Artour "Arteezy" Babaev (Dota 2 player)

Artour Babaev (born July 1, 1996), often simply known by his in-game name Arteezy, is a Canadian professional Dota 2 player who plays the carry position for Evil Geniuses.^[1] He is also considered one of the best mid-lane players in the world,^[2] and occasionally returns to this role with specific heroes.^[3] As of January 2016, he is the 21st highest earning e-sports professional with total earnings of $730,777.21 from 38 tournaments.^[4] Arteezy is sometimes called BabyRage because of his bad-mannered actions (rage quitting, flaming other players, etc) during his livestreamed public ranked games on his popular Twitch.tv channel.^[5] Arteezy is currently the highest ranked North American Dota 2 player.^[6]

History

2013

On November 22, 2013, Arteezy had the opportunity to stand in for bOne7, who was unable to attend due to visa issues, and play for his previous team Speed Gaming (formerly Kaipi) at MLG Columbus. Arteezy handily defeated several more well-established midlaners, including Mushi and Dendi, en route to an underdog victory for Speed Gaming over Team DK in the finals.^[7]

2014

On January 31, 2014, Arteezy, along with Dota 2 veterans UNiVeRsE and Fear, as well as former Heroes of Newerth players ppd and zai, created S A D B O Y S, which had immediate success. The team won 16 out of their first 18 matches, including winning the Electronic Sports Prime/Shock Therapy Cup while going undefeated. On February 21, 2014, Arteezy and company were announced to be the new Evil Geniuses Dota 2 squad,^[8] which continued to be a top tier team despite being from the weaker North American scene.

On March 7, 2014, the new EG attended their first LAN tournament at the Monster Energy Invitational, where they won 3–2 against Cloud9 in the finals. With this victory, the team quickly established their reputation as one of the best Dota 2 teams in the world, due in no small part to Arteezy's individual skill. On April 29, Evil Geniuses were directly invited to compete in The International 2014 Dota 2 Championships. With top 3 finishes at three of the four major LANs prior to TI4, including a first place finish at The Summit 1 over Team DK, EG was one of the favorites to win the biggest Dota 2 tournament of the year. EG was not as successful as the Chinese Dota 2 teams in adapting to the more aggressive playstyle at TI4 but still ended with a 3rd place finish, taking home $1,038,416 USD.

2015

After some internal issues with EG, Arteezy left the team and joined Team Secret in December 2015. With Arteezy transitioning to the carry position, Team Secret stormed through The Summit 3, Mars Dota League 2015 and ESL One Frankfurt 2015 taking 1st place at each, establishing themselves as the favorites for The International 2015. Team Secret ultimately finished 7–8th place at TI5.

Following this result, in August he rejoined Evil Geniuses^[9][10] as the carry with SumaiL continuing in the mid-lane position. The Evil Geniuses roster consisting of PPD, Universe, SumaiL and Fear finished at third place in Frankfurt Major 2015 despite a strong showing early in the tournament, losing to the eventual winners of the tournament, OG.

Tournament results

With Evil Geniuses

With Team Secret

With Evil Geniuses

References

• Parts of this article were adapted from Arteezy at Liquipedia Dota 2 Wiki, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 license.

External links

• Arteezy's Twitch stream