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: