Yinqi “Luo” Luo - #1 - Carry

PLAYER STATISTICS

The sole newcomer in a roster otherwise identical to the one that won TI2, Luo is perhaps the most unique carry player in China. Chinese carry players have all historically been lauded for impeccable mechanics and judged by their ability to 1v5 in the lategame, a pair of characteristics one would rarely attribute to Luo.



What Luo brings to the team is a rather strange mix of capabilities that could either propel iG to another trip to the zenith of the Dota scene or lead the team to an early grave. Luo’s speciality lies in playing highly independent solo cores that are more often known for creating space rather than lategame devastation.



Luo’s other great distinction is his patented bag of tricks. The Chinese equivalent of Goblak, Luo invented many strategies that have become staples in the meta today, from Naga tide to the splitpushing Lycan. On RattleSnake this was perhaps a failing, and LanM once commented that, “Director Luo is a player who will pick a team that we have no idea how to play. He will start to explain after the game before picking a completely different lineup the next game.” But on a team of champions such as iG, the infinite theoretical possibilities of the evolution of Dota can come to life at any moment.

Director Luo is a player who will pick a team that we have no idea how to play. He will start to explain after the game before picking a completely different lineup the next game. - LaNm

Luo’s path has been long and hard, and years of setbacks on second tier teams have conditioned him with a burning desire. This is his chance to showcase to the world his vision of Dota and finally find a place among the pantheon of the Legends.

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Luo “Ferrari_430” Feichi - #2 - Carry

PLAYER STATISTICS

430 is one of the most consistent players in the world. His play from his first rise to fame in 2010 as the greatest mid prodigy ever seen in China to his latest performance at ESL has never been anything short of incredible. Even during the team’s darkest hours at the start of of the year, 430 still performed admirably, holding the team together through those weeks on the verge of dissolution.



With his impetuous youth now behind him, 430 is now at the peak of his career. The title of the best mid player in the world might have many contenders, but 430 has never feared any of his rivals. This is the culmination of a prodigy grown to the fullness of his strength, where raw talent combines with endless experience to create a killing machine.



The pianist Invoker, an Apparition that achieved godlike without leaving mid, the Assassin with 27 kills in a single TI game, a Spirit who slew three heroes with a single strike, these are all manifestations of one player. Every moment filled with death, every motion art, every step ever closer to perfection.

Dota is a team game, here there is no strongest player, only the strongest team; my goal is to once again climb to the zenith of the world with my teammates. - Ferrari_430

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Jiang “YYF” Ceni - #3 - Carry

PLAYER STATISTICS

The oldest player at this International, YYF has been a Gibraltar in the raging seas of the Dota scene. Having been at one time or another a carry on par with the three legends, a mid capable of defeating yaphets, and the single best offlaner in the world.



Historically the most stable offlaner in the world, YYF took a while to adjust to the more high risk/high impact offlaners of the current version. iG’s laning prowess and Luo’s speciality in the solo safelane allows YYF to not just just the incredible gamut of offlane heroes that he’s mastered over the years, but also straight up carries such as his trademark Pugna that is so key to the team’s ability to destroy even teams like DK and Newbee in under 30 minutes.



Of course to the victor goes the spoils, yet with what does one win if he doesn’t even believe in himself. To struggle together as a team is the only way out. Upon the end of my professional career I wish to claim a world championship for myself, for 430, and for iG. - YYF

This is his swansong, and his time to take for himself the crowning achievement for a career that has touched every part of Chinese Dota. For YYF this may be the end of one journey and the beginning of another, the celestial trails of a comet who has been our companion in the night sky for so long finally falling back to Earth with a bang.

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Wong Hock “Chuan” Chuan - #4 - Support

PLAYER STATISTICS

Chuan’s journey has been one full of twists and turns. From aspiring basketball player from Malaysia to the face of a team grasping the Aegis of Immortal to a teamless wanderer in a foreign land, Chuan has seen it all. He has learned from his experiences and looks once again toward that ultimate light of glory.



Check out our All Pick article featuring Chuan.



The past year has softened Chuan and perhaps made him more devoted than ever to the team. His frustrations at SL9 and initial reactions to Luo show above all a man who wishes for victory with a team he loves.



In 2013, I laughed, I cried, I had, and lost, I stood at the peak and fell to the valley. I am thankful to have learned and understood too much. - Chuan

Chuan’s style of support is quite similar to many others who’ve transitioned into that role from carry. He does not mind getting farm but instead relishes in it. When Chuan gets farmed he plays the support very much like a core with a penchant for snowballing out of control.



While his Kunkka may need a bit more work, Chuan has been known for almost every support hero under the sun; from the Rubick that was instrumental to the team’s TI2 victory to the recently dubbed “Enchuantress” Chuan will always make his presence felt.

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Zeng “Faith” Hongda - #5 - Support

PLAYER STATISTICS

The quiet mastermind behind the team’s long-time success is also one of the most selfless supports in China, especially compared to Chuan’s occasionally overflowing wealth. The tireless player was the one to pioneer the “1 protect 4” style of a single support more or less buying out the shop for the betterment of the team.



No matter how the other players struggle with each other or themselves, Faith always found himself calm in the middle of the maelstrom. From the day iG was created and designed Faith is the team’s final safeguard, that reassurance needed for each core to play the Dota that they desire.



Faith’s preferred heroes are ones that can change the course of the game without any farm. Be it saving a big brother as Shadow Demon or leveraging the firepower of Shadow Shaman, Faith might be the true successor to the line of great Chinese Captains.

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