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w33
From Liquipedia Dota 2 Wiki
w33
Player Information
Name:
عليوي عمر
Romanized Name:
Aliwi Omar
Born:
March 6, 1995 (age 31)
Region:
Years Active (Player):
2013 - 2025
Roles:
Alternate IDs:
w33haa
Approx. Total Winnings:
$2,297,088
Signature Hero:
Links
History
| 2014-05-?? — 2015-01-10 |
| 2015-03-06 — 2015-05-11 |
| 2015-05-17 — 2015-08-21 |
| 2015-01-10 — 2015-03-06 | |
| 2015-08-22 — 2016-03-22 | |
| 2016-03-26 — 2017-04-14 | |
| 2017-04-14 — 2017-05-31 | |
| 2017-05-31 — 2017-08-01 | |
| 2017-08-29 — 2017-11-27 | |
| 2018-02-05 — 2018-03-04 | |
| 2018-03-04 — 2018-04-02 | |
| 2018-04-14 — 2018-09-07 | |
| 2018-09-18 — 2019-01-15 | |
| 2019-01-15 — 2019-05-09 | |
| 2019-05-09 — 2019-06-20 | |
| 2019-06-20 — 2019-09-13 | |
| 2019-11-26 — 2021-04-06 | |
| 2021-04-06 — 2022-02-27 | |
| 2022-02-27 — 2022-09-30 | |
| 2022-12-09 — 2023-05-12 | |
| 2023-07-06 — 202?-??-?? |
Omar "w33" Aliwi (born March 6, 1995) is a retired Romanian/Syrian Streamer and Solo Middle who last worked for Nigma Galaxy.
History
[edit]w33 was born and raised in Romania with a Syrian father. Apart from Romanian, w33 is proficient in both English and Arabic. He began playing DotA in 2004, switching over to Dota 2 in 2011. Prior to pursuing a professional DotA career, w33 studied chemical engineering at university.
Dota 2
[edit]Over time, w33 grew into a well-known pubstar. He obtained the highest MMR of any player for a significant amount of time, even becoming the first player to breach 8000 MMR. His first team was Balkan Bears, a team that he built with friends and other high-level players. Although the team failed to achieve good tournament results, w33 was able to showcase his exceptional ability at playing solo mid, going toe to toe with some of the top-tier mids. w33 became particularly known for his ability to play Meepo, who was considered a niche and unconventional pick.
After Balkan Bears disbanded, w33 was invited to join the team MeePwn'd alongside veteran players such as H4nn1 and pieliedie. However, the team did not manage to produce any significant results and disbanded two months after formation. However, w33 did not remain teamless for long, as he quickly returned to Balkan Bears. Two months later, w33 was offered to join 4 Clover & Lepricon with veterans such as Pajkatt and EGM. This time w33's team managed to produce some results, winning minor tournaments such as GIGABYTE Challenge #15 and MSI Dragon Battle 6. Three months later, w33 was invited by Puppey to be a part of a rebuilt Team Secret alongside EternaLEnVy, MiSeRy and pieliedie.
During his time at Team Secret, w33 had large amounts of success. Much of this success came from w33's solo mid play on Windranger, Invoker, and Meepo. Team Secret won multiple premier-level LAN events such as the MLG World Finals and the Nanyang Dota 2 Championships. Although they were among the best teams in the world in terms of tournament performance at the time, they were upset in the first Dota 2 Major, the Frankfurt Major by OG, ending up in second place. After the major, Team Secret looked shaky but nevertheless continued onto the next major with the same roster, the Shanghai Major, which they won handily. Despite w33's solid solo mid performances during his time on the team, he was removed from the team in the post-Shanghai Major reshuffle.
With not much time remaining before the next major's roster lock, w33 was considered to be among the better free agents in the reshuffle. Alongside former Team Secret teammate MiSeRy, w33 was invited to join the American team Digital Chaos, who were rebuilding their team around the Ukrainian mid player Resolut1on. Despite early exits from previous competitions prior to the The International 2016, w33 believed that coming into the tournament they were the underdogs.[1] He believed that as underdogs, the pressure and expectation would be less and he would perform better. After an eventful series, he finished runners-up in the tournament, losing to Wings Gaming 3-1 in the grand finals.
