Staff Liquid is contemplating offloading its franchise CS:GO participant EliGE and transferring to Europe with the additions of prodigy Staff Spirit rifler Robert “Patsi” Isyanov and Bulgarian rifler Aleks “Rainwaker” Petrov for the second half of 2023 and the discharge of CS2 this summer season.
The data that Liquid is in talks with Patsi was first shared by Russian insider Aleksey “OverDrive” Biryukov on Twitter on June 19, and it was confirmed by HLTV’s North American vertical Dust2.us afterward. Moreover, Dust2.us additionally reported that Liquid is aiming to promote EliGE to the detriment of Rainwaker, successfully turning into a majority-European staff.
Liquid have been down to simply 4 gamers since nitr0’s departure on May 31, however till this level, no person even thought EliGE might additionally go away the staff. The 25-year-old, a legend in North American FPS circles, has been part of the squad since March 2015, and has performed an integral position within the group’s Intel Grand Slam trophy in 2019. Nothing is about in stone, nevertheless, and the choices will probably be taken over the subsequent 36 hours, in keeping with Dust2.us, which means there’s an opportunity that EliGE stays and Liquid doesn’t signal Patsi and Rainwaker.
The arrival of Patsi would improve the staff’s firepower as he’s individually sharper than nitr0 these days. Patsi has averaged a 1.09 ranking prior to now 12 months, in keeping with HLTV, whereas principally taking part in as a tough entry-fragger for Spirit. Nitr0, alternatively, only averaged a 0.91 rating in the past 12 months by the identical metric.
Theoretically, Patsi’s signing would additionally take some stress off YEKINDAR’s shoulders to be essentially the most aggressive participant in Liquid’s roster and focus extra on his calling and the micromanaging features. The group feels YEKINDAR is nice sufficient to be a captain after he led them to the playoffs of the BLAST Paris Main in Could.
Associated: Team Liquid reportedly not looking at IGLs in hunt for nitr0’s replacement
Patsi performed for each the principle and the academy squad of Spirit throughout his stint and most notably helped them to a top-four end on the PGL Antwerp Main in Could 2022 and the quarterfinals of thethe IEM Rio Main in November 2022. He was additionally a part of the Spirit squad that gained the $100,000 FiReLEAGUE World Finals in October 2022.
As for Rainwaker, he averaged a 1.14 ranking prior to now 12 months, in keeping with HLTV, and is among the greatest gamers within the full-Bulgarian squad 500 alongside Hristiyan “REDSTAR” Pironkov. Regardless that EliGE is the principle face of Liquid in CS esports, he’s been inconsistent this yr. The NA star averaged a 1.07 ranking so far in 2023 per HLTV, a substantial dip from his 1.13 ranking final yr.
Liquid just isn’t the one notable group contemplating massive roster adjustments. Vitality, Natus Vincere, and Cloud9 are also reportedly assessing their options for the second half of the yr, and most significantly, for CS2‘s launch this summer season.
Concerning the creator
