HellRaisers (HR) beat Virtus.professional within the race for the final Lima Major spot, however the staff’s already set to obtain a penalty that will trigger them to forfeit over 50 % of any potential DPC level earnings from the match as a result of a roster change.
Shortly after qualifying for the Major, HR parted methods with Nikita “Daxak” Kuzmin, the carry participant of the EEU DPC squad.
According to rumors, Daxak has been on dangerous phrases with HR’s coach Aleksandr “Nofear” Churochkin. The disagreements between the 2 apparently led to an ultimatum that resulted in favor of Nofear.
Following Daxak’s exit from HR, the ultimate EEU consultant began making an attempt out new carry gamers. Igor “iLTW” Filatov and Alik “V-Tune” Vorobey of NAVI look to be the main candidates in the meanwhile, as each have been noticed in scrims.
Regarding the roster change, offlaner Matvey “MieRo`” Vasyunin commented that they have been seeking to discover one of the best piece to suit their puzzle, as a brand new participant may additionally imply a change in playstyle.
Unless HR chooses to attend the Lima Major with a registered substitute, they’ll lose half of the DPC factors they might earn from the match. To turn into eligible for DPC factors, HR might want to place within the high eight on the match.
Considering even a single DPC level could make a distinction between qualifying for the International, the purpose penalty may come again to hang-out HR later within the season identical to it did Virtus.professional in 2022, the place the staff missed out on a direct invite to Fnatic by one DPC level.