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Nikita Pantomem Balaganin is a professional Dota 2 player from Belarus, playing in the position of Sappor. He played in such notable Eastern European teams as Winstrike Team and Gambit Esports.
As Pantomem himself said in an interview, his cybersport career started with small online tournaments with a prize fund of $5. At such competitions, he played in various packs since 2018, but in 2021, the player received an invitation to Winstrike Team from the team's coach Timur Ahilles Kulmukhambetov, who noticed the Belarusian cyber athlete, who stood out in matchmaking among the Sapports due to his high rank. Under the tag Winstrike Team Pantomem played more than ten months, during which the Belarusian with his team was able to be selected in the first division of the DPC-League of Eastern Europe, and then fly out of it, taking the top-7 in the second round of the season 2021.
During the reshuffle after The International 2021 Pantomem left the Winstrike Team roster and moved with Ahilles to the second Gambit Esports roster, assembled under the guidance of the club's new Dota 2 general manager Alexander StrangeR Solomonov. In the first round of the DPC season 2021/2022 the team failed to make it to the first division of the Eastern European league, but gaining experience in the online tournaments of the Dota 2 Champions League series, the team gradually developed. Since April 2022, the roster began to play under the new tag One Move, and soon it became known that the club Gambit Esports stopped cooperating with the team.
Already as One Move, Pantomem selected in the first division of Eastern Europe, finishing top-1 in the second division in the shortened version of the second round. Over time, the team has established itself as one of the most stable rosters in the region. The team retained their slot in the first division after the third round of the DPC season, finished in the top 2 twice at the Dota 2 Champions League summer tournaments, losing to BetBoom Team in the final, and almost made it to The International 2022, only one step away from a trip to Singapore due to another loss to BetBoom Team at The International 2022: Eastern Europe Qualifiers.
- March 13, 2024 - panto joined L1GA TEAM.
Together with the new team the guy tried to qualify for many major tournaments, and also played at such events as 1win Series Spring and Dota2 World Invitational. In addition, Nikita became the CCT Dota 2 Series 1 champion. In the fall panto went to the PGL Wallachia Season 2 and BetBoom Dacha Belgrade 2024, where he was previously advanced. At the first championship the player finished 12th, and at the second - 9th.
- On November 23, 2024, Panto joined PARIVISION as a stand-in and performed at BLAST SLAM I, where he placed 3-4.
On December 10, 2024, Panto joined Chimera Esports, but moved to Aurora Gaming in February 2025. The first challenge for the new roster was PGL Wallachia Season 3, where the team finished in 5th-6th place and earned $60,000.
At the end of April, the team competed at PGL Wallachia Season 4, where they lost in the lower bracket quarterfinals of the playoff stage and exited the tournament, finishing in 5th-6th place. In May, Aurora Gaming participated in BLAST SLAM III, where they lost in the Playoff quarterfinals and exited the tournament in 5th–6th place. After that, the team competed at DreamLeague Season 26, finishing in 4th place.
On June 8, 2025, Aurora Gaming qualified for The International 2025 by winning the Eastern Europe Closed Qualifier. On June 27, 2025, the team was eliminated from PGL Wallachia Season 5, after losing in the first round of the playoffs. On July 4, 2025, Aurora Gaming lost to PARIVISION in the lower bracket final of the FISSURE Universe: Episode 5 playoffs, thereby ending their tournament run and finishing in 3rd place. On August 23, Aurora Gaming competed at FISSURE Universe: Episode 6, but lost in their first lower bracket playoff match and exited the tournament, finishing in 5th–6th place. The team qualified for The International 2025 but couldn’t reach the playoffs and finished the tournament in 12th place.
On October 8, Panto left Aurora Gaming and soon joined Team Spirit.
At the end of October, Spirit participated in FISSURE PLAYGROUND 2, where they finished in 6th–8th place after losing in the second round of the Playoff stage.
In November, Spirit competed at BLAST SLAM IV, where they reached the playoffs but lost in the quarterfinals, finishing in 5th–6th place. In the subsequent PGL Wallachia Season 6, Team Spirit reached the final but unexpectedly lost to MOUZ in the final match.
At DreamLeague Season 27, Team Spirit delivered a solid performance and reached the grand final. However, the team failed to defeat Team Yandex in the title match.
At the first tournament of 2026, FISSURE Universe: Episode 8, the team finished in 2nd place, falling just short of the championship. After that, the team's results began to decline. At BLAST Slam VI and DreamLeague Season 28, the team finished in low positions and didn't even make it to the playoffs. At PGL Wallachia Season 7, Spirit bounced back and made it into the top 4.
At ESL One Birmingham 2026, the team placed 5–6th, reaching the playoff stage. Due to constant roster changes, the team failed to finish in the top 6 at the online tournament PREMIER SERIES and did not receive a share of the prize pool. At the following LAN event, PGL Wallachia Season 8, the team reached the playoffs but was eliminated in the first round, finishing 7–8.
On May 12, Panto left Team Spirit.