Team Liquid
Team Liquid
Europe
Rank #19
purp0
Semyon Borchev
nAts
Ayaz Akhmetshin
kamo
Kamil Frąckowiak
trexx
Nikita Cherednichenko
Kicks
Kimmie Laasner
has announced the additions of Nikita "trexx"
Cherednichenko and Kimmie "Kicks"
Laasner to their roster for Stage 2, replacing
wayne
and
MiniBoo
, who both recently stepped down from the starting lineup.
trexx and Kicks played together not long ago as part of
Team Vitality
Team Vitality
Europe
Rank #3
Jamppi
Elias Olkkonen
PROFEK
Dawid Święć
Derke
Nikita Niko Sirmitev
Chronicle
Timofey Khromov
Sayonara
Ștefan Mîtcu
at the beginning of 2025. With that roster, they won Kickoff, and placed top four at Masters Bangkok. However, trexx was soon benched following the result, leaving him to join Team Liquid for the final stage of the year. With trexx, Liquid won Stage 2, but disappointed at Champions, exiting in the group stage with double losses to
KIWOOM DRX
KIWOOM DRX
Korea
Rank #5
yong
Kim Ho-yong (김호용)
MaKo
Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관)
free1ng
No Ha-jun (노하준)
HYUNMIN
Song Hyun-min (송현민)
Flicker
Kim Tae-hee (김태희)
BeYN
Kang Ha-bin (강하빈)
. He was then removed from Liquid for their off-season rebuild.
Kicks on the other hand, stayed on Vitality for the whole year, but the team couldn't repeat the early success they had. They would be eliminated in the first round of both Stage 1 and Stage 2 playoffs, unable to reach the international stage again. That was the end of Kicks' run with Vitality, as he entered 2026 without a team to star in. However, he began a relationship with Liquid when he stood in for wayne in their opening match of Kickoff, and then joined
Team Liquid Academy
Team Liquid Academy
Europe
Rank #13
rexxtoned
Roman Zhuravlev
GSR
Prti
Ivan Erak
WanZeru
to play in Challengers NORTH//EAST. In their subregion, they've been the second best team, only just behind
Enterprise Esports
Enterprise Esports
Europe
Rank #1
MAGNUM
Martin Penkov
iluri
Ilari Puranen
Lime
Jacob Foster
paTiTek
Patryk Fabrowski
kozzy
Denis Stefan Aionitoaei
, who won Challengers EMEA Stage 1. Now, he's been brought up to the main team to close out Liquid's year.
Liquid started out 2026 much in the same way they did 2025, with a Kickoff lower bracket run bringing them to Masters Santiago. However, for their fourth international in a row, they exited the tournament with a 1-2 record, missing out on playoffs. They continued to do well in EMEA Stage 1, with only one loss in the group stage, but were knocked out early in playoffs to two close losses to Vitality and
Gentle Mates
Gentle Mates
Europe
Rank #8
Proxh
Yusuf Emre Tunc
starxo
Patryk Kopczynski
bipo
Taranvir Singh
marteen
Martin Pátek
Minny
Patrik Hušek
.
trexx and Kicks will both re-debut on Liquid in Stage 2, starting on July 15.
Team Liquid
Team Liquid
Europe
Rank #19
purp0
Semyon Borchev
nAts
Ayaz Akhmetshin
kamo
Kamil Frąckowiak
trexx
Nikita Cherednichenko
Kicks
Kimmie Laasner
is now:
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