“I had a chance to join Team Spirit”, — Yellow Submarine support about Panto

Egor Xakoda Lipartia, summarizing the results of 2025, spoke about the period when he was undergoing tests at Team Spirit. According to the esports player, the only reason he was not accepted into the team was his unwillingness to take full responsibility for the drafts.

"I played CW with Team Spirit. They told me, "You're a good fit, everything is great, but there are better candidates who can take responsibility for the draft and everything else." And I'm the kind of drafter who prefers to draft with someone else. I'm not ready to take full responsibility for the drafts. That's why they took Panto. I congratulated Nikita. He's a great guy because he had a really good year."

Recall that in October 2025, Yaroslav Miposhka Naidenov left Team Spirit, taking an indefinite leave of absence. Nikita Panto Balaganin, who previously represented Aurora Gaming, joined Spirit to replace Miposhka.

With Balaganin, the "Dragons" took 5th-6th place at FISSURE PLAYGROUND 2 and BLAST SLAM IV, and also became finalists at PGL Wallachia Season 6 and DreamLeague Season 27.

Note that Team Spirit has already received direct invites to upcoming ESL tournaments in 2026: DreamLeague Season 28 and ESL One Birmingham 2026.

As CyberScore reported earlier, Ahilles presented its own ranking of players in all positions.