UPDATE: On May 29, 2025, Proxh was announced to be a permanent addition to the team for Stage 2. This article has been updated accordingly.

Gentle Mates Gentle Mates Europe Rank #169 Proxh Yusuf Emre Tunc Veqaj Sylvain Pattyn ComeBack Berkcan Şentürk Minny Patrik Hušek kamyk Maks Rychlewski has announced the additions of Sylvain "Veqaj" Pattyn and Yusuf "Proxh" Emre Tunc to the team. Proxh was originally added on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt Europe Rank #8 musashi Alessio Xhaferi azury Luca Sammer disisjohn John Gabrido Leosen Leonardo Hennrich to play specifically in the Esports World Cup qualifier, but now as been made a permanent addition for Stage 2 along with Veqaj. At the same time, Thomas "Kada" Johner has been moved to the inactive roster and Haydem "Click" Ali has confirmed that he will be inactive for Stage 2.

Veqaj hails from Team Valiant Team Valiant Europe Rank #59 Anq Ilya Matyash NeskaaS Sohan Bessassa Juskay cNed Mehmet Yağız İpek stand-in Jady Yaroslav Nikolaev roxie Povilas Krivelis in Challengers France as the team's primary Duelist. The team most recently won the Split 2 playoffs earlier this month with a 3-0 grand final win over KCORP Blue Stars KCORP Blue Stars Europe Rank #22 f4ngeer Roman Smirnov Yohpa Baptiste Khoury Sevire Ethan Starke ease Manuel López soren David Soth , and Veqaj was awarded Stage MVP. Previously, Veqaj played for other Challengers teams including Zerance Zerance Europe Rank #66 Ooriime Paul Gouin Goaster Tony Richard Yotaa Yota Kaouachi and VX300 Gaming VX300 Gaming Inactive al1en Alen Pašić Ivan4ezz Ivan Mikhailov Anq Ilya Matyash .

Proxh comes in from Eintracht Frankfurt in Challengers DACH and mainly plays Controller. Eintracht most recently placed top four in Split 2 after falling in the semifinals to FOKUS FOKUS Europe Rank #16 hoody Aaro Peltokangas YaBoiLewis Lewis Hughes Mistic James Orfila al0rante Felix Brandl xuss Tselmeg Tsolmon . Statistically, Proxh ranked as the best Controller in the region over the course of the split with a 1.14 rating.

Gentle Mates has had a turbulent year thus far. Despite picking up a few wins, most notably defeating Team Liquid Team Liquid Europe Rank #9 penny Erik Penny paTiTek Patryk Fabrowski nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin Keiko Georgio Sanassy kamo Kamil Frąckowiak Serial Maikls Zdanovs at the start of Stage 1, they ultimately finished the stage at the bottom of Group Omega with a 1-4 record and did not qualify for playoffs. These changes indicate a major roster overhaul for the Ascension squad as they must at minimum qualify for playoffs in Stage 2 to have a chance at defending their spot in tier 1.

Gentle Mates Gentle Mates Europe Rank #169 Proxh Yusuf Emre Tunc Veqaj Sylvain Pattyn ComeBack Berkcan Şentürk Minny Patrik Hušek kamyk Maks Rychlewski is currently:

  • Sylvain "Veqaj" Pattyn
  • Patrik "Minny" Hušek
  • Pontus "Zyppan" Eek
  • Maks "kamyk" Rychlewski
  • Yusuf "Proxh" Emre Tunc
  • Alex "goked" Kie (Head coach)
  • Juan "McJuankar" Carlos Mesa Ciruelo (Assistant coach)
  • Josh "jtay" Taylor (Analyst)