NS shared a humorous story from Illidan's career

Yaroslav NS Kuznetsov wanted to help Ilya Illidan Pivcaev avoid death in one of their joint matches while playing for Virtus.pro, but Illidan didn't listen to him twice, resulting in him being killed twice.

The former esports player and well-known caster shared this story during a personal Twitch broadcast.

"Illidan is farming somewhere, it doesn't matter where. I tell him, 'Illuh, be careful with the back, they're going to kill you now, I'm telling you, I feel it.' I tell him, and he's like, 'No, they won't do anything.'

Just 5 seconds, and Illidan dies, and it's just the base!

So, I tell him, 'Illuh, step back!,' sort of. He tells me, 'He won't do anything to me.' I say, 'Like that time?' He says, 'No, this time for sure.'

And yet he dies!"

The incident occurred in one of the matches in 2013 when both former esports players were playing for Virtus.pro. NS also mentioned that Dota was much simpler as a game back then, and as a support, he could coordinate everything happening on the map.

It's worth noting that earlier, Ilya Illidan Pivcaev had dubbed a hero in Dota 2 as the most useless.