Skiter joins Aurora Gaming following Group Falcons’ exit from the Dota 2 aggressive scene.
Jap European Dota 2 powerhouse 
Aurora Gaming have joined the post-The International (TI) 2026 roster shuffle by benching carry participant 
Egor “Nightfall” Grigorenko to make approach for former 
Team Falcons‘ 
Oliver “Skiter” Lepko.
Skiter joins Aurora following Group Falcons’ exit from Dota 2
Skiter joins Aurora as a free agent following Falcons’ exit from the competitive Dota 2 scene earlier this month. He was a key determine within the Falcons roster that recorded essentially the most video games performed collectively for a single five-man squad within the historical past of Dota 2 at a whopping 799 video games. They received 523 of their video games collectively, which additionally makes them the sport’s most profitable five-man squad ever with a whopping 65.46% win price.
Skiter brings a wealth of expertise to the Aurora roster as a two-time TI champion, having received his first with 
Tundra Esports in TI 2022 and his second with Falcons in TI 2025.
With Skiter becoming a member of as their new carry participant, this is how Aurora’s new roster appears to be like like:
- Oliver “Skiter” Lepko
Rafli Fathur “Mikoto” Rahman
Chung “Ws`” Wei Shen
Miroslaw “Mira” Kolpakov- Oleh “Kaori” Medvedok
Damien “kpii” Chok
Dusk exits Aurora after disappointing run in The Worldwide 2026
Nightfall joined Aurora in February 2025 because the staff moved to Jap Europe after two years of competing in Southeast Asia. After a disappointing run in 2025, Dusk stayed with Aurora because the staff pivoted to a combined roster of Jap European and Southeast Asian gamers for the 2025-2026 season.
Aurora grew into one of the crucial constant squads within the scene in the course of the previous season, profitable a Tier 2 event in FISSURE Universe: Episode 8 and ending second in three Tier 1 occasions in DreamLeague Seasons 28 and 29, in addition to PGL Wallachia Season 8.
Whereas Aurora entered TI 2026 as a strong contender, their marketing campaign on this 12 months’s world championship event led to disappointment. They didn’t capitalise on two alternatives to advance to the Playoffs, losing to 
Team Liquid in the final round of the Group Stage then falling to 
BetBoom Team in the Elimination Stage. Consequently, Aurora had been knocked out of TI 2026 in Ninth-Thirteenth place.
Aurora are set to debut their new roster in PGL Wallachia Season 9, the primary Tier 1 event of the 2026-2027 season, on 19 September. Aurora are additionally set to compete in PGL Wallachia Season 9 with 
Igor “Stojkov” Stojkov standing-in for mid laner Rafli Fathur “Mikoto” Rahman, who will sit out the occasion attributable to private causes.
Aurora’s benching of Dusk is the newest main roster change within the ongoing post-TI 2026 roster shuffle. Take a look at GosuGamers’ post-TI 2026 roster shuffle tracker to maintain observe of how the aggressive Dota 2 panorama will seem like for the 2026-2027 season.
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