Nigma Galaxy beat Zero Tenacity 2–0, South America Rejects defeated Nemiga Gaming 2–0, Yellow Submarine took down MOUZ 2–1, and REKONIX swept L1ga Team 2–0. ESSENCE I is running online from May 2 to 11 with a $100,000 prize pool.
A bug appeared in Dota 2 after patch 7.41 that lets heroes restore health from cleave damage. Team Spirit analyst Denis “sikle” Lerman pointed to examples such as Battle Fury, Tidebringer, Empower and Moon Glaives.
Vici Gaming defeated Team Resilience 3–1 in the ESL Challenger China Season 3 x ACL 2026 final. The win secured the team a slot at Esports World Cup 2026, while the Shanghai event featured a $172,000 prize pool.
Luke “YamSun” Wang joined Team Nemesis as the team’s position-five player, replacing Jaunuel. The American spent most of his career as a carry, but already had support experience with nouns in 2023.
A Dota 2 digest: Valve released patch 7.41c, Nigma Galaxy and Yellow Submarine finished ESSENCE I groups unbeaten, Team Yandex withdrew from the event, and EternalEnVy promised ATF a Lamborghini.
A Dota 2 digest: 1win Team swept MOUZ, Nemiga left ESSENCE I after losing to YeS, REKONIX and L1ga Team defeated Nemesis, Aurora withdrew from the event, and Valve opened registration for The International 2026.
A CS2 digest: FaZe climbed in the HLTV ranking, ESL revealed EPL S25’s Saudi Arabia venue, Mirage led the BLAST Rivals map pool, and mezii moved ahead of s1mple and NiKo in major trophies.
A Dota 2 digest: Nigma, PlayTime, Yellow Submarine and MOUZ shifted the ESSENCE I standings, Fishman stepped in for Nemiga, and a Winter’s Curse bug was fixed.
ESSENCE I has started, while Dota 2 added a TI2026 tab and ESL China saw early eliminations.
A Dota 2 digest: Team Spirit will bring Collapse back for DreamLeague Season 29, DM will stand in for Team Yandex at ESSENCE I, Munkushi~ became a free agent, and South America Rejects won DreamLeague Division 2 Season 4.
A Dota 2 digest: Nigma Galaxy reached an 18-map win streak, MOUZ added SumaiL and Tobi, and Astini became Team Nemesis’ coach.
