Gaimin Gladiators carry Alimzhan "watson" Islambekov grinded to 16k MMR in Dota 2 matchmaking. After a dropoff, the pub king returned his number 1 spot on the ladder. The player revealed this on Telegram.
Watson played 35 pubs over the past 8 days. His win rate for this period was 54.3%. As a carry, he went negative but won all three games in the mid lane. His best heroes were Morphling, Alchemist, and Magnus.
Egor "Nightfall" Grigorenko previously topped the charts. Earlier, Team Spirit carry Illya "Yatoro" Mulyarchuk and Chinese star Zhang "Paparazi" Chengjun also reached 16k MMR.
Watson demonstrates amazing consistency in pubs. He has been holding the top spot for the most part of 2022 and 2023 and even grabbed the first two positions with different accounts at some point when smurfs were allowed. He explained his recent slump with a tighter schedule. The carry also doesn't like to draft before matches as the highest MMR player.
