NiKo reveals why he left FaZe

Nikola “NiKo” Kovac has for years been the equivalent for FaZe and their success, being a player who has brought big victories and MVP awards back home to FaZe. His last period with the big organization did not conclude in a fairy tale ending although his superstar status, quite the contrary in fact.

In an interview with Dexerto, NiKo gives his honest views on his parting with FaZe, explaining why he couldn’t stay at the organization. He describes how the organization couldn’t bring in the necessary players, resulting in a misguided distribution of roles regarding the roster.  

“We did not get the players that we wanted towards the end. Before the player break, we wanted to get ALEX but that deal did not go through, unfortunately, and I believe that we would have done much better if we got the IGL. … When you combine all these – when you don’t have the IGL and then with all the bad results that when I started to think that I cannot just stay in FaZe anymore”

NiKo further explains that the hate and trash talk he received during his last time on FaZe also made him sure that he has to move on and find a new team.

“Every loss that we had during this period was just an insane amount of bad comments. Every time I joined HLTV or I opened my socials, I was getting so much trash talk and stuff like that. I just couldn’t take it anymore”