Raven DOTA 2

Marc «Raven» Fausto Biography

Marc «Raven» Fausto is a professional Dota 2 player. He was born on September 22, 1998, in the Philippines. He began his career in competitive DotA in 2014.

Marc «Raven» Fausto in Dota 2

2014-2018

The first appearance of Marc on the professional scene of DotA 2 occurred in September 2014. Then the player with the Click ‘N Search team took part in the Mineski Pro-Gaming League Season 6 Leg 5. The team took fifth place, after which Marc became inactive. The player returned to competitive DotA in January 2016. As part of the Mineski team, Marc took part in the qualification for the Dota 2 Asia Championships 2015 and the local Hitbox Obutto Championship # 2. But the team failed to achieve good results. And the player again took a break. In June, Marc appears as part of the Click ‘N Search team at the Mineski Pro-Gaming League Season 7 Leg 2 tournament, in which players take third place. Until the end of summer, Marc performed with the MSI-Evolution Gaming Team. During this time, Marc took part in three tournaments. At one of them, NXTGAME Dota 2 Invitational, the team took second place. Then in September, the TNC Pro Team (TNC Predator) signs the player. In the new team, Marc shows a good result. Over the fall, the team took third place at BTS Southeast Asia # 1, second at World Cyber ​​Arena 2015 - SEA Pro Qualifiers and first at SEA Dragon Battle Season 3. In December, the team performed at the World Cyber ​​Arena 2015, but the result was not very good, the team finished fifth. 2016 was a more productive year for the player. In February, the team took first place in the BTS Southeast Asia # 3 tournament, in April third in SEA Kappa Invitational Season 1 and second in BTS Southeast Asia # 4. After which the team showed not a bad game, and took not bad places in various tournaments and qualifications. In June, the team took first places in the open and closed qualifiers for The International 2016. In August, the team showed a good game at The International 2016 tournament and took seventh place. But the organization was not happy with such a result, and the entire composition was dissolved. In September, the player joined the Fnatic organization. With the team, the player managed to take fourth place in the MPGL Southeast Asian Championship and fifth in ROG MASTERS 2016. But at the end of the year, the player left the team.

In early 2017, Marc returned to TNC. In December, the player won with the team twice, at World Electronic Sports Games 2016 and the StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season 3 SEA Qualifier. It was a great start to the year for Marc and the team. In February, the player ranked third at the StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season 3. The team successfully qualified for The Kyiv Major 2017, but at the tournament itself showed a terrible result, taking the last place. But in late spring and early summer, the team rehabilitated. The team took second place in the StarLadder i-League Invitational Season 2 and third in the Galaxy Battles. But the most significant achievement for the team was the first place at The International 2017: Southeast Asia Qualifier, which allowed the team to go to the tournament. But unfortunately, at The International 2017, the team took only 9-12 places. Until the end of the year, the team actively participated in many tournaments, the best for the player, and the team was China Top 2017 and MDL Macau, where the team took first and second place. In 2018, the team still played stably. The team took fifth places in the Galaxy Battles II: Emerging Worlds and The Bucharest Major, fourth in the Dota 2 Asia Championships 2018. In the summer, the team took seventh places in the MDL Changsha Major and China Dota2 Supermajor tournaments. Also, in June, the team successfully completed qualifications for The International 2018 in second place. In August, the team was waiting for the defeat at The International 2018, Marc and the team took the last place and left the tournament. After which the squad was disbanded. In September, the player is signed by the Loctac team. Until the end of the year, the player performs only with the team in qualifications. After a pretty good start in 2019, Marc left the Lotac team. In March, with the TNC Predator team, the player took first place at World Electronic Sports Games 2019 as a Stand-In. In May, the player joined Geek Fam. Until the end of the year, the best player performance in the new roster was fourth in the Asian Masters League S2 and fifth in the DOTA Summit 11 tournament.

2019-2020

2020 began for the team well. In January, the team took third place at the WePlay! Bukovel Minor 2020, as well as in March and April, second places on WeSave! Charity Play - SEA and ESL SEA Championship 2020, fourth on ESL One Los Angeles 2020 - Online: Southeast Asia and third on BTS Pro Series: Southeast Asia. In September, during major reshuffles in the Asian region, Mark joins Fnatic. In the new organization, the player was able to take third place at ESL One Thailand 2020: Asia and ninth at BTS Pro Series Season 3: Southeast Asia. In late December, Mark finished the year with fourth place in BTS Pro Series Season 4: Southeast Asia.