Following the International, w33 and his team sustained mixed success into the new year; victorious in ESL One Genting 2017 but several underperformances during the competitive season led to the departure of the team, and reformation to Thunderbirds. The reformation was short-lived and w33 spent a year playing for various European teams, later flying to Brazil to play for PaiN Gaming in April 2018.[2]
Trivia
[edit]- On January 11th 2015, just one day after joining MeePwn'd, w33 was caught cheating during a match in the European Elite League.[3] In the game, w33 used the cheat command
-refresh, leading to the incident being referred to as "w33fresh". - His favorite hero is Skywrath Mage.
- Apart from Dota, his favorite games are Counter-Strike, which he has played since version 1.4 (2002), as well as RPGs like the Fallout series.
- Reached 10,000 MMR on February 28, 2020.[4]
- Reached 12,000 MMR on June 2, 2024.[5]
- Reached 13,000 MMR on June 30, 2024.[6]
- Reached 15,000 MMR on February 16, 2025.[7] Toggle MMR milestones
Statistics
[edit]- W33 is the all time leader in premium/professional matches played as Windranger (71 matches and 39 wins) and Meepo (65 matches and 40 wins).
- Had the highest average kills per game (8.59) at The Frankfurt Major 2015.
Stats from datdota as of as of 08-Mar-2025
| Duration | Team | Matches | Wins | Losses | Win % | KPG | DPG | APG | GPM | XPM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015/08/22 - 2016/03/22 | Team Secret | 118 | 67 | 51 | 56.78 | 7.81 | 4.45 | 8.14 | 496 | 512 |
| 2016/03/26 - 2017/04/14 | Digital Chaos | 208 | 136 | 72 | 65.38 | 6.24 | 3.57 | 8.87 | 556 | 535 |
| 2017/05/31 - 2017/08/31 | Planet Odd | 94 | 53 | 41 | 56.38 | 7.82 | 4.60 | 9.46 | 530 | 586 |
| 2018/04/14 - 2019/01/15 | paiN Gaming | 129 | 68 | 61 | 52.71 | 7.89 | 5.13 | 8.91 | 528 | 564 |
| 2019/01/15 - 2019/05/19 | Chaos Esports Club | 57 | 30 | 27 | 52.63 | 6.65 | 4.60 | 7.84 | 510 | 530 |
| 2019/06/20 - 2019/09/13 | Team Liquid | 53 | 31 | 22 | 58.49 | 7.68 | 4.15 | 8.72 | 574 | 630 |
| 2019/11/25 - 2021/04/06 | Team Nigma | 330 | 181 | 149 | 54.85 | 7.48 | 5.48 | 10.57 | 464 | 557 |
| 2022/02/27 - 2022/09/30 | Alliance | 44 | 15 | 29 | 34.09 | 7.18 | 5.48 | 7.98 | 516 | 617 |
Stats from datdota and dotabuff as of 2022/12/20.
