Maelstorm talks about the final demise of Virtus.pro

Vladimir "Maelstorm" Kuzminov believes that Virtus.pro are on the verge of collapse, as the team is demonstrating an increasingly low level of play despite substitutions in the lineup. The content maker also considers Virtus.pro to be one of the main candidates for elimination from the Play-In stage of the Riyadh Masters 2024 tournament.

The famous caster shared his opinion in an exclusive commentary to Metaratings.

"There are doubts and worries about Virtus.pro in the play-in stage of Riyadh Masters 2024. Everything looks like the team is finally falling apart. It was the clear favorite in Eastern Europe, which did not let other teams to the big tournaments, but failure after failure, and here already 1win is quietly winning matches against Virtus.pro at the 1win Series Dota 2.

VP is playing worse and worse. It seems to have made a replacement, but the results didn't improve at all. Somewhere they've gotten worse. Something is wrong with this team. The performers are strong and experienced, there is a balance, but Virtus.pro periodically shows a very weak game. And if it goes to the international level, it suffers total failures, even though it can play well. What is it that has brought it down so much? It feels like the players did it to themselves. But in general, Virtus.pro is a serious contender for the Riyadh Masters 2024 play-in."

Virtus.pro at the 1win Series Dota 2 shared 5th - 6th place with beastcoast in the overall ranking out of eight participants in the tournament. The team left the championship after the group stage with one win and two losses. The Virtus.pro squad defeated PSG Quest, but dropped out due to a loss to 1win in the deciding match of the group.

Earlier, Rinat "KingR" Abdullin predicted the replacement of captain Artem "Fng" Barshak in case Virtus.pro fails at the Riyadh Masters 2024.