Apeks Apeks Inactive have added North America's Erik "penny" Penny as their fifth player going into Stage 2.

After attending the very first international masters tournament in Reykjavík, Penny has been toiling away in NA's tier two scene. He played under G2 Esports G2 Esports North America Rank #1 jawgemo Alexander Mor BABYBAY Andrej Francisty trent Trent Cairns valyn Jacob Batio leaf Nathan Orf and YFP YFP Inactive XXiF Damion Cook stallion Ali Kadhim devy Jaiden Mantz Muddy Bradley Saephan ALEKSANDAR Aleksandar Hinojosa , neither of which were particularly close to reaching Ascension. However, Penny got a chance to shine on the global stage once more with Team Liquid Team Liquid Europe Rank #23 purp0 Semyon Borchev MiniBoo Dominykas Lukaševičius nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin kamo Kamil Frąckowiak at Masters Toronto. He was signed to fill the vacancy of IGL nAts in their opening match, and remained as a part of the six-man roster for the rest of Liquid's tournament run. Showing that he could hold his own on the biggest stage, he has been given another shot at tier one play in EMEA with Apeks.

Apeks, still yet to find their first win this year, are in need of a massive resurgence if they hope to stay in the partnership league. As an Ascension team, failure to make it out of their group will result in immediate relegation. With their latest roster changes, this is the third iteration of their roster that they will field this year as they fight to stay alive in EMEA.

Apeks will play their first match with Penny against Natus Vincere Natus Vincere Europe Rank #16 Filu Dawid Czarnecki chloric Caide Heaton ExiT Abdullah Al-Twaijri Ruxic Uğur Güç hiro Emirhan Kat ComeBack Berkcan Şentürk stand-in in week one of EMEA Stage 2.

Apeks Apeks Inactive are now: