Miposhka provided a mid-tournament assessment of Spirit’s performance at The International 2026 ahead of the elimination round

Hey guys, well, the day of competition is over, and unfortunately, we had a really rough day. To briefly go over the series: against PARIVISION, in the first game, I think they had a much better draft—a much faster-paced one—and, they also played very well moment by moment, quickly seized the initiative and didn’t let it slip away. In the second game, we didn’t do as badly as in the first, but we just couldn’t capitalize on the advantages of our pick. Our opponents just leveled up, became a force to be reckoned with at that moment, and found opportunities to engage—so it was only natural that they won.

Against Nigma Galaxy, we managed to get into a comfortable position in both games, but for some reason we just couldn’t play normally again—we couldn’t figure out what we wanted to do or how to fight. Today was just an unlucky and sluggish day; maybe we just couldn’t properly reset after yesterday. These things happen—in any case, the tournament is still going on, and tomorrow we have a match against Team Resilience. We’ll try to rest, prepare, and finally pull ourselves together, because today we just didn’t play well at all. Thanks for the support—come cheer for us tomorrow.