Antosha (Anton Stepanov)
Antosha has played World of Warcraft for over 15 years, across PvP, raids, and seasonal content. He's an 11-time Rank 1 Gladiator and a regular competitor in Blizzard's official PvP tournaments, and a former official Blizzard tournament caster who called Arena matches live for the WoW community.
Away from arena, he's raided at a high level for years, with deep experience in modern Mythic progression and the endgame eras before it. On NextTier he writes guides about what wins games at the top of the ladder: meta picks, comps, real cutoffs, and the small things most guides skip past.
Articles by Antosha (197)
Diablo 4 Eaglehorn (S14): The Core Penetrating Shot Rogue Bow
Full Eaglehorn guide for Diablo 4 Season 14: how its Penetrating Shot bounce and Vulnerable effect work, the stats and affixes to chase, the Penetrating Shot Rogue build and pairings, where to farm it, and how to upgrade it to a Mythic.
Diablo 4 El'Druin, Sword of Justice (S14): Cooldown Speed Sword
Full El'Druin, Sword of Justice guide for Diablo 4 Season 14: how its Elite-kill cooldown effect works, the affixes, why it is an S-tier speed-farm weapon, the builds that use it, where to farm it, and how to craft it.
Marvel Rivals Ranks Explained: Points, Bans, Resets and Rewards
Every Marvel Rivals rank from Bronze III to One Above All: how rank points and hidden MMR work, Chrono Shield rules, hero bans, the Season 9 reset, queue restrictions, and seasonal rewards.
Marvel Rivals Jubilee Guide: Abilities, Combos, Team-Ups, Builds
Full guide to Jubilee, the Season 9 Strategist: her complete kit, the Sparkle Mark combo loop, Vampiric Kin vs Hellfire Sparks, best team comps, counters, and the July 11 buffs.
Marvel Rivals Team-Up Abilities: Season 9 System and Full Tier Index
How the reworked Team-Up system works in Season 9: Base and Enhanced Effects, spawn room swaps, every ranked ability indexed by tier, and the loadout picks that win matches.
Marvel Rivals Tier List: Best Heroes Ranked for Season 9
Every Marvel Rivals hero ranked twice: by raw win rate and by how they actually perform in Diamond and above. Updated for Season 9 and the July 11 hotfix.
Palworld Cryogenic Coolant (1.0): Recipe, Farm & Every Use
Everything about Cryogenic Coolant in Palworld 1.0: the real two-ingredient recipe (and the Powerful Fishing Magnet myth), how to unlock and craft it, the fastest way to farm Ice Organs and Aquatic Pal Fluids, and every single structure, weapon, armor piece, and saddle it feeds.
Palworld Service-Minded (1.0): Effect, Best Pals & Loot Farm
The complete Service-Minded guide for Palworld 1.0: what the +50% dropped items passive actually boosts, how to get it, the double drop roll from capture plus butchering, the best Pals to butcher for every material, and how to automate the whole loot farm with the Pal Dismantling Line.
Palworld Lavish Hospitality (1.0): Effect & How to Get It
Everything about the Lavish Hospitality passive in Palworld 1.0: what its +100% dropped items actually boosts (and the three things it does not), how it compares to Service-Minded, the real ways to get it, and how to build the breed-and-butcher line that makes it worth farming.
Palworld Ancient Bone (1.0): How to Farm It & Every Recipe
Everything about Ancient Bone in Palworld 1.0: what it is, how to unlock the World Tree that gates it, the vanishing-resource rule and the Rainbow passives that beat it, how to automate it with the Ancient Relic Recycler, and all seven accessory recipes with exact material and gold costs.
Palworld Legendary Pal Locations (1.0): Where to Catch Them
Every legendary Pal location in Palworld 1.0 with coordinates, levels, drops, and passive skills: where Jetragon, Frostallion, Necromus, Paladius, and Blazamut spawn, how to get Frostallion Noct and the raid legendaries, each Pal's weakness, and the full method for catching them.
Palworld Best Mounts (1.0): Fastest Flying, Ground & Water
The best mounts in Palworld 1.0 for every terrain, ranked by sprint speed with saddle levels: the fastest flying, ground, and swimming Pals, the early picks and endgame kings, the new Wing Pack glider, the speed passives that add up to +100%, and how to unlock each saddle.