Team DK
DK was undoubtedly the greatest beneficiary of the Great Chinese Shuffle, with the team suddenly signing Yaphets, Burning, and KingJ to assemble a star-studded lineup quickly dubbed the "Galacticos" of the DotA scene. Despite the infusion of star power, the team was unable to perform to expectations as pressure mounted on the players, leading to the eventual retirement of Yaphets and BenZ continuation of the slump as veterans like KSSSSS also fled the sinking ship.
However, with the addition of living legend LongDD, Burning's continued determination to "get up where he fell", as well as the growth of Super and RotK, DK claimed the dominance that was its birthright. Fielding lineups centered upon "pushing cores" like Syllabear and Lycanthrope and re-introducing jungling into the Chinese meta, DK was able to dominate the scene during the latter half of 2011 much like EHOME had done in 2010, scoring victory after victory and finally solidifying Burning's title as the Best Carry in the Universe.
DK was invited to the first international but was unable to make it due to Roster Changes and Passport Issues.
Facing rising challenges from reinvigorated powerhouses like iG and LGD and suffering from internal issues, DK failed to maintain its form during 2012, falling in various finals to rivals like LGD and iG and even failing to proceed to the playoff stage of the ACE league.
DK's progression into Dota 2 was also fraught with peril, having shown consistently subpar form after their rather disappointing debut despite having been the first team to be invited to The International 2012.
However, during the month of August, the internal issues seemed to have resolved themselves and the team appears resurgent, though no longer dominant, as they fought iG to a close 2-3 during the G-League 2012 finals as well as vastly improved their performance in Dota 2 tournaments, defeating Tongfu in the It's Gosu Mini Madness finals 3-0.
In early October DK underwent roster changes, with LongDD leaving to TongFu and Zippo leaving the team. X!! and QQQ from EHOME joined their old teammate BurNIng on DK.
DK had some good results in 2013, with a 2nd place in the Dota 2 Super League being the most notable. After The International 2013, where DK finished 5-6th, the team roster was completely reshuffled as everyone bar captain BurNIng left the team.[1] The manager of Team DK and xiao8 from LGD confirm that Mushi from Orange has moved to Team DK.[2] Team DK confirms new team lineup consisting of, BurNIng, Mushi, iceiceice, LaNm and X!!.[3]
Coming into 2014 Team DK managed to obtain their first premier Dota2 title in the WPC ACE League 2013 by defeating Invictus Gaming 4:3 in a monumental comeback after being 0:3 down in the Grand Final. DK went on to win Starladder Season 9, defeating Team Empire 3:0. They did not drop a single game in the offline finals. Team DK placed 4th on The International 2014.
LaNm retired from professional Dota2 on July 22, 2014.[4] BurNIng announced his retirement on August 17th.[5] iceiceice, Mushi, and MMY left the squad on August 26th.[6]
On March 15th, 2015, with ACE announcing that Chinese teams had to finish their reshuffle by this date, DK announces their new roster, and BurNIng stops coaching DK.[7] Cty is loaned to EHOME in April. And the team splits their team into two teams, DK Renaissance and DK Scuderia in September. On November 16th, Team DK shuts down.[8]
Player Roster[edit]
Former[edit]
| Former Squad | Former Squad | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | |||||
 Luobo | ( Luo Yebo) | Position: 4/5 | Join Date: 2015-04-03 | Leave Date: 2015-09-?? |  To.be.or.not.to.be | |||||
| HaN | ( Qiu Tianming(邱天明)) | Position: 4/5 | Join Date: 2015-04-28 | Leave Date: 2015-09-?? | ||||||
| ZeroPerfect | ( Feng Yichuan) | Position: 3 | Join Date: 2015-04-28 | Leave Date: 2015-09-?? |  Brave Heart | |||||
| 290 | ( Zeng Chen) | Position: 2 | Join Date: 2015-04-28 | Leave Date: 2015-09-?? |  Thunderobot Gaming | |||||
| black.z | ( Zhao Shungeng) | Position: 1 | Join Date: 2014-09-13[9] | Leave Date: 2015-09-?? |  DK Scuderia | |||||
| Former Squad | Former Squad | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | |||||
| Cty | ( Chen Tianyu) | Position: 2 | Join Date: 2014-09-13[10] | Leave Date: 2015-??-?? |  EHOME | |||||
| nai | ( Huang Hao) | Position: 1 | Join Date: 2015-03-15[7] | Leave Date: 2015-04-?? |  FTD club A | |||||
| InJuly | ( Yang Xiaodong) | Position: 3 | Join Date: 2015-03-15[7] | Leave Date: 2015-04-?? |  Wings Gaming | |||||
super  | ( Su Peng) | Position: 4 | Join Date: 2015-03-15[7] | Leave Date: 2015-04-?? | Wings Gaming | |||||
| coldsnap | ( Huang Hanci(黄寒辞)) | Position: 3 | Join Date: 2014-09-13[10] | Leave Date: 2015-03-15[7] |  Newbee.M | |||||
| DreamyU | ( Xue Zhuorui) | Position: 4 | Join Date: 2014-09-13[10] | Leave Date: 2015-04-28 | ||||||
| XBG | ( Gu Jun(顾俊)) | Position: 5 | Join Date: 2014-09-13[9] | Leave Date: 2015-03-15[7] | ||||||
| Team DK TI4 Squad | Team DK TI4 Squad | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | |||||
