The International 2015

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The International 2015
United States
Start Date	16 May 2015
End Date	8 Aug. 2015
Teams	16
Version	6.84 Version 6.84(Full list) Nerfed: Axe Batrider Bloodseeker Bristleback Earth Spirit Lina Sniper Troll Warlord. Buffed most other heroes. Added new abilities: Assimilate. Hybrid. Walrus Kick. Burrow. Reworked Enrage. Reworked Winter s Curse. Added Aghanim s Scepter: Alchemist
Prize Pool	USD $18,000,000+
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The International Compendium 2015 The International Compendium 2015 - Level 50

The International 2015 was the fifth iteration of Dota 2`s flagship annual championship. Hosted by Valve Corporation, it took place at the KeyArena Center in Seattle, Washington. The tournament began on 16 May 2015 with the Open Qualifiers and closed on 8 Aug. 2015 with the Grand Final, where Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses United States Created: 1999 - Organization founding 2011-10-24 - Dota 2 division Team Information Captain: Andreas Franck "Cr1t-" Nielsen Coach(es): Clinton "Fear" Loomis Avery "SVG" Silverman Manager(s): William "ReaverXai" Burden Phillip "Tallgeese" Aram became the first American team (and the third Western team) to be crowned champions after defeating Wild Card winner CDEC Gaming CDEC Gaming China Created: 2014-10-14 Team Information Captain: Coach(es): Sponsor(s): DouyuTV Links Website: CDEC Gaming is Chinese professional Dota 2 team created from the former LGD.CDEC squad. Contents 1 History 1.1 2014 1.2 2015 1.3 . The 2015 edition of The International featured sixteen Dota 2 professional teams from all over the world.

With a prize pool of over US$18 million, The International 2015 is the second-largest tournament to ever take place in eSports, breaking the record held by its previous iteration, The International 2014 The International 2014 Seattle, Washington, United States Start Date 8 Jul. 2014 End Date 21 Jul. 2014 Teams 16 Version 6.81b Prize Pool $10,930,698 USD Website Link Access The International Compendium 2014 The International 4 , which accumulated U$10.93 million. The majority of this sum is collected through several in-game items released by Valve, including The International Compendium 2015, a digital book tied to the event that came with many activities and cosmetic items Cosmetic Items customize visual elements within Dota 2. These modifications are purely graphical and do not affect mechanics or gameplay. Contents 1 Sources 2 Categories 2.1 Loadout 2.2 Consumables 2.3 Tournament Items 2.4 Event Items .

Unlike all previous versions of the event, The International 2015 became the first not to featureSpecial attraction all previous champions, as Alliance Alliance Sweden Created: 2013-04-12 Team Information Captain: Jonathan "Loda" Berg Coach(es): Manager(s): Erik "erikbarge" Barge Sponsor(s): Monster Energy SteelSeries Sennheiser Links Website: thealliance.gg Facebook: theAllianceGG Twitter: theAllianceGG datdota: 376 DOTABUFF: 111474 VK: thealliancedota2 Twitch: thealliancegg was unable to qualify for the event. 2012 and 2014 champions Invictus Gaming Invictus Gaming China Created: 2011-08-02 Team Information Captain: Fu "Q" Bin Coach(es): Manager(s): Li "zaizai" Pan Sponsor(s): Personal sponsorship from Wang Sicong Links Website: http://www.igaming.com.cn/ Facebook: InvictusGaming.Official Twitter: invgaming Weibo: 2099708877 Invictus Gaming (iG) is and Newbee Newbee China Created: 2014-02-13 Team Information Captain: Hu "Kaka" Liangzhi Coach(es): Wang "SanSheng" Zhaohui Sponsor(s): ZhanqiTV ACE Links Website: Facebook: NewbeeCN Twitter: NewbeeCN datdota: 1102 DOTABUFF: 1375614 Newbee is a professional Dota 2 team based were directly invited to participate, whereas 2011 champion Natus Vincere Natus Vincere Ukraine Created: 2010-10-22 Team Information Captain: Per Anders Olsson "Pajkatt" Lille Coach(es): Manager(s): Ihor "caff" Sydorenko Sponsor(s): G2AHyperXAOCTwitch.tvЗОНА 51Kiev CyberSport ArenaEsportStoreESPFragstoreDXRacerNewzoo Links Website: navi-gaming.com Facebook: NatusVincere Twitter: natusvincere DOTABUFF: 36 VK: natus.vincere Natus earned their spot through the European Qualifiers. The International 2015 is also the first edition to include an Open Qualifier, available to all amateur and professional teams that weren`t invited to either the Main Event or the Regional Qualifiers.

