Apeks has parted ways with players Kajetan "kaajak" Haremski, Dom "soulcas" Sulcas, and assistant coach Casper "Desmo" Rasmussen.
The roster moves come just over a month after the team lifted EMEA Ascension, granting them entry into VCT as EMEA's 12th team for the 2025 season.
kaajak, who with Apeks displayed the ability to perform on several different Duelist agents, leaves after just one full season with the team. In the run-up to the Ascension grand final, he had a breakout 45-kill game in the team's 2-0 upper final sweep of
CGN Esports
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Europe
Rank #7
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Dragan Milanović
Ambi
Štěpán Beránek
Wolfen
Berkant Joshkun
DaviH
David Cruz
BennY
Benjamin Domgörgen
Vince
Vincent Kranz
. He made his professional debut in 2021, and before joining Apeks, was already well-established in Europe's second-tier of Valorant. He had a brief tenure with
Zero Tenacity
Zero Tenacity
Europe
Rank #112
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Alex Hawlasek
Prti
Ivan Erak
Grmekista
Tilen Grmek
msh
Miłosz Szubański
TajReX
Patryk Hojoł
, and also played for
Incognito
Incognito
Inactive
Stix
Wojciech Chamielec
demek
msh
Miłosz Szubański
darkosek
Adrian Janus
.
soulcas, like the rest of his Apeks teammates, joined the team at the end of the 2023 season, months after the team fell in the grand final of EMEA Ascension 2023 to
Gentle Mates
Gentle Mates
Europe
Rank #35
K4DAVRA
Thomas Johner
RobbieBk
Robbie Boerkamp
Minny
Patrik Hušek
Zyppan
Pontus Eek
Click
Haydem Ali
. He has a wide agent pool, playing Initiators like KAY/O and Sova, filling the Sentinel role as Deadlock, and also playing as Astra when the team took on a double-Controller composition. Before joining Apeks, soulcas played for
Team Liquid
Team Liquid
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Rank #12
paTiTek
Patryk Fabrowski
kamyk
Maks Rychlewski
nAts
Ayaz Akhmetshin
Keiko
Georgio Sanassy
kamo
Kamil Frąckowiak
for three seasons, and was the last remaining original member of the
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fish123
Inactive
Kryptix
James Affleck
ScreaM
Adil Benrlitom
L1NK
Travis Mendoza
ec1s
Adam Eccles
soulcas
Dom Sulcas
that Liquid acquired.
Desmo has been a Valorant coach since 2021, previously on
volvo peek
volvo peek
Inactive
Phardon
Brandon Perez Testa
SH0UTyy
Michal Glacner
SouhcNi
Ibrahim Sağır
juseu
Elric Belland
Amilwa
Amine Saidi
al0rante
Felix Brandl
,
Alliance
Alliance
Inactive
,
bonk
bonk
Inactive
juseu
Elric Belland
, and
Alliance Coven
Alliance Coven
Inactive
fluxxy
Lola Ainslie
6sonya
Maria Istrate
B3AUTIFUL
Laureta Hajra
Melzz
Melinda BlomQvist
. He joined Apeks in 2023, and was soon promoted to the team's strategic coach position following
Itopata
's departure to
LEVIATÁN
LEVIATÁN
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Demon1
Max Mazanov
tex
Ian Botsch
kiNgg
Francisco Aravena
C0M
Corbin Lee
nataNk
Nathan Bocqueho
.
"Winning Ascension 2024 with these guys will forever be one of my fondest memories of my esports career, Desmo said via Apeks' press release. "I cannot wait to see how the team turns out and I'm really excited to watch them in EMEA next VCT Season."
As they look to build their roster ahead of their maiden season in the VCT,
Apeks
Apeks
Europe
Rank #3
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Ava Eugene
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Tautvydas Paldavicius
MOLSI
Michał Łącki
AvovA
Auni Chahade
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Mehmet Batu Özaslan
's roster is now:
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