AdmiralBulldog


 * Henrik "AdmiralBulldog" Ahnberg is a Swedish professional Dota 2 player who is famous for his unique Lone Druid and Nature's Prophet playstyle. He is currently playing for the Swedish team The Alliance.

Personal Life

 * AdmiralBulldog was born in Trollhättan, a small town in southern Sweden. He went to elementary school Strömslundskolan and his high school was Nils Ericson. He has two dogs: one is a Chow Chow named Caesar and the other one is Tiberius that is a Basset Hound. To your interest, he's never had a Bulldog since this type of dogs is not healthy enough.

Family

 * His family have always supported him and they have always been a source of motivation for him. Currently, they watch his official matches and also they try to follow the tournaments he plays at.

Early Career

 * He first became familiar with Dota when a friend introduced the game to him at the age of 14. His first pick was . At that game, his friend kept ganking him with . He describes it as "Charging and Killing". After a year, he really got into the game and he played at Dota League, mostly Mid. was his favorite hero. He was such a hard-working player and this helped him a lot to get to the state he is now.

Natus Vincere

 * For many years, Henrik kept playing with his friends, never thought I was good enough to be amongst the top players. One day when he was playing Dota 2 public games, he played against Dendi. That game, he was Lone Druid and Dendi was Pudge. Dendi and his team ganked him a lot that game. Clearly, AdmiralBulldog lost the match, but there was something special about him that Dendi added him to his friends after that game. At that time, Henrik had been playing Lone Druid for about 400-600 games in a row. After a few more pubs with Dendi, he said that he admires Henrik playing Lone Druid and he offered AdmiralBulldog to become the stand-in of Na'Vi and so did he. He was their stand-in for a couple of games, but he never got the chance to play with them in a competitive match.


 * I'm really grateful Dendi helped me get into the scene.

Copenhagen Wolves

 * Copenhagen Wolves were looking for a new player. It was a good opportunity for him to try his chance. They had seen he was the stand-in of Na'Vi and that was the reason they let him play tryouts. Before his test was over, s4 decided to leave Copenhagen Wolves with the thought of forming a new team with Envy plus Kizzle and Black. He asked AdmiralBulldog to join them and so did he. Soon, Loda and Akke came with an offer about making a new team; they needed three players, so s4, Envy, and AdmiralBulldog joined them resulting in team No Tidehunter.

No Tidehunter

 * Loda had a deal with EG about forming a team. They were making a new brand that later would become The Alliance. After winning Dreamhack 2012 with No Tidehunter, they decided to let Envy go and invite another Swedish player that would be EGM. When they won Starladder 2013, The Alliance came and picked them as their Dota 2 squad.

The Alliance

 * After dominating Dota 2 scene with The Alliance, they were invited to The International 2013 which became the most important event throughout his life.

The International 2013

 * 4 months before the even begins, they were informed that they're invited to The International 2013. He describes it as: I was very excited, we had a great team and were doing great. They went on a boot camp at Stockholm a month before TI3 in order to become in the best shape. He describes a typical day at the boot camp as: We practiced for about 8 hours everyday, usually ending with a move, normally a horror one. During the morning, everybody was on their own, we mostly slept in mornings or played pubs or other games. The real training started at 4 PM till midnight.


 * Their flight to the US was overbooked and they had to stay a night in Netherlands. Eventually they got to the US and they played the group stage at a hotel with no spectators, only Valve guys. When the main even started, there were tons of fans there which dramatically motivated him and boosted his performance. They won all the matches at group stage and they were dominating every team that faced them at the main event, this gave him a feeling of being unstoppable. Henrik considers their first defeat versus DK a draft mistake. Getting to the grand final, they started the first match rampaging around which led to Na'Vi announcing GG in less than 8 minutes. After this match, he was damn sure they were gonna win the tournament, but, unfortunately, they lost two games in a row after that and this was quite devastating to him.


 * Having played four games at the grand final of The International 3 they had won and lost two games. The last game was a life-changing match and both team knew it. Just a few minutes before the match ends, Na'Vi were pushing mid all five, it was obvious they were gonna get The Alliance's barracks and finish them, but with an ad hoc decision, AdmiralBulldog teleported top with Nature's Prophet and at the same time EGM relocated Loda's Chaos Knight to bottom lane. So this was only a matter of time, who would finish it more quickly? Finally, he and Loda got both their top and bottom rax and named themselves the winner of The International 3 and one of the best teams in Dota 2 history.
 * When the whole tournament was finished, there was an after-party awaiting them. When they attended the party and got back to their room, "You just relax and try to understand what you have accomplished."


 * Back in Sweden, they were on the newspapers and people would recognize them when they were out.

Stream

 * AdmiralBulldog usually streams everyday on his channel AdmiralBulldog.