Solo Questions 1win’s Support Balance After Slump

Published October 4, 2026

Alexey “Solo” Berezin believes 1win’s current five have remained below their earlier standard for too long and identifies position-four support Matthew “Ari” Walker as his first candidate for a change. He also thinks Neta “33” Shapira’s form has declined, while expressing fewer concerns about Ivan “Pure” Moskalenko and Wu “Whitemon” Hsien Wan. This is an outside assessment; 1win have not announced a roster move in the reviewed report.

Solo connected the present debate to the lineup’s longer history. The core of the team spent substantial time together under Tundra, enjoyed a strong first half of the previous season and then entered a decline that, in his view, continued after the move to a new organisation. That framing is more useful than reacting to one lost series because it asks whether the same problems survive changes of event and team name.

His most direct criticism was aimed at Ari. Solo described him as an ordinary position four rather than an exceptional mechanical player and said he would be the first replacement candidate from the outside. He acknowledged that the team have better information about their internal work. That caveat matters: public matches show execution, but not practice quality, communication or the responsibilities assigned behind the scenes.

Pure’s carry impact does not solve every role

Solo rejected the idea that all five players are equally at fault. He still sees Pure as a player capable of carrying games and placed Whitemon among the members who raise the fewest questions. At the same time, he asked whether Pure’s level is enough to compensate for the rest of the system. A carry can convert space and close fights, but he cannot independently create every favourable lane or provide all early map information.

The distinction is important for roster analysis. When a team struggles, visible late-game deaths can draw attention away from the chain of decisions that produced a bad fight. A support’s route, an offlaner’s timing and a carry’s farming pattern all shape the same engagement. Solo’s preference for examining the support balance suggests that he sees the earlier stages as the source of later pressure.

He also believes 33 has declined individually. As an offlaner with a history of shaping unusual strategies, 33 influences far more than lane statistics: hero selection, resource allocation and map geometry can all be built around him. If that influence weakens, the lineup may lose both mechanical output and a portion of its identity. The report does not provide performance data that proves the decline, so the claim should remain attributed to Solo.

1win were preparing for the Last Chance stage of BLAST Slam VIII when he spoke. That match offered an immediate competitive test, but one result would not resolve a slump described across much of a season. The stronger evidence will be whether the team repeatedly creates clean early plans and gives Pure winnable late-game conditions.

A roster decision needs an internal diagnosis

Replacing a position four can change aggression, hero pool and communication, yet it can also disrupt relationships that are not visible on broadcast. Before acting, 1win would need to decide whether Ari’s play is the cause of their limitations, a symptom of strategic instructions or simply the most visible part of a broader decline. The same test applies to 33’s recent form.

Solo’s comments are valuable because they reject a convenient claim that everyone is equally poor. They create specific hypotheses: support impact may be insufficient, 33 may no longer provide his previous level, and Pure plus Whitemon remain stronger foundations. Official roster choices and future matches must test those hypotheses.

• Solo sees the decline as extending from the previous season.
• Ari is his first candidate for a possible roster change.
• He also believes 33’s individual form has fallen.
• Pure and Whitemon receive the least criticism in his assessment.
• No official replacement has been announced in the reviewed material.

Player	Solo’s assessment	What remains unverified
Ari	First change candidate	Internal role and team evaluation
33	Form has declined	Cause and duration of the downturn
Pure and Whitemon	Fewest concerns	Whether their impact can stabilise the five

Solo has offered a pointed explanation for 1win’s stagnation without presenting it as inside information. His hierarchy of concerns is clear, but the roster still has to make its own diagnosis. Until the organisation acts, Ari, 33, Pure and Whitemon remain parts of the same lineup, and improvement must be judged through repeatable team play rather than one commentator’s ranking.