Team Falcons stated that the current meta of the Dota 2 pro scene was created by Topson

Curtis «Aui_2000» Lin, coach of Team Falcons, said that the current Dota 2 pro-scene meta was created by Topias «Topson» Taavitsainen, who showed a strong Viper build.

The team coach said this in a post-match interview at BLAST Slam 4

"Honestly, we tried playing with Viper ourselves, so we had to somehow deal with him. I think Viper became popular because people watched Topson’s streams and thought it was fun, so everyone started picking him more often"

Aui_2000 explained that it was exactly because of Topson’s streams that everyone at the tournament started picking Viper. The build on this hero by the two-time world champion caused Yatoro to lose, who played his signature Medusa, which Team Spirit openly stated.

The Team Falcons coach emphasized that playing against this hero is extremely hard, and even admitted that his team also tried playing Viper because of his strength in the current meta

It’s worth noting that earlier Nikita «Panto» Balaganin named the real reason for Team Spirit exit from the tournament.