Team Liquid Team Liquid Europe Rank #12 paTiTek Patryk Fabrowski kamyk Maks Rychlewski nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin Keiko Georgio Sanassy kamo Kamil Frąckowiak have benched inaugural member Travis "L1NK" Mendoza; Aurimas "Dreamas" Zablockis will play in his place for the remainder of Stage 2: Challengers.

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Roster Update: @L1NKVAL will move to a substitute role for the remainder of Stage 2.

In talking with Travis, we came to the mutual conclusion that this was the right decision for the team. In his place, @Dreamas_ will join the active roster as we complete this Stage of VCT.
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L1NK has been a part of Liquid ever since they were known as fish123 fish123 Inactive Kryptix James Affleck ScreaM Adil Benrlitom L1NK Travis Mendoza ec1s Adam Eccles soulcas Dom Sulcas . Liquid were a powerhouse in the EMEA region, placing fourth at Masters 2: Reykjavik, nearly qualifying for Masters 3: Berlin, and finishing in the top four of Champions 2021 after their defeat to Acend Acend Inactive ALIVE Gilad Hakim musashi Alessio Xhaferi pyrolll Artur Minin cullumx Nikolaj Cullum Andersen chiwa Egor Stepanyuk , the eventual winners.

After a stellar run in the latter half of 2021, Team Liquid hoped to keep the momentum going for Stage 1: Challengers. L1NK and company finished with a 3-2 record and entered as the third seed from Group A. However, Liquid placed fourth after defeats to FunPlus Phoenix FunPlus Phoenix Inactive SUYGETSU Dmitry Ilyushin Zyppan Pontus Eek ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky ardiis Ardis Svarenieks and G2 Esports G2 Esports Inactive .

After FPX were unable to attend Masters 1: Reykjavik, Team Liquid were sent as the EMEA third seed. They made their last-minute inclusion worthwhile, finishing as the top seed from Group B after swiftly defeating KRÜ Esports KRÜ Esports Latin America South Rank #2 keznit Angelo Mori Mazino Roberto Rivas adverso Benjamín Poblete Shyy Fabian Usnayo Melser Marco Eliot Machuca Amaro and XERXIA Esports XERXIA Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #24 . But Team Liquid were stopped in the upper bracket by eventual finalist LOUD LOUD Brazil Rank #2 dgzin Douglas Silva v1nny Vínicius Gonçalves pANcada Bryan Luna tuyz Arthur Andrade cauanzin Cauan Pereira , and ultimately placed in the top eight after their loss to eventual bronze medalist ZETA DIVISION ZETA DIVISION Japan Rank #2 Dep Yuma Hashimoto SugarZ3ro Shota Watanabe CLZ Hikaru Mizutani SyouTa Shota Aoki Xdll Yuto Mizomori . After Masters, Liquid made the tough decision to cut head coach Connor "Sliggy" Blomfield, citing internal differences as the reason for his departure.

Dreamas recently played for OG LDN UTD OG LDN UTD Inactive , a team which he had been a part of since October 2021. They made their mark on Redbull Homeground, where they finished in the top eight. OGLU were able to qualify in the second closed qualifier of Stage 1: Challengers after defeating EXCEL EXCEL Inactive Moe40 Muhammad Hariff chiwa Egor Stepanyuk paTiTek Patryk Fabrowski Foxie Tyler Lowton ALIVE Gilad Hakim . However, Dreamas and his team weren't able to qualify for playoffs, finishing with a 2-3 record. As a result, Dreamas was dropped from OG LDN UTD for ex- Alliance Alliance Inactive member Tautvydas "hype" Paldavicius, just before the second stage.

Team Liquid are currently 2-1 in Group B, and are set to battle Natus Vincere Natus Vincere Europe Rank #17 ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky Ruxic Uğur Güç hiro Emirhan Kat koalanoob Gianfranco Potestio today.

With the benching of L1NK, Team Liquid Team Liquid Europe Rank #12 paTiTek Patryk Fabrowski kamyk Maks Rychlewski nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin Keiko Georgio Sanassy kamo Kamil Frąckowiak are now: