33
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33
Player Information
Name:
נטע שפירא
Romanized Name:
Neta Shapira
Nationality:
Born:
April 17, 1997 (age 28)
Years Active (Player):
2014 - 2025
Team:
Alternate IDs:
TheCoon
Approx. Total Winnings:
$3,558,275
Links
History
| 2015-12-19 — 2016-02-01 | |
| 2016-04-27 — 2016-06-13 | |
| 2016-06-13 — 2016-10-28 | |
| 2016-11-11 — 2017-01-08 | |
| 2017-01-08 — 2017-04-05 | |
| 2017-04-05 — 2017-06-14 | |
| 2017-06-14 — 2017-07-20 | |
| 2017-07-20 — 2017-12-12 | |
| 2017-12-12 — 2017-12-21 | |
| 2017-12-21 — 2018-09-05 | |
| 2018-09-17 — 2019-09-20 | |
| 2019-10-03 — 2020-03-31 | |
| 2020-09-10 — 2021-01-25 | |
| 2021-01-25 — 2023-11-10 | |
| 2023-11-10 — 2024-09-27 | |
| 2024-09-27 — Present |
Neta "33" Shapira (born April 17, 1997) is an Israeli player who is currently playing for Tundra Esports.
He is a two-time winner of The International (in 2022 and 2024), and the first to do so with two different teams (Tundra Esports and Team Liquid). He is considered to be one of the most-skilled offlaners of all time, possessing high skills in micromanagement, and coming up with multiple unusual strategies and builds that became part of the professional meta.
Biography
[edit]Early life and career
[edit]33 grew up near Tel-Aviv, Israel. Around 6 or 7 years old, he played Warcraft II, and at the age of 12, he encountered Warcraft III at a friend's house. From there, he eventually found DotA: Allstars, and later transitioned to Dota 2. He began as an offlaner, occasionally trying out the carry and support roles for a few months, but always found himself drawn back to the offlane.[1] He chose his nickname, "33", when he was required to pick a name and "just clicked some buttons, and that was it".[2]
HellRaisers
[edit]Between 2014 and 2016, he played for various challenger teams such as hehe united, No Logic Gaming, Kaipi and Prodota Gaming, looking to break through into the ranks of the top teams. It was not until 2017 when he got his first break with Planet Dog, a roster that was hastily-assembled.[3] which qualified to The International 2017, where they were signed by HellRaisers. Their lack of LAN experience, however, showed, as they finished joint-last. Nevertheless, HellRaisers persisted with the roster, as they attempted to qualify to multiple tournaments after The International 2017. However, HellRaisers were unable to replicate their International 2017 qualifiers run, and eventually the roster was dropped.
OpTic Gaming, Ninjas in Pyjamas and Alliance
[edit]In December 2017, 33 joined OpTic Gaming, initially as a support, although as time went on, he and zai began shifting between the offlane and roaming support roles as required, and eventually, 33 became OpTic Gaming's full-time offlaner after their performances, both individually and as a team, improved markedly. The roster showed it could challenge, with results such as 2nd at ESL One Birmingham 2018, and 33's first LAN win in StarLadder ImbaTV Invitational Season 5, but their result at The International 2018, 7th-8th, was disappointing, and OpTic Gaming later released the team.
33 then followed OpTic Gaming captain ppd into Ninjas in Pyjamas, alongside Ace, Fata and Saksa. Results, however, remained similar for 33. He was also forced to miss The Kuala Lumpur Major due to visa issues (Malaysia does not recognize Israel diplomatically), with MinD_ContRoL standin-in for him.[4] The International 2019, however, proved to be a disappointment for the team, as they finished joint-last.
