KuroKy
Takhasomi in 2014
Current team
TeamTeam Nigma
RoleCaptain/Support
Games
Personal information
NameKuro Salehi Takhasomi
Born (1992-10-28) 28 October 1992 (age 31)
NationalityGerman
Iranian
Team history
2013–2014Natus Vincere
2014–2015Team Secret
20155Jungz
2015–2019Team Liquid
2019–presentNigma Galaxy[a]
Career highlights and awards

Kuro Salehi Takhasomi (Persian: کورو صالحی تخاصمی), better known as KuroKy, is a German and Iranian professional Dota 2 player for Nigma Galaxy. He was a member of Team Liquid that won The International 2017.

Career

2008–2011: Dota

KuroKy began his professional career at age 16 in Defense of the Ancients, initially as a carry player for team mousesports, Kingsurf, Nirvana.int, MYM and Ks.int. It was in team mousesports where he met initial stand-in player Clement "Puppey" Ivanov, and started what was to become a long-standing relationship

2011–2014: Early career, Natus Vincere

With the introduction of Dota 2 and its annual tournament The International, KuroKy's team struggled to find success and the signing of Puppey by Natus Vincere almost prompted KuroKy to quit professionally. Moving between teams Virtus.pro, Uebelst gamynG and mousesports, KuroKy's breakthrough came in 2013 when he joined Natus Vincere as a support player, finishing as runners-up in The International 2013.[1]

2014-2015: Team Secret

KuroKy left Natus Vincere after a lackluster 2014 campaign, and formed Team Secret with his Natus Vincere teammate Puppey, Fnatic players Fly and N0tail and from The Alliance, s4.[2] A roster shuffle later saw them win 4 consecutive LAN finals, but disappointed in The International 2015 having gone in as the heavy favorites.[3]

2015–2019: Team Liquid

Following The International 2015, KuroKy left Team Secret to form a new team, 5Jungz composed of himself, FATA-, MATUMBAMAN, JerAx and MinD_ContRoL. 5Jungz was signed by the esports organisation Team Liquid[4] and found immediate success, coming 2nd in The Shanghai Major 2016, The Manila Major 2016 and 1st at EPICENTER 2016. With further roster adjustments including the additions of then unknown pubstars Miracle- and GH, Team Liquid became the strongest team in the competition, winning several LANs in succession culminating in winning The International 2017.[5][6]

Team Liquid's success in 2018 was comparatively lackluster. Liquid only managed to win one Valve Major competition all year, and only achieved 4th place at The International 2018. However, after the controversial replacement of MATUMBAMAN for Aliwi "w33" Omar even after taking a 2nd-place finish at the MDL Disneyland Paris Major, the team had found immediate success with another 2nd-place finish at the Epicenter Major after losing to Vici Gaming in a close series. Their success had continued to The International 2019, as they had made a miraculous run to the finals through the lower bracket of the Main Event after failing to obtain an upper bracket seed in the Group Stage. This involved beating Fnatic, TNC Predator, RNG, Evil Geniuses, Team Secret and PSG.LGD but ultimately falling to defending champions OG in the best-of-five series 3–1, therefore taking a grand total of $4,462,909.[7]

2019–present: Nigma

After four years with Team Liquid, KuroKy and the rest of the roster left to form their own organisation, Nigma.[8][9][10]

References

  1. ^ "Alliance wins The International 2013 Dota 2 tournament, earns over $1.4 million". Engadget. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  2. ^ freaks4u.com, Freaks 4U Gaming GmbH. "Secret Team finally reveals their members". joinDOTA.com. Retrieved 16 June 2018.((cite web)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Team Secret eliminated from The International". SBNation.com. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Liquid Reincarnation". Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  5. ^ Payne, Marissa (12 August 2017). "These five gamers just won $11 million playing 'Dota 2'". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  6. ^ "Team Liquid Wins $24 Million International Dota 2 Tournament". Kotaku Australia. 13 August 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  7. ^ Michael, Cale (25 August 2019). "OG make history by beating Team Liquid and winning The International 2019". Dot Esports. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  8. ^ Goossens, Victor (13 September 2019). "End of an Era". Team Liquid. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  9. ^ Hayward, Andrew (13 September 2019). "Team Liquid's Dota 2 Team Departs to Form New Organization". Esports Observer. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  10. ^ Michael, Cale (26 November 2019). "Kuroky, ex-Liquid Dota 2 team form Nigma". Dot Esports. Retrieved 26 November 2019.

Notes

  1. ^ Known as Team Nigma from November 2019 to September 2021.
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