NAVI tweaks roster for VCT 2025: EMEA Stage 2

GianFranco "koalanoob" Potestio has been replaced by 19-year-old Alex "alexiiik" Hawlasek, previously of Enterprise, GoNext and Zero Tenacity.

Over the past two years, alexiiik has twice become the VALORANT Challengers 2024 East champion and twice finished second. His most recent significant achievement was silver at VALORANT Challengers 2025 NORTH//EAST: Stage 2.

NAVI, who were knocked out in the lower bracket quarterfinals last time out, will be up against it next month. Stage 1 champions Fnatic will be looking to carry their momentum to claim a second regional title in 2025. But Team Heretics, who fell short in the Stage 1 Finals, are out for revenge.

The map pool for VCT EMEA Stage 2 is also locked in. Corrode - our brand new map set in a French castle town - will make its competitive debut this stage. Bind also returns to the pool, while Pearl and Split rotate out.

NAVI VALORANT roster:

uaKyrylo "ANGE1" Karasov

nlEmirhan "hiro" Kat

trUğur "Ruxic" Güç

czAlex "alexiiik"Hawlasek

Andrei "Shao" Kiprskii

frVincent "Happy" Schopenhauer (coach)

uaDmytro "chippy" Bychenko (assistant coach)

uaMykhailo "m1ke" Palamar (manager)