NAVI Junior has been promoted to the organisation’s important Dota 2 roster following its efficiency within the 12 months up to now, taking impact from July 1st, 2025.
This follows NAVI’s resolution to disband its present Dota 2 roster, who’re set to make their remaining look representing NAVI at PGL Wallachia Season 5, happening from June twenty first to twenty ninth, 2025.
In a weblog put up on-line, NAVI wrote: “We’ve got made the choice to disband our present Dota 2 roster. The group’s final match below the NAVI banner shall be PGL Wallachia Season 5, which is able to happen from June twenty first to twenty ninth. Afterwards, the gamers will change into free brokers open to new gives.
“We might additionally like to spotlight the success of NAVI Junior roster in a 12 months when the fellows have achieved spectacular outcomes and have considerably elevated their gaming expertise.”
That is the present roster set to be disbanded after PGL Wallachia Season 5:
- Artem ‘Yuragi’ Golubiev
- Philipp ‘Copy‘ Bühler
- Miroslav ‘BOOM’ Bičan
- Matthew ‘Ari‘ Walker
- Oleh ‘kaori’ Medvedok
- Milan ‘MiLAN’ Kozomara (coach)
In consequence NAVI’s new roster shall be:
- Taras ‘gotthejuice’ Linnikov
- Artem ‘Niku’ Bachkur
- Yurii ‘pma’ Prots
- Bakyt ‘W_Zayac’ Emilzhanov
- Stanislav ‘Riddys‘ Mitroshkyn
- Maxim ‘TheHeartlessKing’ Fadeev (coach)
In 2025, each NAVI’s important roster and NAVI Junior have skilled highs and lows within the Dota 2 esports scene. Nevertheless, the organisation’s line of pondering might probably be primarily based on the newest performances by the 2 groups.
For the Esports World Cup 2025, NAVI got here second within the Japanese Europe Closed Qualifier after shedding 0-3 to Cyber Goose within the grand remaining. Then again, NAVI Junior earned first place and qualification to the EWC occasion in Riyadh after defeating AVULUS 3-1 within the grand finals of the Western Europe Closed Qualifier.
The identical polarising outcomes may also be noticed for The Worldwide 2025 qualifiers. NAVI’s important roster positioned third after shedding 1-2 to Cyber Goose as soon as extra, after being knocked all the way down to the decrease bracket finals by Aurora Gaming. In distinction, NAVI Junior earned third place within the Western Europe Open Qualifier #1, and positioned first within the Closed Qualifier after defeating OG 2-1.
Out of the 2 groups, it’s no shock that NAVI is committing to the roster that managed to qualify for 2 of the most important Dota 2 esports tournaments this 12 months. Nevertheless, solely time will inform if this daring shift will repay for the organisation.
