Noticed about Puppey: “One of the positive things to note is that each of the players simply has one hundred percent trust in him.”

PARIVISION offlaner Evgeny 'Noticed' Ignatenko appreciated working with Clement 'Puppey' Ivanov, spoke about the team's playing style, and also talked about the current meta in Dota 2. The e-sportsman spoke about all this in a team video blog from the Esports World Cup 2026.

[ Satanic : Which player do you communicate with the closest? And did you communicate before joining the team? ] Which player do you think I was talking to? [Satanic: I don't know]. Don't know? The interviewer I talked to the most was Alan Satanik. Overall, this made me ready for certain things.

I wouldn't say there's anything outright unusual. Again, it’s just that now the role of a coach is quite blurred, there is nothing specific to... Okay, there is probably. The coach takes the drafts. Puppey, one might say, is completely drafted by us. And in general it just helps with the game in controversial moments.

One of the positive things to note is that each of the players simply has one hundred percent trust in him. A dispute arises, for example, between me and Vova [ No[o]ne . — Approx. ed. ], Vova has it with Alan, and Dukalis has it with Edgar [9Grade. — Approx. ed. ]. Puppey will always come, say his opinion, and everyone is like: “Okay, that's it. That's how it should be." That's why it suits me as much as possible.

[ Satanic: Are you close to the playstyle and ideas of the team? ] Well, I think so. This is close to my heart at the moment. Certain things, of course, I could have done better. I would like to play the early stage even better, more consistently. But in general, over the last two tournaments, we are probably almost the fastest team in the competition, which is why I’m so happy with playing.

I like to play faster, but I like the fact that we are sometimes ready to play as number two. Even if we have a draft for the second pick, we still play as if actively - not like many other teams.

We have certain nuances of laning, of course, but even before Saksa’s arrival, I had long ago concluded that I probably shouldn’t worry too much about how to lane and all sorts of such situations. I need to focus more on my gameplay, and give the “four” more space, then they will stack and it will be easier to play.

Therefore, with Edgar it is probably the most difficult in this regard, because if he sees his decision, his action, he will do it anyway. So I just accept it and adapt at this moment.

My heroes would probably say that they are more strong than not. I think I played the most on Ax, it felt like. In general, I have always liked this hero, so I think the meta is very good for me.

Ax, Doom, Dawnbreaker, at the moment there was Timbersaw in the meta, which I really loved playing. Now there are interesting builds for Centaur Warrunner and the like. Although, for example, “Centaur” is not my favorite hero, I would say.

[ Satanic : So you like it? ] More like the meta now than not. [Satanic: So you whine in every game]. Every game I whine about is more about publics. It’s hard to pick heroes in public, and you don’t want to play every public with these heroes.

Earlier, Vladimir 'No[o]ne' Minenko spoke about the match against Team Spirit, the coach's contribution to the development of the team and the choice of strategies, and also shared his opinion about the strength level of the participants in the Esports World Cup 2026.