This article was updated on March 26 to reflect nzr's signing
FURIA
FURIA
Brazil
Rank #4
heat
Olavo Marcelo
raafa
Rafael Lima
mwzera
Leonardo Serrati
havoc
Ilan Eloy
Khalil
Khalil Schmidt
have announced the acquisition of Agustin "nzr"
Ibarra from
LEVIATÁN
LEVIATÁN
Latin America South
Rank #1
Demon1
Max Mazanov
tex
Ian Botsch
kiNgg
Francisco Aravena
C0M
Corbin Lee
nataNk
Nathan Bocqueho
. He will replace Felipe "liazzi"
Galiazzi, who parts ways with the team after only five months. The change follows a winless group stage at Kickoff, sent home after losses to
NRG Esports
NRG Esports
North America
Rank #1
FiNESSE
Pujan Mehta
s0m
Sam Oh
Verno
Andrew Maust
mada
Adam Pampuch
Ethan
Ethan Arnold
and
MIBR
MIBR
Brazil
Rank #19
artzin
Arthur Araujo
xenom
Eduardo Soeiro
cortezia
Gabriel Cortez
nzr
Agustin Ibarra
aspas
Erick Santos
.
nzr had previously been a part of FURIA's original roster in 2021. He helped the team reach Champions on two occasions through LCQ, but they never made it past the group stage.
Ahead of the VCT partnerships, FURIA traded nzr to Leviatán. The team was able to reach top eight at LOCK//IN, as well as top two in the Americas LCQ, but they did not qualify to Champions. His stay with the Latin American team extended into the off-season, where he helped the team win Superdome Colombia with a 3-0 against FURIA.
In early 2024 Leviatán had the opportunity to sign 2023 Champion C0M as they moved to a more international project. He replaced nzr, who remained on the bench until FURIA picked him up.
Previously a duelist, liazzi joined FURIA as their controller player in October 2023. With this new role he helped the team to a win at MEG 2023 and top-two finish at Superdome Colombia. Unfortunately, they would go out in last place in Convergence 2023 after losses to Team Vitality and Global Esports.
The poor results continued into Americas Kickoff, where FURIA was eliminated without winning a single map. Compared to his previous performances, liazzi went from a 1.18 rating at the beginning of 2023 to averaging a 0.97 rating throughout the off-season and Kickoff.
Now down to four players, FURIA have two weeks before their first match of the VCT regular season. The new roster will debut against
KRÜ Esports
KRÜ Esports
Latin America South
Rank #3
keznit
Angelo Mori
Mazino
Roberto Rivas
adverso
Benjamín Poblete
mta
Nicolás González
Shyy
Fabian Usnayo
Melser
Marco Eliot Machuca Amaro
, a team they have defeated twice in five previous encounters.
FURIA
FURIA
Brazil
Rank #4
heat
Olavo Marcelo
raafa
Rafael Lima
mwzera
Leonardo Serrati
havoc
Ilan Eloy
Khalil
Khalil Schmidt
remain: