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ESL One Birmingham 2026: Xtreme Gaming end PARIVISION’s perfect patch run
PARIVISION hadn’t dropped a single game on Patch 7.41.
After the patch landed the night before the final day of the ESL One Birmingham 2026 group stage, they won out their remaining series, pushed through tiebreakers to secure playoffs, and carried that momentum straight into the lower bracket. There, they swept both Team Falcons and Aurora Gaming, eliminating both and cementing themselves as the team with the clearest read on the new meta.
They weren’t just winning — they looked like they were in complete control.
PARIVISION 2:0 Aurora Gaming
Against Aurora, Edgar "9Class" Naltakian returned to Io — a hero that continues to define PARIVISION’s identity in this patch. Their starts weren’t always explosive, but once the lineup came online, the games quickly swung in their favor. Game 2 told a similar story. This time, 9Class on Rubick dictated fights and set the tempo in a way that felt almost effortless.
And for a time, no one seemed able to match it. Until Xtreme Gaming entered the chat.
PARIVISION 1:2 Xtreme Gaming
PARIVISION's confidence carried straight into their series against Xtreme Gaming. For Game 1, PARIVISION once again went with 9Class on Rubick. And once again they were in complete control.
PARIVISION didn’t just win Game 1 — they overwhelmed it. In just 22 minutes, they closed the game out with a 22–1 kill score, leaving Xtreme with almost no room to play Dota at all. It looked like more of the same.
Game 2 was different.
Xtreme adjusted, taking Rubick for Xu "fy" Linsen — one of the most iconic Rubick players in the game and the all-time leader in professional matches played on the hero. But PARIVISION immediately targeted him, repeatedly focusing him down and trying to remove his impact from the game. But even so, Xtreme didn’t fold.
They slowed things down and found their footing. Wang "Ame" Chunyu, on Weaver, delivered a flawless performance — not dying a single time and playing a central role in turning fights back in Xtreme’s favor. It was a clear shift with more discipline and far more control than Game 1 as they handed PARIVISION their first loss on the new patch.
The deciding game came down to Morphling versus Naga Siren — a matchup that suggested a drawn-out, late-game battle. But it never got there.
An attempted Roshan play from PARIVISION went wrong, and from that moment, the game began to slip. What looked like it could stretch past 60 minutes instead unraveled quickly, ending in just 33.
Ame continued his form from Game 2, stepping up massively. In Game 2 alone, he was involved in 25 of the team’s 26 kills.
PARIVISION stopped, Xtreme move on
For the first time since the patch dropped, PARIVISION were beatable — and Xtreme Gaming were the team that proved it.
After being one of the most dominant teams on Patch 7.41, PARIVISION’s run comes to an end just short of the final stages.
Xtreme Gaming, meanwhile, continue their lower bracket climb and will face Team Yandex in the lower bracket final, with a top-three finish secured and momentum on their side.