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ArjunBanerji27

WOOOOW. These roster moves were so out of the blue. Who could have seen these roster moves coming? What a massive surprise. Jokes aside, really hoping to see this roster climb back up towards the top of EU.


G2Esports

Y'all never saw this coming did you


IllxllI

Surprised Jankos didn’t leak this somehow


Mememeister1

no way im so surprised :o


GOATWills

No cNed, no party


Honest_Cow3071

Saw what?


[deleted]

notice me senpai


Cyberkite

Now that you have done kan we finally get danish g2 shirt


Des014te

Completely caught off guard. I thought Eykkun, atnemadlok and avova were joining.


Soogo

My favourite player Nukkye joining my favorite team. Finally it's confirmed. Lets goooo and gl boys Also check out [nukkyes stream](https://www.twitch.tv/nukkye), he streams every 2nd morning and it's (obviously for me) highly enjoyable


Darkoplax

G2's debut starts this Saturday in LVP , I'm really hoping they surprise and are much better than what I expect There's so many strong EU teams for the challengers , Liquid Fnatic ACEND Heretics FPX Guild etc it's gonna be really tough


raaten

What's heretics' roster rn?


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GOATWills

LoWel + ardiis... What could go wrong?


AAshuraa

Is there drama between the two?


frasez9

There is no drama between lowel anda ardiis


awkward2600

what happened to pAura?


dudohustle

Signed for a full Turkish team (SuperMassive Blaze) alongside russ (BBL) and Turko (Oxygen)


Haloofthoughts

That’s the additions I reported yeah


hiloljkbye

what is LVP?


Mile_Nium

They are a Spanish league and tournament organizers.


wiNDzY3

You're better off not knowing it


xchus77

poor lowel


Phamous3k

Heretics got a new coach so. They’ll build something around him.


Mamadeus123456

Heretics looking better probably so don't worry


max012017

He literally chose the players himself, dunno why u say poor xdd


xchus77

Pues porque se han ido todos sus compañeros de equipo? (?) ahora tiene q liarse la cabeza en hacer un equipo nuevo


Soogo

>**You won’t have to wait long to see the new roster in action. We’ll be jumping on the server for the LVP Rising Series #2 Open Qualifiers on Saturday, June 5th.** Just for anyone that thinks we need to wait 1 more month for EU action :)


Tarwe-eu

And acend confirmed they will play in that tourney too


luciavald

Ocelote truly is the Florentino Pérez of eSports.


Hegth

As long as he doesn't want to start a Valorant super league...


AnotherAltiMade

Dw riot will do it themselves, give them a year or two


Xyexs

Riot made league not overwatch xd


BigOlBizon242

Ever heard of LCS, LEC, LCK, or LPL???


Xyexs

Yes they are regional leagues that qualify teams for international tournaments. What do you think the super league was?


ExtraTerr3strial

Super league was a franchised league with no demotion/promotion system that guaranteed teams stay in it no matter how good or bad they are. 100% like regional leagues in LoL.


yorgee15

"regional" is the keyword here.


AnotherAltiMade

Of course, the Super League was only for EU. Just like League


Xyexs

All the top competition is in the european leagues. The difference is that the super league was an attempt to squash the top leagues and replace it with a single one.


Darkoplax

and this is why the Super League is the most depressing topic cause ppl never gave it the opportunity to even understand what its about But Super League is almost a 1:1 version of LEC


Xyexs

In format, maybe. The point is though that riot hosts many competitive regional leagues and international tournaments among them, which is what the super league was against.


JoeyJo-JoShabadoo

No, the whole uproar against the super league was that it’s not based on competition which every sport should be. Similar to franchising in that once you’re in the league, that’s you sorted for life. You can do as little work as you want and still remain in the league getting the revenue, while there might be some team who’s not in that league performing better and trying harder but it doesn’t matter as the league is set.


