The rumors turned out to be true, and Virtus.Pro created another team based on the players that were unable to make the cut on the main roster.

VP.Prodigy

Both Egor "epileptick1d" Grigorenko, and Vitalie "Save-" Melnic were originally playing for the main roster, when they were removed due to poor results. They were said to have had great potential, which started the rumor mill on VP keeping them around for a second team. Rostislav "fn" Lozovoi played substitute for Gambit when Danil "gpk" Skutin didn't want to play under their roster. He helped Gambit secure a spot in the last Minor, and place 4th at the WePlay! Mad Moon event, losing to Team Nigma. Dmitry "DM" Dorokhin was last seen playing top tier Dota as one of the many trials Chaos Esports had for their position 3, during the DreamLeague Season 13, where they landed bottom of the group. Finally Albert "yume" Garayev played for Team Singularity before their release of the roster.

The Manager of VP was quoted saying, "The thought of the second lineup came to us back in January, however, only after the Leipzig series had it become more than just an inkling. The idea is fairly simple: the second lineup allows young players to attain professional scene experience and knowledge without the enormous pressure of instant result expectation. The club has acquired players that might join the main roster later - or even replace it completely in the long run.

Choosing the right name was a bit of an adventure for us. The proven classics like “Young” and “Junior” and even some community-related memes were considered, but we have chosen “VP.Prodigy” in the end. Of course, the famous band instantly comes to mind, but we were going for the word’s original meaning in this case: “a young talented person”. I think this name reflects the roster’s nature to the fullest. At the moment, the guys are facing the main goal of attaining the level of play that would be sufficient to qualify for Major-status series through open or closed qualifiers in 2019/2020 season, or the league system in 2020/2021 season.”

The roster will make their debut performance at the GGBET StayHome Challenge playing against B8.