Burnout is felt mid-season: Dyrachyo to take a competitive break

By far one of the best carry players in the scene for the past couple of years, Anton "dyrachyo" Shkredov is taking a competitive break as he doesn’t “enjoy playing” anymore.

Dyrachyo joined Tundra Esports at the beginning of 2025, and in the two months and a half since then, he has already played in four grand finals, adding two trophies to Tundra’s showcase. He arrived at Tundra after two great years at Gaimin Gladiators. 2023 was truly spectacular for Dyrachyo and Gaimin Gladiators, who dominated the entire season. They won three back to back Major tournaments in the Dota Pro Circuit (DPC) system and reached The International grand finals. Although 2024 wasn’t the same for GG, the continuous grind and perseverance brought them the Riyadh Masters 2024 championship title and another TI grand finals appearance.

No rest for the wicked

Moving into the 2023-2024 competitive season, Valve scrapped the DPC in favour of third party tournaments. The decision came after a long debacle and many complaints in the professional scene made by the players and organisations, who felt that the DPC was not leaving room for third party tournaments to happen. The immediate effect was that the following seasons were extremely packed, leaving now no time for rest and reset.

The 2024-2025 season began on October 4, with the PGL Wallachia Season 2 LAN event, merely two weeks after The International 2024 grand finals, which took place on September 15. In the two-week so-called break, the shuffle mania was in full swing, some teams not even being ready with a locked-in roster for the first tournament of the new season. Since TI 2024, there were already eight Tier 1 tournaments, most of them being played on LAN, some with a live audience, some in a studio set-up, and we are about six months away from The International 2025, which is set to take place in September.

“There are too many tournaments, schedule and stuff” said Dyrachyo when he announced his decision to take a break. While stressing on the fact he is stepping away from the competitive scene “at least for now”, Dyrachio mentioned that he is not enjoying playing Dota in a professional set-up and decided to focus on his well-being, putting a pause on the stress and go travel, relax and do some streams on his personal Twitch.tv channel.

At the same time with Tundra’s official announcement, Dyrachio also released a short video on his Telegram account to inform his fans of his decision.

I decided to take a break from my professional career because professional Dota doesn’t bring me any pleasure. I don’t feel any excitement when playing Dota. It’s like that every tournament after tournament. And so I decided that it would be better to take a break. During this break, I plan to travel, stream, enjoy life and record some content for you. So, stay in touch and thank you all for the comments.”

15 grand finals, 9 trophies

Over the past two years, Dyrachyo has played 15 grand finals of Tier 1 tournaments, he has been TI grand finalist in 2023 and 2024, and claimed a total of 9 trophies in major tournaments under the Gaimin Gladiators and Tundra Esports banners.

While he is now taking a break after just joining a new team, Tundra must carry on. There is little to no time to find the perfect replacement for Dyrachyo, as the team is set to participate in the upcoming FISSURE Universe: Episode 4, a Tier 2 tournament with $500,000 prize pool that starts on the 22nd of March. It will most likely be the testing ground for whoever will take on the hard task of filling in Dyrachyo’s big shoes. Right after FISSURE Universe, Tundra are heading to the $1,000,000 ESL One Raleigh LAN tournament, which will take place in the United States of America from April 7 to 13th in the Raleigh Convention Center.