Report: NiP to sign Ex6tenZ

Belgian in-game leader Kévin " Ex6TenZ " Droolans is on the verge of signing with Ninjas in Pyjamas Ninjas in Pyjamas Inactive dimasick Dmitriy Matvienko chiwa Egor Stepanyuk Jady Yaroslav Nikolaev rhyme Emir Muminovic , according to a report from neL of 1pv.

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VALORANT: Ex6TenZ to join NiP. Here is my report.

1pv.fr/fr/news/99260-…

Known for having lead many teams in CS:GO such as VeryGames, Titan, LDLC, and even G2 Esports, Ex6TenZ will be returning to top-level competition after going inactive in CS:GO in late 2019.

The Belgian recently played with French mix L'institut L'institut Inactive keloqz Cista Wassim Twenee1 Mickael Annequin VlaDéDé Romain Mieudonnet iDex Sammy Van de Weghe liptoNNN during the First Strike: Europe where the team fell just one map short of qualifying for the main event. He also appeared during the Valorant beta and release in StartedFromCS StartedFromCS Inactive Happy Vincent Schopenhauer Ex6TenZ Kévin Droolans Maniac Mathieu Quiquerez beyAz Beyazit Körpe AKUMAAAAA Alex Lo Bello as well as in the roster of FeaFeaFea FeaFeaFea Inactive Enzo Enzo Mestari LaAw Mathieu Plantin JiNKZ Gaetan Jamin HyP Damien Souville , with which he took 1st place in the Occitanie Esport 2020 tournament.

Ex6tenZ's reported move to NiP is the latest of many moves the Swedish organization has sought to make in its quest to field a top-tier roster. The addition also completes the latest iteration of the lineup after the recent acqusition of Jady, the departure of Sayf , and the benching of luckeRRR .

The potential 2021 lineup of Ninjas in Pyjamas Ninjas in Pyjamas Inactive dimasick Dmitriy Matvienko chiwa Egor Stepanyuk Jady Yaroslav Nikolaev rhyme Emir Muminovic is:

Egor "chiwawa" Stepanyuk
Charles "CREA" Beauvois
Yaroslav "Jady" Nikolaev
Emir "rhyme" Muminovic
Kévin "Ex6tenZ" Droolans
Emil "eMIL" Sandgren (Head coach)

I like the signing overall. IGL is something NiP has been lacking for a long time and this is certainly one of the best acquisitions they could have made.

The problem I have with this, and the same problem NiP always has, is that it's one step forwards and one step backwards. NiP has constantly been getting some great players, but at the same time releasing great players too.

One thing that is weird is that both Crea and Ex6tenz have been playing smokes exclusively since Valorant started. The perfect move for me would have been to keep Sayf instead of Crea, because with Ex6tenz coming in you solved the biggest problem Sayf had with this roster.

Then you would have had chiwawa and ex6tenz on sentinels and smokers as your supportive duo. Jady can play duelists as he did lately and to a great success. And then you would have Rhyme and Sayf as two of the most versatile players in EU to fill anything you need on any map, and other a great IGL.

Overall, this roster is maybe slightly more functional than the last one, but still not as close to what it could have been.