Former Swedish Dota 2 powerhouse Alliance ace carry Nikobaby made his surprise official comeback..

Former Swedish Dota 2 powerhouse Alliance ace carry Nikobaby made his surprise official comeback on Thursday in a match of the European Pro League Season 26.

In this tournament, Nikobaby found a group of like-minded ace players by reforming Serbian club Level UP and make an official comeback.

Level UP faced off against Apple City Gang in the match, but unfortunately, perhaps because they could not keep up with the opponent's fast-paced play, the team eventually lost to the latter.

In fact, Nikobaby's personal performance in the first game was still good, but later it may be because he failed to effectively help his teammates and was dragged down, causing Level Up to be blocked by Apple City Gang in all lines.

Perhaps because they haven't participated in professional competitions for a long time or lack of training, Nikobaby and his strong teammates with an average MMR of 13,000-14,000 in Dota 2 rankings did not perform well and failed to perform at the level of a powerhouse like Liquid, PARIVISION and Falcons. However, it is expected thaty they will be more active in training and preparing for subsequent tournaments.

According to the list released by the tournament, the Level UP roster includes former Nouns offlaner Gunnar, former Immortals captain DuBu, former NAVI support player xsvampire, and Iranian rookie Matson.

About Nikobaby

The 27-year-old Nikobaby was born in Bulgaria on May 27, 1997. He became a professional Dota 2 e-sports player in 2014, mainly playing as a carry.

Nikobaby played for Gplay, Basically Unknown, Balkan Bears, No Logic Gaming, Monkey Freedom, Walrus Punch!, Clutch Gamers and WG.Unity in his early years, and joined Mineski in June 2019.

During this spell, he participated in the 2019 TI with Mineski, but lost to Secret and being eliminated in the top 9.

In October of the same year, Nikobaby moved to Alliance.

During his three-year spell with Alliance, Nikobaby won the third place in the 2021 ESL One Summer Season and reached the top 9 in the 2021 TI. He also played against OG in the Epic League Season 2 Upper Division, setting a personal career record of 29 kills in a single game.

At the end of October 2022, Nikobaby officially announced his retirement in a live stream. Since then, he has focused on live streaming on his Twitch and YouTube channels, teaching players some of the gameplay and knowledge of Dota 2 professional players.