Yatoro will participate in a Deadlock tournament with his own team

Ilya "Yatoro" Mulyarchuk, two-time Dota 2 world champion, will participate in the Deadlock tournament, BetBoom Deadlock Cup 3, starting on November 14.

This was announced by the tournament organizers on their official Telegram channel.

The former Team Spirit carry decided to try his hand in a different esports discipline, forming his own team called Yatoro Team. Notably, another Team Spirit member, streamer Ilya "Illidan" Pivtsaev, joined the roster.

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Yatoro Team:

• Ilya "Yatoro" Mulyarchuk

• Ilya "Illidan" Pivtsaev

• Anton "Xaniya" Shkuratov

• Danila "Sunset" Solovyov

• Ekaterina "Keilaqt" Van

• Quadrat

His team will compete against three other teams for a prize pool of $7,000. The tournament will last only two days, starting on November 14 and concluding the following day. An additional reward awaits the tournament MVP.

The esports player has not yet commented on his unexpected decision to try a new esports genre, but shooters are not new to him—Yatoro has reached high ranks in both CS2 and Valorant.

Previously, Miroslav "Mira" Kolpakov stated that he would not be participating in the Dota 2 tournament, though he was invited to join a team.