{"id":34385,"date":"2026-02-24T05:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T05:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/?p=34385"},"modified":"2026-02-24T10:51:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T10:51:56","slug":"saberlight-to-replace-atf-for-team-falcons-at-dreamleague-season-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/news\/dota-2\/saberlight-to-replace-atf-for-team-falcons-at-dreamleague-season-28\/","title":{"rendered":"SabeRLight Replaces ATF for Team Falcons at DreamLeague Season 28"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Team Falcons will continue their <a href=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/news\/dreamleague-season-28-mid-group-stage-2-recap\/\">DreamLeague Season 28<\/a> campaign without Ammar \u201cATF\u201d Assaf after the offlaner developed an eye infection. The organization confirmed that Jonas \u201cSabeRLight-\u201d Volek will stand in as Falcons fight for a playoff spot in one of the biggest Dota 2 tournaments of 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why ATF Is Missing DreamLeague Season 28<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our player <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmmarAlassaf6?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@AmmarAlassaf6<\/a> will miss the next matches of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DreamLeague?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#DreamLeague<\/a> S28 due to an eye infection. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonas_volek?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@jonas_volek<\/a> will replace him until he gets better.<br><br>We wish Ammar a speedy recovery. \ud83d\udc9a<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FalconsAreHere?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#FalconsAreHere<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6RBoqKFqwk\">pic.twitter.com\/6RBoqKFqwk<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Falcons Esports (@FalconsEsport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FalconsEsport\/status\/2025912659149811973?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 23, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on a social media post from Team Falcons, ATF <strong>developed an eye infection that prevents him from playing<\/strong>. Falcons wish their offlaner a speedy recovery and mentioned that SabeRLight- will be the one to replace him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We do not have official information about how long ATF will be out of action. The <strong>bad news for Team Falcons<\/strong> is that his absence comes at a very important moment because the team is currently competing in one of the biggest Dota 2 tournaments of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the time of writing, Team Falcons has <strong>one win and two losses at DreamLeague Season 28\u2019s<\/strong> Group Stage 2. The squad is currently in the bottom 4 and needs to step up its game if it wants to advance to the Playoffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SabeRLight Steps In for Team Falcons at DreamLeague Season 28<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are not that many people who have the capacity to replace ATF, but SabeRLight is among them. Many <strong>Dota 2 experts consider him one of the best offlaners in Dota 2<\/strong>. He previously played a key role for Team Liquid between 2024 and 2025. <strong>Currently, he is playing for Virtus.pro<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We will keep a close eye on the player and Team Falcons to see if they will be able to survive in <strong>Group Stage 2<\/strong>. Keep in mind that the latter will <strong>end on February 27,<\/strong> so we have a lot more matches to go. <strong>Aurora Gaming keeps winning left and right,<\/strong> whereas teams like the Falcons need to step up their game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Team Falcons will continue their DreamLeague Season 28 campaign without Ammar \u201cATF\u201d Assaf after the offlaner developed an eye infection. The organization confirmed that Jonas \u201cSabeRLight-\u201d Volek will stand in as Falcons fight for a playoff spot in one of the biggest Dota 2 tournaments of 2026. Why ATF Is Missing DreamLeague Season 28 Based<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":34386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[260,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-34385","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\/34385","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=34385"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34393,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34385\/revisions\/34393"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}