Artour Babaev

Artour Babaev (born July 1, 1996), better known as Arteezy, is an Uzbek-Canadian professional Dota 2 player who last played professionally for Shopify Rebellion. His mother is Russian, and he is of Russian-Armenian descent. An online streamer on Twitch since 2014, he became of the most popular streamers among the community.

Although born in Tashkent, Babaev and his family moved to Vancouver when he was 1 years old. His family moved frequently, before Babaev was born his parents, along with what would be his older brother Tigran, lived in Israel and Armenia. Babaev showed much promise as a teenager in Dota 2, reaching the highest matchmaking rating (MMR) on the public leaderboards. In November 2013, he made his professional debut in MLG Columbus as a stand-in for Speed Gaming. In January 2014, Babaev, along with North American Dota players Universe and Fear, as well as former Heroes of Newerth players ppd and zai created "S A D B O Y S" , who were later signed by Evil Geniuses.