After a disappointing run at Champions 2023, Natus Vincere’s VALORANT group is perhaps making some main adjustments because the VCT offseason begins to take form.
The group is reportedly dropping celebrity duelist Mehmet “cNed” İpek in response to an Aug. 25 Blix.gg report from esports journalist Alejandro “anonimotum” Gomis. This may mark the beginning of a major retooling for the highest 10 group forward of the brand new season. NAVI was initially touted as a high contender from Europe, boasting a few of the finest gamers from the area like Dmitry “Suygetsu” Ilyushin, Andrey “Shao” Kiprsky, and Pontus “Zyppan” Eek.
All through 2023, nevertheless, they have been by no means capable of break into the higher echelon of the competitors. A fourth-place end through the EMEA League, an early elimination from Masters Tokyo, a second-place end through the EMEA Final Likelihood Qualifiers, and at last, an abysmal exhibiting at this 12 months’s Champions has left NAVI with no alternative.
In the meantime, the 21-year-old had some nice showings regardless of the lackluster outcomes along with his group, together with standout numbers through the EMEA League. This 12 months, he had the sixth-highest common fight rating and the eighth-highest common harm per spherical, in response to competitive VALORANT stats aggregate VLR.gg.
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The younger star may battle a bit after Riot unveiled huge nerfs to Jett, which many individuals agree will push her out of the aggressive and solo queue meta. Even nonetheless, cNed’s fragging capability shouldn’t be underestimated on different brokers comparable to Neon, Raze, and Yoru, and will assist him discover a new dwelling on one other squad quickly—if he’s getting dropped through the offseason in any case.
At this stage, ought to he be out of the squad, it’s unclear the place he’ll find yourself. Nevertheless, with the conclusion of VCT Champions this weekend marking the beginning of the offseason, we expect many groups to start to shuffle gamers, probably opening up a slot for the younger Turkish star.
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