Team Tidebound named the reason for their failure in The International 2025 playoffs

Zhang “Faith_bian” Zhuyda said that Team Tidebound used the same strategies in The International 2025 playoffs as they did in the group stage. The esports player believes that this was the reason for the team's elimination, as the other participants were able to figure out how to counter them.

The player shared this opinion on Twitch.

“Many teams adapted to new strategies and came up with something new. But we played with the same strategies as before. The fact is that we couldn't come up with anything new.”

Team Tidebound advanced to the playoffs of The International 2025 with one of the best results in the group stage. However, in the final stage, the team lost two matches in a row against Team Falcons and Nigma Galaxy, which resulted in them leaving the tournament in the top 8. According to Zhang “Faith_bian” Zhuyda, the team failed to accomplish its goal of demonstrating balanced strategies and a minimal number of mistakes.

“We didn't make it. If we consider ourselves a strong team with balanced strategies and fewer mistakes, then we should have handled them better. So it's on us.”

Earlier, Alexander “Nix” Levin said that he could only explain Team Tidebound's failure in the playoffs of The International 2025 as a deliberate defeat.