Xakoda

Egor "Xakoda" Lipartiya (born May 25, 2002) is a Russian professional Dota 2 hard support currently playing for Yellow Submarine. At 23 years old, Xakoda is one of the more interesting young talents in the Eastern European scene—a player who walked into Virtus. Pro, as a stand-in at 19, showed phenomenal play, became a full-time VP player, and has spent the years since trying to find a team that matches his individual ceiling. He hit 15,000 MMR in March 2025. He is currently playing tier-2. The gap between those two facts is the whole story.

Career

Xakoda started in early 2020 with M5 Academy, grinding EEU qualifiers without results. Yellow Submarine gave him his first real structure in 2021—Korb3n's development org, the same one that produced Yatoro and Collapse. He hit 10,000 MMR on August 8, 2021, at 19 years old. Then in January 2022, Virtus.pro's Illias went inactive due to health problems, and Xakoda stepped in as a stand-in. It was supposed to be temporary. Two months later VP made him a permanent player because his performances were simply too good to let go.

The VP stint lasted until December 2022. He won the DPC EEU Tour 1 Division I bronze and Tour 3 Division I gold. In October 2022, he said publicly that the VP lineup wouldn't stay together—and he was right. He and Yamich parted ways with the org shortly after. In one interview during that period, he said RAMZES was "a sweetie in the team who will always support you or say something nice"—a rare warm comment about a teammate in a scene not known for that kind of honesty.

After VP came Outsiders briefly, then D1 Hustlers, One Move, and DMS—all from 2023 and 2024. One Move benched him twice. DMS couldn't get through qualifiers. He was a free agent for most of 2024 after leaving One Move in January 2025. Yellow Submarine picked him up in March 2025—back to where he started, grinding EEU qualifiers and tier-2 CIS events. He tested with Team Spirit during this period—an interview in March 2026 mentions the Spirit tests specifically—but nothing materialized. In that same interview, he said simply, "If you enjoy something, just do it." That's a person who hasn't given up.

Playstyle and Reputation

Xakoda is a hard support who plays with aggression and game sense well above the tier-2 level he's been stuck in. Position 5 in most CIS teams means staying safe, keeping vision up, and not dying. Xakoda plays it like someone who missed the memo—he finds angles, punishes bad positioning, and makes his presence felt in the laning stage rather than disappearing into the background. His career high for assists in a single match is 31—achieved on Grimstroke for VP against HYDRA in Dota 2 Champions League Season 9. 31 assists means he was in every fight, every kill, the entire game. That's a hard support who refuses to be invisible.

Fun Facts

He tested with Team Spirit in early 2026. Spirit signed, not me instead.