Petushara will play Team Empire

In their VKontakte group, Team Empire announced the roster for this season of Dota Pro Circuit. Vladislav 'Petushara' Kozlovsky and Alexander 'gwynbleidd' Abakumov became newcomers to the team.

These players already have experience playing under the tag of this organization. They took part in EPIC League Season 2 Division 2 alongside Empire. Then they managed to take only seventh place in the standings.

Recently it became known that Empire became one of the eight participants in the rating championship, through which it will be possible to get to the Major tournament. The team received an invitation to ESL One CIS Online Season 1: Upper Division.

ESL One CIS Online Season 1: Upper Division will take place from January 21 to February 26. The total prize pool of the championship will be $ 205,000 and 1,150 rating points. The two best participants will go to the Major championship. The winner will have the right to play immediately in the playoffs, while the vice-champion of the CIS tournament will only reach the group stage.

Updated roster of Team Empire:

• Alexey 'Smiling Knight' Sviridov
• Alexander 'gwynbleidd' Abakumov
• Vladislav 'Petushara' Kozlovsky
• Oleg 'sayuw' Kalenbet
• Sergey 'EcNart' Slobodyanik