Ayaz "nAts" Akhmetshin has announced his departure from M3 Champions M3 Champions Inactive Jady Yaroslav Nikolaev purp0 Semyon Borchev Chronicle Timofey Khromov Redgar Igor Vlasov .

nAts
@nAts__ss
Sometimes we’ve to make tough decisions. So, it’d be honest to announce that I’m not an M3C player anymore. I’m deeply grateful to all my team for these years. But now it’s time for changes.
My e-mail for offers: offnats@gmail.com
13:48 PM · Aug 22, 2022 ·
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After a dominant 2021 and a second-place finish at Champions, M3 Champions — known as Gambit Esports Gambit Esports Inactive Redgar Igor Vlasov Chronicle Timofey Khromov d3ffo Nikita Sudakov sheydos Bogdan Naumov nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin at the time — made no roster changes ahead of VCT 2022. Gambit were one of four teams invited to Stage 1: EMEA Challengers; thus, they were automatically seeded into the event. After going 1-1, the team rebranded to M3 Champions for reasons beyond their control; under M3C, the roster finished with a 4-1 record, qualifying as the Group A second seed. After a win over Guild Esports Guild Esports Inactive , M3C nearly qualified for Masters: Reykjavik, but consecutive losses to FNATIC FNATIC Europe Rank #2 Sayonara Ștefan Mîtcu stand-in Boaster Jake Howlett kaajak Kajetan Haremski Chronicle Timofey Khromov Alfajer Emir Ali Beder and G2 Esports G2 Esports Inactive ended that hope.

M3 Champions' Stage 2: EMEA Challengers was very rocky: the roster finished with a 2-3 record, barely squeaking by as the Group B third seed. A loss to eventual representatives Guild sent M3C to the lower bracket, where they defeated Team Liquid Team Liquid Europe Rank #22 nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin Keiko Georgio Sanassy kamo Kamil Frąckowiak — facing FunPlus Phoenix FunPlus Phoenix Inactive SUYGETSU Dmitry Ilyushin Zyppan Pontus Eek ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky ardiis Ardis Svarenieks for another chance at an international appearance. Ultimately, FPX came out on top to represent EMEA on the global stage.

Despite missing out on another LAN qualification, M3C secured enough points for EMEA Last Chance Qualifier. Before that event, M3 Champions announced that the roster was released from their Gambit contracts, and also made their first roster move since January 2021 by signing ex- Natus Vincere Natus Vincere Europe Rank #18 ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky star Yaroslav "Jady" Nikolaev and former XPLDZ XPLDZ Inactive player Semyon "purp0" Borchev in place of Nikita "d3ffo" Sudakov.

At EMEA LCQ, M3 Champions were a formidable contender, going all the way to the grand finals through the upper bracket by defeating Acend Acend Inactive ALIVE Gilad Hakim musashi Alessio Xhaferi pyrolll Artur Minin cullumx Nikolaj Cullum Andersen chiwa Egor Stepanyuk and OG LDN UTD OG LDN UTD Inactive . Their final opponent was Team Liquid, whom M3C defeated in the upper finals. After a heated four-map series, Liquid came out on top, ending M3 Champions' final hope to qualify for an international LAN in 2022.

With the departure of nAts, M3 Champions M3 Champions Inactive Jady Yaroslav Nikolaev purp0 Semyon Borchev Chronicle Timofey Khromov Redgar Igor Vlasov are currently: