bzm: "Crystallis is the closest thing to what dyrachyo was"

Professional players Bozhidar 'bzm' Bogdanov, Stanislav 'Malr1ne' Potorak, Ammar 'ATF' al-Assaf and Remko 'Crystallis' Arets spoke about each other's strengths during a podcast at the Esports World Cup 2026.

bzm: Crystallis is the closest thing to what dyrachyo was.

Malr1ne: Crystallis created a good mood by playing the piano.

Crystallis: I was doing this back in the Creepwave days. It was funny. I had a synthesizer, so when someone was changing clothes or doing something else, I could suddenly start playing. I was still studying and wasn't very good at playing. I’m still not very good at it, but sometimes I play.

Malr1ne: The main strength of ATF in Dota can be called character. Ammar never gives up and will always fight. He never tilts or raids until he succeeds.

Crystallis: Malr1ne is funny. He's funny as hell.

ATF: That's true. Absolute truth.

Malr1ne: This is my main strength.

ATF: bzm is better than me. [I don't know if I can accept this answer. You need to speak sincerely]. I speak sincerely! This guy constantly beats both me and Malr1ne. What else can I say?

Malr1ne: I'll interrupt. He says bzm is better than me, but in 90% of matches I destroy mid, although I still lose the match. And yet ATF still considers me weaker than bzm. In most matches I come and just erase the bzm on the center.

Esports World Cup 2026 for Dota 2 was held from July 7 to July 19 in LAN format in Paris, France. Twenty-four teams competed for a prize fund of $2,000,000. You can view the results of the tournament in our material.