Team:Alliance

Alliance ([A]) is a Swedish-centric pro gaming team. Founded by Razer and Evil Geniuses director Alex Garfield in early 2013, its original members were StarCraft II star Johan Lucchesi (NaNiwa) and an all-Swedish rising star Dota 2 team previously known as No Tidehunter - which included, who had competed in Melee professionally as Sheik. Internationally, it is best known for its success in the Dota 2 arena - especially at The International 3 in August 2013, when it won the tournament and a $1.4 million first prize without losing a series.

On November 6th, 2014, it entered the Melee arena when it signed. On October 5th, 2016, Alliance announced that they would be expanding their Smash team by signing Armada's younger brother. On December 12th, 2016, Twitch spun-off Alliance along with Evil Geniuses into player-owned organizations. All original Dota 2 members in addition to Armada got a percentage of the company.

Other famous players

 * 🇸🇪 Sweden Joakim Akterhall Winner of The International Dota 2 Championships in 2013 and minority owner.
 * 🇸🇪 Sweden Jonathan Berg (Loda) Winner of The International Dota 2 Championships in 2013, Dota 2 coach and minority owner.
 * 🇸🇪 Sweden Henrik Ahnberg (AdmiralBulldog) Winner of The International Dota 2 Championships in 2013, Dota 2 caster and minority owner.

Trivia

 * When Armada joined Alliance, posted on his Twitter account a welcome on behalf of the Dota team and responded to a fan asking if he, Loda and AdmiralBulldog could beat Armada in a handicap match with "Probably not."