33 told how a beginner can get into a professional Dota 2 team

Neta "33" Shapira believes that it is now quite easy to get into a professional Dota 2 team if the candidate is able to show a high level of training.

The player stated this on YouTube.

"I think it’s quite easy to get into a pro team nowadays if you’re really good enough. The main advice is to focus on your own game, keep raising your rating, and keep improving.

Often, players get into teams or, conversely, don’t receive invitations depending on the impression they make on others in public matches. Of course, if you’re at the top of the ranking, that doesn’t matter anymore. Everyone will want to get you. Well, not everyone, of course, but those who are looking for players. But if you’re somewhere around 50th–150th place, a lot will depend on the impression you make on other players..

In the past, it might have been harder to reach the required level because there were far fewer available learning materials. If you were friends with really strong players and they invited you to play, then even joining a team of three or three with good players, you could learn a lot and progress faster. But now there’s a huge amount of resources for learning. You can watch broadcasts of players with very high ratings, where even pro players often communicate during the match. You can learn a lot just by watching them.

I don’t think it’s hard to break into the pro scene nowadays. Obviously, the hardest part is becoming a good player. If you’re really strong, then, in my opinion, you don’t need any connections. I don’t really believe that you need connections to get into a pro team".

According to 33, beginner players should primarily focus on their own development rather than on making connections in the esports environment. He emphasized that a high rating and good performance in matchmaking can attract the attention of teams, but even with less outstanding results, reputation among other players plays an important role.

The esports athlete also noted that today beginners have many more opportunities for self‑study. In particular, they can watch professional streams and learn from their experience without relying on personal connections with strong players.

Let us remind you that earlier, Mikhail “Misha” Agatov reflected on the reasons for the decline in Neta “33” Shapira’s performance.