Fishman will play for Nemiga Gaming at 1W ESSENCE I: full list of roster changes

The online tournament 1W ESSENCE I has kicked off today, and several teams have announced roster changes.

PARIVISION reported that Evgeny Noticed Ignatenko will replace Valeriy SSS Lazarev in the offlane role.

Ignatenko is officially a Team Yandex player, however, Dmitry DM Dorokhin has been playing offlane for Yandex for several tournaments already and will continue to stand in for the team at this event.

It is worth noting that for several months there have been rumors that Noticed will become a full-time player of PARIVISION, while DM is expected to officially join Yandex.

Team Spirit announced the return of Magomed Collapse Khalilov to the main roster. The player had previously taken a break, and Bogdan Batyuk Batyuk stood in for him during the last two tournaments. The team placed 7–8 at PREMIER SERIES and PGL Wallachia Season 8.

MOUZ made several changes: Tobias Tobi Buchner and Syed Sumail SumaiL Hassan have temporarily joined the roster. Their first match is scheduled for May 3.

Meanwhile, Spirit, PARIVISION and Yandex will begin their run directly from the playoff stage, which starts on May 7.

Zero Tenacity have also made roster changes, replacing Dmytro Nefrit Tarasych with Mihajlo MikSa Jovanovic for the remainder of the tournament. The team has already played one series with Nefrit, losing to L1GA Team in their opening group stage match.

Nemiga Gaming started the tournament with a full roster, but on the third day of the competition, representatives of the organization announced that Daniil VaniLLl Sokolov will be replaced by Dzmitry Fishman Palishchuk for the rest of the championship.

1W ESSENCE I will take place from 02.05.2026 to 11.05.2026 in an online format. Fourteen teams will compete for a $100,000 prize pool. Teams finishing outside the top 6 will not receive any prize money.

Cyberscore previously reported that SA Rejects were signed by an organization ahead of this tournament.