The International champion accused of breaking Dota 2 rules

Ilya "Lil" Ilyuk has accused Martin "Saksa" Sazdov of breaking Dota 2 rules. The winner of The International 2021 is allegedly playing on a smurf account.

The esports player shared this in his Telegram channel.

"Well, on top of that, saksa decided to play on a 1k fake account as Doom (apparently Valve's smurfing rules don't apply to him) and got what he deserved"

According to him, the pro player decided to practice playing Doom on his smurf, which is against Valve's rules. Such actions can even result in a ban on the main account. Notably, the Dota2ProTracker portal also indicates the activation of the player's smurf account. Eight matches have been played from the smurf account, which may belong to Saksa, in the last two days.

Credit: Dota2ProTracker

Saksa has not commented on the situation yet. It's possible that the esports player plans to return to the Dota 2 pro scene and might even replace 9Class at The International 2024.

It's worth noting that players have been complaining about esports professionals who return to smurf accounts, demanding that they be banned.