GIANTX GIANTX Europe Rank #18 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 Europe Rank #12 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 #15 Miyori Eylül Sudem Sarıoğlu Smurfette Yağmur Gündüz ness Neslişah Demir Joliinaa Tina Agéli sarah Sarah Ahmed to win the EMEA Spotlight Series in October.
runneR last played for Team Vitality Team Vitality Europe Rank #8 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 #31 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 #18 purp0 Semyon Borchev Cloud Kirill Nehozhin runneR Emil Trajkovski westside Miłosz Duda tomaszy Tomás Machado is: