BuLba

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Player Information
Name:
ಕನಿಶ್ಕ ಸೋಸಲೆ
Romanized Name:
Kanishka Sosale
Nationality:
Born:
July 10, 1991 (age 34)
Region:
North America North America
Years Active (Player):
2011 - 2020
Role:
Alternate IDs:
flow, BuLba-SaUr
Nickname(s):
Sam
Approx. Total Winnings:
$211,082
Signature Hero:
Clockwerk Batrider Beastmaster
Links
History
2011-09-02 — 2011-12-19 EZ Style
2011-12-19 — 2012-04-16 It's Gosu eSports
2012-05-08 — 2012-09-12 Evil Geniuses
2012-05-08 — 2012-10-19 Evil Geniuses
2012-12-08 — 2014-08-29 Team Liquid
2014-08-11 — 2015-05-08 Team Tinker
2015-05-08 — 2015-07-16 mousesports
2015-08-24 — 2016-03-25 Digital Chaos
2016-03-25 — 2016-06-09 Evil Geniuses
2016-06-09 — 2016-08-27 Team Secret
2016-09-16 — 2017-01-01 Team Liquid
2017-01-01 — 2017-04-14 Team Onyx
2017-04-14 — 2017-12-04 Digital Chaos
2017-12-20 — 2022-11-15 EG(Coach)
2022-12-09 — 2025-07-30 SR(Coach)
2025-09-21 — Present Virtus.pro(Coach)
Recent Matches
EG Evil GeniusesEvil Geniuses
0:2
(Bo2)
CR4ZY CR4ZY
June 6, 2020 - 13:00 EDT
ESL One Birmingham: NA/SA
ESL One Birmingham 2020 - Online: North & South America
EG Evil GeniusesEvil Geniuses
2:1
(Bo3)
business associates ba
June 5, 2020 - 14:50 EDT
ESL One Birmingham: NA/SA
ESL One Birmingham 2020 - Online: North & South America
EG Evil GeniusesEvil Geniuses
2:1
(Bo3)
Thunder PredatorThunder Predator TP
May 31, 2020 - 17:15 EDT
ESL One Birmingham: NA/SA
ESL One Birmingham 2020 - Online: North & South America
EG Evil GeniusesEvil Geniuses
1:2
(Bo3)
business associates ba
May 29, 2020 - 15:45 EDT
ESL One Birmingham: NA/SA
ESL One Birmingham 2020 - Online: North & South America
EG Evil GeniusesEvil Geniuses
2:0
(Bo2)
beastcoast bc
May 29, 2020 - 13:30 EDT
ESL One Birmingham: NA/SA
ESL One Birmingham 2020 - Online: North & South America
Upcoming Tournaments
No Upcoming Tournaments

Kanishka "BuLba" Sosale (born July 10, 1991) is an American/Indian Coach who is currently working for Virtus.pro.

Biography

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DotA

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BuLba was first introduced to DotA: Allstars while playing Warcraft III, where he noticed that DotA: Allstars was the dominant game in the custom games list, and he eventually tried it himself.[1] The first hero he played was Pugna.[2]

He began his DotA career in 2007,[3] shortly before college, playing under the nickname "BuLba-SaUr". Entering the North American scene at an active time, he soon found himself playing competitively in the many inhouse leagues that existed. As the scene around him began to wane, he dialed back his participation and bided his time, waiting for Dota 2's release. Despite curtailing his DotA activities, he won MYM Prime Nations 3 during this time as part of an underdog Team USA that took down a star-studded Ukrainian lineup largely composed of members one might recognize from the then present-day Natus Vincere. In September 2011, Bulba, together with PowerNet created an all-American team called EZ Style, to compete in a tournament called ROCCAT GosuCup #4.[4] Together, the team transitioned into Dota 2 a few months later.

Dota 2

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Starting his Dota 2 journey on EZ Style, his original crew was picked up by It's Gosu, and there he played for a time with Korok.[5] The old EZ Style squad parted ways with April in February 2012,[6] and the following month Bulba moved to Evil Geniuses with whom he attended The International 2012.[7] He left EG in September 2012, and joined Team Liquid when they started a Dota 2 division in December 2012. One of the most flexible players around, on Liquid he will continue to bring his signature Tinker and Invoker to the mid lane as well as diversify into carry and offlane roles.

After his spell in EG in 2012, he moved to Team Liquid and achieved early successes at Beyond the Summit: Weekend Cup, RaidCall Dota 2 League Season 2 and Curse Dota 2 Invitational picking up first place respectively. His first LAN event with Team Liquid saw them in China after making through the qualifiers and finishing 5-6th place at G-1 Champions League Season 5. After a few months of playing in new tournaments, Team Liquid began to bootcamp for Valve's The International 2013. After finishing 5th place with seven wins and seven losses in the second group of the groupstage, Bulba and his team ended up in the lower bracket and had to face the Chinese team LGD to make it to the third round of the lower bracket. Bulba played clockwerk in the offlane and with his tactical awareness saw him stop numerous teleports using his hookshot against Xiao8 and Sylar with the addition of gathering a number of enemy heroes in crucial ganks and team fights using his cogs ability to win the match. Within the final moments of the match, the player camera was directed at Team Liquid and Bulba slamming his headphones and stormed out of the booth raising his hands to the crowd after a thrilling win and upsetting LGD to a shock exit. This game was also noted for the common saying of "Liquid are doing it" from LD's commentary at the climax of the match that is used to this day.[8]

On June 9, 2016 - only days after Team Secret and Evil Geniuses had finished last at The Manila Major 2016 - Secret announced that UNiVeRsE had left to join EG. In return, BuLba joined Team Secret.[9] Following The International 2016, he joined Team Liquid as a support, a role that he has not played for more than 18 months. He described Team Liquid was his home away from home.[10]

Trivia

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  • Bulba's favorite cheese is pepper jack.[11]
  • Bulba is a vegetarian.[12]

Statistics

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  • The all time leader in premium/professional matches played (160) and wins (92) as Clockwerk.

