Watson Overtakes Malr1ne to Reclaim First Place on European Ladder

Alymjan "Watson" Islambekov from Cloud9 has once again secured the top spot in the European ladder rankings for Dota 2 players, surpassing Stanislav "Malr1ne" Potorak from Team Falcons. The player statistics are available on Dota2.com.

In third place is 14-year-old Artem "Niku" Bachkur from Natus Vincere Junior. The top five European players with the highest MMR are rounded out by Matvey "MieRo" Vasyunin and Martin "Saksa" Sazdov.

Earlier, it was reported that content creator Rostislav "rostislav_999" Protasenya might have purchased an account from the top spot on the North American ladder. The streamer played several matches on a new Dota 2 account, winning three games. Rostislav_999 has been previously accused of account buying and sharing, with Valve blocking each of his new accounts.