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Lakia joins IGZIST

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January 23, 2022

IGZIST IGZIST Japan Rank #20 RIA popogachi Souta Morita Frxeez Yamada oitaN Masayuki Takahashi has announced the addition of former Vision Strikers Vision Strikers Inactive stax Kim Gu-taek (김구택) Rb Goo Sang-min (구상민) Zest Kim Ki-seok (김기석) BuZz Yu Byeong-cheol (유병철) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) player Kim "Lakia" Jong-min (김종민) to their roster. Lakia, who was benched early this month, was allowed to explore new opportunities and offers.

IGZIST

@IGZIST_GG

この度、Lakia(@lakiaone)が
DRX VS(@DRX_VS)より移籍加入する運びとなりました。

新体制で2022年シーズンを戦って参ります。

IGZIST was formed at the end of last year with the the remnants of the former BlackBird Ignis BlackBird Ignis Inactive popogachi Souta Morita oitaN Masayuki Takahashi poem Yumeki Shibasaki (柴﨑夢輝) RIPablo Shuma Ikeda Pepper Shoki Banjo , including Seigi "Ask" Yamamoto and Ambox . Under BlackBird Ignis, the team showed great promise as one of the earliest teams entering the Japanese Valorant scene, with their highest achievement being placed 2nd in First Strike: Japan, behind Absolute JUPITER Absolute JUPITER Inactive makiba Miyamoto Akatsuki Laz Ushida Koji crow Maruoka Tomoaki barce Takebayashi Ryo takej Takemori Shogo Reita Oshiro Ryu . However, the team fell off after, with their most recent achievement being a 7th-8th place finish during Stage 3: Challengers Playoffs.

Meanwhile, Lakia had found success with both NUTURN NUTURN Inactive and DRX VS, finding domestic success with both teams, but failed to find them internationally as Lakia made scarce appearances in DRX VS' two international showings.

Looking towards the future, IGZIST IGZIST Japan Rank #20 RIA popogachi Souta Morita Frxeez Yamada oitaN Masayuki Takahashi are:

Kim "Lakia" Jong-min (김종민)
Seigi "Ask" Yamamoto
Masayuki "oitaN" Takahashi
Yumeki "poem" Shibasaki
Shoki "Pepper" Banjo
Shuma "RIPablo" Ikeda
"Ambox" (Coach)

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Arisqq

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gl lakia

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HLTVtoxic

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washed region, went to farm twitter followers and cash kekw

#13

Riveraa

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atleast better than your whole family

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HLTVtoxic

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my dad engineer, don't diss me

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Rubrik_Duck

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and you're a vlr user

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hyunji

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name

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Bro. Honestly ur not wrong, this team looks like garbage. Bro black bird ignis is mediocre at best and I don't think Ask or Lakia is gonna fix that. What amount of money did they offer Lakia LMFAO.

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ngl feels like it's a deprovement, but excited to see lakia play again

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Play what though? These guys will probably barely get through the open quals in japan, and I don't know about you but I wanna see Lakia playing at Masters/Champions not Challengers Japan.

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true, like even the most Japanese team in last 3 major doesnt really have a good perfomance, we dont know about their perfomance yet but still i dont think so they gonna get through and go to major

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I hope Lakia is just trying to see if he is still in a good form for pro scene playing in a low tier team and probably joins a new team

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Kampfervl

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tbh its better for him to search opportunity in NA or EU its just much better. Like im seeing he doesnt get the change to play in last 2 major that much. And even when he play they still lose

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downgrade career

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at least he play kekw
or in this team he also the 6th man?

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nah he is going to play

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gl

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gl lakia

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Should have come to brazil..

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xd

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kkkkkk

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trola

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another 6 men rosters, gl

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Looks like the second VALORANT boom in Japan has finally get to Lakia.

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coguyy

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kekw no more stealing vs money 😭😭😭

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Bo0mShell

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Yeah he was there to steal money. Not that the team didn't make him play

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gigz

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at least he play lololol

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yep

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Nuturn_Faker

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Sadge not a bigger org but at least he will get game time

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Rip career

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Atleast he gets to play KEKW

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So basically Blackbird Ignis + Lakia.

That is lowkey a banger roster. Popogachi was good but we all know much better Lakia is.

Might be a "worse" region but at least he gets the chance to shine.

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h3h3_united

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Gl lakia, can't wait to see your best sova play again after a while

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Good luck!

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xizt?

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another 6 man roster...

#31

onlyfax

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Korean players seem to be joining Jp region until their own scene gets more investment. Heard the pay in japan is so much better

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Ibis

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This overrated one tournament wonder now found the region that fits him perfectly.

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-reps tier 4 team flair

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elayaCL

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Man, at least he can play. GL to him!

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Gl, Lakia!

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raka

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RIPablo Escobar will teach Lakia how to win

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gl gl

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harriman

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Fuck I wanted him to join ESC with Zunba and Kingg

#41

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Korea has a small fps scene, every player leaving to play for another region is a big blow to their scene :(

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Bo0mShell

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They are not investing much yet, so players not earning enough. Once orgs actually start investing, they players like Suggest, Lakia and Seoldem would go back to Korea. You never know, probably xeta would go back too.

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this is what will probably happen within the next year or 2

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how? KR viewership and the popularity of the game itself is so poor that its not worthwhile investing at all for orgs

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onlyfax

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Well I did say maybe within a year or 2. That should be enough time for the scene to gain more traction.

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yes hopefully

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Wtf are these jp rosters lmao

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