{"id":33980,"date":"2026-02-11T09:54:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T09:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/?p=33980"},"modified":"2026-02-11T16:30:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T16:30:21","slug":"malik-to-stand-in-for-team-yandex-at-the-blast-slam-vi-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/news\/dota-2\/malik-to-stand-in-for-team-yandex-at-the-blast-slam-vi-playoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Malik Replaces Noticed for Team Yandex at BLAST Slam VI Dota 2 Playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Team Yandex will be one of the teams at the BLAST Slam VI Playoffs (taking place between February 13-15) but it<strong> won\u2019t be able to rely on its full roster<\/strong>. The team won\u2019t be able to play with <strong>Evgeniy \u201cNoticed\u201d Ignatenko, so Abdimalik \u201cMalik\u201d Sailau will be a stand-in<\/strong>. <span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">The news broke on\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/DotA2\/comments\/1r129n5\/malik_will_standin_for_team_yandex_replacing\/?utm_source=embedv2&amp;utm_medium=post_embed&amp;utm_content=whitespace&amp;embed_host_url=https:\/\/embed.gosugamers.net\/embed\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/DotA2\/comments\/1r129n5\/malik_will_standin_for_team_yandex_replacing\/?utm_source=embedv2&amp;utm_medium=post_embed&amp;utm_content=whitespace&amp;embed_host_url=https:\/\/embed.gosugamers.net\/embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reddit<\/a>,\u00a0and it seems like Noticed was unable to secure his visa on time and will miss the Playoffs in Malta.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why Noticed Will Miss the BLAST Slam VI Playoffs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"817\" src=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-72-1024x817.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-72-1024x817.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-72-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-72-768x612.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-72-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-72-450x359.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-72.jpg 1086w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">via Reddit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Kazakhstani offlaner is not a new name in the professional Dota 2 scene. He <strong>played for several big teams<\/strong> over the last couple of years, including <strong>PSG Quest<\/strong>, where he spent about 1 year. He was briefly involved with <strong>Team Spirit in late 2024<\/strong> and later played for <strong>L1GA TEAM<\/strong>. Sadly, Malik was unable to achieve much success with these teams and has been trying to find a new home since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even though no one questions Malik\u2019s prowess, people wonder whether he will be able to <strong>replicate Noticed\u2019s amazing results<\/strong> so far. It\u2019s safe to say the offlaner was among the big reasons why Yandex reached the Playoffs.\u00a0This is where we will see the team go up against <strong>Natus Vincere<\/strong>, <strong>OG<\/strong>, <strong>Team Falcons<\/strong>, <strong>Team<\/strong> <strong>Liquid<\/strong>, and <strong>HEROIC<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Can Team Yandex Win BLAST Slam VI Dota 2 Without Noticed?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"LOSER IS OUT! YANDEX vs SPIRIT - Official Highlights - BLAST Slam VI Dota 2\" width=\"788\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VaoLJ9ltC0c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">LOSER IS OUT! YANDEX vs SPIRIT &#8211; Official Highlights &#8211; BLAST Slam VI Dota 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the unfortunate situation with Noticed, <strong>Malik is probably one of the best offlaners that you can have as a stand-in<\/strong>. Malik\u2019s experience at the highest level suggests Team Yandex\u2019s structure should remain stable despite the late roster change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking back, we can see that the squad had a <strong>solid reputation<\/strong> prior to this event. Even though Yandex has had some issues so far. The team\u2019s recent win over <strong>Team Spirit<\/strong> demonstrated its ability to compete against elite opposition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All eyes will be on Yandex and Malik\u2019s performance, so make sure you don\u2019t miss any of the upcoming matches.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Team Yandex will be one of the teams at the BLAST Slam VI Playoffs (taking place between February 13-15) but it won\u2019t be able to rely on its full roster. The team won\u2019t be able to play with Evgeniy \u201cNoticed\u201d Ignatenko, so Abdimalik \u201cMalik\u201d Sailau will be a stand-in. The news broke on\u00a0Reddit,\u00a0and it seems<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":33983,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[260,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-33980","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dota-2","8":"tag-dota-2","9":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33980"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34010,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33980\/revisions\/34010"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}