Team Spirit explained why they lost in the grand final of ESL One Raleigh 2025

Ilya “Illidan” Pivtsaev, Team Spirit streamer, said that his team lost in the grand finals of ESL One Raleigh 2025 because of bad drafts and wrong buy-in on the last map.

He revealed this during a broadcast on twitch .

“What are your thoughts on the finals? I think Spirit had really bad drafts on the first two maps and in the last game. I don't think Gyrocopter is Spirit's hero, especially against such draft opponents. I understand that they had the idea to play tempo, but it didn't come to fruition at all”

Illidan noted that Team Spirit wasted a pick on Gyrocopter, who doesn't fit the lineup in terms of playstyle. In addition, he noted that Denis “Larl” Sigitov took the wrong procurement.

“It seems to me that Larl started collecting Radiance in the last game for nothing. He needed other gear. I'm not an expert on Monkey King, but I should have taken more tempo stuff. I realize Radiance isn't a bad piece of gear on him, but I don't know why it was worth picking it up here”

According to him, Larl's build can't be called bad, but against such a draft of opponents and the situation in the match, it was necessary to collect other artifacts.

Recall that earlier Vladimir “RodjER” Nikogosyan said that Alan “Satanic” Galliamov was terribly afraid of Ilya “Yatoro” Mulyarchuk, and could not play against him.