shiro: "Lina has always been one of my favorite heroes, and recently she has become popular again in the meta"

Kerry Vici Gaming Guo 'shiro' Huanan, in an interview after defeating 1win Team in the survival stage of the Esports World Cup 2026, talked about the third map and explained the choice of Lina in the second game.

[When did you realize that victory was already in your pocket? ] This was the moment when our Zeus collected Aghanim's Scepter. We knew that he was incredibly pumped up, so we were sure that victory would not escape us.

All we had to do was push out the lines, because by that time our entire forest was almost completely farming Zeus. Therefore, all you had to do was show up in the lanes and push them away.

Lina has always been one of my favorite heroes, and recently she has become popular again in the meta. So I did a little preparation: I studied the character, tested different options. I played a few matches on it to see which build was best for a carry. I was pleased with the result. The hero fits perfectly into the current meta, which is why we chose her. And it worked.

Earlier, Vladimir 'Maelstorm' Kuzminov spoke about the survival stage of the Esports World Cup 2026. You can familiarize yourself with the results of the stage in our material.