Player shigetsu from from Natus Vincere Dota 2 | ID: 7759

Maksym Shigetsu Popadynets is a Ukrainian professional Dota 2 player who plays in the first position. His signature characters are Weaver, Slark, and Ursa.

Shigetsu first appeared on the professional scene at the Dota 2 Champions League Season 4 in September 2021, playing for the Eastern European stack qwerty. The team did not make it past the group stage and ended their participation in the tournament, but the young esports player was able to make a name for himself even then. Representatives of the new cybercats organization at that time became interested in Maxim and invited him to test games, where he showed his best, which became the reason for his joining the team.

As a member of the new team, Maxim initially participated in the Dota 2 Champions League tournaments, but in May 2022, he managed to pass the open qualifiers for the second division of the DPC League for Eastern Europe. In the regional championship, cybercats consistently held the middle of the standings for two rounds, while shigetsu, as many members of the esports community argued, had long outgrown this team.

The strong mechanical qualities of the Ukrainian curler did not go unnoticed, and after a while, shigetsu bought out PuckChamp, which was rumored to be financially supported by Natus Vincere. Maxim's first test in the new team was the Xmas Show tournament, where the team took 7-8th place. After that, shigetsu took part in the DPC EEU 2023 Tour 1: Division II, which resulted in a ticket to the first division of the Eastern European Regional Championship. 

Due to this successful result, Natus Vincere officially signed PuckChamp, and Maksym became the main player of the first position of the Ukrainian organization.

In 2023, together with the Navi shigetsu team, they registered for the closed qualification for ESL One Kuala Lumpur.