KheZu on Dota 2 patch 7.41f: “To be honest, I’d like to see a few more buffs.”
Commentators Troels “syndereN” Nielsen Lingholt, Shannon “SUNSfan” Scott, and analyst Maurice “KheZu” Gutmann discussed Patch 7.41f on the We Say Things podcast and shared their thoughts on Xtreme Gaming carry Wang “Ame” Chunye.
On Patch 7.41f
syndereN: Overall, for an “f” patch, I think everything’s fine. I feel like these final patches of the cycle should mainly be aimed at nerfing heroes who are too strong. <...>
KheZu: The only reason I don’t hate this patch is that I didn’t expect to see it at all. But I don’t think it’ll change much. Still, if you’re nerfing heroes that are too strong, I think that’s a good thing. It’s a perfectly normal move. To be honest, I’d like to see a few more buffs.
syndereN: I was just surprised when I saw the community’s overall reaction to this patch and people were saying there was nothing to it. Then I looked at the changes, and five or six of the top heroes actually got some really serious nerfs.
About Conventus Stellarum and Nigma Galaxy
SUNSfan: What about the name? Can we Google it?
syndereN: It translates to “the path to the stars.”
SUNSfan: We want to talk about why they don’t just use their own name?
KheZu: Because they’re no longer Nigma Galaxy.
SUNSfan: Yeah, I know. But we can speculate.
KheZu: Because they won’t be Nigma Galaxy anymore. They won’t be playing for Nigma.
SUNSfan: But KuroKy owns the team.
KheZu: I think they’re striking a deal with a sponsor, and maybe Nigma Galaxy couldn’t afford to pay all the players, so they decided to do something different.
SUNSfan: What do you mean? KuroKy is Nigma. That’s the whole point. Right now it says he’s coaching the team, right? The way I see it: no matter who their sponsor is... that means the sponsor owns the team. So it turns out KuroKy is no longer the sole owner on a permanent basis. <...>
syndereN: I think the logical assumption here is this: Nigma Galaxy lost one or all of its major sponsors, and now it’s looking to bring in another investor who wants the team to be called something else. Perhaps someone wants to be the team’s title sponsor. That’s my theory. That’s why they’re renaming the team.
SUNSfan: If you were to speculate without knowing all the details, from the outside it looks like... And their sponsor was Emirates, right? Maybe Emirates now effectively owns Nigma Galaxy. That’s exactly how it looks from the outside.
About Ame
SUNSfan: I think Ame is overrated in a few ways. First of all, I don’t understand why he’s so popular in the first place. Probably because he’s always coming in second...
KheZu: He’s the Chinese Arteezy.
SUNSfan: No, but the difference is that Arteezy can be entertaining. He has absolutely no on-camera personality—none at all. And when it comes to his gameplay, how many times has he given up at the strangest possible moment? He seems like a pretty toxic player.
syndereN: That’s exactly why he’s popular.
SUNSfan: Everything he brings to the table seems like something people shouldn’t get too attached to as fans.
KheZu: Well, he really was very good four or five years ago and made it to the Grand Finals, and I think that’s exactly why. For many years, he was considered China’s next big Kerry.
syndereN: I mean, he was definitely incredibly good for about three years. I think this year was probably his worst.
KheZu: It was his weakest year. Very bad.
Earlier, commentators Troels “syndereN” Nielsen Lingholt and Shannon “SUNSfan” Scott discussed the state of Dota 2 following The International 2026 and the monotony of the meta, as well as sharing their thoughts on the scale of the tournament and the best players in the history of the discipline.
Photo by Igor Bezborodov, Esports Foundation.