33 and Fata then joined Alliance. The team got off to a good start, qualifying for the MDL Chengdu Major and winning DreamLeague Season 12. Unexpectedly, however, with the COVID-19 pandemic underway, 33 and Fata found themselves removed from the team, with s4 returning to Alliance to replace 33. Fata found the decision surprising, but he and 33 decided to stick together.[5]
mudgolems and Tundra Esports
[edit]Eventually, 33 and Fata formed mudgolems, together with 33's former teammate MiLAN, skiter and BoraNija. mudgolems got off to a strong start, finishing 3rd in ESL One Germany 2020, ahead of 33's former teams Alliance, Ninjas in Pyjamas and HellRaisers. Their results slowly dwindled towards the end of the year, however, and eventually BoraNija and MiLAN left the team, replaced by Nine and Biver.
With the return of the Dota Pro Circuit in 2021, mudgolems were invited to a tournament to decide who would start in the Upper Division or the Lower Division. mudgolems were sent to the Lower Bracket by Alliance, but recovered by beating Hippomaniacs 2-0 to secure the third spot and Upper Division status. Afterwards, the team was signed by Tundra Esports, who preserved their status in the first season of the Dota Pro Circuit by finishing 6th. Biver then chose to retire, and was replaced by North American veteran Sneyking, as they improved to 5th in the second season. The team, however, failed to qualify for The International 2021, eliminated by OG in a close 3-2 Grand Final victory. Nevertheless, Tundra Esports showed growth, winning ESL One Fall 2021, beating eventual The International 2021 Grand Finalists PSG.LGD.
The following season, Tundra Esports consolidated themselves in Western Europe, finishing 3rd in Tour 1. They then made a controversial decision to kick long-term captain Fata for 33's old teammate, Saksa. Despite the major change, the roster continued to grow, eventually finishing 1st in Tour 3.
Around this time, Valve released Version 7.31, a significant change in Dota 2, notably buffing Neutral Creeps significantly, and the introduction of new aura items Boots of Bearing and an item Tundra Esports would later become famous for, Wraith Pact. 33, already known for his high mechanical and micromanagement skills in the offlane role with heroes such as Visage, Lycan, and Beastmaster,[6] looked set to benefit.
Tundra Esports' performances also earned them an invite to Riyadh Masters 2022, but 33 was unable to attend (speculated to be due to relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia), and was replaced by Daxak for the event. In the final major tournament before The International 2022, Tundra Esports crashed to a joint-last finish at the PGL Arlington Major, although results elsewhere guaranteed they would secure a direct invite to it.
Prior to The International 2022, Valve released Version 7.32, an update to Dota 2 that buffed various aura items, including Wraith Pact. This suited 33's micro playstyle well, and used these skills set a strong tempo for his team. Midlaner Nine in turn played more of a sacrificial playmaking role (on heroes such as Tusk and Spirit Breaker), with the spare farm not going to the carry, skiter, but to 33; in turn, 33 would not use the item to become a scaling core like Alchemist, but rather purchase aura items such as Wraith Pact, still playing a 4-protect-1 style but with a sharp mid-late game timing. Amongst all teams, Tundra Esports' Wraith Pact timing was the fastest by some margin.
More information about the Tundra Esports' playstyle at The International 2022:
- A look into Tundra Esports' unique playstyle at TI11 — Siddharth "Gopya" Gopujkar
This strategy proved to be highly-effective at The International 2022. Tundra Esports stormed to a 14-4 score in the Group Stage, topping their group, and swept past OG and Team Aster in the Upper Bracket. Team Secret finally made Tundra Esports bleed to some degree by taking a match off them in the Upper Bracket Final, but they too fell 2-1. The two teams met in the Grand Final once again, but Team Secret simply had no answer to Tundra Esports' map control and domination, with Tundra Esports comfortably winning 3-0, marking 33's first win of The International, and the first Israeli winner of The International.
2022-2023 season
[edit]Tundra Esports entered the next season with a target on their foreheads as winners of The International. This included Valve themselves, who nerfed Wraith Pact dramatically in Version 7.32d, with Wraith's Reprisal no longer reducing magical and pure damage, and later removed the item altogether in Version 7.33. 33 continued with his playstyle, but prioritizing other aura items instead, such as Helm of the Overlord and Boots of Bearing, as Tundra finished 3rd in Tour 1, behind a rampant Team Liquid (who finished with a 7-0 score).
