SoNNeikO Assembles New Dota 2 Squad: Team Tea

Veteran support player Akbar "SoNNeikO" Butaev has announced the creation of a new Dota 2 roster under the name Team Tea, as revealed on FaceIt.

Team Lineup

• Kyialbek “Dream” Tayirov
• Vitaliy “Worick” Brezgin
• Alexander “Cloud” Zakharov
• Athanasios “dEsire” Kartsambas
• Akbar "SoNNeikO" Butaev

The squad will be managed by Alexander “StrangeR” Solomonov, a well-known figure in the CIS scene with prior experience across multiple organizations.

🏆 Background of Players

• SoNNeikO – Formerly with AVULUS, where he won the RES Regional Champions.
• Dream – Previously represented Team Klee, lifting the trophy at the European Pro League Season 15.
• Worick – Another former AVULUS player, also part of their RES Regional Champions title run.
• Cloud – Ex-player of 1W Team, where he participated in The International 2024.
• dEsire – Like SoNNeikO and Worick, also competed with AVULUS in the past.

🚨 Current Status

At the time of writing, Team Tea has already been knocked out of the open qualifiers for DreamLeague Season 27.