Access and Promotions

For a list of physical merchandise and promotional digital items, see The Secret Shop 2015 Catalog The following is a list of physical merchandise that can be purchased or pre-ordered at The Secret Shop for The International 2015. Only ticket holders to The International 2015 can place pre-orders. Some merchandise come .

The International Compendium 2015 The International Compendium 2015 Tool Rarity: Legendary Buy Now on Market Use the International Compendium to keep up to date on this year s tournament action. Earn rewards, level up, and more! It s the next-best thing Tool Rarity: Legendary Not to be confused with an item s Quality. Rarity is a property of cosmetic items. It is represented in-game by the item s color theme. Rarity is a purely cosmetic property, and has no effect on Buy Now on Market Use the International Compendium to keep up to date on this year`s tournament action. Earn rewards, level up, and more! It`s the next-best thing to being there. Created By Released 01 May 2015 Patches (latest) ← Apr. 30, 2015 Patch May 01, 2015 Patch May 02, 2015 Patch → Contents 1 Sources 2 Patch notes 2.1 Economy 2.1.1 Coins 2.1.2 Compendium Points 2.1.3 Treasures 2.1.4 Stretch Goals 2.2 Origin Limited The International Compendium 2015 - Level 50 Tool Rarity: Legendary Not to be confused with an item s Quality. Rarity is a property of cosmetic items. It is represented in-game by the item s color theme. Rarity is a purely cosmetic property, and has no effect on Buy Now on Market Use the International Compendium to keep up to date on this year`s tournament action. Earn rewards, level up, and more! It`s the next-best thing to being there. Created By Released 01 May 2015 Patches (latest) ← Apr. 30, 2015 Patch May 01, 2015 Patch May 02, 2015 Patch → Contents 1 Sources 2 Patch notes 2.1 Economy 2.1.1 Coins 2.1.2 Compendium Points 2.1.3 Treasures 2.1.4 Stretch Goals 2.2 Origin Limited The International 2015 Collector`s Cache The International 2015 Collector s Cache Treasure Rarity: Mythical This treasure is only available to Compendium owners. A share of this treasure s proceeds goes toward the prize pool for The International 2015. The guaranteed sets are Treasure Rarity: Mythical Not to be confused with an item s Quality. Rarity is a property of cosmetic items. It is represented in-game by the item s color theme. Rarity is a purely cosmetic property, and has no effect on This treasure is only available to Compendium owners. A share of this treasure`s proceeds goes toward the prize pool for The International 2015. The guaranteed sets are not marketable/tradeable but are still giftable. Created By Released 04 Jun 2015 Patches (latest) ← May 29, 2015 Patch Jun. 04, 2015 Patch Jun. 09, 2015 Patch → Contents 1 Sources 2 Patch notes 2.1 Economy 2.1.1 Treasures 2.1.2 Equipment 2.1.3 Tournament items Sources Source: The Collector s Origin Limited

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Schedule and Format

Invited Teams

Vici Gaming Vici Gaming China Created: 2012-10-21 Team Information Captain: Xu "Hym" Zhi Coach(es): Zhang "LaNm" Zhicheng Manager(s): Xu "JaL" Xiaoyun Sponsor(s): Tenwow GroupVPGameHuomaoTVDare YouRiverStone Links Website: vicigaming.com Facebook: TeamViCiGaming Twitter: vici_gaming Weibo: VICIgaming Vici Gaming (abbreviated 1 Hao Play “They call me Tiny.” This article is a stub. As such, it is not complete. You can help Dota 2 Wiki by expanding it. Hao Background Information Name: 陈智豪 Romanized name: Chen Zhihao Date of Chen Zhiaho 2 Super Super Background Information Name: 谢俊豪 Romanized name: Xie Junhao Date of birth: 04 Jan 1993 (age 24) Country: China Team: LGD.Forever Young Role: Support Alternate IDs: Yueru Signature Heroes: Links DOTABUFF: 103039499 History Dota 2: 2011-01-16 Xie Junhao 3 iceiceice iceiceice Background Information Name: 许培祥 Romanized name: Daryl Koh Pei Xiang Date of birth: 17 Jun 1990 (age 27) Country: Singapore Team: Team Faceless Role: Offlaner, Midlaner, Captain Signature Heroes: Links datdota: 84772440 DOTABUFF: 84772440 Twitch: Daryl Koh Pei Xiang 4 Fenrir Fenrir Background Information Name: 卢超 Romanized name: Lu Chao Date of birth: 18 Jan 1989 (age 28) Country: China Team: Vici Gaming J Role: Support Signature Heroes: Links datdota: 113800818 DOTABUFF: 113800818 History Dota 2: 2012-10-21 Lu Chao 5fy Xu Linsen Show/Hide Roster

Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses United States Created: 1999 - Organization founding 2011-10-24 - Dota 2 division Team Information Captain: Andreas Franck "Cr1t-" Nielsen Coach(es): Clinton "Fear" Loomis Avery "SVG" Silverman Manager(s): William "ReaverXai" Burden Phillip "Tallgeese" Aram 1 Fear Fear Background Information Name: Clinton Loomis Date of birth: 19 Feb 1988 (age 29) Country: United States Team: Evil Geniuses (Coach) Role: Carry, Support, Coach Alternate IDs: FearDarkness Signature Heroes: Links datdota: 87177591 DOTABUFF: 87177591 Twitch: Clinton Loomis 2 Suma1L Play “They call me Tiny.” This article is a stub. As such, it is not complete. You can help Dota 2 Wiki by expanding it. Suma1L Background Information Name: سید سمائل حسن Romanized name: Syed Sumail Syed Sumail Hassan 3 UNiVeRsE UNiVeRsE Background Information Name: Saahil Arora Date of birth: 11 Nov 1989 (age 27) Country: United States Team: Evil Geniuses Role: Offlaner Signature Heroes: Links datdota: 87276347 DOTABUFF: 87276347 Twitch: universedota Facebook: EGUniverse-1417797578434526 Twitter: UniverseDota VK: Saahil Arora 4 Aui_2000 Aui_2000 Background Information Name: Kurtis Daniel Ling Date of birth: 02 Oct 1992 (age 24) Country: Canada Team: Team NP Role: Carry, Support Signature Heroes: Links datdota: 40547474 DOTABUFF: 40547474 Twitch: Aui_2000 Facebook: Aui_2000 Twitter: Aui_2000 Kurtis Ling 5 ppd ppd Background Information Name: Peter Dager Date of birth: 02 Nov 1991 (age 25) Country: United States Role: Support, Captain Signature Heroes: Links datdota: 86727555 DOTABUFF: 86727555 Twitch: ppd Twitter: ppdDota VK: eg.ppd.page History Dota 2: Peter Dager Show/Hide Roster

Team Secret Team Secret Europe Created: 2014-08-27 Team Information Captain: Clement "Puppey" Ivanov Coach(es): Manager(s): Matthew "Cyborgmatt" Bailey Sponsor(s): PandaTV 100TB EGB.com MetaThreads Links Website: teamsecret.gg Facebook: TeamSecretDOTA2 Twitter: TeamSecret DOTABUFF: 1838315 VK: team.secret Team Secret is 1 Arteezy Arteezy Background Information Name: Artour Babaev Date of birth: 01 Jul 1996 (age 20) Country: Canada Uzbekistan Team: Evil Geniuses Role: Carry, Midlaner Alternate IDs: RTZ, A-God, Allison, Pablo, RTZ YB, JUST RTZ, rts Signature Heroes: Artour Babaev 2s4 Gustav Magnusson 3 zai Zai Background Information Name: Ludwig Wåhlberg Date of birth: 05 Aug 1997 (age 19) Country: Sweden Team: Evil Geniuses Role: Support, Offlaner Alternate IDs: mmbzai, ZAIZAIZAIZAIZAI, zvyagintsev Signature Heroes: Links datdota: zai DOTABUFF: zai Twitch: zai Ludwig W⃥hlburg 4 KuroKy KuroKy Background Information Name: Kuro Salehi Takhasomi Date of birth: 28 Oct 1992 (age 24) Country: Germany Iran Team: Team Liquid Role: Carry, Support, Captain Alternate IDs: kky, k-god, kuro Signature Heroes: Links datdota: 82262664 DOTABUFF: Kuro Salehi Takhasomi 5 Puppey Puppey Background Information Name: Clement Ivanov Date of birth: 06 Mar 1990 (age 27) Country: Estonia Team: Team Secret Role: Support, Captain Signature Heroes: Links datdota: 87278757 DOTABUFF: 87278757 Twitch: puppey Facebook: OfficialPuppey Twitter: clementinator VK: Clement Ivanov Show/Hide Roster