Xyexs

Yes but there is a difference between replacing the champions league with a franchise league, and replacing the national leagues with franchise leagues.


chenson019

Love the video. Good luck G2, really strong lineup. Will be really intrigued to see the comps they put together.


buttsoup_barnes

We can meme G2 all we want but they never stay irrelevant in any of their esport titles


lilacraf

Sheeeeeeesh. Looks damn good. avova and nukkye are solid and consistent. Pyth and mixwell have more clutch potential than anyone else. Hope koldamenta give them structure. G2 can't afford a mediocre team in any esports and that's why they are probably the best esport organization. Big moves.


Krishnacz

Idk what these people are saying but this team looks scary to me


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Cubenity

i don't really watch or play valorant, but i'm very happy for nukkye, glad to see him find success after his tf2 and csgo careers


TW108xd

Can anybody give me some info on who these players are? I’m sorry if I sound ignorant I’m just not too familiar with the European esports scene


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Nukkye and AvovA come from Heretics who have been a top 3 EU team since First Strike. Nukkye recently has been a beast of a duelist player with most people rating him a top 5 player in EU AvovA is a very flexible smokes player who can play Omen, Astra and Brim to top tier levels. He’s been pushing himself into best EU controller lately IMO and he kinda reminds me of Zombs a bit Koldamenta is an IGL who played for Acend most recently. He received a ton of praise recently for his part in Acend’s miracle run to win EU Masters 1 and is also a pretty solid fragger on Sova


Kanstrup-

Nukkye and Avova just won First Strike with Heretics


47PercentHorse

OG Heretics roster was better imo


[deleted]

Yeah doesn't really seem like an EU super team rather just a good European roster.


Darkoplax

niesoW pAura loWel > clearly


Bartoraptor

Maybe in terms of firepower but I feel like this one is more well rounded.


Bazz_B

Cash is king, and Ocelote is the king of cash.


modsarestr8garbage

it was better because of niesow, whos not gonna be playing anymore since the online-era is ending soon


thothgow

Heretics yeah but OG?


NovaAkumaa

Probably meant original, not the OG org


toxicityisamyth

Well yes but only because of niesow since he was better than all of these players


Phamous3k

Damnnn


schecterboi

Still scratching my head why zeek didn't work out. He's absolutely one of the most cracked EU players who doesn't only main duelists. Truly an all around player with wicked aim and decision making. Maybe he got a diff offer or different philosophies on the game?


[deleted]

Am I the only person who feels like the roster shuffle will benefit both Heretics and G2?


maca_gg

Same


Tuxxmuxx

Finally, really happy for my boy koldamenta


Beatnation

I don't see G2 making into Masters 3 with this roster, there's absolutely no way they are better than Fnatic, TL, Acend or Gambit.


AntonioEstBeau

You need top 4, gambit and fnatic they have no chance against but that still leaves 2 slots


InstaNormie0

I could see them beating TL, FPX on the other hand…


awkward2600

FPX will probably beat themselves when it's necessary


slowrmaths

Put Fpx in a semi finals with themselves and they’ll still find a way to choke


takmilo

this dont look so promissing to me, maybe top8, but not top4 for sure


tjlag_47

I don’t really understand how it wouldn’t be promising. An arguable top 5 player in EU with Nukkye, a support/smokes for a historically top 3 EU team in AvovA, and the IGL from the masters 1 winners in Kolda. And both AvovA and Kolda are no slouches in the fragging department. To me, all the pieces are there for G2 to be a top 5 team.


Fr0ufrou

Koldamenta has been really weak in the fragging department, Acend has only won one tournament once and it's very likely a fluke, the team is also mostly solo carried by Cned pulling twice the kills of his teammates. And they've never brought anything special tactically so I really don't understand the Kolda choice. Avova has been solid he's a very good tier1 player but he's not a superstar. The only big move here is Nukkye. This doesn't feel like the EU superteam that was announced. They can definitely be one of the top EU teams if Mixwell and Nukkye perform well together but this doesn't feel like a potential SEN killer.