NS tells why he doesn't believe in Team Liquid's success at ESL One Raleigh 2025

Yaroslav “NS” Kuznetsov believes that Team Liquid will not be able to succeed at the ESL One Raleigh 2025 tournament due to the replacement of Michal “Nisha” Jankowski in the Dota 2 lineup.

The streamer shared his respective opinion on Twitch.

"I think Team Liquid without Nisha will not pop up in this tournament. Among the top teams, Team Liquid is the most team-oriented. They don't have it that someone is playing badly and someone is trashing."

According to Yaroslav “NS” Kuznetsov, a team can collectively show a high level of preparation, or they can generally play poorly. The content maker believes that at the peak of team preparation, Team Liquid is capable of winning major tournaments, but otherwise all players on the roster show a low level of preparation. Due to Michal “Nisha” Jankowski's absence from the lineup at ESL One Raleigh 2025, the streamer doesn't believe that Team Liquid will be able to show decent team play.

"They either don't play well together or they trash together. When Team Liquid are smashing together, when they catch that wave, that team wins tournaments - Inta, whatever. And when Team Liquid loses, everyone plays badly - it's hopeless, everyone is doing something nonsensical. So at this tournament without Nisha, I think they will fall apart as a team. I have little faith in any great success from them here."

As a reminder, Team Liquid announced the replacement of Michal “Nisha” Jankowski with Jonathan “bryle-” Santos de Guia right before the start of ESL One Raleigh 2025.