Nigma Galaxy TI 2025 team profile: no matches found

Six years after Kuro "KuroKy" Tahasomi left Team Liquid to start his own organization, he's finally made it: Nigma Galaxy will be participating in The International 2025.

"The stars have aligned" is Nigma Galaxy's motto, but in 2019, when the team was created, no one thought it would be so literal. A parade of planets of seven or more stars combined is an extremely rare event. We're talking rare decades, but on February 28, 2025, the stars came together. The last time eight planets came together was in 1982, and some even say that the gravitational influence created by that combination made Voyager missions possible.

Of course, none of this has anything to do with Dota 2. However, this year even Valve noted the alignment of the planets when they announced TI 2025, stating, "The stars have aligned, and the stage is once again set for a cosmic battle. That's why TI 2025 revolves around the sky and the stars."

In June this year, Nigma Galaxy became the 16th and last team to qualify for The International 2025. They defeated OG 2-1 in the final of the lower round of the Western European regional qualifier.

No longer a ghost of the past

Of all the teams competing in TI 2025, Nigma's path to the top of Dota 2 is by far the most tortuous. It took six years and required a number of changes. There are a few fundamental changes that made it all work out in the end. One of them was the departure of Kuro "KuroKy" Salehi Tahasomi from the active roster to become the team's coach. Also crucial was the return of Sumail "SumaiL" Hassan and Maroon "GH" Merhej to the team. However, Nigma was still missing one piece of the puzzle. Amer "Miracle-" Al-Barkawi was destined for the loader position, but his health issues forced Nigma to either go into the qualifiers with a backup player or start with "Miracle-" and ask for help midway through the tournament. This year alone, Nigma Galaxy has played 11 tournaments and qualifiers with Daniel "Ghost" Chan as Miracle-'s replacement.

Ghost first replaced Nigma in 2024. A year later, he traveled with the team to TI 2025, which makes sense considering he played more official games than Miracle- and also hosted the playoffs that year.

Nigma Galaxy roster

• Daniel**"Ghost**" Chan
• Sumail "SumaiL" Hassan.
• Tony**"No! ob**" Assaf
• Omar "OmaR" Mughrabi.
• Maroon**"GH**" Merhedge.
• Coach:** Kuro "KuroKy**" Tahasomi

Despite all possible personnel problems and constant attempts to solve them, something went wrong. Despite having very experienced players and true legends on the team, Nigma lost synergy. This became even more evident when GH had to move from position 4 to position 5 and take over Kuro's role in the game.

"Changing roles is always challenging, especially when it comes to position 5," GH told PGL's Wallachia Season 4 . "I think I still need to improve my leadership skills in the game."

GH is not the only player who had to change roles. No!ob also moved from center back to fullback, which was a big challenge for him. To begin with, he had to expand his list of qualities considerably and had less than a year to adapt to the demands of the outside line. But the hard work has paid off, and fans will finally be able to see Nyigma in a game for Internazionale.

Seizing the moment

A month before TI 2025 Nyigma participated in Clavision Masters 2025: Snow-Ruyi, the last LAN tournament before the main event of the year, and surprised everyone by taking first place in their group. They did this by taking down some of the favorites from this year's Aegis. They beat Tundra Esports 2-0 and defeated PARIVISION and Xtreme Gaming 2-1. However, they faced Tundra and Xtreme again in the playoffs and both teams took revenge. If Nigma can maintain their roster level in the tournament and create enough strategy to not become too predictable, we may see Kuro and company realize a dream again and conquer the Barclays Arena stage in the playoffs.

After all, a planetary parade of this magnitude won't happen again until 2040, so Nigma Galaxy should make the most of the event.

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