Tundra Esports were forced to settle for more middling-positions that season, although they remained amongst the top teams in Western Europe. Outside of Western Europe, however, their performances became more mixed as time went on, with 1st at BetBoom Universe: Episode I - Comics Zone but also 9th-10th at DreamLeague Season 20. 33 was also able to attend the Bali Major, despite concerns that his Israeli passport would prove problematic (Indonesia, like Malaysia, does not recognize Israel diplomatically),[7] where they finished 3rd. Having missed the previous season, 33 was able to attend Riyadh Masters 2023, although his team disappointed, finishing 9th-12th.
Before The International 2023, Tundra Esports were forced into a change, with Saksa stepping away due to a health issue.[8] He was replaced by Topson, with usual midlaner Nine moving to the support role.[9] At the event, the change seemed to have minimal effect, with Tundra Esports topping their group comfortably, and were drawn against nouns to decide who would start in the Upper or Lower Bracket. Few fancied nouns to even match Tundra Esports. In game 1, nouns unexpectedly won, thanks to a healing strategy by Moo in game 1, playing an unorthodox Witch Doctor from the offlane, and multiple critical stuns by Gunnar on mid Earthshaker. In game 2, Gunnar played an unorthodox mid Ogre Magi, fitting in with the rest of a team playing a tanky, brawling, high damage strategy. Lelis was outstanding on Dark Willow, using Aghanim's Scepter to great effect in tandem with K1's Chaos Knight. 33 played well on his Dark Seer, but in sharp contrast to his win at The International 2022, was simply too slow for nouns, who eventually won 2-0. Tundra Esports then crashed out of The International 2023, losing 2-0 to Entity in the first round of the Lower Bracket, dropping the reigning champions out in 13th-16th.
Team Liquid
[edit]After the disappointment of The International 2023, Tundra Esports disbanded. 33 joined Team Liquid, replacing zai, who took a break, and 33 became Team Liquid's captain. For Team Liquid, this was a chance to add The International-winning experience to their team, a team that had come close to glory multiple times, but never quite won, leading some to believe they had a "second-placed curse" on them.
Without the Dota Pro Circuit to consolidate their performances, however, Team Liquid's results worsened slightly, although Team Liquid remained amongst the top teams. 2nd at BetBoom Dacha Dubai 2024 and Riyadh Masters proved to be amongst the peaks of the season, as well as 1st in Elite League Season 2, albeit with many top teams absent from the tournament. A lack of wins, however, meant that Team Liquid entered The International 2024 as dark horses, rather than favorites.
Team Liquid got off to a solid start, finishing 2nd in their group behind Team Spirit, and beating BetBoom Team to start in the Upper Bracket. As time went on, however, Team Liquid got stronger. 33 played excellently on Beastmaster, Visage and his signature Doom, dominating his lane and setting a tempo that no other team could match. Team Liquid stomped Xtreme Gaming 2-0 in ominous fashion, with game 2 not even lasting 20 minutes. Cloud9 proved to be more of a challenge, particularly in game 2, but Team Liquid's superior teamfight simply proved to be too much in another 2-0 win. Team Liquid then encountered rivals Gaimin Gladiators in the Upper Bracket Final, a team that had given Team Liquid so many of those second-placed finishes prior to 33's arrival, and whom they had lost to in Riyadh Masters 2024. Team Liquid managed to decisively turn that record around with a commanding 2-0 win, with two excellent performance by miCKe on Windranger. The two teams met in the Grand Final, where Team Liquid put on an even more dominant performance, with miCKe given Nature's Prophet three times in a 3-0 win. This marked 33's second win of the International, and the first to do so with two different teams.
Forming his own team with Tundra Esports
[edit]Despite winning The International with Team Liquid, 33 chose to depart the team and return to Tundra Esports, with the intention of forming his own team. According to Team Liquid coach Blitz, this was a decision 33 had made after Riyadh Masters 2024, and that Team Liquid respected that decision.[10] Team Liquid replaced him with SaberLight, and miCKe became captain.
