Nemesis Beat Execration in SEA Final

Published September 8, 2026

Team Nemesis defeated Execration in the final of the BLAST Slam VIII qualifier for Southeast Asia. The result ended Execration’s path in the competition and removed its opportunity to reach the LAN stage. CyberMeta reported the final alongside comments from Team Nemesis coach Leon “Arthur” Li Wei Ip, who described why he moved from GLYPH to the organization and how he views its current project. Arthur said Nemesis wanted him to rebuild its Southeast Asian roster with captain Anucha “Jabz” Jirawong. He accepted after seeing a similar approach to management and team direction.

Arthur presented the move as an organizational decision with a longer horizon than a single qualifier. According to the coach, Nemesis approached him about restoring the team in Southeast Asia alongside Jabz. He said their views and ideology on management were closely aligned, which led him to join the organization. Arthur also brought three people from GLYPH whom he believes in as both players and teammates. His account connects the roster-building process to an ambition for Southeast Asia rather than to a short-term roster change. Arthur said the project’s appeal was Nemesis’ desire for a long-term plan aimed at taking the region to the top. That stated ambition is the coach’s description of the organization’s direction, not a confirmed competitive result beyond the qualifier final.

Arthur describes a long-term SEA project

The coach’s comments also explain why he sees potential in the current group. Arthur said that most of the group already had established chemistry at GLYPH, making the transition easier. He separately identified Jabz and Argel “Ken” Llesis as easy people to work with, adding that the team had not faced major difficulty in finding a shared vision for Dota. That familiarity is the basis for Arthur’s positive assessment of the lineup, rather than a claim that the team has already completed its development. He described the players as a new team and said their potential comes with the need to keep learning through competition. For readers following the rebuild, the important context is that the coach links the group’s internal understanding to prior GLYPH experience and to his working relationship with Jabz and Ken.

Arthur set a clear competitive purpose for entering qualifiers. He said Team Nemesis wants to qualify for as many tournaments as possible so the group can learn about itself and gain experience playing Dota at a European level. The coach described that standard as a regular target across official matches, practice games and public games. In his view, frequent exposure to that level of play is part of the team’s development plan. Arthur named The International and EWC as the main objectives for the end of the season. Those are ambitions stated by the coach, not confirmed qualification, participation or results at either event. The immediate verified tournament impact remains on Execration: the team was eliminated after the final and lost its chance to play at the LAN stage. This gives the qualifier result a direct consequence while leaving Arthur’s broader targets in the category of future aims.

Team Nemesis roster for the new season

CyberMeta published the five-player Team Nemesis roster for the new season. The reference below identifies the players and their in-game handles. It provides the personnel context for Arthur’s comments about the group’s previous chemistry and the rebuilding work involving the team’s captain. The roster is presented as the new-season lineup in the report; it should not be read as evidence of any additional tournament qualification or placement. Its value is as a clear team reference for readers tracking the Southeast Asian project described by Arthur.

• BLAST Slam VIII Southeast Asia qualifier final: Team Nemesis beat Execration 2-0 in maps.
• Qualifier record reported by CyberMeta: Jabz’s Team Nemesis suffered only one defeat during the entire qualifier.

Team Nemesis player	Handle
Suliya Khoomphetsavong	JaCkky
Argel Llesis	Ken
Anucha Jirawong	Jabz
Tri Kuncoro	Jhocam
Ravdan Narmandakh	NARMAN

Arthur also addressed the possibility of Alliance returning to Dota. He said such a return would be good news for the scene, arguing that fans enjoy strong storylines and may have missed Alliance. He added that he hopes a return could draw more organizations back toward Dota 2. At the time of CyberMeta’s report, no tier-one Dota 2 tournaments were taking place, while teams were changing rosters and players were seeking career opportunities. The report named PGL Wallachia Season 9 in Bucharest, scheduled for September 17-27, 2026, as the next championship and listed its prize pool as $1 million. That wider scene context reinforces Arthur’s point that organizational interest and recognizable stories matter alongside the competition itself.