Professional player Klement 'Puppey' Ivanov announced that he is temporarily competing for Natus Vincere while Team Secret plans to return to the professional Dota 2 scene.
Puppey mentioned that he is helping old friends prepare for the new season as a stand-in and confirmed that Team Secret will soon return to Dota.
The temporary roster for Natus Vincere includes:
- Artem 'Yuragi' Golubev (Ukraine)
- Sukhbat 'sanctity-' Otgondavaa (Mongolia)
- Miroslav 'BOOM' Bicán (Czech Republic, stand-in)
- Bakyt 'Zayac' Emilzhanov (Kyrgyzstan)
- Klement 'Puppey' Ivanov (Estonia, stand-in)
- Vitaliy 'Sword_Art' Petkin (Ukraine, coach)
The current roster for Team Secret consists of:
- Klement 'Puppey' Ivanov (Estonia)
- Song 'Heen' Go Lee (South Korea, coach)
- Tew 'ah fu' Sun Chuan (Malaysia, coach)
- Zheng 'MidOne' Yeik Nai (Malaysia, inactive)
- Daniil 'yamich' Lazebny (Russia, inactive)
- Yazeed 'YapzOr' Jaradat (Jordan, inactive)
Natus Vincere will compete in the qualifiers for DreamLeague Season 24, with the closed stage starting on September 28.