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 has allowed Olavo "heat" Marcelo to explore his offers for the next season as a restricted free agent. He has been let go from the roster after less than one year of play under the organization.
heat joined KRÜ ahead of Stage 1 of the 2024 season to replace mta , who had sustained an injury and was not able to play. He had most recently played for the struggling MIBR MIBR Brazil Rank #20 mazin Matheus Araújo artzin Arthur Araujo Palla Davi Alcides rich Gabriel Rosa liazzi Felipe Galiazzi roster in 2023, where he was benched towards the end of the season. While he was previously an almost exclusive duelist player, he showed his flexibility by stepping into the initiator role on KRÜ. His addition elevated the LATAM team to the top of Americas, winning his first five games to place first in group Alpha with a 5-1 record. This granted them a bye in playoffs, putting them only one win away from making it to Masters Shanghai. Despite this advantage, losses to the hands of G2 Esports G2 Esports North America Rank #1 jawgemo Alexander Mor trent Trent Cairns valyn Jacob Batio JonahP Jonah Pulice leaf Nathan Orf and LEVIATÁN LEVIATÁN Latin America South Rank #1 Demon1 Max Mazanov tex Ian Botsch kiNgg Francisco Aravena aspas Erick Santos C0M Corbin Lee would eliminate them from contention.
In Stage 2, mta returned to the starting roster as KRÜ returned to playoffs, this time vying for a spot at Champions. A narrow victory over 100 Thieves 100 Thieves North America Rank #7 zander Alexander Dituri Cryocells Matthew Panganiban eeiu Daniel Vucenovic Boostio Kelden Pupello Asuna Peter Mazuryk would grant KRÜ the third seed slot for Americas, and continue their streak of attending every Champions event. For heat, this was his first time returning to Champions since 2021, where he played with the Brazilian Keyd Stars Keyd Stars Inactive roster. At Champions, KRÜ would only find one win against the CN fourth-seeded Bilibili Gaming Bilibili Gaming China Rank #2 B3ar Yang Zhanxiong (杨瞻雄) whzy Wang Haozhe (王昊哲) Levius Lu Yinzhong (卢胤中) rushia Wang Xiaojie (王晓杰) nephh Marcus Tan Knight Liu Yuxiang (刘宇翔) before losses to DRX DRX Korea Rank #7 Flashback Cho Min-hyuk (조민혁) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) Athan Na Ha-jun (나하준) freeing No Ha-jun (노하준) HYUNMIN Song Hyun-min (송현민) and FNATIC FNATIC Europe Rank #3 Sayonara Ștefan Mîtcu stand-in Boaster Jake Howlett kaajak Kajetan Haremski Chronicle Timofey Khromov Alfajer Emir Ali Beder would end their run in the groups stage for the third year in a row.
“Thank you very much KRU, staff, players for giving me this opportunity, it was great to be part of KRU,” heat wrote alongside his announcement.
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