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The rise of B1T: NAVI’s unsung hero

This is how NAVI’s secret weapon took them back to #1 on the world ranking.

2021-08-13 | @anespleygg

After NAVI’s stunning victory at IEM Cologne 2021, all eyes were on NAVI’s star AWP’er, Aleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev. But the young CS:GO prodigy, Valeriy “B1T” Vakhovskiy, also made waves, helping his squad take down Astralis, FaZe Clan, and G2 on their way to the title.

Here’s how NAVI’s secret weapon in B1T made it to the top of CS:GO:

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