Following lackluster perfomance at The International Qualifiers Team Empire announces departure of its veteran player, Andrey Ghostik Kadyk.

Ukrainian player was a part of Team Empire during 2016/17 and 2017/18 seasons. With the help of Andrey we could achieve 7-8 place at The International 2017, 5-6 place at Dota 2 Asia Championships 2017 as well as first place at ROG Masters 2017.

Andrey spoke on the matter:

«I would like to say thanks to Team Empire for all that time we spent together. Although not everything went just as planned, I still consider it as a valuable experience. Now it is time to move on and I am optimistic about the future».

Team Empire esports director, Alexander StrangeR Solomonov:



«I want to say huge thanks to Andrey for all the contribution he made to the development of our Dota 2 team in the last few years. Although he was not a formal captain of our squad, Ghostik played huge role as an in-game leader. Andrey has chosen new path in his career and I wish him all the best. He will talk about his new team when time comes.

As for us, we are going to test different offlane players. It might be a long process, but I will personally do my best to make the optimal choice for our team».

Thus current Team Empire roster is:

Rostislav fn Lozovoi

Aybek Naive- Tokaev

Evgeniy Chuvash Makarov

Yaroslav Miposhka Naidenov

