Yatoro is actively playing a hero on which he last won back in the previous year

Ilya "Yatoro" Mulyarchuk, the carry for Team Spirit, has been actively playing Drow Ranger in Dota 2 matchmaking during The International 2024. Notably, the last time he won an official match with this hero was at Riyadh Masters 2023.

This is evidenced by statistics from Dota2ProTracker.

According to the portal's data, the two-time world champion has played 11 matches on Drow Ranger over the last 4 days, with a win rate of 45.5%. In other words, the esports player managed to win less than half of the matches. Another interesting point is that it's quite unusual for Raddan (Yatoro) to be playing during TI13.

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It's possible that he's practicing the hero to use it in official matches at the World Championship, but the last time he won an official match with Drow Ranger was last summer. In 2024, Yatoro picked this hero four times in four different tournaments, and Team Spirit lost all of those matches.

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There’s also the possibility that the star player is distracting his opponents and will actually use a completely different draft at The International 2024.

It’s worth noting that Yatoro recently achieved a rather controversial milestone at the Dota 2 World Championship with his team.