Malik summed up the group stage of the 2026 Esports World Cup in Dota 2 for Rune Eaters
Кирилл Wockeez
Rune Eaters offlaner Abdimalik “Malik” Saylau assessed his team’s performance in the group stage of the 2026 Esports World Cup. The player’s video message was posted on the club’s Telegram channel.
Salam aleikum, everyone! This is Malik, the offlaner for Rune Eaters. We played through the group stage, finished in third place—everything went well. We almost won every map against every team except the Falcons, but we blew that one ourselves. Now we’re heading to the Survival Stage. We don’t know who our opponent is yet, but we’re ready for anyone—we’re training hard. Cheer for us.
Rune Eaters finished the group stage of the 2026 Esports World Cup in Dota 2 in third place in Group A with a 5-5 map record. On July 14 at 5:30 p.m. Moscow time, the team will face Virtus.pro in a single-elimination match.
Photo by Luc Bouchon, BLAST.
Kirill Wockeez
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