Achievements
[edit]| Date | Place | Tier | Tournament | Team | Result | Prize | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-02-23 | 1st | Tier 2 | WePlay! Dota 2 Tug of War: Mad Moon | 3 : 2 | $130,000 | |||
| 2019-08-25 | 2nd | Tier 1 | The International 2019 | 1 : 3 | $4,462,908 | |||
| 2019-06-30 | 2nd | Tier 1 | EPICENTER Major 2019 | 2 : 3 | $170,000 | |||
| 2017-01-08 | 1st | Tier 1 | ESL One Genting 2017 | 3 : 2 | $125,000 | |||
| 2016-12-10 | 3rd - 4th | Tier 1 | The Boston Major 2016 | 0 : 2 | $250,000 | |||
| 2016-08-13 | 2nd | Tier 1 | The International 2016 | 1 : 3 | $3,427,126 | |||
| 2016-03-06 | 1st | Tier 1 | The Shanghai Major 2016 | 3 : 1 | $1,110,000 | |||
| 2015-11-21 | 2nd | Tier 1 | The Frankfurt Major 2015 | 1 : 3 | $405,000 | |||
| 2015-11-01 | 1st | Tier 1 | Nanyang Dota 2 Championships | 3 : 2 | $105,688 | |||
| 2015-10-18 | 1st | Tier 1 | MLG World Finals | 3 : 1 | $113,982 | |||
| Date | Tier | Tournament | Position | Partners | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-26 | Tier 1 | PGL Wallachia Season 8 | Analyst | ||
Gallery
[edit]- w33 at The Frankfurt Major 2015
- w33 at The Boston Major 2016
- w33 at EPICENTER XL (2018)
- w33 at ESL One Katowice 2019
- w33 at DreamLeague Season 13 (2020)
Interviews
[edit]- 2014-10-17 | BBC.w33 - 'My biggest strength and weakness at the same time is my age'. by fmm of 2p.com
- 2014-07-31 | Celebrity Spotlight: Interview with w33haa, 1# global player, 7500 MMR by Hades4u of DotaFire
- 2015-11-12 | Интервью с w33 (+ русские субтитры) @ Frankfurt Fall Major by IneskaUA of Dota 2 RuHub at Frankfurt Major 2015 (trans.
)
- 2015-06-23 | w33haa breaches 8,000 solo MMR by Andreea "divushka" Esanu of GosuGamers.net
- 2015-04-24 | w33haa interview: MLG incident, Reddit community, BBC looking strong down the road by Andra Ciubotaru of DotaBlast
- 2016-08-13 | TI6 At the Event - Kaci Interviews w33 by Kaci Aitchison of Valve at The International 2016
- 2016-05-06 | Pubstar picks: Aliwi “w33” Omar’s rise to the top by Ollie Ring of RedBull eSports
- 2016-03-23 | w33 interview: Early career, joining Team Secret, personal plans by Andra Ciubotaru of DotaBlast
- 2017-08-30 | HotCox #2: New Rosters with W33 by Dakota and Hot_Bid of BeyondTheSummit
- 2017-01-23 | Интервью с игроком Digital Chaos - Aliwi "w33" Omar @DotaPit S5 by IneskaUA of Dota 2 RuHub Media at Dota Pit League Season 5 (trans.
- 2017-01-21 | Interview with DC's w33 by Dakota of Dotapit at Dota Pit League Season 5
- 2018-10-24 | "I don't have any expectations for this tournament..." - paiN Gaming w33 at ESL One Hamburg by Melek "m3lly" Balgun of DW eSports at ESL One Hamburg 2018
- 2018-05-27 | "Tavo couldn't hold his emotions anymore" w33 from Pain Gaming - ESL One Birmingham by Melek "m3lly" Balgun of DW eSports at ESL One Birmingham 2018
- 2018-05-09 | w33 on playing with paiN: "I can’t describe how awesome it is. I’ve never had so much fun in my life." by Jesper "Julmust" Bergeskans of cybersport.com
- 2019-08-20 | w33 interview at TI9: "Positions don't exist anymore, they're just heroes now" by Belandrial of VPESPORTS at The International 2019
- 2019-06-24 | w33.Liquid: «Как будто я вернулся домой» by RuHub at EPICENTER Major (trans.
- 2020-11-23 | Nigma.w33: Я тестирую очень много героев, когда выходит патч @ EPIC League by Dan "MrBigJams" Offen of RuHub at EPIC League Division 1 (trans.
- 2020-08-15 | Nigma.w33: KuroKy точно останется в роли игрока by Kyle of RuHub at OMEGA League: Europe Immortal Division (trans.
References
[edit]- ↑ Kaci Aitchison (2016-08-13). "TI6 At the Event - Kaci Interviews w33". Valve Corporation. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
- ↑ PaiN Gaming (2018-04-14). "w33 joins PaiN Gaming". Retrieved 2018-04-15.
- ↑ w33haa Caught Cheating in EEL
- ↑ w33 (2020-02-28). "10000". Retrieved 2020-05-01.
- ↑ w33 (2024-06-02). "Patch been good to me".
- ↑ w33 (2024-06-30). "more?".
- ↑ w33 (2026-02-16). "EMBRACE YOUR LIFE".