Sumail and Team Secret have no expectations in long road to The International 11 ValveSyed Sumail \u2018Sumail\u2019 Hassan might be the king of Dota 2, but he\u2019s got modest expectations for Team Secret, admitting they\u2019ve got none and just want to play and see what happens as the long road to The International 11 begins. After a disappointing run with OG at The International 10 that saw the roster disband and go their separate ways, Sumail joined Team Secret to have another crack at lifting the Aegis under Puppey\u2019s leadership. He\u2019s been thrown into plenty of dynamic squads and forced to adapt to numerous leadership styles. Despite being on some of the game\u2019s most decorated rosters \u2014 namely Evil Geniuses, OG, and Team Secret \u2014 he has had to deal with a barrage of voices. PPD, Cr1t, Fly, and N0tail \u2014 all of these names have different leadership styles. PPD\u2019s strength was his steadfast leadership and drafting ability. Fly was good at these things too. However, his biggest asset was encouraging players to maintain healthy lifestyles throughout the season. N0tail ticked those boxes as well, but one thing he did better than the rest was making it all about the team. Of course, that wouldn\u2019t have been possible without Ceb, who played a big role in leading the team, too. Now, he\u2019s playing under Puppey, who is one of the most prolific captains in Dota 2\u2019s history. Sumail told Dexerto the biggest difference in Puppey\u2019s leadership style is how he encourages individual players to shine. \u201cThere are differences with the team\u2019s leadership,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s focused more on how the individual is doing, whereas with OG, it was about the team.\u201d Time will tell which approach brings out the best in Sumail. Sumail\u2019s stint with Secret has started reasonably well. They barely missed out on qualifying for the DPC Regional Finals. However, it hasn\u2019t weighed them down heading into the GAMERS GALAXY: Invitational Series Dubai 2022. \u201cOur team is reborn,\u201d he said about it being the perfect platform for a fresh start. As for what their goal in the tournament is, he revealed the team has no expectations. \u201cWe just want to play Dota and see what happens!\u201d It also coincides with the release of a new patch, which means it\u2019s a fresh start for everyone else, too. Some heroes and items were nerfed while others were buffed. However, Sumail doesn\u2019t think it\u2019ll change the meta much. \u201cI think the mid heroes are similar, meta-wise. Some are a bit worse and a bit better, but I don\u2019t think it\u2019s changed too much.\u201d He was also disappointed with the lack of significant changes in the patch and revealed two things he wanted to see: \u201cI would\u2019ve liked to have had water runes removed and some map changes, but neither of those happened.\u201d In fact, he thinks the addition of water runes, among other things, have made the mid-lane less enjoyable. \u201cThe role has changed for sure, maybe for the worse! I think it used to be a bit better than it is now.\u201d However, as the long run to TI now awaits the King of the Mid Lane, he\u2019s hoping he can add one more Aegis into his cabinet alongside the slightly dusty one following his TI5 win in 2015 with Evil Geniuses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sumail and Team Secret have no expectations in long road to The International 11 ValveSyed Sumail \u2018Sumail\u2019 Hassan might be the king of Dota 2, but he\u2019s got modest expectations for Team Secret, admitting they\u2019ve got none and just want to play and see what happens as the long road to The International 11 begins. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42469\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}