Strelok was among the 10 invitees to the IEM Season V - Global Challenge Cologne, the first major live Starcraft event in Europe. Strelok's success in early launch was his double successive win in CraftCup #1 and #2, becoming the first player to win two consecutive CraftCups. Strelok competed in many of the TLOpens to attempt to qualify for TSL3. His total points forced him into a tie-breaker situation against SeleCT where he surprisingly took the series 3-0 and attained the final qualifier spot for TSL3. In the round of 32, Strelok was matched up against Tyler and was taken down 2-0.

As an invitee to the first season of the NASL, Strelok dominated his division with an 8-1 score, taking first place with victories over players such as Squirtle and NaDa. Strelok was supposed to participate in the NASL Season 1 Grand Finals, but due to visa related issues, he could not go, so aLive replaced him.[3]

Strelok again qualified for the NASL Season 2 Grand Finals by placing second in his division with a 5-2 record. His first game would be against EG's IdrA, but would be swiftly eliminated from the Grand Finals 0-3.

On July 21, 2012, Strelok participated in the World Championship Series 2012 Ukraine. Strelok defeated White and Kas, in order to advance in to the fourth round to face Bly. He fell to the losers' bracket after losing to Bly by a score of 0-2. In the losers' bracket, Strelok was once again unable to grab any more victories and ended up taking third place after losing to White-Ra by a score of 0-2.

Strelok qualified for WCS Europe Season 1 Premier League, where he reached the Ro16, getting knocked down to Challenger League. There, he lost in the Ro16 to Dayshi, then finished 3rd in his group, maintaining his Challenger League status for Season 2.