Panix is benched
Quadzy will play for the club in the nearest match.
Natus Vincere’s Rainbow Six Siege player Dimitri "Panix" de Longeaux has been benched due to the team’s unsuccessful performance in the first round of the and .
NAVI R6 will be playing the next match against Audacity Esports with a substitute — Zeb "Quadzy" Esser.
Panix joined Natus Vincere in March 2020. With him in the team the Born to Win took the 4th place in the European division of the and 5th place at the .
“Thank you for the opportunity to prove myself with NAVI. I really enjoyed playing with this team and I’m really sad that we couldn’t reach our goals.”
“When Panix joined us and Doki returned to the main roster, we wanted to keep the team unchanged throughout the competitive year. The pandemic brought some changes to our plan, if we’ve had the opportunity to hold a bootcamp, we might have been able to resolve disagreements within the team or even prevent them on the root.
We were hoping to get into the top-4 in the European League, however, it didn't work out. It is important to note that nobody blames Panix for our recent results. Our goal is to qualify for the Six Invitational in the next year, whilst our time and options are running out.
That’s why we’ve decided to reshuffle our roster during the offseason to form the most competitive roster for the next season of the European League.”
NAVI Rainbow Six Siege roster:
Leon “neLo” Pesić
Luke “Kendrew” Kendrew
Szymon “Saves” Kamieniak
Jack “Doki” Robertson
Zeb “Quadzy” Esser (standin)
Dimitri “Panix” de Longeaux (reserve)
Cyril “jahk” Renoud (coach)
Razig “DraZ” Abida (analyst)
Yaroslav “N1ghtEnd” Klochko (manager)