G2 coach: It was quite natural for us to try out NiKo as the main-AWPer
maLeK touches on the decision to bring in NiKo as their primary sniper after the benching of kennyS.
It has been a busy year for the iconic team of G2, with the French-Balkan mixed squad having made several significant roster changes. The benching of the superstar AWPer Kenny “kennyS” Schrub and the comeback of Audric “JaCkZ” Jug meant that G2 must redeploy and rethink the roles within the roster.
Something, that resulted in the quite surprising decision to transform the powerful rifler Nikola “NiKo” Kovac into their new main-AWPer. However, G2 acknowledged quickly that the Bosnian powerhouse was way more effective on the rifle and as a secondary AWPer on the CT-side.
G2 head coach, Damien "maLeK" Marcel has, in HLTV Confirmed, opened up about the decision to convert NiKo being the sniper, where maLeK explains that it felt natural for them to try it out – even though it may “look ugly” in the beginning.
maLeK continues by stating that he doesn't understood how people just hated on NiKo because of some misses in his first matches with the AWP. The French coach believes there's way more context into the situation, which people doesn't understand or realizes.
You can watch the entire HLTV Confirmed episode here:
François "AmaNEk" Delaunay (Far left) has recently taken over the AWP-duty on G2
NiKo and the rest of G2 will be in action this Thursday, as they take on the dominant Danes from Heroic at the upper bracket at Flashpoint 3. The match is set to go live at 18:00 (CET) - Tune in to Pley.gg to watch the epic brawl.
