TI11 has given us so many phenomenal Dota 2 matches so far and the group stages are still going strong. With so many teams evenly matched, it seems like qualifying for the main stage this year is going to be a lot more complicated than before. Of these teams, a surprising one shot up the group stage rankings and became the first team to qualify for the main stage of TI. That team is the former champion of TI5, Evil Geniuses.
While everyone in the current EG lineup is performing at the highest level, what shot them into the stratosphere seems to be the addition of their new offlaner, Egor Grigorenko—better known as Nightfall. The ex-Virtus.Pro carry player made the switch to Evil Geniuses after TI10 last year, where he outperformed on a variety of heroes, most notably his carry Dawnbreaker, which still holds the record for highest kills in a professional game at 27 kills.