Natus Vincere Natus Vincere Europe Unranked ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky Ruxic Uğur Güç hiro Emirhan Kat koalanoob Gianfranco Potestio has signed Emirhan "hiro" Kat, Gianfranco "koalanoob" Potestio, and Uğur "Ruxic" Güç to their roster for VCT 2025. Vincent "Happy" Schopenhauer has been added to the team as head coach.
hiro is best known for joining FNATIC FNATIC Europe Unranked Sayonara Ștefan Mîtcu stand-in Boaster Jake Howlett kaajak Kajetan Haremski Chronicle Timofey Khromov Alfajer Emir Ali Beder at the beginning of EMEA Stage 2 after Leo "Leo" Jannesson stepped down from the active roster due to health issues. FNATIC won Stage 2 in undefeated fashion with hiro ranking as the eleventh highest rated player in the league in one of the most impressive rookie performances in the region. Although statistically quieter at Champions 2024, hiro ultimately went on to finish top-six with the team at his first international event.
koalanoob and Happy had both previously been with M80 M80 Inactive since December 2022. In both 2023 and 2024, M80 won the Challengers League North America playoffs in undefeated fashion before narrowly missing out on ascending to VCT Americas, losing to The Guard The Guard Inactive JonahP Jonah Pulice trent Trent Cairns neT Michael Bernet valyn Jacob Batio tex Ian Botsch in the grand final of Americas Ascension 2023 and 2Game Esports 2Game Esports Brazil Unranked gobera Vitor Gobo Zap Brenno Roberto pryze Luis-Henrique Viveiros lz Luiz Reche spike Rodrigo Lombardi silentzz Caio Morita in the grand final of Americas Ascension 2024. koalanoob ranked fourth by rating at Ascension 2024 with a rating of 1.10.
Ruxic hails from Fire Flux Esports Fire Flux Esports Europe Unranked in Challengers League Turkey. A cornerstone of Turkish Valorant, the team won Split 1 with Ruxic earning the title of Grand Finals MVP before disappointing with a fifth-place finish in Split 2. Despite the result, Ruxic continued to perform in his role and was the highest-rated Controller player in Split 2 with a 1.17 rating.
NAVI spent the 2024 season falling just short of the international stage, losing to Team Heretics Team Heretics Europe Unranked MiniBoo Dominykas Lukaševičius Wo0t Mert Alkan RieNs Enes Ecirli benjyfishy Benjamin David Fish Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius in single-elimination matches both in Kickoff and the EMEA Stage 1 playoffs. In Stage 2, NAVI only managed to win one series versus Gentle Mates Gentle Mates Europe Unranked K4DAVRA Thomas Johner RobbieBk Robbie Boerkamp Minny Patrik Hušek Zyppan Pontus Eek Click Haydem Ali after previously achieving an impressive 4-1 record in Stage 1. Their season concluded in the playoffs at the hands of Team Vitality Team Vitality Europe Unranked trexx Nikita Cherednichenko Derke Nikita Sirmitev Kicks Kimmie Laasner Sayf Saif Jibraeel Less Felipe de Loyola Basso in their third single-elimination defeat of the year.
This downturn spelled the end for the longstanding core famous for winning Masters Copenhagen under the FunPlus Phoenix FunPlus Phoenix Inactive SUYGETSU Dmitry Ilyushin Zyppan Pontus Eek ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky ardiis Ardis Svarenieks banner and a new era for NAVI as they retained only Kyrylo "ANGE1" Karasov and Andrey "Shao" Kiprsky for the 2025 season.
Natus Vincere Natus Vincere Europe Unranked ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky Ruxic Uğur Güç hiro Emirhan Kat koalanoob Gianfranco Potestio is now: