Natus Vincere Natus Vincere Europe Rank #16 ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky Ruxic Uğur Güç hiro Emirhan Kat koalanoob Gianfranco Potestio have rounded out their roster with the addition of Nikolai "zeddy" Lapko and have said goodbye to Yaroslav "Jady" Nikolaev. Jady announced in a twitlonger that he would be taking a break from competing.

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We're ready to announce NAVI #VALORANT roster changes. See the details in the article.

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NAVI entered the Valorant scene towards the tail end of the 2021 season by signing the No Pressure No Pressure Inactive Cloud Kirill Nehozhin Duno Mikhail Fokin arch Vladyslav Svistov 7ssk7 Artur Kurshin dinkzj Denis Tkachev roster, who had just qualified for the EMEA Challengers Playoffs. During that tournament, they managed a series victory over Team Liquid Team Liquid Europe Rank #18 paTiTek Patryk Fabrowski kamyk Maks Rychlewski nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin Keiko Georgio Sanassy kamo Kamil Frąckowiak but ultimately finished in last place.

With the addition of Jady over the winter break, NAVI kicked off their 2022 season by nearly qualifying for EMEA Challengers in the first CIS qualifier, only losing out to FunPlus Phoenix FunPlus Phoenix Inactive SUYGETSU Dmitry Ilyushin Zyppan Pontus Eek ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky ardiis Ardis Svarenieks in a grand finals reverse sweep. In their second attempt at qualifying, NAVI swept the grand final to secure a spot in the group stage.

A decent start to the group stage saw NAVI hold a 1-1 record before the war in Ukraine put the event temporarily on hold. Once competition resumed, NAVI played three matches in the last week of the group stage. They found a win against BIG BIG Inactive but met their match against M3 Champions M3 Champions Inactive Jady Yaroslav Nikolaev purp0 Semyon Borchev Chronicle Timofey Khromov Redgar Igor Vlasov and FPX, two of their CIS rivals. They ultimately finished fourth in their group with a 2-3 record, which meant they were out of playoff contention.

zeddy has been a longstanding member of the CIS scene, going all the way back to 2020 when he and his team forZe forZe Inactive SUYGETSU Dmitry Ilyushin Art1st Vyacheslav Lyadnov Coffee Nikita Antsypirovich won First Strike: CIS. More recently, he has been a part of One Breath Gaming One Breath Gaming Inactive minse Vladislav Kuzminykh zeddy Nikolai Lapko . The team participated in the regional CIS league before the event was cancelled due to the ongoing conflict in the region.

Stage 2 kicks off in just two days, when NAVI will face BBL Esports BBL Esports Europe Rank #17 Jamppi Elias Olkkonen sociablEE Volkan Yonal PROFEK Dawid Święć vakk Vakaris Bebravičius stand-in LewN Burak Alkan in the first week of the EMEA group stage.

Natus Vincere Natus Vincere Europe Rank #16 ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky Ruxic Uğur Güç hiro Emirhan Kat koalanoob Gianfranco Potestio are now: