CS: GO Professional Shifts To Valorant: European team Liquid has announced the signing of Nivera as the player shifts to Valorant from CS: GO. Moreover, Nivera is the brother of Scream who was also a former CS player and currently plays for Team Liquid. The duo will be competing in the EMEA Last chance qualifiers which is going to be the only opportunity for Liquid to qualify for Valorant champions.
Know Why CS: GO Professional Nivera Shifted To Valorant
Nabil “Nivera” Benrlitom is a notable CS: GO player who showed his skills for Team Vitality and Team Heretics. Furthermore, he won Intel Extreme Masters XV – Beijing Online: Europe and BLAST Premier: Fall 2020 while playing for Team Vitality. Later on, he was benched by the team.
Nivera revealed that he had no motivation to play CS: GO and this is the reason he retired from the game. This is nothing new as most of the CS: GO professional players have not shifted to Valorant.
But what about when… https://t.co/AKn1doCtqq pic.twitter.com/wqLjopQObK
— Team Liquid Valorant (@LiquidValorant) September 25, 2021
Scream was also a former CS player and is the elder brother of Nivera. Moreover, the duo will be playing the EMEA LCQ for Team Liquid.
Earlier, Team Liquid announced that Kryptix is taking a personal break from the game. To fill the gap, Liquid announced the signing of Nivera. Here is the current lineup of Team Liquid:
Today, @kryptixxx will be temporarily stepping away from the team to deal with some personal issues. We support James in his decision, and hope to see him back soon. pic.twitter.com/svzgs8DKC1
— Team Liquid Valorant (@LiquidValorant) September 25, 2021
- Dom Sulcas: soulcas
- Travis Mendoza: L1NK
- Adil Benrlitom: ScreaM
- Elias Olkkonen: Jamppi
- Nabil Benrlitom: Nivera
As of now, Nivera has left CS: GO and will be playing Valorant for Team Liquid. It will be interesting to see how the youngsters perform in this new game.
Other Esports News
Sources claim that 100 Thieves are likely to drop their IGL Steel. After the poor performance from him, 100T want to make a change in their roster for the upcoming Last chance qualifiers.
God dang 100 Thieves to drop Steel per @GeorgeCGed
And Nivera boutta join his brother Scream on Liquid, Valorant is having a day
— Jake Lucky (@JakeSucky) September 25, 2021
Also, reports suggest that he will be replaced by b0I. Moreover, b0i was signed as a substitute in July by 100T.
So, these were some of the news related to Valorant esports.
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