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Team Liquid sign Nivera; Kryptix takes a back seat

CocoJD

September 25, 2021

Team Liquid Team Liquid Europe Rank #23 nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin Keiko Georgio Sanassy kamo Kamil Frąckowiak has announced the addition of Nabil "Nivera" Benrlitom to its Valorant lineup, replacing James "Kryptix" Affleck, as previously reported by VLR.gg and Upcomer.

Formed over a year ago, Team Liquid is undergoing its second wave of roster moves after replacing ec1s with Jamppi in February. Now Nivera joins the organisation in place of Kryptix for the Last Chance Qualifier EMEA.

Team Liquid Valorant

@LiquidValorant

Today, @kryptixxx will be temporarily stepping away from the team to deal with some personal issues. We support James in his decision, and hope to see him back soon.

Team Liquid announced the benching of the English player, temporarily due to personal reasons according to their tweet. To complete the lineup, it is Nivera, brother of ScreaM , who makes his arrival via an announcement video. He was a member of Team Heretics and Team Vitality on CSGO, and had been on the bench of the latter for many months due to Valve's decision to ban the six-man roster.

He has not appeared in an official match in VALORANT and will make his debut under his new colours against One Breath Gaming One Breath Gaming Inactive minse Vladislav Kuzminykh zeddy Nikolai Lapko on October 11th for the EMEA LCQ. The role he will take in the team is not yet known.

Team Liquid Team Liquid Europe Rank #23 nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin Keiko Georgio Sanassy kamo Kamil Frąckowiak is now :

Adil "ScreaM" Benrlitom
Nabil "Nivera" Benrlitom
Elias "Jamppi" Olkkonen
Travis "L1NK" Mendoza
Dom "soulcas" Sulcas
James "Kryptix" Affleck (Inactive)
Connor "Sliggy" Blomfield (Coach)
Jake "Bacon9" Lloyd (Analyst)

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BarrelMarble32

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NICE TRY I MADE THE FIRST POST

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bambamskrrt

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nice

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TL lookin stacked

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HOLY FUCKING SHIT LETS GOOOOOOO

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meh

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soniqs copium

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#LETSGOLIQUID

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Expected

G2 > TL tho

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i disagree, but wel get to know in a few days

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Let's Go Brandon!

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No he didn't blew his spot because he actually got benched for a dumb reason even though he is performing well.

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OOTL, what was the reason?

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6 man rosters not allowed

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arekku

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actually crazy how you guys think he got benched due to performance. Just further proving the fact you know nothing about csgo

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arekku

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Currently if we are looking at tournament progress, yes definitely, but once the team starts to show up alongside the hs machine, its gg for everyother team. As long as the team can pull their own weight scream as proved many times that he can take that he has what it takes to be the best player in the world. Only reason TL is relevant is due yo his abilities to hard carry.

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kryptix was also a god awful anchor always leaving them in a 4v5

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yea look, he was doing an ok job for a bit, which was evident if we look at his stats for a short period, but he wasnt consistent and often lost duels. I agree with you

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he'd do great on a t2 team like tenstar or a lower t1 team but not on liquid who are looking to win masters/champions

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exactly, he could get better though who knows, link and him were on the same level on fish123 but now link is popping off.

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So wholesome ngl

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TL COPIUM

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LETS GO LIQUID

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nice

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ez

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This all for getting destroyed 2-0 at LCQsemifinals by SMB

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SMBOT

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Exposed, SuperMassive Bots didn't even make it to Berlin playoffs xD

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lanka

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SMB are terrible and they will be exposed just like at berlin

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they are good with high ping tho

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Liquid has never lost to a turkish team

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all that just to get shit on in lan lmao

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onliners lmaooo

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This Video is G.O.A.T.E.D

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POG EZ FOR LIQUID

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POGGERS

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I wouldn't mind if Liquid made it out of LCQ.

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LETS FUCKING GOOO

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LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

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why kryptix?

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“Personal issues”

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you know why

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why pls someone inform me

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I think he backed out because of personal issues. But if that was a lie then I guess it makes sense that hes gone because he keeps underperforming in matches. Still a good player but yeah

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LETS GOOOOOOO

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pogu

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Finally Kryptix is out

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I think is for the best. Kryptix is amazing but not that good I feel, maybe they'll have more chemestry with his little brother

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KRYPTIX to tenstar pls

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They did not bench him. He is taking tike off

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LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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he said he's tired of CS Pro already. If he already tired of being a pro 3 months in, then sorry he's not a pro gamer. With that beta mentality he won't be able to succeed in Valorant

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To be fair he's been benched for over 6 months, anyone would be tired in that position. I doubt he would be tired if he was in an active roster like he will be now

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What role do we think he is going to play? What sorta comps will they be running?

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I feel like he will take over oping duties, so maybe Jett, and Jamppi will move over to Sova more or less full time. Either that or Nivera will play Sova.

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TL are going to create the 3 duelist 1 initiator 1 sentinel meta watch

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:D

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TL is looking strong or is strong, gotta find that out later.

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#LetsGoLiquid

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EZ FOR TL

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LETS GO LIQUID!!!!!!!!

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Brothers in arms.

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LUL

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lets fucking go

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Larry

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Old news but guess his quote of “making his own legacy and not living in the shadow of his brother didn’t age so well.”

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Got to be careful of building a roster that's all mechanics and no game sense though...

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5 great players in Liquid roster now.
I really hope it won"t become a 2 + 3 team.
LCQ won't be easy but they can do it !

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