OmaR leaves DreamLeague Season 26 due to emergency, yamich to stand in

Nigma Galaxy’s position 4 player Omar “OmaR” Moughrabi has flown to his home country of Lebanon due to a “personal matter”, as announced by the organization itself on their official X account. OmaR, who was presumably at the Nigma Galaxy gaming facility in Abu Dhabi to participate in DreamLeague Season 26, managed to play NGX’s first two group stage series yesterday — but had to step away due to the aforementioned unforeseen circumstances.

The organization did not provide any further details as to the nature of OmaR’s emergency, presumably to protect his privacy.

Help from the East

Fortunately for NGX, the tournament happens to be an online affair, so it was fairly easy for them to find a replacement. To that end, they have tapped in Daniyal “yamich” Lazebnyy to replace OmaR for the rest of the event. Once a member of Team Secret for two and a half years, yamich is one of the best soft support players coming out of Russia, whose greedy playstyle from the position is very much in line with how Dota 2 has evolved over the years.

He is now, at the time of writing, playing his first game as a temporary member of Nigma Galaxy against Aurora Gaming. Given the team’s position in the standings right now and their habit of fumbling games they shouldn’t be losing, and here I’m specifically thinking about throwing a 30k lead against Liquid yesterday, NGX will want every win they can eke out in order to make it into the second group stage and hopefully the playoffs thereafter.

Due to a personal matter @OmaRM02_ had to travel back home and can not participate in DreamLeague.

We will continue the event with Yamich as a stand-in. pic.twitter.com/NLZrBDJuVu

— Nigma Galaxy (@NigmaGalaxy) May 20, 2025

The fact that yamich is standing in for the team should on paper be an upgrade versus OmaR, but naturally, team chemistry will be a primary concern. Of course, getting yamich on board is much better than just forfeiting the whole tournament, so Nigma Galaxy will certainly take the hit chemistry-wise instead of just throwing in the towel.

As for OmaR, I wish him nothing but the best with regards to whatever it is he might be dealing with. A player having to abruptly stop playing at a competition this significant is not something you want to ever see, but real life definitely takes precedence over Dota 2. I hope OmaR’s situation isn’t extremely serious and that he can come back to the active NGX lineup sooner than later.