Malr1ne on Aui_2000: “I think without Aui, I’d be nowhere.”

Ammar literally invented a whole new style of play in the offlane. The thing I love most about Ammar... We were talking about this today—sometimes he screws up, but I love his play in the late game. I really love it, I swear. At times, I even think he’s a psychopath. He’ll literally go solo into the enemy “trio” when we’re all showing up.

He just takes his huge balls and shows them off; he’s not afraid. People, on the other hand, are afraid of him when he goes into the “three-man,” they think the whole team is behind him or something. He just does it; he’s always testing the limits of what he can do. That’s why I love him as a player.

I’ll be honest, for the last two years or so—that is, after winning The International—Topson has frankly gone crazy. His genius has just crossed the line, with mid-lane Oracles and stuff like that. For me, it’s that fine line between psychopath and genius.

Aui will be first, Ammar [ATF] third, and 33 second—that’s how it should be. Aui did win three Intels, after all. <...> Even I didn’t have that kind of understanding in Dota. It’s more about numbers, about basic math. <...> Even though he got kicked [from Evil Geniuses] and all that, he’s just a genius; he literally elevated Dota in a way. We have these conversations in our team all the time—people ask if it’s better to buy this item or that one—and he starts checking, comparing, getting down to the nitty-gritty. ...> First Aui, second 33, third let’s say Ammar. I think without Aui I’d be nowhere.