Here are some updates about the "Dota 2" Spring Shuffle which started last Mar. 7 and ends on Mar. 27. This will be the last instance for teams to make adjustments in their rosters for both Manila Major and The International 6. Teams will have to remain unchanged from Mar. 27 until the completion of the International 6.
It was previously reported that Valve announced the schedule for the "Dota 2" Manila Major open qualifiers which runs from Apr. 29 to May 2 and right after, follows the Manila Major regional qualifiers from May 3 to May 6.
Some of the "Dota 2" teams that have confirmed their rosters are Team Secret, Team Fire, Rave, Natus Vincere, Vega Squadron, LGD Gaming, Alliance, OG, Invictus Gaming, Invictus Gaming.Vitality, CDEC Gaming, Fnatic, Team Spirit and EHOME.
According to FragBite, The International 5 champions, Evil Geniuses, is now in turmoil as Clinton 'Fear' Loomis and Sumail 'SumaiL' Syed Hassan are allegedly leaving the team after Team Secret got 2 of EG's members, Artour 'Arteezy' Babaev and Saahil 'UNiVeRsE' Arora. If Fear and SumaiL were to leave, the only member that will be left in the team is Peter 'ppd' Dager. However, EG has not yet released an official announcement about the departure of Fear and SumaiL.
Gosu Gamers reported that just four days before the deadline of the "Dota 2" Spring Shuffle, the Shanghai Major champions, Team Secret, has let go of w33 and Misery to welcome EG's former members, Universe and Arteezy.
Team Secret's new roster is as follows:
Jacky 'EternaLEnVy' Mao (carry)
Arthour 'Arteezy' Babaev (solo mid)
Saahil 'UNiVeRsE' Arora (offlane)
Clement 'Puppey' Ivanov (support 4)
Johan 'pieliedie' Åström (support 5)
The Filipino team, Rave, has also announced its roster. After an unsuccessful run for Team Archon at the Shanghai Major, Jio 'Jeyo' Madayag has left Team Archon and reunites with his former team, Rave.
Rave's new roster is as follows:
Frederico 'Derp' Mampusti
Rafael 'Rapy' Palo
Michael 'Ninjaboogie' Ross
Ryo 'Ryoyr' Hasegawa
Jio 'Jeyo' Madayag
