NAVI CS:GO: NiP Team Leaving for Sure, and Possibly Electronic and Perfecto as Well

Insider sources confirm that Natus Vincere (Na’Vi) has decided not to renew the contract with Andrey “nipl” Kukharskiy for the upcoming season. This decision may lead to an internationalization of the team’s lineup.

Let’s delve into Andrey “nipl” Kukharskiy’s performance with Natus Vincere over the past six months:

• During this period, he participated in 6 tournaments, and in 5 of them, his rating was negative. Statistically, he turned out to be the weakest player on the team.
• The team competed in four major tournaments, reaching the semifinals in three of them, only missing out on the playoffs at the Major.
• His most successful tournament was BLAST RMR, where he boasted a rating of 1.34, emerging as the best player on the team.
• His standout match came against FaZe Clan at BLAST RMR, where he secured a rating of 1.35 across two maps.
• In 57% of the maps played by the NAVI team, nipl ended with a negative rating. However, over six consecutive maps, he maintained a positive rating.
• Statistically, nipl has become the weakest player in the history of Natus Vincere CS:GO, with a rating of 1.0 standing at 0.87. The closest performer to him is ceh9 with a rating of 0.88.

In addition to nipl, electronic and Perfecto will also be leaving the team, with replacements rumored to come from harumi.

If these reshuffles do indeed occur, for the first time since 2013, the lineup will not feature a single Russian player. The golden CS 1.6 lineup remains the only one where only Ukrainians played.