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Natus Vincere reveals fifth player

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ua Natus Vincere seemed to be back to compete in good tournaments with world class teams. Now the Ukrainian legend squad was forced to restart: Two new players were added.

The roster swap between ru Virtus.pro and Na'Vi brought some spicy drama - ua Ilya 'Lil' Ilyuk and ru Vladimir 'RodjER' Nikogosyan switched teams. Two days later old Na'Vi veteran ru Akbar 'SoNNeikO' Butaev decided to step down - it's the second time that the Russian position five player leaves the Ukrainian squad.

Serbia's rs Nikola 'LeBronDota' Popovic now completes the TI1 winner after leaving ru Double Dimension* in the end of 2017 and playing in a small Serbian stack for a week.

With the roster set, the newly assembled squad will gather for a bootcamp in Kyiv to prepare for the upcoming -Qualifier, where they will face the likes of ru Vega Squadron * and ru Team Empire.

LeBronDota made it clear how hyped he is to play for the Ukrainian powerhouse in a statement released on Monday 5th of February, saying that he's been a Na'Vi fan since that fateful first TI.

Statement by rs Nikola 'LeBronDota' Popovic

β€œFinally this day has come, my dreams have come true! I was playing dota for a while, but the first tournament I watched was TI1, and I felt in love with NAVI. I have never heard of them before, or about any other pro players before TI, for that matter. After watching how NAVI dominated and won the tournament with so much passion I became a huge fan and I dreamt of playing with them. Even though this dream seemed unrealistic at the time, I was still hoping that I can make it. It doesn't matter how old you are β€” if you are working hard and commit everything you can, I am sure you can make the dreams come true! As a big fan of NAVI I know what fans expect and that's being back on top, and I can assure you that we will try our best to make it happen! I want to thank the organization and the players for believing in me.”


Current lineup ua Natus Vincere
ua Vladislav 'Crystallize' Krystanek
ua Danil 'Dendi' Ishutin
ua Viktor 'GeneRaL' Nigrini
ua Ilya 'Lil' Ilyuk
rs Nikola 'LeBronDota' Popovic

Photo credit: Natus Vincere - Twitter

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