Team Yandex signs TI champion ATF as offlaner for 2026-2027 season

Team Yandex announced on 17 September that it has signed Ammar "ATF" Assaf as its new offlaner, replacing Dmitry "DM" Dorokhin, who has been moved to the inactive roster. ATF joins as a free agent following Team Falcons' exit from competitive Dota 2 earlier this month.

ATF was a key figure in the Falcons lineup that played 799 games together as a five-man unit, the most of any roster in Dota 2 history, winning 523 of those matches for a 65.46% win rate. He is the second former Falcons player to land with a new organisation since the shutdown, following Oliver "Skiter" Lepko's move to Aurora Gaming.

ATF's arrival gives Yandex two The International champions on its books, pairing the TI 2022 champion with TI 2025 winner Martin "Saksa" Sazdov. The confirmed 2026-2027 roster now reads: Alimzhan "Watson" Islambekov, Ilya "CHIRA_JUNIOR" Chirtsov, Ammar "ATF" Assaf, Martin "Saksa" Sazdov, and Arman "Malady" Orazbayev.

Yandex entered the Dota 2 scene in June 2025 and finished third at The International 2026, falling to eventual champions Team Spirit in the lower-bracket final. The team will debut its new-look lineup at PGL Wallachia Season 9, the first Tier 1 tournament of the 2026-2027 season, beginning 19 September.