Dukalis

Andrey “Dukalis” Kuropatkin was born on February 18, 2002, in Russia. He is PARIVISION’s hard support and captain, responsible for helping turn five individually brilliant players into an actual team.

Early Career

Dukalis began competing in 2019 with Minus Modus before moving through Majori Edut na Minor, KHAN, Winstrike Team, and PuckChamp. His time with PuckChamp provided his first sustained success, including second place in the Eastern European DPC’s first Division I tour of the 2021–2022 season.

He later played for Alliance and joined Virtus.pro as captain in December 2022. After VP failed to qualify for the Lima Major, Dukalis was benched in March 2023. He then competed with cybercats, Luna Galaxy, and Team Tickles before joining PSG Quest in March 2024.

PSG Quest and PARIVISION

With PSG Quest, Dukalis finished 5th–6th at Riyadh Masters 2024. In October 2024, he reunited with No[o]ne and 9Class in the new roster that became PARIVISION. The lineup won ESL One Bangkok 2024 in its first season and continued improving after Satanic replaced Crystallis.

PARIVISION followed with championships at ESL One Raleigh 2025 and DreamLeague Season 26, plus third place at TI 2025. In 2026, Puppey became the team’s coach, Noticed joined the roster, and PARIVISION won DreamLeague Season 29 and the Esports World Cup before reaching the TI Grand Final.

Captaincy and Drafting

Dukalis remains the team captain, but describing him as PARIVISION’s sole drafter would now be inaccurate. According to 9Class, Puppey makes most of the key drafting decisions, while Dukalis handles part of the mechanical draft process and translates the overall plan into the game.

That arrangement fits him. Dukalis does not need to be the public tactical genius taking credit for every pick. His value is communication, preparation, lane stability, vision, and keeping four greedy or aggressive teammates connected.

The International 2026

At TI 2026, Dukalis captained PARIVISION through an undefeated group stage and into the Grand Final. The team defeated Spirit twice before the title series and also eliminated BoomBoys and Team Yandex from the upper bracket.

His Enchantress, Mirana, Hoodwink, and other low-resource supports gave PARIVISION the map control needed for Satanic and No[o]ne to scale. In the fifth game of the Grand Final, his Hoodwink helped PARIVISION start strongly and find early plays, but Spirit survived the late-game battle and won 3-2.

Afterward, Dukalis simply wrote that the loss had brought him to tears. Captains carry every draft, every bad call, and every missed opportunity home with them. But this roster was one fight away from the Aegis. That is not failure; that is unfinished business.

Playing Style

Dukalis specializes in position-five heroes that provide lane control, map pressure, and reliable team-fight utility. His signature pool includes Enchantress, Chen, Disruptor, Treant Protector, Jakiro, Ancient Apparition, and Shadow Shaman.

He is the roster’s adult supervision. When 9Class is halfway into the enemy jungle, No[o]ne is inventing a new mid build, and Satanic is consuming every creep on the map, Dukalis is the player making sure PARIVISION still has wards, lanes, and an actual objective.

Fun Facts

Dukalis took his nickname from the character Anatolii Dukalis in the Russian television series Streets of Broken Lights, despite admitting that he never watched the show.

More importantly, after years of moving between teams, he finally built a stable championship roster around himself. PARIVISION may be famous for Satanic’s farming, but without Dukalis holding the whole machine together, none of it works.