The brand new Natus Vincere roster have introduced the group again into the worldwide high 30, as HLTV’s newest rankings present
HLTV, the go-to CSGO portal, just lately revealed an up to date evaluation of the best CSGO groups worldwide. One of many key highlights within the newest rankings is the return of Natus Vincere into the highest 30. Notably, NAVI made a departure from their long-standing all-Ukrainian custom through the low season and opted to assemble a revitalized worldwide roster.
As @C9CSGO drop to #8 after altering two gamers, @GamerLegion and @TeamLiquidCS climb up on this week’s rating replace
Full rankings: https://t.co/f4mTt4NfaR pic.twitter.com/n22DRilNjx
— HLTV.org (@HLTVorg) July 17, 2023
Followers of the membership won’t pop open champagne bottles simply but, nevertheless, as this marks the bottom HLTV rating of their historical past. They’d by no means dropped beneath seventeenth within the rankings earlier than. The Intel Grand Slam Season 3 champions ranked seventeenth in November 2017 following their Group Stage exit from the ESL Professional League Season 6 – Europe.
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In line with the rating launched on July 17, 2023, the highest 5 CSGO groups have been Heroic, Crew Vitality, FaZe Clan, G2 Esports, and ENCE. Following carefully have been GamerLegion, Crew Liquid, Cloud9, Apeks, and Virtus.professional, securing their positions throughout the high 10.
Why Did The New Natus Vincere Roster Drop Out Of The HLTV High 30?
Natus Vincere weren’t doing nice, given their requirements, however their performances weren’t dangerous sufficient to push them out of the HLTV high 30. They may not make it previous the Paris Main 2023 Legends Stage, however they made successive semifinal appearances on the IEM Rio 2023, ESL Professional League Season 17, and IEM Katowice 2023.
Natus Vincere misplaced their place within the HLTV high 30 as they determined to make a big squad overhaul. They solely held on to Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyljev and Valerij “b1t” Vakhovsjkyj from their outdated roster and bid farewell to Denis “electroNic” Sharipov, Ilya “Perfecto” Zalutskiy, and Andrij “npl” Kukharsjkyj. They introduced in Aleksi “Aleksib” Virolainen from NIP, Ilya “Perfecto” Zalutskiy from Apeks, and Ivan “iM” Mihai from GamerLegion to make the primary worldwide quintet of their historical past. The group, subsequently, needed to begin from scratch and work their method again into the HLTV rankings.
NAVI are at the moment taking part in BLAST Premier Fall Teams 2023. They’re set to tackle German aspect BIG within the Decrease Bracket Last.