Invictus Gaming Invictus Gaming China Created: 2011-08-02 Team Information Captain: Fu "Q" Bin Coach(es): Manager(s): Li "zaizai" Pan Sponsor(s): Personal sponsorship from Wang Sicong Links Website: http://www.igaming.com.cn/ Facebook: InvictusGaming.Official Twitter: invgaming Weibo: 2099708877 Invictus Gaming (iG) is 1 BurNIng BurNIng Background Information Name: 徐志雷 Romanized name: Xu Zhilei Date of birth: 31 Mar 1988 (age 29) Country: China Team: Invictus Gaming Role: Carry, Support Alternate IDs: AAA Signature Heroes: Links datdota: 90892734 DOTABUFF: 90892734 Facebook: Xu Zhilei 2 Ferrari_430 Ferrari_430 Background Information Name: 骆非池 Romanized name: Luo Feichi Date of birth: 14 Feb 1990 (age 27) Country: China Role: Midlaner Signature Heroes: Links datdota: 88585077 DOTABUFF: 88585077 History Dota: 2010Mr 2010ToT 2010 — 2011CH 2011Deity Luo Feichi 3Luo Luo Yinqi 4 ChuaN ChuaN Background Information Name: 黄福全 Romanized name: Wong Hock Chuan Date of birth: 28 Jul 1991 (age 25) Country: Malaysia Role: Support, Utility Signature Heroes: Links datdota: 88553213 DOTABUFF: 88553213 Twitch: chuan_ig Twitter: iGChuaN DouyuTV: chuan967 Wong Hock Chuan 5 Faith Faith Background Information Name: 曾宏达 Romanized name: Hong Da Zeng Date of birth: 06 Feb 1992 (age 25) Country: China Team: Newbee Role: Support Signature Heroes: Links datdota: 82327674 DOTABUFF: 82327674 Weibo: faith86 History Dota 2: Zeng Hongda Show/Hide Roster

LGD Gaming LGD Gaming China Created: 2009 Team Information Captain: Coach(es): Wang "Banana" Jiao Manager(s): Pan "Fei" Fei Sponsor(s): Guizhou Laogandie Food Taobao Razer Kingston HyperX ZhanqiTV Harbin Beer Links Website: Facebook: lgddota Twitter: LGDgaming Weibo: teamlgd 1Sylar Liu Jiajun 2Maybe Lu Yao 3Yao Yao Zhengzheng 4xiao8 Zhang Ning 5MMY Lei Zengrong Show/Hide Roster

Cloud9 1EternaLEnVy Jacky Mao 2FATA- Adrian Trinks 3bOne7 Armand Pittner 4BigDaddy Johan Sundstein 5MiSeRy Rasmus Filipsen Show/Hide Roster

Team Empire 1Silent Airat Gaziev 2Resolut1on Roman Fominok 3yoky Maxim Kim 4ALOHADANCE Ilya Korobkin 5ALWAYSWANNAFLY Andrey Bondarenko Show/Hide Roster

Virtus.pro 1Illidan Ilya Pivcaev 2God Sergey Bragin 3DkPhobos Alexander Kucheria 4fng Artem Barshak 5Lil Ilya Ilyuk Show/Hide Roster

Newbee Newbee China Created: 2014-02-13 Team Information Captain: Hu "Kaka" Liangzhi Coach(es): Wang "SanSheng" Zhaohui Sponsor(s): ZhanqiTV ACE Links Website: Facebook: NewbeeCN Twitter: NewbeeCN datdota: 1102 DOTABUFF: 1375614 Newbee is a professional Dota 2 team based 1

Format

• Open Qualifiers - May 16th - May 17th, 2015
  • Four Regional Single-elimination Open Qualifiers.
    • The winner of each region will be the tenth team to participate in their respective Regional Qualifier.
• Qualifiers - May 25th - June 1st, 2015
  • Four Regional Qualifiers.
    • The winner of each Regional Qualifier will join the other invited teams in Seattle.
    • The runner-up of each Qualifier will be invited to Seattle to compete in phase one of the playoffs.
• Wild Card - July 26th, 2015
  • Four team double-elimination bracket.
    • Top two teams advance to group stage.
    • Bottom two teams are eliminated.
    • All matches are best of three.
• Group Stage - July 27th - July 30th, 2015
  • Two groups of eight teams.
    • Teams play every other team in their group in a best of 2
    • Top four teams in each group advance to upper bracket of the Main Event.
    • Bottom four teams in each group advance to lower bracket of the Main Event.
• Main Event - August 3rd - August 8th, 2015
  • Sixteen teams play in a double elimination format over six days.
    • Eight teams begin in the upper bracket, eight in the lower bracket .
    • First lower bracket game is best of one, Grand Finals are best of five, all others are best of three.

Broadcast Talent

Prize Pool

The initial prize pool of the tournament was $1,600,000 USD.
An additional 25% of all TI5 Compendium sales was added to the total prize pool.
These sales include compendium purchases at multiple levels and points available to level up the compendium in game.
The final prize pool is $18,429,613 ($16,829,613 added).