Natus Vincere
Natus Vincere
Europe
Rank #15
ANGE1
Kyrylo Karasov
Shao
Andrey Kiprsky
Ruxic
Uğur Güç
hiro
Emirhan Kat
koalanoob
Gianfranco Potestio
has announced the departures of Nikolai "zeddy"
Lapko, Mikhail "Duno"
Fokin, and Denis "dinkzj"
Tkachev.
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Duno and dinkzj were a part of the inaugural NAVI squad, comprised of the unsigned team
No Pressure
No Pressure
Inactive
Cloud
Kirill Nehozhin
Duno
Mikhail Fokin
arch
Vladyslav Svistov
7ssk7
Artur Kurshin
dinkzj
Denis Tkachev
. Their first showing was at Stage 3: CIS Challengers 1, where they made a stellar run from closed qualifiers to placing second, thus qualifying for Stage 3: EMEA Challengers Playoffs. NAVI debuted with a shock victory over
Team Liquid
Team Liquid
Europe
Rank #23
paTiTek
Patryk Fabrowski
kamyk
Maks Rychlewski
nAts
Ayaz Akhmetshin
Keiko
Georgio Sanassy
kamo
Kamil Frąckowiak
, only to be sent to the lower bracket by
Acend
Acend
Inactive
ALIVE
Gilad Hakim
musashi
Alessio Xhaferi
pyrolll
Artur Minin
cullumx
Nikolaj Cullum Andersen
chiwa
Egor Stepanyuk
the following match and ultimately eliminated by
Giants Gaming
Giants Gaming
Inactive
Redgar
Igor Vlasov
Fit1nho
Adolfo Gallego
nukkye
Žygimantas Chmieliauskas
hoody
Aaro Peltokangas
Cloud
Kirill Nehozhin
.
Before the start of VCT 2022, NAVI parted with Vladyslav "arch"
Svistov, replacing him with ex-
Ninjas in Pyjamas
Ninjas in Pyjamas
Inactive
dimasick
Dmitriy Matvienko
chiwa
Egor Stepanyuk
Jady
Yaroslav Nikolaev
rhyme
Emir Muminovic
star Yaroslav "Jady"
Nikolaev. With the addition of Jady, NAVI ran through Stage 1: CIS Challengers 1, only to be stopped by
FunPlus Phoenix
FunPlus Phoenix
Inactive
SUYGETSU
Dmitry Ilyushin
Zyppan
Pontus Eek
ANGE1
Kyrylo Karasov
Shao
Andrey Kiprsky
ardiis
Ardis Svarenieks
in the grand finals. Unhindered, NAVI qualified for EMEA Challengers group stages on the back of their resounding grand finals victory in CIS Challengers 2. However, they failed to qualify for playoffs after ending 2-3 in groups. Soon after, Jady left the team, and Zeddy joined in his place.
Zeddy was a part of the original
forZe
forZe
Inactive
SUYGETSU
Dmitry Ilyushin
Art1st
Vyacheslav Lyadnov
Coffee
Nikita Antsypirovich
roster. The CIS roster was a force, having placed second in CIS Masters 1 and finishing in the top four for Stage 2: Challengers 2 and Stage 3: Challengers 1. forZe qualified for EMEA Challengers Playoffs, where they finished in the top eight after losing to Team Liquid. Afterwards, forZe disbanded, and Zeddy joined
One Breath Gaming
One Breath Gaming
Inactive
minse
Vladislav Kuzminykh
zeddy
Nikolai Lapko
for EMEA Last Chance Qualifier, where the roster's run ended in the lower bracket round 1 after Liquid defeated them.
Zeddy stayed with OBG and qualified for VRL CIS: Milestone via the closed qualifier. Unfortunately, OBG would play just two games before the start of the Russia-Ukraine. One Breath Gaming disbanded a month later. Now joining NAVI, Zeddy and his new roster went 2-3 in groups, failing to qualify for playoffs due to head-to-head differential. Despite the group stage performance, NAVI allocated enough points for EMEA Last Chance Qualifier; after defeating
Guild Esports
Guild Esports
Inactive
, Natus Vincere's year ended after being defeated by Team Liquid and
G2 Esports
G2 Esports
Inactive
.
With the departure of three players,
Natus Vincere
Natus Vincere
Europe
Rank #15
ANGE1
Kyrylo Karasov
Shao
Andrey Kiprsky
Ruxic
Uğur Güç
hiro
Emirhan Kat
koalanoob
Gianfranco Potestio
are currently:
- Kirill "Cloud" Nehozhin
- Artur "7ssk7" Kurshin
- Dmitry "SmartSeven" Smartselov (Coach)