S1mple and co. have been known for competing for every trophy they got their eyes on. But in recent months, the team hasn't been performing at its top level. After some bad results at the IEM Rio Major, and a lack of firepower at ESL Pro League season 16, a few rumors are now circulating around the NAVI roster. This got the super team to rethink their current roster, leading to a six-man roster going into the BLAST World Finals, with Andrii "nipl" Kukharskyi coming in from the NAVI academy roster to play some maps doing the Worlds Final. 

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Viktor "sdy" Orudzhev is NAVI´s newest edition to the team, the rifle first played under the leadership from B1AD3 back at IEM Cologne, and since then has become a permanent part of the team. sdy is the main man when talking about roster changes, but in an interview with HLTV, he didn't seem to let the rumors prevent him from showing a great performance against the Brazillian team Fluxo who NAVI played and beat 2-0 yesterday doing the BLAST Fall Final. 

What has been said to you about bringing nipl in, has it been said that you are fighting for your place?

- For now basically he is just watching how we play, he is learning by spectating, but in the near future he will play some maps, sdy told [link:{"url":"https://www.hltv.org/news/35138/sdy-on-fighting-for-his-place-if-i-couldnt-handle-these-things-why-should-i-stay-in-the-roster","isNewTab":true,"text":"HLTV"}] doing an Interview.

Watch the full interview with HLTV right here:

Natus Vincere

With the IEM Rio Major 2022 being done it dusted, lots of CS:GO teams are in the process of deciding what their team card of players should look like in the upcoming year.

At NAVI, Viktor “sdy” Orudzhev got acquired back in June as a temporary stand-in for Kirill “Boombl4” Mikhailov, and has been a part of their roster ever since. The IEM Rio Major 2022 was a rather disappointment for NAVI who had to settle for a 5th-8th place finish after they got eliminated by the home-town favorites from FURIA in the quarter-finals of the event. Here at the IEM Rio Major, sdy finished off the tournament with a 1.01 Rating across a total of 10 maps. The question is now, will sdy stay on the NAVI roster? Or will the organization search for another 5th man?

Well, if you ask the 24-year-old former Astralis player, Lucas “Bubzkji” Andersen, he thinks NAVI should take a look at the Entropiq camp, where 22-year-old Igor “Forester” Bezotecheskiy is currently to be found. Bubzkji thinks Forester would be a perfect match for NAVI and deserves the chance as he’s playing a lot of the same positions sdy is.

The Russian talent is currently signed to the Entropiq organization, who last month decided to put all their players up for sale on the transfer list.

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It was a Friday night in Rio filled with tension and excitement before one of the most anticipated matches of the year took place. In Jeunesse Arena the crowd had found their way to the brawl between FURIA and NAVI.

On paper NAVI were the clear favorites, but what would 18.000 screaming fans do to the equation?

We quickly got the answer. On Nuke, NAVI’s map pick, the match was much closer than expected. FURIA kept up, and even had a golden chance to steal the map away in the end, but lost to an eco buy from NAVI to effectively hand NAVI the map.

FURIA did not take the flat ending to the first map with them to Ancient. On their own map pick they dominated the T-side leading 10-5 at the half. The Brazilians won the map 16-11 to put the Arena into ecstasy!

But it was not the noise level or the fantastic atmosphere that stood out the most. It was s1mple! The Ukrainian mastermind was lowest on the scoreboard after the two first maps! A 0.84 rating told the story of a superstar that had missed a couple of sitters. Was the crowd getting to him?

Mirage was the third and final map of the game. Normally a good map for both teams. It was FURIA who took an 8-7 lead to the second half. In a nailbiter of a second half the two teams fought each other in the inferno of Jeunesse Arena.

At 10-10 the match took a turn. For the first time on the map, FURIA created a gap. Everything went in the way of FURIA! The Arena erupted while all the kills went in the way of FURIA. FURIA won 16-10 and is ready for the Semi-Finals, while NAVI and s1mple are out of the tournament after a lackluster performance.

FURIA will now go up against Heroic tomorrow.

