7 first place from 31 events
Talon Esports is a well-known cyber sports organization based in Hong Kong. The club has made a name for itself by successfully competing in popular disciplines such as League of Legends and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six. In 2021, Talon unveiled its first Dota 2 roster for the 2021/2022 DPC season.
The club’s initial roster included two Indonesian players Raflai Fatur Rahman and Brizio Adi Putra Budiana, longtime players in the Southeast Asian pro scene, as well as regional legends Kim Phillafuerte and Damien Sau-jing Chok. The roster is captained by experienced Israeli cyber athlete Tal Azik, who has previously represented big name tag teams such as , , and , but has no experience playing on rosters with players from Southeast Asia. Despite the big names in the lineup, the first round of the DPC season could not be called successful for Talon Esports. The team was only able to qualify for the second division of the region at the second attempt, and the team finished only 5th in the league itself, which did not suit both the players and the club.
After the unsuccessful performance Talon Esports decided to change the squad. Thus, the team left 2 cybersports players at once — the captain of the roster Fly and the player of the first position Gabbi. In place of the Israeli came a promising Support from Thailand Voravit Q Mekchai, and the Carry position was taken by a young professional Nyengnara Tiramahanon, also born in Thailand. The team also got a coach in the person of an experienced cyber athlete from South Korea Lee Sang Don. The roster, completely composed of players from the region, showed much more successful results. At DPC SEA 2021/22 Tour 2: Division II, Talon Esports finished in second place, securing a slot in the Southeast Asia First Division. Once in the first division, the team continued to show strong play, and by the middle of the summer tour the team was ranked number one at DPC SEA 2021/2022 Tour 3: Division I, having every chance to qualify for the last major of the DPC season, which they did. At PGL Arlington Major 2022, the squad finished 13-14th, leaving the tournament without making it out of the group stage. At ESL One Malaysia 2022, history repeated itself as the team finished 9th-10th and stayed in the group stage.
After the failures Talon changed the coach. The new coach was Andrei ALWAYSWANNAFLY Bondarenko, who used to play for Natus Vincere. With the new coach the team managed to qualify for The International 2022, playing all the matches in the top playoffs and showing a great game. But at the tournament itself the roster failed again: 17th-18th place and again went down after the group stage.
After the TI in the roster was reshuffled: kpii and Hyde left, they were replaced by Anuja Jabz Jirawong and Chan Oli Jong Kin. Also introduced a new coach, he was Lee SunBhie Jeon Jae. The renewed lineup began to show some pretty good results: 1st place at BTS Pro Series Season 14: Southeast Asia, 3rd at Lima Major 2023 and 3rd at Riyadh Masters 2023. And at The International 2023 the team managed not only to pass the group stage, but also to pass in the playoffs in the top net. At the end of the tournament, Talon finished 9-12th and dropped out after losing to BetBoom Team.
In November 2023, the team disbanded and soon introduced a new roster. The roster consisted of Eljon Kanonigo Andales, Chun Wei Shen, Tri Kunkoro, Peng Shi Huan and Yuri Pakana as stand-in.
- December 14, 2023 — Talon Esports changes mid player, with ChYuaN replacing Yowe. In January 2024, pieliedie joined the team as a coach.
The renewed squad played poorly at the qualifiers for BetBoom Dacha Dubai 2024, finishing in 4th place and top 5-6 at the qualifiers for DreamLeague Season 22.
January 28, 2024 — Talon Esports defeated Geek Fam 3:0 and guaranteed itself a slot to ESL One: Birmingham 2024 where the team finished in the top 9. In addition, the team took 1st place at RES Regional Series: SEA 1 and 18th place at Elite League 2024, as well as almost made it to PGL Wallachia Season 1 and DreamLeague Season 23. Interestingly, V-Tune was replaced by Akashi at the Elite League.
A little later Talon Esports qualified for ESL One Birmingham and took 9th place in the main stage of the tournament. After that, they qualified for the Riyadh Masters 2024, but failed to qualify for the main event.
- On June 5, 2024 Mikoto joined the team and replaced ChYuaN.
With a renewed lineup, Talon Esports went to the qualifiers for The International 2024, where they took first place and got a slot in the main stage. In between qualifying for the most important tournaments of the year, the team played at RES Regional Series: SEA #3, where they took third place.
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Talon Esports — известная киберспортивная организация, базирующаяся в Гонконге. Клуб сделал себя имя, успешно выступая в таких популярных дисциплинах, как League of Legends и Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six. В 2021 году для участия в DPC-сезоне 2021/2022 Talon представила свой первый состав по Dota 2.
В изначальный ростер клуба вошли два индонезийских игрока Рафлай ‘Mikoto‘ Фатур Рахман и Брицио Ади ‘Hyde‘ Путра Будиана, давно выступающие на про-сцене Юго-Восточной Азии, а также легенды региона Ким ‘Gabbi‘ Филлафуерте и Дэмиэн ‘kpii‘ Сау-цзин Чок. Капитаном состава стал опытный израильский киберспортсмен Таль ‘Fly‘ Айзик, ранее представлявший такие именитые теги, как , , и , однако не имевший опыта игры в ростерах с игроками из Юго-Восточной Азии. Несмотря на громкие имена в составе, первый тур DPC-сезона нельзя назвать успешным для Talon Esports. Во второй дивизион региона коллектив смог отобраться лишь со второй попытки, а в рамках самой лиги команда заняла лишь 5-е место, что не устраивало как игроков, так и клуб.
После неудачного выступления Talon Esports приняла решение об изменении состава. Так, коллектив покинули сразу 2 киберспортсмена — капитан ростера и игрок первой позиции . На место израильтянина пришёл перспективный саппорт из Таиланда Воравит ‘Q‘ Мекчай, а позицию керри на себя взял молодой профессионал Ньенгнара ‘23savage‘ Тирамаханон, тоже родившийся в Таиланде. Также команда обзавелась тренером в лице опытного киберспортсмена из Южной Кореи Ли ‘Forev‘ Санг Дона. Состав, полностью состоящий из игроков региона, показал намного более успешные результаты. Так, на DPC SEA 2021/22 Tour 2: Дивизион II Talon Esports заняла второе место, обеспечив себе слот в первом дивизионе Юго-Восточной Азии. Попав в первый дивизион, коллектив продолжил показывать уверенную игру, и уже к середине летнего тура команда занимала первую строчку на DPC SEA 2021/2022 Tour 3: Дивизион I, имея все шансы пройти на последний мейджор DPC-сезона.
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