Stats acquired from datdota as of 2023/04/10.

Achievements

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  • As Player
  • As Coach
  • As Broadcast Talent
  • Show All
DatePlaceTierTournamentTeamResultPrize
2020-04-261stTier 2BTS Pro Series: AmericasBTS Pro Series: Americas
3 : 1
$21,000
2020-04-021stTier 2ESL One Los Angeles 2020 - Online: North AmericaESL One Los Angeles 2020 - Online: North America
3 : 1
$20,000
2017-08-099th - 12thTier 1The International 2017The International 2017
0 : 2
$370,319
2017-04-279th - 16thTier 1The Kiev Major 2017The Kiev Major 2017
0 : 2
$62,500
2016-08-0813th - 16thTier 1The International 2016The International 2016
0 : 1
$103,852
2016-07-242ndTier 1StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season 2StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season 2StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season 2
1 : 3
$60,000
2016-05-013rdTier 1WePlay Dota 2 League Season 3WePlay Dota 2 League Season 3
1 : 2
$22,906
2014-12-213rdTier 1XMG Captains Draft 2.0XMG Captains Draft 2.0
1 : 3
$41,511
2014-11-022ndTier 1Dota 2 Champions League Season 4Dota 2 Champions League Season 4
0 : 3
$19,059
2013-08-097th - 8thTier 1The International 2013The International 2013
0 : 1
$43,116
Extended list of results
DatePlaceTierTournamentTeamResultPrize
2023-09-242ndTier 1DreamLeague Season 21DreamLeague Season 21DreamLeague Season 21
0 : 3
$175,000
2021-10-149th - 12thTier 1The International 2021The International 2021
1 : 2
$800,400
2020-01-262ndTier 1DreamLeague Season 13DreamLeague Season 13
2 : 3
$160,000
2019-12-222ndTier 1ONE Esports Invitational Singapore 2019ONE Esports Invitational Singapore 2019ONE Esports Invitational Singapore 2019
0 : 3
$100,000
2019-08-235th - 6thTier 1The International 2019The International 2019
0 : 2
$1,201,552
2018-08-253rdTier 1The International 2018The International 2018
0 : 2
$2,680,879
2018-03-181stTier 2GESC: Indonesia Dota2 MinorGESC: Indonesia Dota2 MinorGESC: Indonesia Dota2 Minor
2 : 0
$110,000
2016-12-103rd - 4thTier 1The Boston Major 2016The Boston Major 2016
0 : 2
$250,000
2016-03-062ndTier 1The Shanghai Major 2016The Shanghai Major 2016
1 : 3
$405,000
2015-08-081stTier 1The International 2015The International 2015
3 : 1
$6,634,661
Extended list of results
DateTierTournamentPositionPartner List
2019-04-14Tier 2WSOE 6: Dota 2 - Serenity's DestinyWSOE 6: Dota 2 - Serenity's DestinyCommentator
2017-12-17Tier 2DOTA Summit 8DOTA Summit 8Panelist/Caster
2014-10-26Tier 1StarLadder StarSeries Season 10StarLadder StarSeries Season 10StarLadder StarSeries Season 10Guest Analyst–
2014-04-27Tier 2DreamHack Bucharest 2014DreamHack Bucharest 2014Commentator
About achievementsBroadcasts from any Tournament

Additional Content

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Interviews

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  • 2016
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  • 2014
  • 2013
  • 2012
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Miscellaneous

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Spotlights

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2025

Highlights

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References

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  1. ↑ PGL (2025-04-24). "DOTA Memories - How did you find out about DOTA? - PGL Wallachia Season 4".
  2. ↑ PGL (2025-04-25). "DOTA Memories - First game and First hero [PGL Wallachia Season 4]".
  3. ↑ Victor "Nazgul" Goossens (2012-12-07). "Introducing Liquid`Dota 2". Team Liquid. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
  4. ↑ Ulrich "KongoTime" Hanten (2011-09-13). "BulBa interviewed after American GosuCup". GosuGamers. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
  5. ↑ Aaron "Ayesee" Chambers (2011-12-19). "It's Gosu acquires EZ Style, adds Dota2 division". itsgosu.com. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
  6. ↑ "GoSuMali" (2012-04-16). "It's Gosu parts way with current Dota 2 squad, acquires Captain Planet". itsgosu.com. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
  7. ↑ Cisco "Shogunner" Zarandin Araneta (2012-05-08). "Evil Geniuses announce official new roster". GosuGamers. Archived from the original on 2015-03-04. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
  8. ↑ [1]
  9. ↑ Team Secret (2016-06-09). "The Road To The International 2016". Retrieved 2016-06-09.
  10. ↑ "DAY THREE: THE NEW TL DOTA 2". TeamLiquidPro.com. 2016-09-16. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
  11. ↑ https://tl.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=399903&currentpage=11#215
  12. ↑ https://www.twitch.tv/videos/183445890?t=03h33m18s
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