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Vladislav «Crystallize» Krystanek Biography

Vladislav «Crystallize» Krystanek was born in Ukraine on August 8, 1999. He began his professional career in Dota 2 in 2016, when he was unexpectedly invited to the Natus Vincere organization. Prior to that, Vladislav played for lesser-known bands such as Bad Panda, Bad English, Chew Toy, Double Dimension.

Vladislav «Crystallize» Krystanek in Dota 2

2016-2018

Vladislav was a well-known player even before his e-sports career since he had a very high MMR. After «Crystallize» joined Na’Vi, he began to actively participate in various tournaments. The first victory for Vladislav was the Adrenaline Cyber League 2017 tournament, where the team defeated Virtus.Pro in the final. 2018 was not very successful for Vladislav, as well as for the team as a whole. The team won several prizes in tournaments. The best result was the DreamLeague Season 10 tournament, in which the team took second place.

2019-2020

But everything changed in 2019, Vladislav with the team very productively held several boot camps and began to gain momentum. This was evident both in the game and in the team statistics. Fairly good performance at various tournaments. Several prizes in tournaments, such as ESL One Mumbai 2019, Adrenaline Cyber League 2019. Since the team did not score the required number of points for the season, organization did not receive a direct invitation to The International 2019. Then the team participated in The International 2019 CIS Qualifier and took first place on it, thereby securing a ticket for The International. At the tournament, the team managed to take 13-16 places. Which was a pretty good result in recent years.

The new 2020 year for the player was one of the worst in his career. At the beginning of the year, the team took 9-12th place at the DreamLeague Season 13 tournament. This was the best result for a player in a year. Of course, the fifth and sixth places in Tier 2-3 tournaments can be noted, but they did not bring any special prize money to the player. In early 2021, the player joined the NoTechies team led by «Solo». But after the first failure at the tournament, the team fell apart.