PCIFIC Esports PCIFIC Esports Europe Rank #343 al0rante Felix Brandl qpert Mateja Mijovic NINJA Patryk Koczyba seven Johann Hernandez waddle Wadir Taraki has bid farewell to Mehmet "cNed" Yağız İpek and – pending Riot approval – onboarded Recon player Wadir "waddle" Taraki in preparation for EMEA Stage 2.

waddle image waddle was one series shy of winning Ascension 2025. (Photo: Wojciech Wandzel/Riot Games)

After hoisting one of Ascension's trophies last year, PCIFIC has yet to win a series. Currently, the organization is 0-8 within the EMEA League with a map record of 4-16. The team also bombed out of the EWC EMEA qualifiers without a win.

After finishing dead last at Kickoff and Stage 1, a much-needed change was in order. cNed, who was shuffled around Duelists following the Yoru nerf, had seen many rough patches throughout the year. The signing of waddle, a Recon and Viper flex player, may allude to a role revamp for the PCIFIC squad.

In an ironic twist of fate, the Brit now joins the very organization that prevented him from ascending to the EMEA League last year. Last seen playing for DNSTY DNSTY Europe Rank #37 jas Jasiek Nieliwodzki Tag Alessandro Voci Ticey Theo Cranshaw Creamydreamy in Spain's VCL, waddle consistently made deep regional runs with his team, but failed to advance to the EMEA Challengers League this year.

waddle and the new iteration of PCIFIC will debut against Gentle Mates Gentle Mates Europe Rank #8 Proxh Yusuf Emre Tunc starxo Patryk Kopczynski bipo Taranvir Singh marteen Martin Pátek Minny Patrik Hušek this Thursday.

PCIFIC Esports PCIFIC Esports Europe Rank #343 al0rante Felix Brandl qpert Mateja Mijovic NINJA Patryk Koczyba seven Johann Hernandez waddle Wadir Taraki is now:

  • Mateja "qpert" Mijovic
  • Felix "al0rante" Brandl
  • Patryk "NINJA" Koczyba
  • Johann "seven" Hernandez
  • Wadir "waddle" Taraki
  • Manuel "thinkii" Martínez (Head coach)
  • Dario "ZaeS" Gomez (Assistant coach)
  • Koray "Koyo" Arpat (Analyst)