Larl talked about the difficulties he faced after joining Team Spirit

Denis “Larl” Sigitov said that he had to change his playing style after joining the Team Spirit Dota 2 roster, which was not easy for the esportsman.

The player stated this on YouTube.

«The hardest part was changing my playstyle, because in BETBOOM TEAM I farmed a lot more. Back then, Daxak played on seven‑core heroes like Sniper or Zeus — greedy heroes who like to farm and win because of it.

When I joined Spirit, everything changed. I changed my playstyle because I felt that mid‑laners can’t win games in solo queue. Yes, you can win by simply stamping, but it’s much easier to do it with a hero who doesn’t farm but wins the lane and creates pressure.

For me, winning mid means precisely creating pressure on the map. If you’re putting pressure on your opponents and making good movements, you’re already winning the game for your team; you don’t need to hit the creeps. Of course, a lot depends on the hero and the team, but for our roster, this is the best‑case scenario.

I started building my style around this step by step — I tried to put more pressure and understand Spirit’s playstyle more deeply. Miposhka and Silent helped me a lot with this. Yes, every player on the team helped, but the coaches gave more guidance on what exactly needed to be done.

This was the hardest part. It was tough at the start, but it turned out to be easy to fix. You just take it and fix it, because you understand that with such a strong team, you have to win».

According to Denis “Larl” Sigitov, joining Team Spirit required him not just to adapt to his new teammates, but also to reconsider his usual approach to the game. In BetBoom Team, the midlaner more often played greedy heroes that required a lot of farming, whereas in Spirit, they expected him to exert more pressure on the map and help the team.

The esportsman noted that he gradually learned to play in a new style, trying to better understand the game principles of Team Spirit. In this, he was helped both by the players themselves and by coaches Miposhka and Silent, who suggested what exactly he should focus on.

Larl admitted that it wasn’t easy to adapt at first, but he quickly realized that this approach suited the roster better. In his opinion, a midlaner doesn’t necessarily have to win the game on their own by accumulating a large amount of farm: it’s much more important to win the lane, create pressure, and make useful movements on the map.

Let us recall that earlier, Denis “Larl” Sigitov reflected on his role in Team Spirit.