Dukalis resolves visa issue: PARIVISION avoid an early EWC roster disruption

PARIVISION are expected to begin the Esports World Cup with their full starting lineup after Andrey “Dukalis” Kuropatkin resolved the visa issues affecting his trip. Dukalis said he was already at the airport and would join the team in time for its first group-stage matches. Tobias “Tobi” Buchner only covered for him during media day.

The update removes one of the main uncertainties around PARIVISION before EWC. Tobi had appeared in the tournament documentation as a stand-in, which created the possibility that the team might open the event without its regular position-five player. That replacement will now not be needed for official matches.

For PARIVISION, this matters more than simply preserving the original five names. Dukalis’ role is closely connected to drafting, vision, communication, and the pace at which the team organizes moves around the map. A late stand-in at position five can force adjustments across several parts of the system, even when the substitute is individually experienced.

The timing is also important because EWC begins with best-of-two groups. There is little room for a team to spend its opening series rebuilding communication or redistributing responsibilities. A temporary lineup can still take maps, but early draws and dropped games can quickly affect whether a team reaches the playoffs directly or has to go through Survival.

PARIVISION now avoid that problem. They can approach the opening stage with their normal role structure and use Tobi only as the registered backup he was initially expected to be. The team still has to prove that its recent loss to Team Liquid was only a temporary setback, but its EWC results should now be easier to evaluate as the performance of the actual roster rather than a compromised version of it.

Winio read: Dukalis’ arrival removes a major volatility factor from PARIVISION’s opening matches. Their recent form and draft tendencies become more useful again because the team will not need to account for a last-minute position-five replacement.

The story is therefore less about a player arriving late and more about a disruption that PARIVISION managed to avoid. Visa uncertainty briefly made the team harder to assess. With the full lineup expected from the first official match, the focus can return to their drafts, current form, and ability to convert strong positions against other EWC contenders.