GIANTX
GIANTX
Europe
Rank #160
purp0
Semyon Borchev
Cloud
Kirill Nehozhin
runneR
Emil Trajkovski
westside
Miłosz Duda
tomaszy
Tomás Machado
has signed Miłosz "westside"
Duda, Emil "runneR"
Trajkovski, and Tomás "tomaszy"
Machado to their roster. They have also added Jan "wayLander"
Rahkonen as assistant coach.
westside most notably played for
Diamant Esports
Diamant Esports
Inactive
in Challengers League East over the course of the 2024 season, where they finished in second place. Excluding the league's Promotion Cup, in which Diamant did not participate, westside was a top-ten player by rating in Split 2 with a rating of 1.08. The team qualified to the EMEA Ascension play-ins but were eliminated in the group stage with a 1-1 record. westside, along with runneR, also recently competed for GIANTX in a merged co-ed roster with
GIANTX GC
GIANTX GC
Europe
Rank #10
Smurfette
Yağmur Gündüz
ness
Neslişah Demir
sarah
Sarah Ahmed
eva
Nur Çakır
Nami
to win the EMEA Spotlight Series in October.
runneR last played for
Team Vitality
Team Vitality
Europe
Rank #1
trexx
Nikita Cherednichenko
Derke
Nikita Sirmitev
Kicks
Kimmie Laasner
Sayf
Saif Jibraeel
Less
Felipe de Loyola Basso
. He began the season serving as the team's Duelist, during which the team narrowly failed to qualify for the EMEA Stage 1 playoffs in a five-way 3-3 tiebreaker in Group Alpha. After Stage 1, he swapped roles with
Sayf
, adopting the Sentinel position. Vitality went on to finish second in Stage 2 and qualify for Champions 2024, exiting the group stage in Seoul with a 1-2 record. According to the announcement, he will be playing flex for GIANTX.
tomaszy comes into the team after a year playing a Sentinel-focused flex role for
Karmine Corp
Karmine Corp
Europe
Rank #177
saadhak
Matias Delipetro
Avez
Hazem Khaled
Elite
Efe Teber
SUYGETSU
Dmitry Ilyushin
marteen
Martin Pátek
. Under the French banner, the team carved a blazing run to win EMEA Kickoff and qualify for Masters Madrid, where they placed top-six. That result would end up being Karmine Corp's peak for the year, as they ended the season with a 4-6 record and were unable to qualify for any other international events. He will be switching to the Controller role for GIANTX.
Following a strong 2023 season in which they won the EMEA Last Chance Qualifier and qualified to Champions 2023, GIANTX only made one roster change by adding Igor "Redgar" Vlasov after the retirement of Emir "rhyme" Muminovic. However, they were unable to replicate their previous performances. A 0-2 Kickoff saw the team release Žygimantas "nukkye" Chmieliauskas, add Semyon "purp0" Borchev as their Duelist, and shift Adolfo "Fit1nho" Gallego to the flex role. GIANTX eventually ended the regular season in ninth place with a 3-7 overall record, failing to qualify for playoffs in both stages.
The European organization released Fit1nho, Aaro "hoody" Peltokangas, and Ramses "Famsii" Valentino Erasmus Koivukangas at the beginning of the offseason, retaining purp0 and keeping Kirill "Cloud" Nehozhin as their in-game leader. This rebuild represents a new beginning for the squad as they seek to return to competitive form.
GIANTX is next set to play against Team Liquid on Nov. 30 for Monsters Reloaded 2024.
For VCT 2025,
GIANTX
GIANTX
Europe
Rank #160
purp0
Semyon Borchev
Cloud
Kirill Nehozhin
runneR
Emil Trajkovski
westside
Miłosz Duda
tomaszy
Tomás Machado
is: