2013-10-07, 02:51 PM
IllegallySane Wrote:Na'Vi's not as insanely good as before? Oh dang, really? They were actually far better a couple years back?
Better compared to the competition. They were without a doubt the 2nd best team at TI2 with iG being the best. Na'vi was the ONLY western team able to make it to the prize money IIRC.
At TI1 na'vi basically stomped EVERYTHING, and post TI1 na'vi also won practically EVERYTHING, minus dreamhack.
Na'vi has always had slumps but i'd say the previous Na'vi with this roster:
XBOCT, Puppey, LightOfHeaven, Ars-Art and Dendi was the strongest Na'vi there was, based on individual skill.
But they had some internal issues, so moving on to the new na'vi roster was probably smart, and it seems like LightOfHeaven and Ars-Art lost their motivation or drive for the game because they're nowhere as good as they used to be.
http://www.dota-academy.com/team/9/ You can kind of see where their slump began and ended and stuff.