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Team Yandex win BLAST SLAM VIII: 3:1 against Spirit
Team Yandex beat Team Spirit 3:1 in the BLAST SLAM VIII grand final on 11 October 2026. Here are the verified results and a way to turn the replays into a useful Dota lesson.
- Grand final
- Published on this site
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What is confirmed
- Grand final, 11 October: Team Yandex 3:1 Team Spirit.
- Upper-bracket final, 10 October: Team Yandex 2:0 Team Spirit.
- Lower-bracket final, 11 October: Team Spirit 2:1 PARIVISION.
Yandex’s route through the bracket
On the LAN bracket, Yandex beat LGD Gaming 2:1, PARIVISION 2:1 and Spirit 2:0 before winning the grand final. These are series results from BLAST. The score alone does not establish which draft, item or player decided a game.
Watch the decision before the highlight
Choose one important fight and pause before the initiation. What can each team actually see? Where are the creep waves? Which defensive spell could interrupt the plan? After the fight, check what the winners gained on the map. This exercise reveals more than copying the final inventory.
Bring one idea into your next pub
Write down one decision you can repeat: wait for an interrupt, approach through vision or turn a kill into an objective. Keep the match context. A professional build is a response to that game, not an automatic shopping list for yours. Our Witch Doctor and Spirit Breaker episodes show our own decisions, including mistakes.
Primary sources
Original publications and their dates. Checked October 17, 2026.
- BLAST — BLAST SLAM VIII ↗Publication date not provided
- BLAST — Team Yandex / Team Spirit ↗Publication date not provided