The time has come for a new name to claim the Aegis and title of Champion at Dota 2’s most prestigious tournament, The International.
The most esteemed esports tournament in the Dota 2 world, winning TI is the end goal for all professional teams, and only true Dota 2 fans understand what it means to take home the Aegis.
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What is the Aegis?
The Aegis of Immortality is an in-game item that resurrects its holder if struck down. It can only be obtained by slaying the beast, Roshan, and only lasts for five minutes until it is reclaimed.
The International: All TI winners throughout the years
Modeled from the in-game item, the Aegis of Champions is given to the winning team of TI for that year. When the next TI comes around, the team who had the Aegis the previous year must return it for the cycle to continue, for one exists in the entire world.
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The history behind the TI Aegis of Champions
Brought to life by Weta Workshop in 2012, the same makers behind Lord of the Rings, teams from around the world fight tooth and nail every year to be able to proudly raise the Aegis and say they are the best.
Serving as the trophy for every TI winner since The International 2. The TI Aegis has been claimed thus far by eight teams, with OG being the only team to claim it twice.
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Playing a huge part in Dota 2’s history, it serves to remind fans of all the epic moments and plays that lead to each Champion.
Every Champion team and its players’ names are engraved on the back of the TI trophy, or as we Dota players like to call it, immortalized in history.
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Every team and player engraved on the Aegis
The International 1 – Natus Vincere
Ivan “Artstyle” Antonov
Danil “Dendi” Ishutin
Oleksandr “XBOCT” Dashkevych
Clement “Puppey” Ivanov
Dmitriy “LighTofHeaveN” Kupriyanov
The International 2 – Invictus Gaming
Chen “Zhou” Yao
Luo “Ferrari_430” Feichi
Jiang “YYF” Cen
Wong “ChuaN” Hock Chuan
Zeng “Faith” Hongda
The International 3 – Alliance
Jonathan “Loda” Berg
Gustav “s4” Magnusson
Henrik “AdmiralBulldog” Ahnberg
Jerry “EGM” Lundkvist
Joakim “Akke” Akterhall
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The International 4 – Newbee
Chen “Hao” Zhihao
Zhang “Mu” Pan
Zhang “xiao8” Ning
Wang “Banana” Jiao
Wang “SanSheng” Zhaohui
The International 5 – Evil Geniuses
Clinton “Fear” Loomis
Syed Sumail “SumaiL” Hassan
Saahil “Universe” Arora
Kurtis “Aui_2000” Ling
Peter “ppd” Dager
The International 6 – Wings Gaming
Chu “Shadow” Zeyu
Zhou “bLink” Yang
Zhang “Faith_bian” Ruida
Zhang “y`” Yiping
Li “iceice” Peng
The International 7 – Team Liquid
Lasse Aukusti “MATUMBAMAN” Urpalainen
Amer “Miracle-” Al-Barkawi
Ivan Borislavov “MinD_ContRoL” Ivanov
Maroun “GH” Merhej
Kuro “KuroKy” Salehi Takhasomi
The International 8 – OG
Anathan “ana” Pham
Topias Miikka “Topson” Taavitsainen
Sébastien “Ceb” Debs
Jesse “JerAx” Vainikka
Johan “N0tail” Sundstein
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The International 9 – OG
Anathan “ana” Pham
Topias Miikka “Topson” Taavitsainen
Sébastien “Ceb” Debs
Jesse “JerAx” Vainikka
Johan “N0tail” Sundstein
The International 10 – Team Spirit
Illya “Yatoro” Mulyarchuk
Alexander “TORONTOTOKYO” Khertek
Magomed “Collapse” Khalilov
Myroslav “Mira” Kolpakov
Yaroslav “Miposhka” Naidenov
The International 11 – Tundra Esports
Oliver “skiter” Lepko
Leon “Nine” Kirilin
Neta “33” Shapira
Martin “Saksa” Sazdov
Jingjun “Sneyking” Wu
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Find out how some of the teams made it to TI by watching the Heroes of the Game documentary presented by foodpanda.
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