Virtus.Pro enlist XBOCT as stand in for DotaPit Season 4 LAN

Virtus.Pro enlist Alexander “XBOCT” Dashkevich as a stand in for the upcoming Dota Pit Season 4 LAN. Airat “Silent” Gaziev has become ill since returning from Shanghai Majors and is unable to attend the Dota Pit Season 4 LAN final scheduled in Split, Croatia March 19-20th. XBOCT is a temporary solution and is taking on a permanent place in the roster.

Unfortunately @Silentdota2 has to miss Dota Pit Finals due to health problems. @EmpireXBOCT will be a stand-in for this event.

— Georgy Faleev (@vp_drAmer) March 12, 2016

Virtus.Pro enlist Alexander “XBOCT” Dashkevich to compete alongside the team for the Dota Pit Season 4 LAN finals coming up next week. Carry player, Airat “Silent” Gaziev is unable to attend after falling ill upon return from China after the Shanghai Majors.

In a time of roster changes and reshuffles, Virtus.Pro have made it very clear that XBOCT is a temporary replacement for the event only and is not to be taken as anything more. Silent’s girlfriend also reported on Vk that Silent has been hospitalized for his illness.

And please. Do not speculate about reshuffles! #GetWellSilent

— Georgy Faleev (@vp_drAmer) March 12, 2016

Virtus.Pro was directly invited to the event that feature eight teams – four qualified and four invited ones – competing for a portion of the $100,000 base prize-pool. The DotaPit Season 4 LAN event will be held in Split, Croatia, at the Spaladium Arena, between March 19-20.

XBOCT was instrumental in helping Team Empire to obtain their spot in the LAN finals when he was recruited in November to the struggling squad. Since had joined the team they were able to take a championship title and qualify for the DotaPit Season 4 LAN finals. He has sinceparted ways with the team on March 2nd.

Virtus.Pro

Although they came in a commendable 5th-6th place at last year’s International championship and walked away with close to 1.2 million dollars, they struggled after that to find acceptable results moving forward.

On December 2nd, Virtus.Pro replaced Ilya “Illidan” Pivcaev with Airat “Silent” Gaziev.

The strategy and the new chemistry seemed to have worked for the team for some time. Immediately following the changes, the CIS squad took the second place finish at The Summit 4 and the championship title at the D2CL Christmas Charity Magic tournament.

Lately, they have slipped back, claiming 7th-12th place at StarLadder iLeague, 7th-8th place in Captains Draft and 9-12th place at the Shanghai Major.

Virtus.Pro roster

Airat “Silent” Gaziev
Sergey “God” Bragin
Alexander “DkPhobos” Kucheria
Artem “fng” Barshak
Ilya “Lil” Ilyuk

DotaPit Season 4 LAN Finals Teams

A total of eight teams will be participating in the LAN event:

• 4 Direct Invites (Virtus.Pro, Team Secret, OG, EG)
• 2 European qualified teams (Na’Vi,Team Empire)
• 1 Americas qualified team (compLexity Gaming)
• 1 South East Asian qualified team (MVP.Phoenix)

DotaPit Season 4 LAN Finals

The LAN finals will be held at the Spaldaium Arena in Split, Croatia. The venue boasts a 10,000 seating capacity and was built in 2008.