Na'Vi, in a 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:move that has been rumored sinc𒐪e earlier in the week, has made a change to their CS:GO lineup. AWPer Ladislavꦿ "GuardiaN" Kovács has been benched, with rifler Ilya "Perfecto" Zalutskiy set to replace him.
Since rejoining the Ukrainian squad in September of 2019, GuardiaN has struggled to perform. In that three month span, he was the only player on Na'Vi to average below a 1.0 on HLTV's match rating system. Worse still, many pointed to him taking the role of primary AWPer from Aleksandr "s💖1mple" Kostyliev as having further contributed to th⛄e teams lack of success towards the end of the year. Since the start of 2020, there have been a number of rumors linking different players to his spot on the team.
According to the , Na'Vi's first choice for GuardiaN's replacement was forZe player Evgeny "FL1T" Lebed𒊎ev. However, they were unable to make that move happen and instead signed Perfecto, who has averaged a 1.10 rating over the pastও 6 months, from CIS team Syman.
With Na'Vi bringing in a rifler, s1mple will return to being the team's primary AWPer. In regards to the decision to bench GuardiaN, coach Andrey "B1ad3" Gorodenskiy had the following to say:
"A few days after Epicenter, we spoke with the players and agreed that the squad did not have the synergy we expected to have by the end of the year. Everybody tried very hard and progress was noticeab🔥le but in critical moments of the match, we lacked the coherence where we would react to the opponent's actions as one unit.
"One of the reasons is the language barrier, which was especially noticeable in the game against tier-1 teams, where quality an𓄧d speed o🔴f communication is of great importance.
"That's why we decided to꧅ replace Laཧdislav, and s1mple returns to the AWP role, because he is simply the best in that field.
"A huge thanks to Ladislav for his persistence𒀰 and effort. He was very worried about every bad result and always worked on improving himself. He's a world-class player, I'm sure he'll prove himself in future. His place will be taken by Ilya "Perfecto" Zalutskiy, who established himsꦅelf playing for Syman Gaming. Despite his lack of experience, Perfecto fits our team perfectly by his personality, the way of thinking and playstyle. He is a young, talented and dedicated player.
"I would lik൩e to express my gratitude to Syman Gaming for the utmost constructive approach to negotiations." -
Following this change, Na'Vi will 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:go into the new yea🔯r with the following lineup:
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- Egor "flamie" Vasilyev
- Aleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev
- Denis "electronic" Sharipov
- Kirill "Boombl4" Mikhailov
- Ilya "Perfecto" Zalutskiy
168澳洲幸运5开奖网:This move makes perfect sense for Na'Vi. The team brought in the veteran to improve their performance after the prior✤ squad had fallen from #2 to #10 in the world. Unfortunately GuardiaN, whose performance had been inconsistent for most of the year when he ꧙was with FaZe clan, was unable to bring the desired impact as Na'Vi were unable to win any events after he joined the team.
Furthermore, GuardiaN's position as primary A🦂WPer presented some issues from a team composition standpoint. s1mple is considered one of, if not the, best players in the world, and while he is no slouch with a rifle, he's better known for his work with the sniper. GuardiaN is the type of AWPer that struggles with other weapons, which means that he essentially held a monopoly over the big green gun even when he wasn't performing well. Because of this, there really wasn't a reliable way to get the AWP into s๊1mple's hands without removing GuardiaN from the roster.
Perfecto is a young player at only 20 years of age, but has proven himself on a tier-2 team. He likely will be playing a supportive role at first as he gets to grips with playing against top-tier opposition. If anything, his presence at least allows s1mple to return to AWPing full-time. Perfecto, and Na'Vi as a whole, will face their fi𒐪rst test of the year at Ice Challenge 2020 which begins on the 1st of February.
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