| BurNIng | ( Xu Zhilei) | Position: 1 | Join Date: 2011-01-14[11] | Leave Date: 2014-08-17[5] |  Big God | |||||
 Mushi | ( Chai Yee Fung) | Position: 2 | Join Date: 2013-09-04[12] | Leave Date: 2014-08-26[6] |  Team Malaysia | |||||
 iceiceice | ( Daryl Koh Pei Xiang) | Position: 3 | Join Date: 2013-09-04[12] | Leave Date: 2014-08-26[13] |  Vici Gaming | |||||
| LaNm | ( Zhang Zhicheng) | Position: 4 | Join Date: 2013-09-04[12] | Leave Date: 2014-07-22[4] | Big God | |||||
| MMY! | ( Lei Zengrong) | Position: 5 | Join Date: 2013-09-04[12] | Leave Date: 2014-08-26[13] |  LGD Gaming | |||||
| Team DK TI3 Squad | Team DK TI3 Squad | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | |||||
| BurNIng | ( Xu Zhilei) | Position: 1 | Join Date: 2011-01-14[11] | Leave Date: - | ||||||
| Super | ( Xie Junhao) | Position: 2 | Join Date: 2011-01-16[14] | Leave Date: 2013-08-22[15] | Vici Gaming | |||||
| rOtk | ( Bai Fan) | Position: 3 | Join Date: 2011-05-17[16] | Leave Date: 2013-08-22[15] | Vici Gaming | |||||
| QQQ | ( Yao Yi) | Position: 4 | Join Date: 2012-10-11[17] | Leave Date: 2013-08-25[18] |  RisingStars | |||||
| MMY! | ( Lei Zengrong) | Position: 5 | Join Date: 2012-10-11[17] | Leave Date: 2013-08-25[18] | Team DK | |||||
| Former Squad | Former Squad | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | |||||
| KingJ | ( Zhou Yang) | Join Date: 2011-01-14[11] | Leave Date: 2011-08-10[20] |  OK.Nirvana.cn | ||||||
| YaphetS | ( Bu Yanjun) | Join Date: 2011-01-21[21] | Leave Date: 2011-07-12[22] |  Immortal Magneto | ||||||
| BeNz | ( Li Junchi) | Join Date: 2011-01-16[14] | Leave Date: 2011-08-10[20] |  PanDarea | ||||||
| Ksssssss | ( Chen Bin) | Join Date: 2010-08-24[23] | Leave Date: 2011-05-17[16] | OK.Nirvana.cn | ||||||
Organization[edit]
| ID | Name | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Andy | Teng Zhao | Manager |
Achievements[edit]
| Date | Place | Tier | Tournament | Result | Prize | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-07-20 | 4th | Tier 1 |  | The International 2014 | 0 : 2 | | $819,298 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014-06-08 | 2nd | Tier 1 |  | The Summit | 2 : 3 |  | $33,088 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014-06-02 | 2nd | Tier 1 | | WPC 2014 | 1 : 4 |   | $48,017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014-04-20 | 1st | Tier 1 | | StarLadder StarSeries Season 9 | 3 : 0 |  | $85,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014-01-19 | 1st | Tier 1 | | G-League 2013 | 3 : 0 | | $33,090 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014-01-01 | 1st | Tier 1 | | 2013 WPC ACE Dota 2 League | 4 : 3 | | $165,280 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013-08-10 | 5th - 6th | Tier 1 |  | The International 2013 | 1 : 2 |  | $114,975 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013-07-06 | 2nd | Tier 1 |  | Dota 2 Super League | 0 : 3 |  | $32,610 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012-09-02 | 4th | Tier 1 |  | The International 2012 | 1 : 2 | | $80,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011-11-13 | 1st | Tier 1 |  | World DotA Championship 2011 | 2 : 0 | | $25,248 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extended list of results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gallery[edit]
Interviews[edit]
- 2013-08-08 | DK.LaNm interviewed at Redbull ECL 2014 by "wangzhikai" of fight.pcgames at [Bull ECL 2013 Grand Finals]
References[edit]
- ↑ Johan "Sun_Tzu" Järvinen (2013-08-29). "DK officially down to one". joinDOTA. Retrieved 2013-08-29.
- ↑ confirmed Mushi to DK
- ↑ New DK lineup revealed
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lanm's Weibo
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 DK.BurNIng Retires
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 DK Electronic Sports Club staff movements
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 DK new roster
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 [2]
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 [3]
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Mickey Yang (2011-01-14). "China's DotA: Burning and KingJ Leave EHOME, Zhou Goes to CCM". chinagame.178.com. Retrieved 2013-04-16.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 DK new lineup confirmed
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 iceiceice and MMY leave Team DK
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Tremors in China
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 RoTK booted from DK in dramatic fashion, Super out as well
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 "DK发生人员变动 Ksssssss离队XB加盟" (in Chinese). PCgames China. 2011-05-17. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 357 and Dai enter DK
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 BurNIng all alone in DK as Dai and QQQ get the boot
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 DK finally finds a new roster
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 KingJ and beNz leave DK
- ↑ Pis Leaves Nv.cn and Joins DK
- ↑ 天一董事于航:传言并不属实 目标全国前三
- ↑ Chinese DotA Chronicles
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