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
.
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My e-mail for offers: offnats@gmail.com
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 #6
crashies
Austin Roberts
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 #23
paTiTek
Patryk Fabrowski
kamyk
Maks Rychlewski
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 #15
ANGE1
Kyrylo Karasov
Shao
Andrey Kiprsky
Ruxic
Uğur Güç
hiro
Emirhan Kat
koalanoob
Gianfranco Potestio
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: