Apeks has parted ways with players Kajetan "kaajak" Haremski, Dom "soulcas" Sulcas, and assistant coach Casper "Desmo" Rasmussen.
The roster moves come just over a month after the team lifted EMEA Ascension, granting them entry into VCT as EMEA's 12th team for the 2025 season.
kaajak, who with Apeks displayed the ability to perform on several different Duelist agents, leaves after just one full season with the team. In the run-up to the Ascension grand final, he had a breakout 45-kill game in the team's 2-0 upper final sweep of CGN Esports CGN Esports Europe Rank #5 elllement Dragan Milanović DaviH David Cruz BennY Benjamin Domgörgen Vince Vincent Kranz . He made his professional debut in 2021, and before joining Apeks, was already well-established in Europe's second-tier of Valorant. He had a brief tenure with Zero Tenacity Zero Tenacity Inactive , and also played for Incognito Incognito Europe Rank #242 Stix Wojciech Chamielec demek msh darkosek Adrian Janus .
soulcas, like the rest of his Apeks teammates, joined the team at the end of the 2023 season, months after the team fell in the grand final of EMEA Ascension 2023 to Gentle Mates Gentle Mates Europe Rank #21 K4DAVRA Thomas Johner . He has a wide agent pool, playing Initiators like KAY/O and Sova, filling the Sentinel role as Deadlock, and also playing as Astra when the team took on a double-Controller composition. Before joining Apeks, soulcas played for Team Liquid Team Liquid Europe Rank #22 paTiTek Patryk Fabrowski kamyk Maks Rychlewski nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin Keiko Georgio Sanassy kamo Kamil Frąckowiak for three seasons, and was the last remaining original member of the fish123 fish123 Inactive Kryptix James Affleck ScreaM Adil Benrlitom L1NK Travis Mendoza ec1s Adam Eccles soulcas Dom Sulcas that Liquid acquired.
Desmo has been a Valorant coach since 2021, previously on volvo peek volvo peek Inactive Phardon Brandon Perez Testa SH0UTyy Michal Glacner SouhcNi Ibrahim Sağır juseu Elric Belland-Aysan Amilwa Amine Saidi al0rante Felix Brandl , Alliance Alliance Inactive , bonk bonk Inactive juseu Elric Belland-Aysan , and Alliance Coven Alliance Coven Inactive fluxxy Lola Ainslie 6sonya Maria Istrate B3AUTIFUL Laureta Hajra Melzz Melinda BlomQvist . He joined Apeks in 2023, and was soon promoted to the team's strategic coach position following Itopata 's departure to LEVIATÁN LEVIATÁN Latin America South Rank #1 Demon1 Max Mazanov tex Ian Botsch kiNgg Francisco Aravena C0M Corbin Lee .
"Winning Ascension 2024 with these guys will forever be one of my fondest memories of my esports career, Desmo said via Apeks' press release. "I cannot wait to see how the team turns out and I'm really excited to watch them in EMEA next VCT Season."
As they look to build their roster ahead of their maiden season in the VCT, Apeks Apeks Europe Rank #2 hype Tautvydas Paldavicius MOLSI Michał Łącki AvovA Auni Chahade 's roster is now: