Player Solo from from 9Pandas Dota 2 | ID: 6796

Alexey Solo Berezin is a Russian Dota 2 player and champion of ESL One New York 2015, ESL One Hamburg 2017 and The Kuala Lumpur Major. He started his professional career as a Midlaner in 2012, which is where his nickname "Solo" came from.

Alexey's first team was Moscow Five. After two tournaments, he moved to RoX. In 2013, one of the most scandalous incidents in the history of eSports related to match-fixing took place: during SLTV Star Series Season 6 RoX was supposed to play against zRage. At the time, the match had no effect on the teams' position in the standings, and during the game Solo offered to have some fun, which led to zRage's victory. It was soon discovered that Alexei had made a bet against his team on his girlfriend's account and won $322 by unfair means. Solo admitted to the cheating and claimed that he hid his actions from his teammates. This resulted in a fine for the team and Solo received a lifetime ban for some tournaments, which was later reduced to one year. After this scandal, the term "322" became synonymous with rigged matches, and Solo gained an unfortunate reputation as a cheater.

After the ban period, Solo returned to the scene and played for successful teams such as RoX, Team Empire, and Vega Squadron. As part of the latter team, he won ESL One New York 2015, placed 9-12 at Frankfurt Major 2015 and 3-4 at ESL One Frankfurt 2016, proving his gaming credentials.

To shake off his unfortunate reputation and become a Dota 2 legend, Solo joined Virtus.pro, where he became the team captain. Under his leadership, VP won five Major tournaments, took top spots in other Tier 1 tournaments, and reached 5-6 places at The International 2017 and 2018. After several consecutive losses, Solo left Virtus.pro in September 2020.

Together with No[o]ne and RAMZES666, Solo formed the Just Error team to participate in EPIC League Division 1. After an unsuccessful performance in this tournament, the team was disbanded. To participate in the new DPC season in 2021, Solo created a lineup of NoTechies with Crystallize, Ergon, Malik and Zayac. The team finished in last place in ESL One CIS Online Season 1: Upper Division and fell to the lower division. At ESL One Eastern Europe Online Season 2: Lower Division, NoTechies introduced their new lineup of layme, Dame, Fogas and XSVamp1Re. Despite Solo's advanced mix lineups, the results left much to be desired, so he became the captain of Natus Vincere in September 2021. Under his leadership, the team did not achieve much results: NaVi took 5th-6th place at Dota 2 Champions League Season 7, and the main success of the squad was the 2nd place at DPC EEU 2021/2022 Tour 3: Division I and an invitation to PGL Arlington Major 2022, where the team took 13-14th place.

At the end of 2022 Alexey moved to HellRaisers, where he took first place at the Pinnacle Cup. Malta Vibes #1. After that, the guys from HellRisers created their own team 9 Pandas. Under the new tag Roman took third place at ESL One Berlin Major 2023 and 5-6 at Bali Major 2023. Also 9Pandas has already managed to participate in The International 2023, where they took 9-12th place. The team also participated in ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023, but did not achieve much results: the squad dropped out of the tournament after the group stage. Now Solo continues to play for 9Pandas, where he plays the role of captain.