FURIA - NAVI 2-1 | IEM Rio Major Champions Stage

14-16 (Nuke) | {cflag:UA} sdy – 1.23 Rating / 21-16 K-D / 76.6 ADR

16-14 (Ancient) | {cflag:BR} KSCERATO – 1.68 Rating / 24-15 K-D / 107.4 ADR

16-10 (Mirage) | {cflag:BR} drop – 1.65 Rating / 29-14 K-D / 102.7 ADR

MVP: {cflag:BR} Kaike “kscerato” Cerato - 1.37 rating

Lowest rated: Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev 0.87 rating

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KSCERATO

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FURIA

IEM Rio will be the second CS:GO Major of 2022 and the first-ever Major tournament to be held in Brazil. The Challenger Stage of the Major will kick off on October 31, with the Grand final of the event set to be played on November 13. Once the Legends Stage kicks off, a total of 16 teams will be competing for the lion’s share of the $1.250.000 prize pool, with the winner walking away with a Major trophy and $500.000.

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{cflag:UA} Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev – 1.29 Rating in 2022

{cflag:RU} Denis “electronic” Sharipov – 1.11 Rating in 2022

{cflag:UA} Viktor “sdy” Orudzhev – 1.01 Rating in 2022

{cflag:RU} Ilya “Perfecto” Zalutskiy – 1.04 Rating in 2022

{cflag:UA} Valeriy “b1t” Vakhovskiy – 1.12 Rating in 2022

Is not that long ago since NAVI fell out of the Top 3 of HLTV’s World Ranking for the first time since they acquired Valeriy “b1t” Vakhovskiy to the first team. Their last dip from the Top 3 dates all the way back to May 2021, so it’s not a secret that there have been some questions regarding the team who had a disappointing start to the second half of the season. This is the reason why the spotlight was sat on the new IGL, Denis “electronic” Sharipov, who many didn’t find as the right man for the job. However, after a rough 5th-8th finish at ESL Pro League Season 16, NAVI picked themselves up and made some clear changes in the way of approaching the game, which has helped them finish the rest of this year, until now, with podium finishes.

They succeeded in moving through the RMR Europe with ease, recording no losses at all to secure a 3-0 record. At the end of the event, electronic and s1mple were to be found on the top of the best-performing players with a 1.58 and 1.48 Rating, respectively.

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Many CS:GO fans would probably be pointing to Natus Vincere as one of the favorites alongside FaZe and Team Vitality to win the IEM Rio Major. They’re the second-most recent Major winner behind FaZe, and their coolness and individual experience on the big stage could get them a long way, even if they aren’t hitting their best day as a team. Our prediction is that s1mple and company from Natus Vincere will reach the semi-final of the Major. But, the only way to know for sure is to tune in to the Major when it kicks off on October 31, 2022.

 2nd at PGL Major Antwerp 2022, 1st at BLAST Premier: Spring Finals 2022, 1st-3rd at BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2022, 1st at Intel Extreme Masters Road to Rio 2022: European RMR B.

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Perfecto

B1tGOD

The ongoing war in Ukraine is still creating chaos on all fronts for everyone with ties to the country. For one of the best CS:GO teams in the world this is certainly also the case with NAVI having three players and a coach from Ukraine.

One of them spoke out on Twitter after NAVI secured qualification for IEM Rio.

In the post Viktor "sdy" Orudzhev explains his state of mind.

- A lot of really shit things going on in my life, don’t wanna make it an excuse, but I have some anxiety about nuclear attack possibility and safeness’s of my loved once. Have to clear my mind and all be good. Much love everyone and thanks for support. Hard work pays off.

Previously Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev has explained how the war has caused him to relocate to another European country.

Viktor "sdy" Orudzhev ended the RMR tournament with a 1.01 rating. The 25-year-old rifler is still playing as a stand-in on the team after replacing Kirill "Boombl4" Mikhaylov earlier this year.

A lot of people were impressed by Viktor "sdy" Orudzhev during the match in ESL Pro League match between NAVI and Team Vitality. It was especially his CT side on Inferno on the first map of the match that caught the attention of many. The newest addition to the NAVI roster was tasked with the difficult job of anchoring the A-site taking over the role of Denis "electroNic" Sharipov on the map.

Against Team Vitality the Ukrainian went 19-5 on the CT side to almost completely deny Team Vitality all of their A attacks during the map. 

Both Team Vitality and NAVI made it through the groups at ESL Pro League, and will be ready when the playoff stage begins in a couple of weeks.

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Fixture count	6	19
Maps count	10	41

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