Tundra Esports' initial roster was Nightfall, lorenof, 33, Saksa and Whitemon. Amongst the Russian-speaking community, the choice of Nightfall was questioned, although 33 praised his motivation, work ethic and team understanding.[11] Tundra Esports' full roster debut was forced to wait, with Shad and MidOne standing-in for the team at PGL Wallachia Season 2, although it finished 3rd, showcasing that 33's leadership had promise. 2nd at BetBoom Dacha Belgrade 2024 (where 33 was awarded Tournament MVP) was the high point of this roster, as cracks slowly began to develop, with the result followed by 5th-6th at DreamLeague Season 24, and failing to qualify for ESL One Bangkok 2024 with a loss to OG. The team redeemed themselves somewhat with 2nd at BLAST Slam I, before Tundra Esports decided to make a change, with dyrachyo and bzm replacing Nightfall and lorenof.
The new roster proved to be extremely strong, taking 1st at FISSURE PLAYGROUND 1 and BLAST Slam II, and 2nd at DreamLeague Season 25 and PGL Wallachia Season 3. After PGL Wallachia Season 3, however, their enigmatic carry dyrachyo chose to take a career break, and was replaced by Crystallis. The roster proved to still have a strong core ethos, however, with 3rd at ESL One Raleigh 2025 and PGL Wallachia Season 4, and 1st at BLAST Slam III. The team then took a break, skipping DreamLeague Season 26, and were rusty on their comeback in PGL Wallachia Season 5, finishing 7th-8th, with 33 having arguably his poorest tournament performance (in relative terms) all year.
Playing style
[edit]33 is well-known for his micromanagment skills. This is usually on micro heroes such as Beastmaster and Visage, but occasionally on units as well, such as body-blocking with the Kobold Foreman,[12] scouting and killing heroes with invisible wolves,[13] and multiple plays to turn round a gank on himself into a double kill.[14] He is also an extremely strong player on Doom, one of his signature heroes. He particularly enjoys offlaners that can farm, but unlike other greedy offlaners such as ATF, he typically directs that gold into teamfight items such as auras.[6]
According to Aui_2000, 33 is also notorious at coming up with unusual early-game items and strategies. During 2022-2023, mass Iron Branch purchases became common, which was a 33 innovation. He has also come up with new meta item builds, such as Helm of Iron Will rush into Helm of the Dominator, Razor and Bloodstone (eventually reworked in 7.35c), and rushing Arcane Boots into Octarine Core (7.35 made Arcane Boots not disassemblable and no longer took an Energy Booster).[15]
33 contrasts his playing style to Collapse, who he believes is better at teamfighting and getting the most out of his heroes. He also believes that his experience is a key reason why he is so strong in the laning phase, but he believes that other players are better at spellcasting than him.[16]
Trivia
[edit]- First player to win two TIs with two different teams: The International 2022 (with Tundra Esports) and The International 2024 (with Team Liquid).
- Reached 9,000 MMR on November 13, 2017.[17]
Statistics
[edit]- 33 is the all time leader in premium/professional matches played as Doom (185 matches and 118 wins) and Beastmaster (179 matches and 108 wins).
Stats from datdota as of 05-Mar-2025.
