Media: Nivera left out of Vitality squad for EPL
Nabil "Nivera" Benrlitom will not be taking part of ESL Pro League Season 13 according to a website.
Team Vitality has had a rocky start to 2021. The French roster has lost six out of nine games in 2021 and is according to 1pv.fr looking to shake up things before ESL Pro League Season 13.
The former number 1 in the world plays their opening game Saturday against FaZe. Here the Belgian player Nabil "Nivera" Benrlitom will not be part of the roster according to the website citing the main reason the change of rules from Valve, that dictates a 20% reduction of points if a team uses a substitution during an RMR (Regional Major Rankings) event.
The former coach of FaZe, Janko "YNk" Paunović commented on the rumor on Twitter, where he doubted the reasoning behind the decision.
The six-man roster rotation from Team Vitality was a huge success at the end of 2020, where the team won IEM Beijing and BLAST Premier Fall Finals.
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Team Vitality roster:
Dan "apEX" Madesclaire
Cédric "RpK" Guipouy
Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut
Richard "shox" Papillon
Kévin "misutaaa" Rabier
Nabil "Nivera" Benrlitom
