Team Zero has announced their Dota 2 roster with Xiong “Pyw” Jiahan as a stand-in for the recently-departed, Remus “ponlo” Goh. Team Zero revealed their roster for the upcoming qualifiers on their official Weibo account on Sep. 23.
The organization made its TI debut at the International 2024 (TI13) this year, but unfortunately exited with a last place finish. Now they’re looking to find more success in future tournaments.
Team Zero at TI13. Image credit: The International 2024
Team Zero’s New Dota 2 Roster
Much like every other Dota 2 team participating in the BetBoom Dacha Belgrade 2024 Qualifiers, Team Zero also had little time to finalize their Dota 2 roster for the new season.
As a result, Pyw is merely a stand-in for their position-4 support role at the meantime. Nevertheless, the situation is still manageable since they only need to replace one player. This is also a great sign of Team Zero’s perseverance to compete with the same line-up.
Ponlo’s departure
Meanwhile, ponlo left Team Zero just days after elimination at TI13. Understandably, he’s upset with his performance despite making his TI debut. He shared his plans to play in a EU team, so hopefully things work out for him.
Remus “ponlo” Goh. Image credit: The International 2024
Nevertheless, the Singaporean Dota 2 player should be proud of what he has accomplished, representing Singapore’s Esports scene at TI13.
Left Team Zero, planning to relocate to play eu pubs soon. Primary goal is to improve and be the most annoying pos4 to play against. Hope to find my people that I’d want to play with till the end of my career
— ponlo (@ponlodota) September 17, 2024
Team Zero at TI13
Despite placing last at TI13, Team Zero has accomplished several notable feat of making their way there. Starting from the China TI13 Qualifiers, Team Zero stood undefeated against other notable Chinese teams, such as G2 x iG and Azure Ray. Even in TI13 Group Stage, Team Zero managed to place first in their group, which include Team Falcons, BetBoom Team, and Nouns Esports.
Unfortunately, it was all downhill from there, as they fell to Aurora Gaming in the Seeding Decider. Before losing one more series against 1w Team in the Lower Bracket of TI13 Playoffs.
For what it’s worth, luck wasn’t on Team Zero’s side to advance any further into the Playoffs despite being the group’s top seeds. While ponlo has departed in search for a EU team, Team Zero has decided to stick with their old roster that has persisted for around two years.