Achievements
[edit]Additional Content
[edit]Interviews
[edit]Miscellaneous
[edit]2024
- [e] 2024-03-30 |
Trading Places: Adjusting to Liquid with 33 by Joseph Chilen of Team Liquid - [e] 2024-02-06 |
Liquid’s 33 seemingly refused post-game handshake with GG, Quinn and Blitz respond by Sarah "KZ" Zulkiflee of Esports.gg at BetBoom Dacha Dubai 2024
Spotlights
[edit]Highlights
[edit]2024
- [e] 2024-10-13 |
WHAT A SEMI-FINAL! HEROIC vs TUNDRA - OFFICIAL HIGHLIGHTS - PGL Wallachia S2 by PGL at PGL Wallachia Season 2 - [e] 2024-10-12 |
ELIMINATION MATCH! TUNDRA vs NAVI - OFFICIAL HIGHLIGHTS - PGL Wallachia S2 by PGL at PGL Wallachia Season 2 - [e] 2024-10-11 |
WINNER TO SEMI-FINALS! TUNDRA vs HEROIC - OFFICIAL HIGHLIGHTS - PGL Wallachia S2 by PGL at PGL Wallachia Season 2 - [e] 2024-10-10 |
PLAYOFFS! NAVI vs TUNDRA - OFFICIAL HIGHLIGHTS - PGL Wallachia S2 by PGL at PGL Wallachia Season 2 - [e] 2024-05-12 |
Team Liquid vs Shopify Rebellion - HIGHLIGHTS - PGL Wallachia S1 by PGL at PGL Wallachia Season 1 - [e] 2024-05-11 |
Team Liquid vs Xtreme Gaming - HIGHLIGHTS - PGL Wallachia S1 by PGL at PGL Wallachia Season 1 - [e] 2024-05-10 |
Team Liquid vs G2.iG - HIGHLIGHTS - PGL Wallachia S1 by PGL at PGL Wallachia Season 1
Gallery
[edit]- 33 at ESL One Birmingham 2018
- 33 at ESL One Hamburg 2019
- 33 at DreamLeague S12 (2019)
- 33 at ESL One Birmingham 2024
- 33 at PGL Wallachia Season 1 (2024)
- 33 at Riyadh Masters 2024
- 33 at PGL Wallachia Season 2 (2024)
- 33 with Tundra Esports (2025)
- 33 at PGL Wallachia Season 6 (2025)
References
[edit]- ↑ Tundra Esports (2021-07-21). "Get to Know: 33 | Tundra Esports Dota 2".
- ↑ Tundra Esports (2021-10-01). "Q&A with 33 | Tundra Esports".
- ↑ Valve (2017-08-08). "TI7 Hellraisers Team Interview".
- ↑ Cristy Ramadani (2018-11-04). "[Updated] Mind Control to stand in for NiP at Kuala Lumpur Major". GosuGamers.
- ↑ Fata (2020-03-31). "33 and I were removed from Alliance.". Archived from the original on 2024-04-19. Retrieved 2025-07-01.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Manodeep Mukherjee" (2021-10-02). ""Easy heroes like Nightstalker, Beastmaster, Tidehunter will become the most popular in TI10": Neta "33" Shapira, Tundra Esports". sportskeeda.
- ↑ Dhruv Saikia (2023-05-23). "Tundra 33 Reveals He May Not Be Attending Bali Major 2023". AFK Gaming.
- ↑ Tundra Esports (2023-09-06). "We are sad to announce @saksadota will be taking an extended break due to health reasons and will not be on our active roster.".
- ↑ Tundra Esports (2023-09-07). "Welcome two-time TI champion, the myth, the legend, @TopsonDota for TI12".
- ↑ William Blitz Lee (2024-09-27). "With love, @33Dota. Take good care of our boy @zai_2002".
- ↑ Глеб Брехов (2024-10-18). "«Он очень хорошо понимает игру. Что я ещё могу сказать о нём?» — 33 про Nightfall в Tundra Esports [“He understands the game very well. What else can I say about him?” — 33 about Nightfall at Tundra Esports]". dota2.ru.
- ↑ ESL (2024-03-24). "33 Kobold Bodyblock".
- ↑ ESL (2022-05-18). "33 with the sneak attack".
- ↑ Nigel Zalamea (2022-06-15). "33’s flawless micro play propels Tundra to top of DPC WEU Tour 3 Division 1". oneesports.gg.
- ↑ Dexter Tan Guan Hao (2023-09-21). "Exclusive: Aui_2000 talks Dota 2’s latest major patch, and how to nerd out on items". oneesports.gg.
- ↑ Полина Машина (2022-05-21). "33: «Больше всего я обсуждаю билды и "Доту" с тремя офлейнерами: Collapse, Nightfall и DM»". Escorenews.com.
- ↑ Neta (2017-11-13). "got it finally".