Sazdov
5. Johan “N0tail” Sundstein

Now that ana is again in motion, the one participant lacking from OG’s The Worldwide-winning roster is Jesse “JerAx” Vainikka. The previous assist participant lately returned to Dota 2, however affirmed that he’s not planning a return to competitors and is as an alternative merely trying to stream the sport.

Regardless, ana’s return must be welcome information for OG followers. He’ll doubtless be debuting with the staff firstly of DreamLeague Season 15, the second cycle of the 2021 Dota Professional Circuit in Europe.

The place has ana been since The Worldwide 2019?

ana taking a break after The Worldwide has been a practice for a number of years now, and The Worldwide 2019 wasn’t an exception. After changing into Dota 2’s first two-time champion alongside the remainder of the OG roster, ana stepped away from the sport for months with Ceb and JerAx becoming a member of him in retirement.

He performed only one skilled sequence in 2020, and spent months at a time with out even enjoying the sport casually. Throughout this time, he reached the highest ranks of tactical shooter Valorant.

He solely returned to Dota 2 in February, ending a four-month break from the sport to play alongside Lee “Forev” Sang-don in a handful of pub matches. It was unclear whether or not he was merely having enjoyable or if it was the beginning of one thing else, however these questions have now been answered.

OG must rebound to carry onto The Worldwide 10 hopes

The addition of ana is massive information for OG, which is in a precarious place in terms of qualifying for The Worldwide 10. The staff’s failure to qualify for the Singapore Main got here after a fifth-place end in DreamLeague Season 14, which implies OG must carry out exceptionally effectively within the subsequent main cycle.

OG earned simply 50 factors for its efforts in DreamLeague Season 14 and can incur a penalty to these factors for making this roster change to deliver on ana. Due to that, OG might want to submit a really robust efficiency in DreamLeague Season 15 and notch an excellent displaying within the subsequent main with a view to qualify on to The Worldwide 10.

Even with out JerAx, it’s simple to think about a lot of the two-time champions at OG making a robust run shifting ahead. The second 2021 Dota Professional Circuit cycle and ultimate push to The Worldwide 10 begins on April 13.