NaVi complete w0nderful signing

NaVi have announced the signing of Ihor "w0nderful" Zhdanov on transfer from Sprout. The youngster spent a little over 3 months in Sprout after his incredible major performance with Team Spirit where he finished top 8 at IEM Rio 2022. w0nderful will now be the primary awper for NaVi in their upcoming forays at BLAST Premier Fall Finals and BLAST Premier World Finals.

Replacing s1mple is no small task, and w0nderful touched on it in the announcement. Here's what the sniper had to say:

“I'm excited to join such a legendary organization as NAVI! It was my biggest dream ever since I started playing CS. It's obvious, right? I know that it's hard to fully replace a player of s1mple's caliber and fulfill everyone's expectations, but trust me, I'll do everything in my power!
Shout out to all the fans and friends who support me, and huge thanks to Natus Vincere for giving me this life-changing opportunity to step onto the big stage alongside my favorite team!”

NaVi further announced that the team will be boot-camping in Barcelona to prepare for the upcoming events where they will also get a chance to work with NAVI's new performance coach, Urszula "Xirreth" Klimczak.

NaVi's Roster now is:

• Ihor “w0nderful” Zhdanov

• Valerii “b1t” Vakhovskyi

• Aleksi “Aleksib” Virolainen

• Justinas “jL” Lekavicius

• Mihai “iM” Ivan

• Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev (inactive)

• Andrii “B1ad3” Gorodenskyi (coach)

• Urszula “Xirreth” Klimczak (performance coach)

• Viktor “flashie” Tamás Bea (analyst)