Petushara Picks YBN for BSB 15

Published September 21, 2026

Former Dota 2 professional Vladislav Petushara Kozlovskiy has named YBN Team, the lineup associated with Fedor ybicanoooobov Yurchenko, as his projected winner of BETBOOM Streamers Battle 15. His assessment places the team first in a pre-tournament ranking of the 10 participating lineups, with Gpk Team second and Cake Team third. The call is an opinion rather than a tournament result, but it gives the event a clear early favourite before play begins.

Petushara described YBN as a very strong roster and said he could have played for that stack but was unable to make it happen. He added that the player taken instead of him definitely plays better than he does. That explanation is central to why he put YBN at the top of his order, rather than simply treating the projection as a judgment based on a team name. The tournament is scheduled for September 21 to October 3, when 10 teams made up of media personalities will compete for a ₽4 million prize pool. Its deciding matches are set to be held at VK Play Arena in Moscow. Those confirmed event details frame Petushara’s ranking as a forecast for one specific competition, not a claim about a wider Dota 2 season or a qualification route. His published order covers every team in the field, with places presented as approximate tournament projections.

How Petushara separated the leading teams

The closest challenger in Petushara’s view is Gpk Team, which he put in second place. He said the roster looks capable of overwhelming opponents on paper, citing two highly committed core players and a solid position-three player. At the same time, he raised a qualification: he expects the cores may approach games casually and said the side particularly needs a high-rated support player to place wards and make moves. His second-place prediction therefore acknowledges both the lineup’s apparent strength and the uncertainty he sees in how it may function during the event. The contrast with YBN is useful: Petushara’s top choice came with a direct endorsement of its stack, while his assessment of Gpk Team balanced obvious player strength against the roles and approach he believed could decide its matches.

Cake Team received Petushara’s third-place projection. He called it a good roster and singled out Cake in the mid lane, saying Cake had beaten him every tournament. Rostik Team was placed fourth, although Petushara said its recent results had not been going well despite lineups that look decent. He also viewed Rostik Team as heavily dependent on comfort heroes for its second and fourth positions, adding that it would be very strong in All Pick but that this tournament uses Random Draft. The format observation explains why his ranking for Rostik Team is lower than a simple reading of its player names might suggest. Petushara’s comments distinguish personal experience, perceived roster quality and draft conditions instead of presenting the projected order as established standings. That distinction matters because no tournament games had been played when he gave the estimates.

Roster and projection reference

The announced YBN Team roster consists of Nesfeer, Ybicanoooobov, Takizawa, Earthq and Balod9. Gpk Team is listed with Kiyotaka, Gpk, Shachlo, Zloba and Lukawa. The other announced lineups are Avice Team with Koma, Avice, Blindzone, Rostikfacekid and By_owl; Travoman Team with Byun, Travoman, 9pasha, Y0nd and Vasilisa; and Solo Team with ILTW, Dread, Alberkaaa, Melharucis and Solo. Daxak Team is listed with Wewastetimefaded, Ya_sulen, Daxak, Groom and Weeeny, while NS Team has Lesn4ok, Kudes, Dragneel_FH, Fishman and NS. Cake Team includes Smiling Knight, Cake, Limitless, Shishak and Dabex. Stray Team has Iseedeadpeople, Stray, DkFogas, Vovapain and Anatolii Zlotnikov, and Rostik Team includes TA2000, Rostislav_999, egxrdemxn, Kylian Mbappe and Yurapivo. The event will use a BSB-rating system, an internal assessment of participant playing level on a scale from 1 to 100, and each team may have a combined rating of no more than 325 points. That cap is part of the tournament setup; it does not establish an advantage or final placing for any team. A detailed match schedule had not yet been published.

• YBN Team — 1st place.
• Gpk Team — 2nd place.
• Cake Team — 3rd place.
• Rostik Team — 4th place.

Petushara’s projected range	Teams in that range
5th-6th	Travoman Team and Solo Team
7th-8th	Avice Team and Stray Team
9th-10th	Daxak Team and NS Team

Ultimately, Petushara’s comments are a pre-tournament opinion rather than evidence of final results; the event itself will determine whether his assessments hold up.