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NAVI promotes academy player while Boombl4 announces free agency – CS GO

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Ukrainian native rifle main Viktor “sdy” Orudzhev has officially cut ties with Natus Vincere after replacing former IGL Boombl4.

It is completely unknown who NAVI will bring to fill sdy’s spot in the active lineup. Currently, the team decided to promote NAVI Junior player, Andrii “npl” Kukharskyi, into the main lineup. He will be a main player of the organization through the next tournament, IEM Katowice 2023, and other Tier 2 January competitions. Npl has already played a couple of matches with the NAVI veterans during the BLAST Premier World Final 2022 tournament. He didn’t look prepared enough yet, but we believe his improvement will be rapid while playing beside someone like S1mple.

NAVI’s 2022 roster
NAVI’s 2022 roster

The organization has stated their decision not to sign any Russian players due to the country’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24th, while also looking at Ukrainian players first and developing them into stars. The team has an academy squad with only Ukrainians, and all these players are looking to push themselves into NAVI’s main active roster.

Even though sdy didn’t exactly sign to become their main IGL, he did play a more supportive role in the squad, mainly looking to bait or set up for S1mple and B1t.

As for our second player, Kirill “Boombl4” Mikhaylov has also officially parted ways with Natus Vincere.

The player recently published that his contract with the organization has finally ended. On top of that, he then mentioned that he is more than ready to welcome a new home and hinted he wanted to continue within the CS GO competitive scene.

Boombl4 was benched by the organization back on May 28th of 2022, right after his PGL Antwerp CS GO Major appearance, due to reputational risks. The issue itself became more clear later on when he pointed out that he was recorded reportedly taking illegal substances by his now ex-wife, who also pushed even more controversy by posting pro-Russia news about the ongoing war. Boombl4 took tests to prove he was clean from any sort of illegal substances and explained that his ex-wife was blackmailing him while providing some evidence on the matter.

Certain rumors have surfaced that Boombl4 is trying to build a roster with the likes of Igor “Forester” Bezotecheskiy and Aleksandr “KaiR0N” Anashkin, which might be signed by esports team BetBoom, according to HLTV sources.

During his playing stint with Natus Vincere, Boombl4 took a plethora of S tier tournaments, such as the PGL Major Stockholm 2021. In that same year, NAVI looked to be the best team in the world, also winning the BLAST Premier: Fall and the World Final 2021, the ESL Pro League Season 14, and the IEM Cologne 2021.

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