Topson admitted that he learned to play Dota 2 from a champion from Eastern Europe

Topias "Topson" Taavitsainen said that at the beginning of his career he was a fan of the legendary Danil "Dendi" Ishutin, and learned to play Dota 2 by watching his streams.

The two-time Dota 2 world champion shared this during a podcast on the YouTube channel KheZu

"I think in childhood it was Dendi Thanks, Dendi I think everyone was a fan of Dendi I watched his streams, he had a lot of funny streams"

Topson noted that as a child he was literally obsessed with the streams of the Dota 2 pro scene legend He also emphasized that at that time everyone was excited about Dendi, and many, just like him, fell in love with Dota 2 and learned to play it by watching his streams.

However, the player also admitted that his teammate Johan "N0tail" Sundstein, with whom he played for OG, had quite a lot of influence on him as well